IMP CLUB wins "Most Interesting Selection Of Cars " Award a

[Richard Sozanski]

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Big thank you to all of you guys ,Dave C, Dave L, Peter, Mike, Richard, John,James and Simon for bringing your cars and help in putting this fab stand on.
and not forgetting Dale ,Pete and Antoni.
Rich

[ganderson888]

A well deserved award guys - Congratulations to all concerned

[bazzateer]

Any pics?

[The Nun]

Thats actually a big well done considering the amount of other stands and the variety of cars that could be there also.
I last went in 1984, it was good then too.

A picture would be great, if you can get it to post here.

[ganderson888]

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Hartwell Imp
more later...

[GURNSIMPS]

Well done to all involved,Adam really enjoyed the show this year,he got to shake Mike Brewer (Wheeler Dealers) hand AND got a ride in a 427 Cobra!!

[Turboimp]

Here is a picture i took of Ray's Car at Castle Combe in the early 1970's ..

[ImpJimbo]

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[ImpJimbo]

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[ImpManiac]

Truly superb! Well deserved, all involved. I think I am in love with the Hartwell Imp...

IM

[pubcrawler]

Congratulations to everyone concerned, it was a good stand
Clean, not cluttered, and a good selection of cars along with a nice high sign so that it could be found easily

[Lars Hagermark]

Congratulations to all!

[Top teach]

Well deserved, a great stand & as said earlier, easy to spot.
Good to catch up again.

[philgsmith]

For those wanting some photos - not too happy with them under the NEC lighting :

[Lars Hagermark]

NEC lighting distortion or not - good to see anyway, thanks!

[philgsmith]

And more photos, including the Bettson bike with it's 2 Imp engines..

[philgsmith]

The four Imps not on the Club stand

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Congratulations to all involved in the Club stand. Well done.

Phil & Lesley

[philgsmith]

NEC lightning distortion or not - good to see anyway, thanks!

Hello Lars.. good to hear from you..

Phil

[imp.sport]

Here are some photos I took on the Sunday I could attend. Cilckable photos BTW. Cant help thinking there are a few caption competition potentials in there.

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I did a search to find someone who took photos of this years show as I wanted to find a casual observers interest in the stand.
Genuinely this is the first one I found.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bedworth/ ... 007809374/
There are quite a few more cars on there from this years show if anybody is interested in a virtual tour.

I noticed that Jon Bentley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bentle ... esenter%29 from the Gadget show took a huge interest in the Zimp. But virtually ignored everything else on the stand. But I didn't have my camera with me when he was there.

I can't thank Peter enough for his help in getting me home on the Thursday. The guy deserves a medal for that.
Everybody deserves much praise for putting this all together. You can only appreciate it when your there watching it all take shape and break down.
I still don't understand why cars were running engines waiting for NEC staff to open the doors to get out.
It reminded me of a traffic jam not moving in the Tyne tunnel.

[johnh875]

Congrats on the award, well deserved by the incredible variety of cars you brought together.

Thanks also for the link to the other photos too, some outstanding photos there. Was the 007 Esprit a real movie car? The Stobart Reliant 3-wheeler is a laugh, as was the bare-metal Jensen Interceptor. Was that Monty's Humber I saw too?

Is this car https://www.flickr.com/photos/bedworth/ ... 7007809374 an Imp-powered Probe 15?

Did anyone see the auction of the Talbot Lotus Sunbeam, that must have been entertaining.

[pubcrawler]

The Stobart Reliant 3-wheeler is a laugh...........

That was embarrassing, although a lot of work had gone into it

[The Nun]

I noticed that Jon Bentley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bentle ... esenter%29 from the Gadget show took a huge interest in the Zimp. But virtually ignored everything else on the stand.

There could be a good reason. If you look at the front of the Zimp then Jon, they have the same eyes
I thought so anyway.

[SimonBenoy]

Hi John875 - I think that is a Probe 16 which, if I'm right, had a Landcrab engine. Cheers - Simon

[johnh875]

The Stobart Reliant 3-wheeler is a laugh...........

That was embarrassing, although a lot of work had gone into it

If I was on my home computer I could look up for a photo of a Mini Moke dressed up with vertical truck exhaust stacks, bull bar, Mack bulldog bonnet mascot etc.

Thanks Simon, at least I was on the right track.

I was interested to read that the auction's Bentley Continental R was one of 3 RHD automatics; one of the other two was auctioned last month here in Melbourne as part of the Motorclassica show, for just over AUD$1m (approx £583k). There was a nice piece of symmetry that it was originally sold at the 1955 Melbourne Motor Show in the same Royal Exhibition Building as the show & auction was held in.

Can't post the photo, so here is a link:
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-conte ... erhead.jpg

[African Imp]

Wow, what a fantastic line up of cars, that was very large stand they allowed the club to have.