Wheels Day (also inc. doors, engines, seats, bonnets etc)

[Barrett]

Wheels Day really lived up to its name, there were LOADS of wheels there. Some of them were even attached to cars! Here's a small selection of some, as a taster before Seth gets here with his proper photos.

There was just about every permutation possible of Model T & A (fnar!) there; High-boys, buckets, rats, So-Cal, Hi-Tech etc. These are sort of indicative of the better end of the spectrum


The Andy Saunders Panhard made a welcome appearance. I'll leave you to come up with your own jokes


Nice 'Public Information Film circa 1976' line-up


This thing is like a great painting, the closer you look the more is revealed to you. It really is a thing of beauty.


Evil looking Merc. Hard to do anything new with such an iconic car, this one had the look of a proper '50s custom that had been pulled out of storage. It was probably contrived but I don't really care, it looked incredible


Sport*


My first experience of the Rebel Vanners!


I really want a Standard 8/10. Probably not this one though.


PT Cruisers were out in force. Look at the subtle custom finish on this fine example


Let's have another look


Lovely. Here's another equally great one, on the OC stand


This guy helpfully had his doors pinned open so the punters could get a close look at the incredible interior work, including a tasteful re-imagining of American Graffiti with this very same PT Cruiser taking the place of Harrison Ford's '57 Chevy. Which is good, because nobody liked that car anyway.


There were actually some nice cars there too. This pugfaced Merc was pretty incredible


Sole survivor I believe


Two of my favourite old Yank sedans


And I think I'll leave it here with this beautifully presented Thames, running a mid-mounted V8. Excellent.

[Vulgalour]

That custom Merc is more likely a 1950 Lincoln, just fyi. Some really neat content, these photographs are proper enough for me.

[Walter_Bo11ox]

Merc = Mercury

[Leonard Hatred]

Great photos. Some spectacular bleakness however!

Am I wrong in thinking that the Panhard has modern PSA running gear?

[I.K.Brunel]

Cresta estate is a superb spot, bet you'd be constantly worried about showgoers in rigger boots and hi-viz taking too much interest.
ISTR seeing one of those get banger raced on Blue Peter in the early 80's. Possibly by NOAKES.

[Seth]

Har har, Barrett in car spotting fail. As Vulga says that's a Lincoln. Yes Len, the Panhard is Citroen floorpan'd.

A quality morning/bit of afternoon out. Good photos Barrett. I shall be along with some later this evening.

[garycox]

Apparently Andy Saunders drove the Panhard there, Dan (off RR) was chatting to him.

[Amazo]

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[Seth]

Here's some of my photos then, in no particular order as improved Pbucket still hasn't worked that simple task out.

The Scatter's choice of ADO15



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A rather lovely fastback VW that no one could complain was too low to be practical yet looked superb.



Here is the best Anglia. In fact as we stood there looking at it the owner appeared and Barrett collared him by telling him it was the best Anglia we'd ever seen. There then continued a conversation about cool old wheels.







The Moto-Scat collective.



Inappropriate wheels #1



Barrett avoids a potentially embarrassing situation involving skid marks.



A Datsun.



An Oldsmobile. I want one of those aerials.



What is Point of making a big car only a bit smaller but still big.



GC + Allegro.



Flathead lowlight Minor was ace.





I pondered the possibilities of which Mk3 Cortina Owners Club this was. Or maybe it was 5 different ones.



Nice Muff.



This Beetle was exceptionally cool.





Lorries. Definitely not trucks.



Here's under the Ponnet of the Banhard.



Straight out of Car Mechanics circa 1965



There were lots of Minis.



Oddly no stetsons in this shot.





Transit camper.



Fitting* hood ornament.



This is a Plymouth that does a load of the local shows with R+R music playing out of a stereo and a miniature Elvis figure stood in front. Its got a great steering wheel though.



Anyone for Ice Cream? No?





Inappropriate wheels #2





I had the fortune* to cruise down the A3 with this, hoping that no-one would associate me with the owners and their Hillbilly stickers and dangling chrome gonads.



Wide track 100E. I suspect FWD.



Have a polishing Cortina owner giving me a suspicious eye to end with.



130 odd photos here: http://s198.photobucket.com/user/sethke ... elsDay2013

[Amazo]

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