Some photos from Blighty!!

[010 Alf]

Hello Chaps,

I attended a car show Sunday at the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum trust Nr. Lewes, East Sussex, I'll put a few photos of some of my favourite cars on for you but I must tell you about the Rolls Royce parked next to me! You wont mistake it when you scroll through the photos, it's 80 years old, has a hand built 2 seater all alloy body and then there's the small matter of the engine, it's a 27 Litre Spitfire unit!! When the car started I thought it was going to suck me into the Carbs, the noise was music to my ears, straight pipes and no baffles, apparently the exhaust gases were measured at 175 Mph as they exit!! It had a two speed gearbox connected to the engine through another, step-up gearbox using a Torque convertor to transmit the 1,500 Ft/Lbs of torque!!

It's a stunning car, fully road legal and the owner has just got back from driving it to watch the Le Mans Classic race so it's no trailer queen!! I can't begin to imagine how much fuel it got through!! One little story he was telling me is that he was parked outside a restaurant, all the windows were open and the tables laid, when he started it up to leave, the exhausts were facing the windows, it blew all the tablecloths and cutlery off and the two nearest tables were blown over as well, he left a bit sharpish!!

Anyway, here's just a few of the cars I liked.........

Cheers,
Alf.

[001 Neville]

[001 Neville]

[001 Neville]

What Alf hasn't told you, because he doesn't like to blow his own trumpet, is that his Commodore won first equal prize with a restored Jaguar E Type! How about that! The car was still fly splattered from the drive back from Billing too

If he had lived local to the show, he could have ended up driving the local beauty queen to local events , but the E-type has drawn that role.

[010 Alf]

Thanks for embarassing me Neville!!

Officially I came second, it was the organiser that wanted my car and the E-Type to hold joint first but it wasn't practical as the winner would be expected to attend various activities within the County, such as transporting the Beauty Queen!! Just as well I didn't win, at my age, it might have been too much for me!!

I was very flattered to even be selected for the top ten, the standard of cars was so high I was stunned, the Organiser told me the final decision was made on a "which car would you like to drive home" basis and that's the reason they scored my car so highly, I think they glossed over the fly spattered front end!! The E-Type was a truly gorgeous car and worthy winner, I only went for the day out, I had no intention of competing at all, funny how things work out sometimes!!

I had a great day and I hope the photos bring back some happy memories for your members, they did for me!

Cheers,
Alf.

[002 Lindsay]

Dont be embarressed Alf you should be bloody proud well done

[001 Neville]

I've been asked to request that any ABS members keep this story under their hat for a while since Steve Bunney is doing a writeup for the Autobahnstormers newsletter Straight Six News. Steve's is the white Bitter in one of the pics - based on the Opel Senator A for those who have recently joined the Opel Forum.