Turned away from a classic car show
Discussion
DickyC said:
Proceeding about my business in an orderly manner one day, many years ago, I saw several car transporters loaded with them before they were announced. I couldn't see what make they were and was just fascinated by them. They were so different. I guessed Alfa Romeo. I was wrong. They were BL. The cards were stacked against them from the start.
How could you have got that so wrong, they must have been covered by a cardboard box 
Alfa's and Lancia's had lines that were elegant and were things of beauty compared to most other manufactures at the time. Italian cars were very distinctive in their design, they defiantly stood out from the crowd.
That.........Rear heavy, weighty looking rotten wedge of cheese, hateful hateful things.
Can you tell I don't like them
three five five said:
On two recent occasions, at 'classic' shows locally there have been swathes of the hotted up Volvo estate S70/V70??) and dozens of MX5's - neither of which fit the age criteria - the Volvos getting pride of place whilst our Ferrari was shoved in with the 'kit cars' and a handful of assorted British sports (which were all 'old enough' and very nice)
Surely a 35 year old Princess should have been allowed in
1. Was this actually a classic car show, or just a car show?Surely a 35 year old Princess should have been allowed in
2. What's wrong with MX5s being in a classic car show - Mk1s at least? The first Mk1s are now 24 years old and I can remember MGs and Triumphs in car shows in the 90's - just over 10 years after production had ceased on some of them. And that's just using age as a measure of a classic.
3. Since when has age been the only criteria for judging a classic car?
4. It's wrong that your Ferrari was sent to the kit car section - based on your name/profile pic it's a 355 so 1994 at best, so by your own logic it's not a classic (doesn't fit the are criteria) and should have been in the general visitor car park!
//j17 said:
1. Was this actually a classic car show, or just a car show?
2. What's wrong with MX5s being in a classic car show - Mk1s at least? The first Mk1s are now 24 years old and I can remember MGs and Triumphs in car shows in the 90's - just over 10 years after production had ceased on some of them. And that's just using age as a measure of a classic.
3. Since when has age been the only criteria for judging a classic car?
4. It's wrong that your Ferrari was sent to the kit car section - based on your name/profile pic it's a 355 so 1994 at best, so by your own logic it's not a classic (doesn't fit the are criteria) and should have been in the general visitor car park!
1/ Yes. Andrew Greenwood at Arley Hall - I think he bills it as classic and sports...2. What's wrong with MX5s being in a classic car show - Mk1s at least? The first Mk1s are now 24 years old and I can remember MGs and Triumphs in car shows in the 90's - just over 10 years after production had ceased on some of them. And that's just using age as a measure of a classic.
3. Since when has age been the only criteria for judging a classic car?
4. It's wrong that your Ferrari was sent to the kit car section - based on your name/profile pic it's a 355 so 1994 at best, so by your own logic it's not a classic (doesn't fit the are criteria) and should have been in the general visitor car park!
2/ Some of the MX's were 'old' many were much newer.
3/ It isnt - they are AG's rules 1999 and earlier
4/ Mine is a 1999 - well spotted
The volvo fit neither classic OR sports
Tatton Classic is much stricter as is the Event City show (although if you booked a brand new leFarrera in I guess they wouldnt turn it down
My XKR is 1999 I wouldn't call it a classic as such.
I think it has to do with the age of the person looking at the car perhaps.
for me classics are TR6's.Sunbeam Alpines,E Types etc cars from my youth.
Ford Escorts are from the era when I drove them and I find it hard to think of them as a classic certainly not the ordinary 1300L etc but they fetch silly money these days
I think it has to do with the age of the person looking at the car perhaps.
for me classics are TR6's.Sunbeam Alpines,E Types etc cars from my youth.
Ford Escorts are from the era when I drove them and I find it hard to think of them as a classic certainly not the ordinary 1300L etc but they fetch silly money these days
johnxjsc1985 said:
My XKR is 1999 I wouldn't call it a classic as such.
I think it has to do with the age of the person looking at the car perhaps.
for me classics are TR6's.Sunbeam Alpines,E Types etc cars from my youth.
Ford Escorts are from the era when I drove them and I find it hard to think of them as a classic certainly not the ordinary 1300L etc but they fetch silly money these days
When I joined PH in 2007 I was driving an M reg Audi, when I started posting I was driving a K reg Discovery. Lads were posting cars younger than that in "oldest daily driver" threads. I wasn't intentionally driving a classic, I was just getting around. I think it has to do with the age of the person looking at the car perhaps.
for me classics are TR6's.Sunbeam Alpines,E Types etc cars from my youth.
Ford Escorts are from the era when I drove them and I find it hard to think of them as a classic certainly not the ordinary 1300L etc but they fetch silly money these days
three five five said:
1/ Yes. Andrew Greenwood at Arley Hall - I think he bills it as classic and sports...
2/ Some of the MX's were 'old' many were much newer.
3/ It isnt - they are AG's rules 1999 and earlier
4/ Mine is a 1999 - well spotted
The volvo fit neither classic OR sports
Tatton Classic is much stricter as is the Event City show (although if you booked a brand new leFarrera in I guess they wouldnt turn it down
Andrew Greenwood will pretty much let in anything if it's slightly interesting. Particularly if attendance is a bit low. Different rules apply if your on a club stand. Thus you get brand new Jag's turning up a displaying with their club. 2/ Some of the MX's were 'old' many were much newer.
3/ It isnt - they are AG's rules 1999 and earlier
4/ Mine is a 1999 - well spotted
The volvo fit neither classic OR sports
Tatton Classic is much stricter as is the Event City show (although if you booked a brand new leFarrera in I guess they wouldnt turn it down
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