++A great day out!++
Yesterday (Saturday) myself and Mr M went to the Classic Car Show at the NEC Birmingham. It was a bit of a mega bucks ticket price but figured it would be ok!
We broke the doors down at 9:30am and didn't return home till about 6:30!
The Classic Car show itself was brilliant. Every sort of car from way back to yesteryear to nigh on bang up to date. The Ferrari brigade were out in force, monitoring EVERYTHING going on within their enclosure!
The Merc boys had 'Jute' hand out bags instead of everyone elses plastic ones!
We didn't even go near the Rolls Royce people!
Surprisingly the Porche ganag were great fun and really pleasant to talk to.
But it was all about the Mini's really!! I was getting itchy feet as the show was spread over around 5 huge exhibition halls and I was busting a gut to whisk past stuff to get to the minis! Mr M was very patient! Eventually Mini's were found and my goodness what a selection and standard. Inspiring.
The highlight of the day was going to watch the 'Wheeler Dealer' live stage. now I LOVE this show on the TV (Check it out on YouTube here..) the premise is this..the one guy, Mike, buys a cheap (ish!) classic car and then hands it over to Edd, the mechanic, to do it up and then mike sells it on for a profit. Well I think this is THE best program out there! SKY+'d the entire series!
Well not only did I get to see the show I also got to meet the presenters and have my piccy taken with them! And they couldn't have been nicer, patient more decent people!
This is Mike Brewer, the Cockney car dealer!
And this is Edd China, the mechanic - also known as 'The Big Man!' I'm 6' tall! And there were no boxes involved!
Anyroad, if you're even the slightest bit of a petrol head, check out the photos on flickr that I took...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jules_perox/sets/72157625263578769/
and to watch how a 6' 4" bloke fits in to a 'Marcos' supercar, then check out this YouTube video! Mr M had his 'Dream Ride!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeNDNi6q0qg
Spent a bit of money there as well on the ol' mini, but nowt too exciting.
But a great day topped off by a Vegetable Biryani last night that was delicious!
Enjoy!
We broke the doors down at 9:30am and didn't return home till about 6:30!
The Classic Car show itself was brilliant. Every sort of car from way back to yesteryear to nigh on bang up to date. The Ferrari brigade were out in force, monitoring EVERYTHING going on within their enclosure!
The Merc boys had 'Jute' hand out bags instead of everyone elses plastic ones!
We didn't even go near the Rolls Royce people!
Surprisingly the Porche ganag were great fun and really pleasant to talk to.
But it was all about the Mini's really!! I was getting itchy feet as the show was spread over around 5 huge exhibition halls and I was busting a gut to whisk past stuff to get to the minis! Mr M was very patient! Eventually Mini's were found and my goodness what a selection and standard. Inspiring.
The highlight of the day was going to watch the 'Wheeler Dealer' live stage. now I LOVE this show on the TV (Check it out on YouTube here..) the premise is this..the one guy, Mike, buys a cheap (ish!) classic car and then hands it over to Edd, the mechanic, to do it up and then mike sells it on for a profit. Well I think this is THE best program out there! SKY+'d the entire series!
Well not only did I get to see the show I also got to meet the presenters and have my piccy taken with them! And they couldn't have been nicer, patient more decent people!
This is Mike Brewer, the Cockney car dealer!
And this is Edd China, the mechanic - also known as 'The Big Man!' I'm 6' tall! And there were no boxes involved!
Anyroad, if you're even the slightest bit of a petrol head, check out the photos on flickr that I took...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jules_perox/sets/72157625263578769/
and to watch how a 6' 4" bloke fits in to a 'Marcos' supercar, then check out this YouTube video! Mr M had his 'Dream Ride!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeNDNi6q0qg
Spent a bit of money there as well on the ol' mini, but nowt too exciting.
But a great day topped off by a Vegetable Biryani last night that was delicious!
Enjoy!