Scarlet Martini: 2012

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Lancias at Tatton Hall Classic Car Show 2012

An Aprilia or Augusta I believe.

Mid-twenties Lambda I think with a weird boat-tail.

Delta Integrales, over 20 years old now and still looking fast as ever.

Fulvia S3 was absolutely stunning and in a concourse condition for its occupants - the Queen and Prince Philip [cardboard heads stuck to the seats].

I was over the moon to see a Fulvia, but a HF rally version would have been nice.

Rally Stratos looked very authentic and there was no reason to doubt it, but the paint and panel-fit wads just a little too good leading me to believe it was in fact a replica.

Period reg. plate is in keeping with the correct era and the car was advertised as a Lancia Stratos not Hawk or replica. Still though I'm not convinced the owner would leave such a rare machine sat in the paddock.

For the full story on Tatton Hall Classic Car show 2012 and over 120 pics go here: Tatton Hall Park Classic Car Show 2012 [on my other blog: http://retrorunabouts.blogspot.co.uk/]

Ferrari Replicas at Tatton Hall Classic Car Show 2012

Went to Tatton Hall Classic Car Show on Monday. Thought there'd be a few Ferraris, maybe a 308 or two, and got excited when I saw flowing red bodies in the distance. I knew something didn't look right, they all turned out to be replicas - nearly 20 of them - making up the Italian Replica Car Club stand. Some we're obvious forgeries, but a few looked to have had so much craftsmanship and man-hours poured into them that you wonder if they could have just afforded an original...

250 GTO reps were cool, but definately out of proportion to the real thing. Who knows what they're based on, it didn't say, though the No.19 car had a Le Mans winning story pinned to it - I wonder how many people went home thinking they'd seen a 10 million quid car?

A replica it may be, but this 330 P/4 Le Mans car was pretty much spot on and easily the best car on the stand.

The only real Ferrari I could find in the whole show was this 360, parked behind a Fiat 124 Abarth, which steals its thunder frankly.

For the full story on Tatton Hall Classic Car show 2012 and over 120 pics go here: Tatton Hall Park Classic Car Show 2012 [on my other blog: http://retrorunabouts.blogspot.co.uk/]