One thing I love about having moved to the UK is that there is an amazing variety of car shows, clubs, events etc etc all the time. Not far from my house is the Ace Cafe for example...they have gatherings there EVERY single day! Its really fantastic. In that vein a couple of weeks ago I went to the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power and saw some amazingly varied and cool stuff! Here is a tiny selection of some of the things there...there was way more. And part of the fun is that in many cases you could speak to the owners of these machines and they would gladly sit there chatting and really enjoying describing their cars or bikes. I also got a ride (a very fast ride with full launch included!) in a Nissan GT-R. It was in a word, amazing. After I finish my Firebird I know what Im saving up for!
Here's a brake assembly from a racing GT-R from Sumo Power racing team. Its interesting because Ive never seen a disc completely covered by the cooling duct before outside of F1.
This Lancia S4 looked really fantastic. Maybe a bit TOO fantastic? It was too clean. Well, turns out its a replica! Hard to believe because from a few yards away its impossible to tell. But once you look in the engine bay you see that theres a turbo engine from the FIAT coupe in there. Still...beautiful looking project! I later found out that a person I work with is having this same builder make him a Lancia 037 replica!
What can I say. Well one thing...looked hard as hell to ride that thing!
Looks like a regular delivery van with some graphics and a pair of nice seats right? Talk about a sleeper! Theres a full fledged Jaguar XJ-220 engine and transaxle back there!
Speaking of Jaguars, personally one of the most beautiful cars ever made...the XJR-15. Unlike the XJ-220 this one had the full Jag 12 cylinder in it. Apparently beauty is only skin deep in this case...seems like most professional drivers think its a bear to drive.
One of the nice things about this event is that all cars get driven. The sound this Lotus F1 was making out of its Lamborghini V-12 was fantastic!
This Bentley was just awe inspiring. That's a Packard V-12 in there...same as on the P-51 Mustangs! Needless to say it created its own crowd control...and that was just at idle!
This Bentley had a sweet temp gauge. You can just see the gears making the needle move. I forgot to write down what year it was.
Well...we can at least say the show goers weren't taking themselves too seriously!
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