Wheels Day

[renegade53]

summat different

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not often you see a amazon estate

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plymouth and chevy i think

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anuvver rareity a 'woodie' cortina estate.

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nice shiny caps on the tina

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a lot of work went into this van. i'd hate to have to patch it if it got scratched

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panaramic view and half track

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anuvver thames

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anuvver shiny cap

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and finally the sundaes. nice change to be rain free this year. well done to ssr for the day.

[hunter]

Has that skip had an msva,don't look like with that reg.

[phunkie hiboy]

Has that skip had an msva,don't look like with that reg.

Might just be a body change on a reliant chassis, in which case no MSVA/SVA/BIVA test!!

[Tony oily bike]

i'm sure i saw this on telly when they did a program about this race. pan american or summat like that. it blew the ends and got it repaired overnight in some back street garage, like the sort of thing you see in cuba

You shall be mostly thinking of La Carrera Panamericana....  

The car in the photo is a 1954 Lincoln Cosmopolitan (5.2 litre V8). This particular one has been restored as a replica of its Panamerican sister car of 1954.... but looks good dunnit!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrera_Panamericana

Some original 1954 footage
http://vimeo.com/11037755

Some modern footage with the 'old' cars. Some of these are basically NASCAR spec machines, and run 180+mph on the roads........    (turn the volume up & listen to the engines to see/hear what these cars will do)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36I9kNz3HE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGhIbuvUwMc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gis-KZsp8A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk0U4Y11XcA&feature=related


There's a VHS video still available which is about Nick Mason and Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd in around 1997 doing the Panamericana in a couple of replica Jags.
Great video, and if you like Floyd, great music too.... still available.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pink-Floyd-Carrera-Pana-VHS/dp/B00004CM55/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303581226&sr=1-2

[renegade53]

that explains why it looked familiar

[Archie]

v dub, there's a v dub event near me at bracknell if nowt on i might pop along. can't remember when it was now. ah the pleaseures of getting old 

You're thinking of Dubs at the park in Bracknell? we go every year ad it's always good. It is the 2nd to last weekend in may