London Classic Car Show 2018

[John Staddon]

First photos from Excel

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Tim Clark's S4 is here as well but I have struggled to take a decent photo, and some of these are a little blurred.

John

[Eddie]

It looks great John.

Hope the show goes well.

[cannonball]

Yes have a good do John,, still fancy that SP plate you got..

[John Staddon]

That's it, all over for another year.

Here we are 2 1/2 hours after the show closed and they are finally letting me out...

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More photos tomorrow

John

p.s Non transferable number, the DVLA can be cruel sometimes.

[ajc9415]

Lovely looking display. Well done to all involved. Really sorry that I couldn’t get along this year.

[VFK44]

Sorry I could not make it this year. Hope to go to the March NEC show instead. Any Club presence there?

[John Staddon]

Here are some better photos

Nigel Kieser's Jensen GT, very fast (not standard0

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Bernard Tominey's 541 Deluxe

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John Seager's C-V8 Mk11, John helped us out at the last minute when David Klondar's C-V8 developed a gear box leak

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My early Interceptor, officially not a turd, it is amazing how well it has cleaned up and it was a very popular exhibit (better than shiny Ferraris was a typical comment)

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Tim Clark's Interceptor S4, also very popular

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and some shots of the show

My favourite car, a 1907 Stanley Steamer, it sounded like a big Mamod traction engine (this is at the end of the show, that's a Lamborghini tractor leaving in the background).

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Batmobile (it sounded quite ordinary as it left the show, definitely not jet propelled).

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Miura (there was more than one)

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More Bugattis than you could shake a stick at

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And that's my lot, can't add any more

John

[John Staddon]

But I can do another post

Beautiful Delage

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A couple of tiddlers, first a Fiat Jolly

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then a Peel microcar

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Maserati Birdcage

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1939 Triumph Dolomite with waterfall grille (gorgeous)

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John

[zacmarshall]

Sorry I could not make it this year. Hope to go to the March NEC show instead. Any Club presence there?

There will be various club members there but unfortunately no-one came forward to organise a stand, so the club doesn't have one.

[shaun]

A few more from the LCCS. Alex Riley from the One Show etc.

[Tim SP]

Well, firstly thanks again to John for sorting & dealing with the usual B/S that resulted in, yup a killer stand- I disn't think it would be possible to top the prev years, but we did.
Not only a stand to top ALL clubs (people said, they were not JOC either, some were even high end trade...) but a stand that not only looked awesome, was both professional & importantly welcoming- no ropes, no barrier,- nobody offered just access, also welcomed to sit in & interact- we made some peoples day- this is what a club should be- the other were not- many visitors were to comment & praise our stand.

The grand parade/race track/drag strip- this was mega- personally, sunday morning was the best car thing I have ever seen, all this action 10 foot in front of the stand, we had the best position in the whole building, fantastic, best thing I ever did with a car ever!

I grabbed Alex Reily after he finished for the day, he was doing the track commentary for the show, and various bits with Q Wilson etc on the live stage- what a nice bloke, utterly gets & really likes the Jensen mnarque & ended up spending so much time with me & Shaun that he almost got locked out.
How refeshing to talk with a 'celeb' that is down to earth, really friendly & utterly knows their onions- top chap.
I did ask him to shame QW to stop by, he said to not hold our breath, I said he promised last year Alex said " & you trusted the word from a car dealer"! pukka, funny guy- he also wasnt invited to the after show party, but we all went anyway!

Durren from JIA- great chatting, he sort us out- well, & this is coming from a very anul originality freak- the 'S' is a thing of serious beauty- imagine the factory making a modern Interceptor, but better than anything & comparible with everything- here it is folks, I'd own in a heartbeat.
A very serious product indeed.

So I almost wet myself sunday morning as mentioned-
Nigel Mansell was going to do a talk about his life in cars on the live stage, but early sunday- he decided to get involved & utterly unplanned, took out the Eagle E type & thrashed it on the strip, I mean serious beans, doughnuts on the roundabout where we were, even waving, so driving one handed, all in a teeny space-
then took that back to the paddock- then & this was breathtaking, he decided to take his old F1 Lotus, blashed it out the paddock & did the same in that, imagine that- bear in mind all this is indoors in ltd space- spitting flame & putting a chill up the spine- epic!
It was so fast we could get a decent phot, esp as we were only 3 feet from this!

Well done us, very well done J.S.
Last but far from least, my very dear mate Aub came from California to support us- I have so looked forward to seeing my big bro, so to combine with the best show- well perfect.

[Tim SP]

I hope Chair wont mind, but he managed to get something down- this is Nigel M in the Eagle.....
Also better phots than mine with Alex!

[Tim SP]

Oh, did anyone notice our chairman on the telly last week????
Well he only was!
we need to find that, also there should be an internet TV thing too shortly.

[Grant]

Wow.. it looks like you had a whale of a time there Tim
What programme was Shaun on then?

[JamesE]

The stand was magnificent and a credit to the club. Well done.
And thanks Nigel for letting me try the GT for size, even if it wasn't the result I wanted.