Classic Car Show, NEC Birmingham, 13-15 November

[Casey]

The huge Classic Motor Show is taking place this weekend at the Birmingham NEC;

http://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/

If you get a chance to go along you will see this lovely Mazda RX-4 in the "Pride of Ownership" area of the show, in Hall 5, just in front of the "Wheeler Dealer" live show. Some of you will recognise the car I'm sure  , as it always attracts a lot of attention wherever it appears, due to it's stunning condition.

[Lisa]

If your coming along to the NEC Classic Car show at the weekend, then come and visit us in Hall 5 where our Mazda RX-4 is on one of the "Pride of Ownership" stands. It is right by the Wheeler Dealers live stage. Come over and say

[exiled-viking]

Be over Later today looking and buying a car up for sale ? ( if not see you tomorrow  )

[boosted]

Have a good day. Hope you win  Clive!

[re japi]

Yes, I hope Clive wins too

[johnf]

I was there Saturday - how the hell did I miss it, typical.

Walked round with a friend thinking 'Clive's car is better prepared than most of these'.

It's so vast perhaps not surprising.

[clive]

Sorry I didn't catch up with you John, great to all of you who we did see though .

I actually debated for a couple of weeks before agreeing to go, reason is, because as many of you know "I use the car properly in all weathers"  I really did not feel it was good enough to show,

Once I agreed, I spent two weeks off and on trying to make it look as good as I could.

Basically, the 30 invited cars either had to have one hell of a story, and or be very very rare.

Real real variety amongst the 30 cars though, from a £150,000 spent on a Ford Pop, to an immaculate Austin A40 owned and used for 51 years, to a 1 of ten left VW Matador etc etc with every invited car being very special.

Other than the normal MX-5 brigade, I did not see any other Mazda's let alone a Rotary and there were apparently 2500 car on show! 

First place was a 1920's wooden boat tailed monster, second was an old  micro car with six tiny wheels and third was the A40.   

With that said, we had a wonderful time chatting to some proper Rotary enthusiasts that I had never met including an Australian who had an RX-4 in his collection back home and an old time Mazda dealer who sold old RX-2's, 3's, and 4's.

"Plus" We have a convert who has a show winning Ford collection of Escorts etc who had been trying to see the RX-4 in the flesh a long time, now he has sat in the car he is off to scour the planet for an RX-4 by selling one of his Escorts that will probably bring 40K,

I thought he was telling story's until he showed me Rotary pictures on his phone.

[DaveCollins]

Clive it was good to catch up with yourself and Lisa at the show.  Car was stunning as always. 

Glad you met some people who showed real interest, I always find that is the best part of any show.

Dave