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Yesterday was as packed as I've ever seen this event - it was just insane!! The featured cars were British marques and there were truly incredible cars present. First though, some things you just don't see every day:
A Renault Alpine:
A Renault 5 Turbo (they stuck the monster engine in the back of these things for a limited production run):
A Noble M400. British designed, South African built, Ford V6 turbo powered:
Who remembers the Vector from the 1980s? There were actually two of these there!!
How about a super modified Mini with a rear mounted Honda V-Tec engine?
The Arial Atom, this one Honda powered:
As always there was some good ol' American Iron present as well.
Not too shabby if you like your Muscle Cars on the high end.... Hemi 'Cuda:
Or just a "little" 440 4-Pack if you aren't into the Elephant Motor:
This Riviera is the sort of thing that gets Joe at Superior Shine excited:
This old Caddy appeared to be original - the paint didn't look as nice in person as it does here, but that's what's called "patina" and it's a great look!
How's this for presence? A 1930 Chrysler 77 Dual Cowl Phaeton. This is a stunning automobile and the owner has plenty of background info on the car, including an article from a 1930 publication showing the original price to be $1750.00. Amazing.
There were a couple of notable brand new cars in attendance as well, both of them Japanese.
Here's Lexus' answer to the BMW M3 - the Lexus IS-F:
The much anticipated Nissan GT-R, this one a right hand drive Japanese car. This is the performance car for the PlayStation Generation.
But as I mentioned, this was a day to highlight British cars so here's a little sampling.
The Sunbeam Tiger looks fantastic in yellow:
Classic British elegance:
An older Aston Martin Vantage:
How to take the dogs in your Truimph:
Morgan Plus Eight epitomizes what the classic British sports car is all about:
This collection of Lotus Elans redefined British sports cars:
Lotus had a winner with their reworked Ford Cortina (there were actually 3 different Lotus Cortinas there today!). I thought I saw the ghost of Jim Clark in this one:
What gather of British cars would be complete with a Jaguar or two? But not just any Jaguar mind you, this is an XK140 in stunning condition (you gotta love the front end of this beauty!):
Jaguar dominated LeMans in the 1950s with and XK120 winning in 1951, a C-Type taking the win in 1953 and the D-Types winning overall in 1955, 1956 and 1957. This is a factory LeMans entry D-Type:
And now I've saved for the last what I consider to be the best at the show.
This is a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, one of only 20 built as a lightweight sports racer to take on the Ferrari 250 GTO. This car is worth several million dollars and was not only perfect in every way but stunningly beautiful from all angles.
And this is quite likely the oldest Aston Martin in the United States - a completely original and running 1934 model. Yes, the owner drove it to this gathering. The owner has been in possession of this car since 1980 and says he'll never restore it to concours condition - it's perfect as is. I couldn't agree more.
A Renault Alpine:
A Renault 5 Turbo (they stuck the monster engine in the back of these things for a limited production run):
A Noble M400. British designed, South African built, Ford V6 turbo powered:
Who remembers the Vector from the 1980s? There were actually two of these there!!
How about a super modified Mini with a rear mounted Honda V-Tec engine?
The Arial Atom, this one Honda powered:
As always there was some good ol' American Iron present as well.
Not too shabby if you like your Muscle Cars on the high end.... Hemi 'Cuda:
Or just a "little" 440 4-Pack if you aren't into the Elephant Motor:
This Riviera is the sort of thing that gets Joe at Superior Shine excited:
This old Caddy appeared to be original - the paint didn't look as nice in person as it does here, but that's what's called "patina" and it's a great look!
How's this for presence? A 1930 Chrysler 77 Dual Cowl Phaeton. This is a stunning automobile and the owner has plenty of background info on the car, including an article from a 1930 publication showing the original price to be $1750.00. Amazing.
There were a couple of notable brand new cars in attendance as well, both of them Japanese.
Here's Lexus' answer to the BMW M3 - the Lexus IS-F:
The much anticipated Nissan GT-R, this one a right hand drive Japanese car. This is the performance car for the PlayStation Generation.
But as I mentioned, this was a day to highlight British cars so here's a little sampling.
The Sunbeam Tiger looks fantastic in yellow:
Classic British elegance:
An older Aston Martin Vantage:
How to take the dogs in your Truimph:
Morgan Plus Eight epitomizes what the classic British sports car is all about:
This collection of Lotus Elans redefined British sports cars:
Lotus had a winner with their reworked Ford Cortina (there were actually 3 different Lotus Cortinas there today!). I thought I saw the ghost of Jim Clark in this one:
What gather of British cars would be complete with a Jaguar or two? But not just any Jaguar mind you, this is an XK140 in stunning condition (you gotta love the front end of this beauty!):
Jaguar dominated LeMans in the 1950s with and XK120 winning in 1951, a C-Type taking the win in 1953 and the D-Types winning overall in 1955, 1956 and 1957. This is a factory LeMans entry D-Type:
And now I've saved for the last what I consider to be the best at the show.
This is a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, one of only 20 built as a lightweight sports racer to take on the Ferrari 250 GTO. This car is worth several million dollars and was not only perfect in every way but stunningly beautiful from all angles.
And this is quite likely the oldest Aston Martin in the United States - a completely original and running 1934 model. Yes, the owner drove it to this gathering. The owner has been in possession of this car since 1980 and says he'll never restore it to concours condition - it's perfect as is. I couldn't agree more.
Nice pictures Mike, looks like a good time! I believe that first Hemi-Cuda was in our latest retail catalog...
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