Billing Show , England 02/07/11 - pics.

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Hello again my New Zealand chums , it's that time of the year again - The annual Vauxhall/Bedford/Opel show at Billing .


Managed to get the Firenza roadworthy and back to Billing after an absence of four years . Parked up with the VODC forum mob , a real friendly forum which covers pretty much any model - old or new - plus they've been quite interested in the Firenza build thread on there so I thought I'd do the decent thing and support their stand .

Only got pics from the Saturday plus my camera battery died so some are on the mobile . Then that died too.. So a fraction of what I normally take but I still reckon there's something in here you'll like
































Followed the build thread for this on the Manta forum , stunning Ascona.






Ascona project anyone ?



XE'd Firenza
















OR £75 ish for a Firenza nosecone - I know where my money would be heading..

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minty clean Kadett B , seen it on RetroRides lots , nice to finally see it in the metal









Retro cars mag featured XEd Viva























170hp racer.









Convoyed down with this

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Hmm. Viva HB Brabham estate Didn't know there was such a thing . Twin Stromberged goodness though .





Craig's ( Retrorides ) gold Viva coupe on mags.



NOT Craig's gold Viva coupe on mags .






Some Vectras. Overheard a fascinating conversation regarding which particular owner had been the first in the country to fit some £800 HIDs.
Rivetting.

















Nothing lasts forever . Shame . Some of the signatures had their dates of employment beside them too , some guys had worked there since the 1960's..

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Best use of a Chevette steering rack gaiter I've ever seen.



Hold it man , it's a Vauxhall show !! But I'll let you off 'cos that's a tidy Tranny . Last time I said something was a tidy Tranny it cost me a tenner in Amsterdam.







Hang on , someone else has crept in !







Early Monza , I'd forgotten about this shape tbh




Really wish my camera hadn't died on me , this was superb.

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Sleeperish V8 HC




Never seen this Firenza before , had a magazine inside it showing a feature it'd had in the late 80s











Can't be many Viceroys left now..


















Couple of RetroRides cars on the Viva stand.
Oli8925's 4dr


..and Ade's Firenza -








Parked next to us , liked this a lot , bags of potential for a nice cruiser I reckon and cheap too - bought for about £500. VX490.





No idea so don't ask !

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Always liked the cheesegrater grilles on these.




















The Opel Kadett C mob had got their own stand this year for the frst time , well played to them . Think they had about ten cars all in. I will have a Kadett on there next year.









For sale - the banded Rostyles aren't though !









Tuck is soo last year.






That's your whack.

Great day and a half we had , some real good guys were there plus our two cars seemed to go down well which is always a bonus.


My car of the show ?



This stunning Viva HB which I saw on the Sunday at the Retro show too. Nobody beside it , wasn't parked up with any particular stand , no info on it so can't tell you any more about it I'm afraid but I thought it looked superb.







Enjoy

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A+ cheers for that... love the late model Astra vans... dont get them here... wish we had shows like this!

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Remember when someone in the village bought a new 4/90 - I thought it was a huge car - how things have changed.