JUNE 2010 - GAYDON DISPLAY CARS - 6R4s

[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

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MartinC seen finishing off a claying demonstration on the 1979 prototype
owned by Robert Ivins aka soggy, MOC Chairman.

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The 1980 1.3 HLS, shown at the NEC Motor Show in 1980, was kindly loaned to MOC for the day by The Heritage Motor Centre.

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Richard and Tania Smith besides owning the best MK1 turbo in the country
also own this 1981 1.3S in snapdragon which was sold on the day for £2000 - a snip.

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James Riley drove down from West Yorkshire in this superb 3000 mile only 1982 1.3 Auto.

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Up from London in another 1.3 Auto, this time a 1983, was Tom Morley aka knightsbridge
who, as you can see by the engine bay alone, is the king of the detailers.

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This rare standard 310 van was parked next to Tom Morley and the owner only lives a few doors away
in London. Ed Graefe in the beige City to his right, also from London, brought up a pair of houndstooth
check seats which now replace the worn out ones in the van..small world !

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Another one coming up the M40 was Ed Graefe who brought along
his young son and this very nice beige City.

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Moira McKeown aka orinocco99 drove up from Hampshire with
husband Dean in their Azure Blue MG1300.

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Jim Lott aka MGMetro Jim, the club photographer, displayed his
Black MK2 Turbo for all of us to envy.

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John Read aka readie and his son brought his restored Surf from Plymouth.
Bought off Ebay for £56, it's now worth a lot more.

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Brian Nesbitt, seen in the background of the second photo,
diplayed his gorgeous GTa.

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This cranberry red 1.3 Auto came down from Wigan
and is owned by MOC treasurer Jim Patrickson aka shunter.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

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John Martin and his wife made the journey in this 1991 1.1L despite John
only coming out of hospital on Wednesday - MOC wish him a speedy recovery.

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Matt Flaherty aka pietaster brought along his very white 1992 1.1C with only 16K !!

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Derek Baty aka alfadeke1 drove over 700 Miles round trip from Fife with
his wife Diana in their 1992 Henley Blue 1.1 averaging 46mpg.!

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This 1994 Rio Grande in Nevada Red belongs to Stephen Rayner.

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Karen Atherley aka metrokaz displayed her 1995 Rover 111 GSi in British Racing Green.

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Rob Tong aka RobT_75 left his MK1 at home to come up in this 114sli, also in BRG,
owned and driven by his partner Clare Winter.

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This white 114GSi left Swansea at 5am driven by Carole Bidmead aka Carole 418.

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And last, but definately not least, was the last R100 off the production line.
Loaned to the Club for the day, the car has only done 10 miles and is signed
by all the workers on that sad day.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

The Heritage Motor Centre kindly lent MOC the Notchback, the booted prototype, very rarely seen in public.

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A 1983 Poverty Spec owned by Club Secretary Jack Thornton and known as "Custard".

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Chris Newbery's 1982 miniMetroL in white with black Union Jack roof and door cards.

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Graham Collin's 'Y' reg 1.3 Metro that's done upwards of 250k miles and has been used most days for 22 years.

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A 1983 City in beige owned by Ben Pidgeon.

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This very tidy red 1982 MK1 was brought along by Jeremy Curuk aka jez175.

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Rob Fenwick's 1981 HLS in opaline.

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A Beige 1981 MK1 with Paprika interior owned by Richard Bremner aka RichardB.

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John Davidson travelled up from West Sussex in his 1980 1.3 S in Cinnabar Red.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

Mike Savage aka mikes, Club Membership Secretary, brought along his 1989 City X.

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Neil Smith aka humberman25 drove up from Woking in his Henley Blue 1.0L.

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Paul Thomson parked his 1990 1.3 Clubman in Henley Blue next to Neil's
and they found out that Paul lives only 3 miles away in Hersham.

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Wayne Watson came along in his 1990 Rover Metro.

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This great looking GS was brought along by Chris Morris.

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John Balmforth came along to display his rare Red Hot.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

Also up from Surrey was Paula Hamilton in her mint Flame Red 1990 GTI 16v SPI.

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Alex Whitmarsh parked up in the display area in his BRG 1993 GTI Mpi.

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David Akroyd aka Equinox displayed his MK3 Casino.

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Paul Stokes came along in his 1992 Police Panda.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

Dave Abbott aka cabrio100 showing his very tidy BRG cabby in the sun.

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wilky104 came along in his silver cabby.

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Muzza arrived in his twin cam 16 valve with BRM trim and great private plate.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

The Heritage Motor Centre kindly lent MOC the MG Alum to stand with the MG 1300s.

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Colin Corke aka ado88lc8 displayed his immaculate MK1 MG complete with Launch Spec Trim.

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Carole Brown followed her partner Jim Lott up the M40 from Bristol in their white MG1300.

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Luke Marshall attends his first show in this spotless MG.

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Lewis Price pleased us all by bringing his great black MG.

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Samantha O'Reilly aka pinkpantha sitting in her MG 1300 with junior's pushchair parked next to her.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

Mal and Chris Nash aka theoldies arrived in this excellent example of a MK1 VP in Cashmere.

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Steve Colvin aka puddlejumper trailered this VP 500 #430 to the show for us all to see.

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Peter Hayes brought along his white MK1 VP.

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John Kingsford aka MK.1 VDP arrived in this MK1 VP in Zircon Blue.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

Richard Smith aka MK1 Turbo showed the best MK1 Turbo surviving today.

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Daz Booker's superb MK4 GTi Turbo is fully loaded with every mod possible.

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Chris Proctor aka Paprefute brought along another rare MK1 Turbo.

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Andy Bellamy and John Harper in their project Turbo Van.

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[jack thornton]

MANY THANKS TO JIM LOTT FOR THESE SUPERB PHOTOS.

The Heritage Motor Centre kindly lent this Red 6R4 prototype to MOC for the day.

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Gary Hewitt took out a large bank loan to get this original 1985 6R4 Group B Rally Car.
A wise investment and he now has the car he has always wanted while the rest of us just dream.

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Dave Higgs has built this car from scratch and to call it a replica
is somehow understating the perfection that he has achieved.

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MetroMike has built this replica with a Saab V8 lump in the back.

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