Americana International + local show

Went to a school fair in the neighbouring village last weekend. A new car club has been formed in our area and this was the first event. A nice selection of cars, including a Pontiac Firebird, an Ultima GTR, a Colin Mcrae special edition Impreza, Lancia Delta HF Integrale, Maserati Quattroporte and a very nice Alfra 75 amongst others.

As soon as we had finished our tea and cake, and annhialated the coconut shy, it was off to Loughborough for the Americana International show. We met some friends who have a Triumph Herald and both stayed in the same B&B which thankfully had a big workshop so we could store the cars out of the rain overnight.

The show itself was a little disappointing, not as big as we thought it would be but there was a fair turnout of interesting American cars, something from every corner of American car history ranging from rat rods, a Hudson "lead sled" and a Camaro IROC-Z for novelty factor amongst the highlights. the weather wasn't too great in the morning and the Cobra spent most of the morning under a cover until the rain stopped. The brave little Herald looked pretty funny next to a massive Cadillac.