Nashville British Car Club 2007 Show, Part 7

[MadmanO/T People]

Part 7: Motorbikes and Non-British cars.

Triumph Bonneville

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Vincent Black Shadow

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1969 BSA Firebird

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1952 Citroen 2CV Cogolin
I'm not sure what this was doing at a British car show. (No, it's not a Slough built Citroen, either!) This unique 2CV was built for the Fire and Rescue Service of Cogolin, France. The story goes: One night, while on patrol, Colonel Hourcastagne found the narrow mountain road he was driving on had been blocked. Unable to turn his car around, he was forced to reverse down the road for several miles aided only by a fireman with a small flashlight to guide the way. This incident gave him the idea for a robust vehicle that could be driven forwards or backwards with the same ease. This is how the "Two-Headed" 2CV came to be. Two front sections were welded together. The two parts function independently, each with it's own engine. It remained in service for twenty years, with it's peculiar appearance causing major distraction when passing other motorists on the road! It was built by the French coachbuilders Ansart & Teissere.

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The End.

Cheers,
Madman of the People

Edited by MadmanO/T People on Wednesday 26th December 14:54

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[Sporting Bear]

Parts 1 - 7, excellent photos , excellent cars

Just a little depressing that like over here the sun has to be out for the "garage/show queen cars" to also be out

Any photos of ones that are used more frequently that just for shows please?

As a previous and present owner of classic MGs I can say that almost all are not rare or expensive enough to warrant being show only cars

Cars that are used are also very interesting to look at (and they don't have to drive off before the threat of adverse weather)

[tvrgit]

Sporting Bear said:

Parts 1 - 7, excellent photos , excellent cars

Just a little depressing that like over here the sun has to be out for the "garage/show queen cars" to also be out

Any photos of ones that are used more frequently that just for shows please?

As a previous and present owner of classic MGs I can say that almost all are not rare or expensive enough to warrant being show only cars

Cars that are used are also very interesting to look at (and they don't have to drive off before the threat of adverse weather)

Agreed. "Show" cars are all very well, and have a place, but I think that cars were made to be used, not just to show, and a lot of these shows don't encourage that.

I won an excellent book by Alan Clarke MP in a Polar Bears raffle, and he had all sorts of rare cars that he used regularly, whatever the weather. He was clearly vehemently opposed to "show only" cars, some of them with non-running engines and no nasty corrosive water in them (for example only enough to fill the header tank with blue toilet water) and being trailered to and from shows. His idea was that all concours results should be provisional, and only after the car had completed a couple of laps of a route near the showground, could the award be claimed.

I went to a TVR meeting in July - 3 of us drove 300 miles each way through all those floods, to take part. One (not mine) still won the "best car on the day" award.

Other owners don't drive that distance in a year, and then only when it's dry and guaranteed to stay dry. Don't see the point...

[Sporting Bear]

tvrgit said:

I won an excellent book by Alan Clarke MP in a Polar Bears raffle,

Quality prizes with the Polar Bears we're more Toilet Duck down south

tvrgit said:

I went to a TVR meeting in July - 3 of us drove 300 miles each way through all those floods, to take part. One (not mine) still won the "best car on the day" award.

Well done that's what I call play and display

tvrgit said:

Other owners don't drive that distance in a year, and then only when it's dry and guaranteed to stay dry. Don't see the point...

600 miles a year is at least 6 years annual mileage for some show only cars

A couple of years when helping to put our stand up at the NEC we were next to the AutoGlym concours stand and I remember seeing a what some would consider a "mundane" classic being pushed off a trailer and it had bubblewrap on its side panels at least

We'd better stop now or we'll be known as the moaning old gits

[tvrgit]

Sporting Bear said:

We'd better stop now or we'll be known as the moaning old gits

I think I already am...

[Sporting Bear]

tvrgit said:

Sporting Bear said:

We'd better stop now or we'll be known as the moaning old gits

I think I already am...

Yeah so am I . . .

[MadmanO/T People]

A few of these cars (the Peel, Rover P6, Citroen) were from a local museum. Fortunately, this museum has a policy of all it's cars being runners and they do get driven from time to time.

But most of these cars were driven to the show. I saw very few trailers in the car park. The sunny weather was a happy coincidence. This show takes place every year, rain or shine.

Cheers,
Madman of the People

[vrooom]

Thanks, i enjoyed the pics. shame mg/rover/whole british car industry is gone!