One For Classic Car Fans.....

[biggs682]

Take your pick from around the paddock at Silverstone this afternon.
German
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Italian
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Or British

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It would be the German BMW for me but the Alfa is tempting seeing as I could almost walk home from Silverstone if it did the normal Alfa thing

 

[Ian H]

Nicely original MGB. Apologies for the background.

 

[Ian H]

Cosplay.

 

[Profpointy]

Cosplay.
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A friend of mine was a (professional) car photographer and was covering some historic military vehicle event. Taking pictures of an enthusiasts army truck he casually asked if some of the uniformed guys nearby could stand by the truck. The owner immediately said very forcefully "I don't want any of 'them' anywhere near my vehicle".

Evidently there are vehicle enthusiasts who tinker with and preserve old army vehicles, and there's also the dressing up and playing soldiers faction, and there's a big gulf between the two. I don't recall if they were dressed as Nazi stormtroopers or not, but it has to be said that even the dressing up as Yanks lot often seem to have an unfortunate fondness for Confederate flags.

 

[Juan Kog]

Nicely original MGB. Apologies for the background.
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@Ian H we all know you were going in to pick up election leaflets

 

[Ian H]

@Ian H we all know you were going in to pick up election leaflets

That's you off my Xmas list.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I hope to get to this show/gathering tomorrow

 

[Profpointy]

A Gilbern parked up near us. Not a car you see very often and I believe the only marque originating in Wales. Glass fibre body and a Ford V6, so in the same vein as TVR or Scimitar Quite nce condition regular use car; this one with an estate style body, again like the Scimitar

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Good spot that one

 

[tyred]

Saw 13 1920s Bentley today.

 

[mistyoptic]

A Gilbern parked up near us. Not a car you see very often and I believe the only marque originating in Wales. Glass fibre body and a Ford V6, so in the same vein as TVR or Scimitar Quite nce condition regular use car; this one with an estate style body, again like the Scimitar

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There was one of those in my Ispy book. Don’t think I’ve ever seen one in real life

 

[Drago]

A Gilbern parked up near us. Not a car you see very often and I believe the only marque originating in Wales. Glass fibre body and a Ford V6, so in the same vein as TVR or Scimitar Quite nce condition regular use car; this one with an estate style body, again like the Scimitar

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I love the Gilbern. Always liked them since I was a wee bairn, and back then you'd see them about now and again. One of my old neighbours had an Invader which was lovely, albeit the mk3 with the odd looking blistered arches to accommodate wider axles.

 

[Ian H]

A Gilbern parked up near us. Not a car you see very often and I believe the only marque originating in Wales. Glass fibre body and a Ford V6, so in the same vein as TVR or Scimitar Quite nce condition regular use car; this one with an estate style body, again like the Scimitar

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I've never seen an estate version.

 

[Profpointy]

I've never seen an estate version.

Me neither, which is why I didn't initially recognise it from the back. To be honest it looked rather like an 1100 but a bit bigger

 

[biggs682]

Not vintage by no means but certainly a classic of the modern day . Great fun to drive with a brilliant sound track.