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Brooklands Today ( photo heavy )

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 15:15
by john 215
Hi,

Lovely day down here in the south east so dove down to Brooklands for there New Days Car Show, first what a great venue, ouzes history both car and aero, with great muesum's dedicated to both, loads of cars, in fact tucked into just about every available place !

Not everyday you get into traffic jam like this -

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Cars on the banking -


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A few of the numerous car's there -


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A couple for my learned friend Roy -


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And some more cars that caught my eye -


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These brakes -


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Belong to this plane [8D]


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Back to the car's


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And a nice Sunbeam


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Oh and mine -


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Got loads more but camera is being a ar53 [:(!]

Well worth the visit and the best way to start the new year IMHO

Cheers John.

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LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 15:29
by Neil_W
Great photos & a nice selection of cars [:)]

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Posted: 01 Jan 2013 17:07
by John Clancy
I'll have the red TR7 Coupe at the end! And the Concorde too.

<center><b>[url="http://www.triumphdvd.co.uk"]Triumph TR7 and other car documentaries on DVD here[/url]</b></center>

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 17:17
by tr7jim
I agree john, except I was thinking about buying the Mini on the first pic

Jim

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 17:44
by john 215
Hi

Thank you gents, finaly sorted camera, without resulting to a hammer [:(!]

For those who never been to Brooklands there is a test hill that was used to test car and against one another starts 1 in 8 but rises to 1 in 4 in other words bl88dy steep !!

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And looking down, slightly out of breath !!


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The old banked circuit -


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And back to car's -

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Not all were old, for a new car this aint bad -


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Not the tiedest car interior, love the dash mounted vice, you never know [:p] -



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More planes -


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This gent drove this there, apparently will do 125 mph no problem [:p] has masive twin drive chains !


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Oh and mine again [:p]


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Put it in your diary for next year, it's in mine [8D]

Cheers John

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LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 17:46
by Maxwell
Nice wheels on the Blue YAC .... Wolfrace Turbofins?

Look pigs to clean...

Maxwell [8D]

<b>2.0 TR7 Drop head \ Maxwell \ sold
2.0 TR7 Fixed head \ Robyn \ sold
3.5 TR7 V8 Drop head \ Oliver \ sold


2.0 TR7 Fixed head \ Ben \ current
0.7 Smart Roadster \ Oscar \ current</b>

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 17:51
by john 215
Hi Andrew,



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have another look, 5 studs, Rover SD1 wheels [8D] agree with you though they do look good [8D]

Cheers John

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LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 18:03
by TR Tony
Looks a great day out John, thanks for the great pics.

Tony
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<font size="1">1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow</font id="size1">

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 18:24
by Roy Hankins
That early Red coupe looks rather nice.

Good to see a few TR7s there along with the odd Marina.

Nice pictures John,good way to start the year.

Roy

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:07
by birdseye
Hi John
V impressive pics. I have taught you well!!!
Happy New Year.

Mx

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 14:18
by FI Spyder
Nice pictures. I've read of the 800,000 plus Marinas sold in UK there are less than 800 now on the road.



- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT
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Posted: 02 Jan 2013 16:12
by tr7jim
On the subject of Marina's it doesn't help with Top Gear destroying them[V]

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 17:06
by john 215
Hi Michelle,

Thanks for that, means a lot comming from someone as good as you are [:I]

Cheers John

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LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!