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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 20:50:30 GMT 12
Hello my New Zealand friends , it's been a while.. Went to the annual Vauxhall/Opel/Bedford show last weekend at Billing , here's the piccies This is the ' Chevette' section .. See ? It's not difficult - paint , polish , wheels = done .  Nice HSR replica   Nice HSR real one  HS  Read the build thread on RetroRides , some lovely little touches on it , just not really feeling the colour choice .   I think we should ban the word 'ratty' and call cars like this 'honest'.  That's the spirit man - Barry White the bodywork , just get your cool wheels whacked on , pronto !    Ford 2.0 Pinto powered saloon looking as swish as ever . If only he could get the wheel/offset/arch thing going on a bit better.  De-badged , de-locked , delightful. Super straight paint , slight drop , polybushed - lovely .   |
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 20:51:36 GMT 12
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 20:53:02 GMT 12
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 20:54:37 GMT 12
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 20:56:18 GMT 12
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 20:57:36 GMT 12
Aah yes , Billing Aquadrome. Some of it is lovely . Some of it isn't . This is the bit the propaganda pamphlet brochure wants you to see.      And this is what you end up with..............  Nothing better than getting up for a cold shower at 5 a.m then being frog marched off to be de-loused. Don't worry though my fine fellows , of the three tunnels we dug I reckon they've only found the first two so there's a fairly good chance we may yet escape.. |
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 21:02:28 GMT 12
This is the ' I can't remember exactly which model you are but you're old and I kinda like you ' section. Vauxhall Velox  Vauxhall Velox  Bedford TJ   I think this was Swedish and had only done something like 30k miles , absolutely stunning although I would have loved it to be all in the grey metallic . Another Bedford TJ   Bedford RL   Bedford CF  Vauxhall Velox PA   Bling Pikey mobile.  |
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 21:05:13 GMT 12
This is the ' I know moderns are sh1t but some of them actually look okay ' section.. We'd always wander around , taking the p1ss out of the moderns or just ignoring them completely but you know , when you actually have a closer look.... Monaro  No idea but I like it.  See above.  There were 278,615 Vectras there and this was the only one worth taking a pic of . Very nice ..      Actually there were two.     Bentley rims on an Astra . Hmm ..  New Corsa. Wheel/tyre/arch = lovely.  |
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 21:07:20 GMT 12
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 21:09:14 GMT 12
This is the ' Oi you , this is a Vauxhall show - who let you in ? ' section.. A Mini. A fecking Mini. Who let the fecking wheezy , rusty old Mini in ffs..? What the feck is that pile of crap doing here ? Oh I see , it's got one of those engines. I'll let you off then.           Gotta be honest , my pics don't do it justice . This was absolutely jaw-droppingly stunning . Perfect paint , great stance , carbon fibre everywhere ,incredible attention to detail. It was probably one of the best cars there . Loved it. Really nice Escort Van  Yee-hah    There's a Land Rover show on next weekend so some bods had arrived early for it   Triumph Dolomite  Nice Escort Mexico which was here last year too  |
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 21:10:50 GMT 12
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Post by coggers on Jul 17, 2010 21:14:26 GMT 12
And finally here's the 'Astra , Nova , Corsa , Tigra ' section.. astra Stunning mk1 4x4  RetroCars mag featured mk2  mk3   Mk2 GTE 16v  Mk1 GTE  Chequered roof , nice stripes and Porsche rims - I like .   nova    corsa  I really shouldn't like this . But I did   Not ground breaking but looked ok to me  Wrong , just wrong.  "Here Mister what's that ? " It's an engine . Now go and get dressed and get out of me Barry Whiteing picture.   tigra yeah yeah sexy manifold . Still a girls car...   And that's your whack. Good show , cracking weather , good people ( well , most of them  ) and a massive autojumble too -   ^ that was a fraction of it . Oh and I've saved the best until last you lucky , lucky people . The icing on the cake . The cherry that sits on top of the icing on the cake . The small skinny candle that gets shoved into the cherry that sits on top of the icing on the cake . The only thing there I was genuinely lost for words to describe. The one . The only . The culmination of dreams , effort , skill and determination. The Pièce de résistanceI give you .... ( drum roll please)    Enjoy  |
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Post by gordo on Jul 17, 2010 23:23:20 GMT 12
I was going to give you A BIG THANKS FOR POSTING THE PIC'S - UNTIL i CAME TOT HE LAST ONE!
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Post by crazytim on Jul 18, 2010 16:50:23 GMT 12
and another big thanks for the commentary all the way thru... you have a helluva sense of humor! thanks again for the pics awesome, wish we had shows like this down our end of the world!
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Post by mikuni on Jul 18, 2010 20:43:25 GMT 12
Fantastic man, I really enjoyed looking through those pictures. I like vauxhalls and opels right through so appreciate that you can see potential in even the newer cars.
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) and a massive autojumble too - 
