Classic car show NEC

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Mon 17 Nov 2008 12:19
Classic car show NEC - mrmender
Don't know if ive missed anything on here but i was there all weekend, Exhibiting my MK2 Sciricco GTI
I delivered it to the hall on Thursday and was there until yesterday afternoon,
What a fantasic show for car lovers/petrol heads everyhwere
I went every morning around the show before it opened, everyday i found something new. A truely maginficent show
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Mon 17 Nov 2008 13:01
Classic car show NEC - DP
I had tickets for MPH and TG Live, which got us in to the Classic Motor Show and Classic Bike Show as well. A thoroughly superb day out all round. The Classic Motor Show was where we spent most of the day.

There was a guy selling an original Y registered black Golf GTI mk1 with 28,000 genuine miles and in completly original, unrestored condition. I would love to know if it sold, and what he got for it.


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Mon 17 Nov 2008 13:04
Classic car show NEC - mrmender
ah yes was speaking to an expert about that motor........... Something dodgy about it apparently not the car it seems
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Mon 17 Nov 2008 13:34
Classic car show NEC - DP
Seems crazy to pass off a sub standard motor at a gathering of car enthusiasts and experts. Surely Autotrader would have been a safer bet!

There was so much gorgeous metal there though. I was drooling over (in no particular order) the gorgeous red 1955 Ford F-100 pickup, the mint collection of Mark I, II and III Mini Coopers, the Twin Plenum Rover SD1 Vitesse, the Delta Integrale....all of it, in fact.

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Mon 17 Nov 2008 14:02
Classic car show NEC - commerdriver
So that's what it was. Drove down the M40 Warwick - High Wycombe on Sunday evening, huge number of classics on the road, some on trailers some under their own steam, brightened up an otherwise boring journey.
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Mon 17 Nov 2008 14:22
Classic car show NEC - Roger Jones
Missed it this year, but have much enjoyed it in the past. It's huge and exhausting, and I could take only half a day of it, but there's plenty there for the determined to get a very full day out of it. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Edited by Roger Jones on 17/11/2008 at 14:23

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Mon 17 Nov 2008 14:33
Classic car show NEC - ifithelps
Anyone got a date for next year's show?

Something to scribble on the calendars we will all soon be buying.

Edited by ifithelps on 17/11/2008 at 14:33

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Mon 17 Nov 2008 14:40
Classic car show NEC - oldnotbold
Nothing yet on www.necclassicmotorshow.com - but I guess they are still clearing up.
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Mon 17 Nov 2008 23:08
Classic car show NEC - frazerjp
My Dad & I went this year, it was really busy getting towards the car parks, we ended up parking inside Hall 19.

Very impressed with the show itself, plenty of exibits to have a look take photos etc...

Did anyone see the old Blue MkI Granada owned by a chap from Buckinghamshire, it was still in it's original condition there were a few blemishes around the bodywork, but that's because it's original not restored, still a credit to the owner.

Did anyone else see the skoda club stand, the open top which today costs the same price as it was new 20 years ago! £3000
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