First one of the Year

[Dave Knight]

First show of the year. Even the rain held off which is very unusual for the frozen north. 
 

An eclectic bunch of motors for your perusal.
 

The BMW was absolutely stunning. Car of the show. The pictures don’t do it justice. 

[Johnny Boy]

I'd like a classic Mazda RX3 rotary.

I keep hoping Rally Pack  James will send me one over.

I haven't seen a UK one for 40 years. 

[Jerrytom161]

I Love an opel Manta also an Alfa GTV  looks a nice selection of motors . 

[PeteRS8084]

Blimey some amount of tickford capris, although one has a very brave colour scheme.......and a gt750 Suzuki (kettle) with expansion chambers......lush! Well done on some great content and pictures 

[ekjdm14]

Bluebird, 4i & Horizon for me please... Some lovely motors out there, wonder if we get as good a selection at Smallwood...

[Rally Pack 2000]

21 hours ago, Johnny Boy said:

I'd like a classic Mazda RX3 rotary.

I keep hoping Rally Pack  James will send me one over.

I haven't seen a UK one for 40 years. 

Oh dear! I see the rotaries (and more importantly hear the vile things) at shows every week. Im my youth as part of an Escort gang they were the local enemy. Mainly the Lebanese boy racer community. You dare not follow one with the flame throwers that shoot out their exhausts, and risk melting your windscreen. What a waste at todays fuel prices! RX4s which were weightier were slower than our 2lt Escorts. The later RX8s were slower than ALL Escorts. With the RX2s and RX3s When I beat them in street drags (There were no Karen criers back then) they would always claim I must have modified my car but I would always let them look it over, all was standard. What they didn’t know is I sort of cheated and always specified a set of lights just before a reasonably steep hill. They have virtually no torque so never were a match for a high torque to weight ratio of the Escort. They never did figure it out!

Their shells had no rigidity compared to Escorts and with all their power they had brakes smaller than our Mk1 Escorts. They would wind the things up and never able to stop them afterwards.

At shows where I judge they still always give me the Rotary Category. I asked the guy who runs it why do you always give me the Rotaries, I hate the things! He says yes that’s why I give you that group, you're very impartial you hate them all equally! LOL

[Johnny Boy]

Great , I love that you hate the rotaries,  but get to judge them😄

I just added a random photo of 2 of mine that are on the road, as it is sunny out today 😎

[Johnny Boy]

Actually 3 , as the 2 door mk2 Cortina is under the cover.

[GrahamU]

Some great cars there, I had my first show on sunday, there were a couple of odds there like this mk3 looking kit based on a mini 

 

Then this mini was a little different, A series bottom end and straight cut mini gearbox but with a BMW bike head, he said its around 120-130bhp

 

 

[Dave Knight]

That Sabre is odd isn’t it. MK3 end? 
 

I enjoy a yank truck, looks like a Mack, Kenworth or Peterbilt. Can’t make it out. 

[Vista Estate]

Nice wheels @Dave Knight, are they new? 🤣

[Dave Knight]

What gave you that idea? 🤣

[GrahamU]

On 05/05/2026 at 19:28, Dave Knight said:

That Sabre is odd isn’t it. MK3 end? 
 

I enjoy a yank truck, looks like a Mack, Kenworth or Peterbilt. Can’t make it out. 

The show was sponsored by a company that deliver aggregate so have a few nice trucks including a race truck, from memory the white was a Peterbilt

[Nige65]

If my old memory serves me correctly, it was a Peterbilt 351 that appeared in the film ‘Duel’, do correct me if I’m wrong 😁