Pics from the 2010 MG Club Vintage Auto Festival

[Rev_D21]

6/6/2010 Famington NY

A bit rainy today but that didn't stop two Datsun 620s, a Datsun 1200 Fairlady and my Nissan Hardbody from showing up. I took third place in the 1999-older commercial truck class beating the green Datsun 620. Pics for those who like pics.








Link to Album:
http://img517.imageshack.us/g/mgcarshow6610001.jpg/

[93coupe]

The front tires on the F40 look tiny.

[Bubba1]

The front tires on the F40 look tiny.

Looks like a kit car replica. Nice pics.

[93coupe]

The front tires on the F40 look tiny.

Looks like a kit car replica. Nice pics.

It doesn't look quite right to me, I thought it may have been a kit. I could never own a fake Ferrari.

[Bubba1]

[It doesn't look quite right to me, I thought it may have been a kit. I could never own a fake Ferrari.

I agree with you. But considering how expensive real F40's are, there are many that would buy a Fiberglass body kit. Just like the old Shelby Cobras.

[Rev_D21]

The F40 was parked in the kit car area according to the map I was given.

[Otto.]

That F40 is way off from what the real thing looks like.

Looks like a cool show.

[Bubba1]

Hmmm. I think the scoops and flares are located in the right places, but it's the shorter wheelbase, bad paint, aftermarket wheels and warped front lower lipthat kinda give it away. To me the interesting question is what car is it underneath. My guess is it's a Fiero

[Otto.]

Hmmm. I think the scoops and flares are located in the right places, but it's the shorter wheelbase, bad paint, aftermarket wheels and warped front lower lipthat kinda give it away. To me the interesting question is what car is it underneath. My guess is it's a Fiero

Real:


Fake:


The headlights and... I don't know... everything isn't shaped right.

[HashiriyaS14]

Yes, most definitely fake.

I went to a British car show today also, and like any respectable British car show, it was promptly rained out.

I still saw some nice cars, including an Aston Rapide. Photos coming tomorrow or thereabouts.



Citroen 2CV! We rented a squadron or so of those in Paris on on a company trip (last employer), I have pics somewhere. I saw a pretty nice Citroen DS today at the show. I wish they'd go back to selling cars here, I'd love a C6.

[Mr1der]

[It doesn't look quite right to me, I thought it may have been a kit. I could never own a fake Ferrari.

I agree with you. But considering how expensive real F40's are, there are many that would buy a Fiberglass body kit. Just like the old Shelby Cobras.

eh..to be fair, the old Cobras were kinda like kit cars when new.

I do believe the Superformance cars got Shelby's blessing to get in the Shelby owner's association.

they're considerably more than the Factory Five cars though.

[HashiriyaS14]

The difference is that a car like a Cobra is much easier to build in a Garage, relative to something like an F40.

A Cobra is body-on-frame, big American V8, simple suspension, etc. Nothing about them is esoteric or expensive, it's all Jurassic technology. You can build a "fake" Cobra in your garage and it'll drive like a real one, probably better. Simple as it is, they're brilliant, so it's the perfect car to do kit versions of.

The F40, on the other hand, is still a relative technological showcase even twenty years later. The car is all carbon, kevlar, and aluminum, twin-turbo 2.9L Italian V8 derived from the 288 GTO, electronic ride height and damping adjustability, dual independent channel brakes, super-lightweight centerlock Speedlines, etc.

Sure, you could build a fake F40 with an SBC on a tube frame, and it might LOOK sorta like an F40, and it might even be fun to drive, but it won't actually drive anything like a real one. For every one of those neat features above that you take away, you get farther and farther from the real thing. Building an "authentic" fake F40 would likely cost a couple hundred thousand bucks, still cheaper than a real one, but not so much cheaper that anyone would ever really do it.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Yeah, replica Ferrari's and replica cobras are two entirely different things. Hash said it pretty well. I wouldn't blink at driving a cobra replica around...in fact I'd love to own one. An f40 or daytona spyder replica on the other hand...I would be flat out embarrassed to own.
Hard to explain...

[Bubba1]

Yeah, replica Ferrari's and replica cobras are two entirely different things. Hash said it pretty well. I wouldn't blink at driving a cobra replica around...in fact I'd love to own one. An f40 or daytona spyder replica on the other hand...I would be flat out embarrassed to own.
Hard to explain...

Of course, F40's and Cobras are different, Cobras were very simple vehicles compared to an F40 and less expensive. That's not my point. My point was simply that the originals of both are still unattainable by the average US consumer, which inspires many to want inexpensive replicas. that's all. And yes,there is a wide disparity in quality of kits. Heck, there was a 250 GTO kit available for many years that went over the engine/chassis of the more common 250 GTE, for probably triple the cost of a Superformance cobra. Irrelevant.

There's a guy two towns over from me who has an F40 body kit on top of a Fiero, which were popular at one time. It looks much like the one pictured. It'll fool someone like Nala , but not someone that knows something about cars.

[audtatious]

The better-brand replica Cobra's are actually better than the originals from a handling and stability perspective.

[HashiriyaS14]

Okay, here are some pics from the British Car Day I attended yesterday:


http://sixsylinder.blogspot.com/2010/06 ... g-oil.html


And here are some I didn't post:

Citroen DS in the parking lot. I absolutely love these kooky things.




Triumph Spitfire in the only color it should come in:




MG people and a lone Healey Bugeye packing up when it started to rain:




I had no idea this car existed, and now I want one. This is an XJ8 Vanden Plas Supercharged. I didn't think you could get long wheelsbase and the VP trim with the blower. It was BEYOND IMMACULATE.




I got to sit in this:




Land Rover people looking Land Rover-ey.




XKR, which is another vehicle that I seriously covet. Hell, I'd take a normal XK8, thanks.




MG TC Interior:





Triumph TR6, or as James May calls it, "the world's manliest car"





All the MG's before they started to leave:

[Bubba1]

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Love the old British leyland cars. Brings back memories from my working at a British Leyland dealer. So true about BRG Spitfires. I've always preferred the MGBGT over the MGB. They just make all the right sounds, and you don't have to deal with that drafty top. the Sprites/midgets/bugeyes were so cute, but sitting in them, especially the Midget/sprite, I felt like my feet were touching the back of the headlights.
A good friend of mine leased a Vanden Plas years ago. Not a particularly reliable car but what a great back seat. REAL rear leg room FTW.

[Koshin]

the TR6 is dopeness

...this makes me really want to get my Healey done

[HashiriyaS14]

the TR6 is dopeness

...this makes me really want to get my Healey done

^^
How tough is an SR swap into a Sprite?

I'd like a TR6 with an SBC in it for sure.



I've been seeing a lot of Jag XJ's on Craigslist with SBC swaps, some nicer than others. I'll pull the trigger on that at some point, but right now I'm too far into the Cressida.

[Bubba1]

...this makes me really want to get my Healey done

What model do you have??