FOC Concours 2005 - images (56k warning !)

[nevpugh308]

Boughton House, Northamtonshire

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[nevpugh308]

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[nevpugh308]

[stig]

Or, the 'I am considerably richer than yeaw' show

[danhay]

It's a shed, but it's still got more class than a very classy thing.



Or is it just me?

[interloper]

So can we safely assume that none of these cars are driven properly, otherwise how would you get them up to such spangly condition? What a waste!

[nevpugh308]

interloper said:

So can we safely assume that none of these cars are driven properly, otherwise how would you get them up to such spangly condition? What a waste!

There's always one ...

[s11eps]

interloper said:

So can we safely assume that none of these cars are driven properly, otherwise how would you get them up to such spangly condition? What a waste!

Trust me, mine gets well and truly driven properly - hence I would never be elligble for concourse!!

[danhay]

Well it's true that it's very difficult to win a trophy if you drove your car any distance to the circuit. But a large majority of the cars there were properly used examples and not even entered in the concours.

Also, the owners of the most valuable cars certainly didn't have a 'considerably richer than yo' attitude, and were happy discussing the finer points of driving and maintaining an older Ferrari.

[Mannginger]

This'll be why I couldn't move for Ferraris on the A14 yesterday then! Top Bombing!

Phil

[PatHeald]

It may only be worth a fraction of some of the cars on display, but with the possible (alright, probable) exception of that gunmetal Dino, I'd take your 308 GTS over any of the others.

Ferrari really did get it absolutely right with the 308 GTB and GTS.

Cheers

Pat

[F355GTS]

My pics are at

www.collinsclan.co.uk/pages/Cars/foc2005/index.html

[milfordkong]

WOW! All of them, stunning!

How gorgeous does the 612 look in that colour???

[nevpugh308]

PatHeald said:

I'd take your 308 GTS over any of the others.

Aw :blush: thankyou

[nevpugh308]

milfordkong said:

How gorgeous does the 612 look in that colour???

A mightily impressive machine, it's HUGE ! Plus the scolloped in sides, when you see them in the flesh, are a very dramatic styling statement ... impressive.

The only thing I wasnt so impressed with though was the orange peel effect on the paint, which in that scolloped in side, because of the way it reflected the ground and the fact it's a prominent feature, it really showed up badly. Would expect better from Ferrari ... (maybe it was just that one car / colour combo / early example or something)

[kitcarnewbie]

I was wondering why there were so many Ferraris on the A14 Sunday. Never seen so many in my life. Awesome!.

[up-the-dubs]

Even the damn tyre threads are clean!

[targarama]

nevpugh308 said:

interloper said: So can we safely assume that none of these cars are driven properly, otherwise how would you get them up to such spangly condition? What a waste! There's always one ...

Some maybe, but many owners have a daily driver too, and if the weather's crap it's not much fun in a supercar. Better off taking the Quattro/Shaguar/Beemer/Porsche to the shops.

I can confirm that Nev's 308 gets a good thorough spanking when appropriate. This particular 308 is quite rapid, I only just kept up in my Chimaera, and I was following (i.e. easier to follow than lead).