NEC Classic Car Show

[bug eireann]

Went to this last week - but just getting pics off the phone now. Some very cool machinery on show. And great to see cars from my younger day that I just don't see on the road anymore (like the Vauxhall Viva I learned to drive in - then subsequently blew the head gasket on. Or the Triumph Dolomite 1500 TC - a car way ahead of its time. The head gasket also went on this one too..... am I seeing a pattern here!!??). Any way, here's some of the aircooled stuff:

 

[bug eireann]

And some more......

 

[broz]

Great pics, I couldn't post mine. Certainly was a fantastic show, and every car owner willing to tell you their car story.
That DC Classics ghia was a piece of work. It had an inch and a half roof chop which I didn't notice, but the way he had to cut the roof into quarters and weld up the posts first, then cut and weld the roof in the centre, serious work and skill. £100,000 didn't buy it on the Saturday

 

[bug eireann]

Yes, that Ghia was something else. I was surprised at how many cars were not just on sale, but actually had Sold stickers on them (there was a row of 6 TR6's for sale, starting at around €19,000 and up to £27 grand (in Sterling!) and 5 had Sold written on them...... the boom is back boys, the boom is back! T'was the same with the more' exotic' stuff as well

some really lovely machinery on display.

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[Coxy]

That brown and white Split looks gorgeous.

 

[Coxy]

Any close up pics of the dash on the Ghia? Looks like a flipped Split dash. Very neat roof chop, you'd barely notice it.

 

[broz]

If memory serves me correctly, the dash had just a single speedo in the middle and nothing else. I search for a pic.

 

[broz]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...150424610605686.366374.283201395685&source=54

 

[Coxy]

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Thanks for that. Seriously clever piece of engineering there.

 

[bug eireann]

Thanks broz.... and apologies for not getting back to you Coxy - been off-line for past two weeks!

 

[Coxy]

Yes, that Ghia was something else. I was surprised at how many cars were not just on sale, but actually had Sold stickers on them (there was a row of 6 TR6's for sale, starting at around €19,000 and up to £27 grand (in Sterling!) and 5 had Sold written on them...... the boom is back boys, the boom is back! T'was the same with the more' exotic' stuff as well

some really lovely machinery on display.

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There's always 'show tax' applied to the sales price of these cars in major shows. So long as buyer and seller are happy I suppose.................but I'd imagine the seller is the happiest