Touring car display at Autosport Show
Touring car display at Autosport Show
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mattsayle

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1,799 posts

227 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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Anyone got any pictures of it???

kevin ritson

3,423 posts

256 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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No but was amazed no-one could supply an RS500 frown

MonkeyHanger

9,267 posts

271 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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There's a few on my site.

www.bhppix.co.uk

To be honest they could have done a lot better. No RS500 / M3 and the ropes were too close to the cars for decent shots.

mattsayle

Original Poster:

1,799 posts

227 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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MonkeyHanger said:
There's a few on my site.

www.bhppix.co.uk

To be honest they could have done a lot better. No RS500 / M3 and the ropes were too close to the cars for decent shots.
Thank you

By any chance do you use potn forum, go by the name of Geoff and lurk around croft?? biggrin

Ahonen

5,032 posts

308 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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MonkeyHanger said:
To be honest they could have done a lot better. No RS500 / M3...
That's pretty impressively poor show from the organisers.

autofocus

3,179 posts

247 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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Hi there,

Theres a few of the BTCC display on my site along with loads of other pics from the show: -

Page 1
http://www.dunlopix.com/Autosport%202008.html
Page 2
http://www.dunlopix.com/Autosport%202008a.html

Regards

Tim

Marc W

3,782 posts

240 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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Some of all the cars in amongst these, along with other touring cars at the show;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19193662@N00/sets/72157603701853396/


(Sorry, usual PH not liking Flickr links problem.)

MonkeyHanger

9,267 posts

271 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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mattsayle said:
MonkeyHanger said:
There's a few on my site.

www.bhppix.co.uk

To be honest they could have done a lot better. No RS500 / M3 and the ropes were too close to the cars for decent shots.
Thank you

By any chance do you use potn forum, go by the name of Geoff and lurk around croft?? biggrin
whistle

Depends who's asking...are you a tax inspector? smile

MonkeyHanger

9,267 posts

271 months

Tuesday 15th January 2008
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Ahonen said:
MonkeyHanger said:
To be honest they could have done a lot better. No RS500 / M3...
That's pretty impressively poor show from the organisers.
Indeed. I was disappointed with the Touring Car "Display" as it was my main target at this year's show.


Mike Jordan's Integra is a personal favourite of mine as it's always so well presented but i've got hundreds of shots of that car and the Team Halfords/VXRacing cars that were also on display. It was the older cars from the Sierra Cosworth/M3/Carina etc backwards that i wanted to see.

Still, the MK1 Lotus Cortina was absoloutely beautiful and the Mondeo from 2000 was a welcome sight too. smile

Gregor Marshall

954 posts

257 months

Wednesday 16th January 2008
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What, no Cossie or M3? What about RX7, Rover, Mini, Mk2 Jag? (I did look at links and couldn't see any in the photos, all good by the way!!)

kevin ritson

3,423 posts

256 months

Wednesday 16th January 2008
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They had a Mini Clubman and Rover SD1 on display. Was good to see your dad's Magnum, too. If anything, the focus was too much on modern cars - perhaps not their fault, they are probably easier to source. But two Integras in lieu of an RS500 or M3 seemed a bit of a shame

andy97

4,784 posts

251 months

Wednesday 16th January 2008
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No Alfa GTV6 either

Gregor Marshall

954 posts

257 months

Wednesday 16th January 2008
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kevin ritson said:
They had a Mini Clubman and Rover SD1 on display. Was good to see your dad's Magnum, too. If anything, the focus was too much on modern cars - perhaps not their fault, they are probably easier to source. But two Integras in lieu of an RS500 or M3 seemed a bit of a shame
Sounds like a bit of poor effort to celebrate 50 years but I bet there was some interesting cars anyway. Glad there was a Vauxhall, as for it being Dad's or not is not for me to say.

kevin ritson

3,423 posts

256 months

Wednesday 16th January 2008
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Gregor Marshall said:
kevin ritson said:
They had a Mini Clubman and Rover SD1 on display. Was good to see your dad's Magnum, too. If anything, the focus was too much on modern cars - perhaps not their fault, they are probably easier to source. But two Integras in lieu of an RS500 or M3 seemed a bit of a shame
Sounds like a bit of poor effort to celebrate 50 years but I bet there was some interesting cars anyway. Glad there was a Vauxhall, as for it being Dad's or not is not for me to say.
Wasn't sure whether it would be or not but at least the gesture was there smile

R1 GTR

2,152 posts

242 months

Wednesday 16th January 2008
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I've got some, will post them when i've got 5 mins. Do agree about the ropes though.

Finchy172

389 posts

248 months

Thursday 17th January 2008
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Shame the CAV was a show car and not a race car!

The mondeo and Audi were my 2 faves as had a connection working with the mondeo and the Audo engineering is amazing for its time.

AMD87

2,004 posts

231 months