NEC - Classic Car Show November

[Stephen G]

Classic Car Show - 14th 15th 16th November 2008 at the NEC.


Whos all going to it?

Im planning to come down myself for the three days, or the sat and sun.

[SimonR]

The Club will be there on stand 3C38 and various members of the committee will be present throughout the three days. I'll be there to set up on the Thursday and will be on the stand on Friday.

Really lookng forward to it.

[edders1690]

Will be there on the Saturday with no 2 son.

[Captain Slow]

Will be there on the Sunday with the Post War Classics forum. Be nice to meet up with some of you!

[Beaker]

The Club will be there on stand 3C38 and various members of the committee will be present throughout the three days. I'll be there to set up on the Thursday and will be on the stand on Friday.

Really lookng forward to it.

Presumably there will be a few spare entrance tickets for those willing to help out on the stand?

[Dave]

Entrance tickets already accounted for - we only applied for enough tickets as necessary.

Dave

[C191JOE]

I'll bring JOE on the Friday if you'd like it on the stand. Prolly can't do Sat or Sun

[Dave]

The car would need to be delivered on the Thursday... and then not leave until Sunday evening... we can't take any exhibition cars in or out of the arena during the show.

Dave

[C191JOE]

I've got it now- spoke with simonr yesterday, so JOE can stay all weekend

[Oli]

It looks like i might be there on the Friday or Saturday with Railings, will let you know as soon as i know myself!!

[Beaker]

Entrance tickets already accounted for - we only applied for enough tickets as necessary.

Dave

Shame :( I hadn't seen any mention of asking for help manning the club stand and I mentioned above as I thought if Stephen is coming down from Scotland for the weekend he might have been able to help out on the stand in return for free entry.

[Stephen G]

Sorry i cant make it now... The guy whos coming for the Montego is coming up on the sat.

[steve smith]

well if only i coudl come not got the time right now am tryign to save a steam railway from closing

[SimonR]

Just got back from putting the stand together.

Who knew that you could spend 4 hours polishing a Maestro?!

Anyway if you're in the area of the NEC with nothing to do in the next three days then it'd be more than worth a visit!

[Dave]

Sneak preview before better pics later!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/mavhh/NEC.jpg

[E_T_V]

The club stand
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/3035701017_45db992b2a_o.jpg

The MGM club stand
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/3036536184_0e20c1a8ba_o.jpg

More MGM club stand (got some pics of the 6R4 somewhere too!)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3036536598_e77959959a_o.jpg

Another Tickford Maestro hiding on the Tickford stand for sale with rather an optomistic price tag!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/3035702385_c46c84bf4f_o.jpg

[Andy]

Wow they all look spotless. Wish I came just to see the maestros. Go on them how much was the black turbo up for?

[E_T_V]

Its actually a british racing green one but its not obvious in that pic.

Think of a good figure then double it :D

[Andy]

Well I am taking it that the condition is extremely good I would say a reasonable price would be 2.3-2.5k so if I doubled that it would be very optimistic.

[Dave]

It was £7k.

Exterior was mint, but for that money I'd have expected the interior to have been completely re-upholstered.

Dave

[Andy]

Obviously doesn’t want to sell it, be one of these people that has it up for sale on the off change that some ones silly enough to buy it. Could have the pleasure of restoring your own for that.

[E_T_V]

When I saw it the price was £6k so perhaps he actually did want to sell it??

Very good condition, no visable rot, but not mint condition if you know what I mean. Anyhow, if we ignore the pricing its pleasing to see maestros making a regular appearance at the show and not just on this clubs stand!

[Maria]

Just put my pics online here. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisiehexagon/sets/72157609248656090/)

It was very nice to see such a generally positive reaction to the cars and the stand, and to see Maestros popping up on different stands!

[D87 SMW]

My jaw dropped when I saw that Red MG. Nice to see several 'minters' on show, although there's no metal bumper model there for variation. Or a Montego! :eek:

[Stephen G]

My jaw dropped when I saw that Red MG. Nice to see several 'minters' on show, although there's no metal bumper model there for variation. Or a Montego! :eek:

Theres a Mint Red Maestro near me that looks like that but its a J plate iirc.

I think next year is all for the Montego because its the birthday of it. If the classic car show is on next year about the same time or a little later, i would be happy to put KGM on, hopefully il be driving by then anyway, so i can come down myself.

[SimonR]

Nice to see several 'minters' on show, although there's no metal bumper model there for variation. Or a Montego! :eek:

This year was the Maestro's Silver Jubilee so we had three of them on the stand - next year is the Montego's for the same reason!

We will be looking for three (or maybe four) Montegos of varying specification.

We are also intending to exhibit some of the lower-spec cars in the future because there was a very healthy interest in these models, lots of comments from people who had something like a 1.3L or HLE as a first car.

I was very heartened at the response the Maestros got from the passing visitors and I even convinsed an interested passer-by to take a look at our classified advertisments with the view of buying an MG Maestro.

[steve smith]

they do look really good sat there i would like to put my beige nighte mare up for next years show shes going off road in a few days for a rest over the winter/new year teh estate will not be showable its goign to take a lot of work to get it looking smart

[daveyboy]

My jaw dropped when I saw that Red MG. Nice to see several 'minters' on show, although there's no metal bumper model there for variation. Or a Montego! :eek:

Cheers Steve,
Not bad considering its used everyday and not garaged is it? I was suprised at how many people stopped and looked at it while i was there on Sunday, I had never shown it before but was glad i did :)

[E_T_V]

Yep its a very clean and tidy car, in a very nice unfaded colour. Mine was the white turbo but I was busy on the 200/400 stand for most of the show.

[Andy]

Nice photos Maria, has any one got any info on photo IMG_5826 MGF CNTR looks fresher than the new models.

[henocsr]

:eek::eek:7,000 for a maestro turbo!!!!!! 5,000 tops with low mileage and in mint condition

[G Force]

Fabulous pictures Maria really enjoyed browsing through those thankyou, I wish you had a full shot of the black Fiat 127 sport as I had one just like that;) Lots of beautiful examples I must go next year.:)