New Years Meet 2012

Courtesy of Ka Ry

These are from a 1,006 photo set, so you should really just click the link and scroll through everything. I'm not doing it justice here.

Hachimaru Meeting

Thanks to Ka Ry

Nakayoshi Hot Olds (2)

Nakayoshi Hot Olds

British Car Day 2011 - Swap Meet

I'm still soldiering on with this stuff because it interests me, fully aware that it probably doesn't interest anyone else.

This meet has a very substantial swap meet/sale area, which I've also noticed being the case at many meets in Japan like Historix. Whenever I go to a meet in the US, S-chassis or somesuch, this never seems to be the case, which is a shame.

I like poking through endless piles of crap hoping to find something that interests me, and it's also just fun to look at.

This guy had a lot of Lucas electrical bits, including starters, headlights, etc. I'm sure he does a brisk business as this stuff has abysmal failure rates.

Same vendor, but this table was all OEM tool kits. New cars don't really come with much in the way of tools, as no one knows how to fix anything themselves anymore.

Shop manuals, service manuals, and parts catalogs.


Diecast model cars, which was of particular interest to me as I collect old Lesney/Matchbox vehicles. I did not walk away empty handed.

This vendor probably had ten tables of random stuff, including lots of badges.

British Car Day 2011 - Engines

I think modern engine bays generally look terrible, made worse by the increasingly common black plastic covers.

Engine shots are my favorite part of this show, as there are lots of Jaguars and no one has ever made a prettier postwar engine than Jaguar has, leaving aside the fact that the car will probably only run half the time.

Jaguar E-Type

Jaguar XK140

Lotus Elan

Morgan


Jaguar XJS V12

British Car Day 2011

The Chesapeake MG-T Register puts on a British car show at Lilypons gardens that I attend every year. I'm really starting to wonder why I screw around with S14's and things when I could have a TR6 or a TC...

Go here for 2009 and 2010

This year I thought it justified more than one post, so I'll spread the pictures out over the next week or so.

These catch my eye every year, although I think they're a handful.

The parking lot is sometimes even better than the show field. This is obviously not English, but it is probably my favorite postwar car of any type, the Citroen DS.

This is apparently an MG TC underneath. Definitely my favorite car of the show.

Morgan three-wheeler. Note V-twin motorcycle engine up front.

One of the few motorcycles. Not sure what exact BSA this is, maybe a Gold Star?

Late to the Party

The 2011 New Years meet was a long time ago, but these shots were too good not to post. Expect more.

Courtesy of this guy.

Crown Royal

I have come to really like cars of this style, only I have no idea what it's called.

Crowns and other full-size 60s/70's Japanese sedans/wagons/trucks, fairly stock restorations on what looks like Torq Thrusts/Astro Supremes, etc. Tire lettering, mooneyes steering wheels, et cetera. Does this "style" have a name?

These images are from the 19th Annual Yokohama Hot Road Custom Show.

Gallery HERE

This Corona pickup is my favorite, I didn't even know these existed. I could carry my Super Cub in the back.

Royal Enfield

I want one.

They're cheap, relatively speaking. Not sure if I'd rather have a cafe or sidecar rig.