Tatton Park Classic Car Show

Look what parked next to me today

Needless to say no one was particularly interested in my car, or anything else in the vicinity really!

wow... a phase1 espace painted a few of them in my time.

That one was formerly on the Practical Classics fleet Andy. Now a nice honest example with oodles of patina - ie paint not quite to your standards, but a really nice colour. Sorry I didn't take a proper photo

I was at the Tatton Show on the Sunday and didn't see the 5 Turbo, was that on the Saturday? Didn't see any Alpines or fancy Renault representation at all in fact. Treated my Alpine to a run and left it in the general population, only to find it was a million degrees inside on the way home and the window trim seals decided to undress themselves in the midday sun !

Not a bad show though...

I was at the Tatton Show on the Sunday and didn't see the 5 Turbo, was that on the Saturday? Didn't see any Alpines or fancy Renault representation at all in fact. Treated my Alpine to a run and left it in the general population, only to find it was a million degrees inside on the way home and the window trim seals decided to undress themselves in the midday sun !

Not a bad show though...

Sorry you missed us Chris - we were right in the top right hand corner of the field with another Renault club. I was there both days, the Turbo2 was just on Sunday. Over the course of the weekend we had a Mk1 Phase 1 Espace, as mentioned above, a couple of R12s, R18 Estate, GT Turbo and a Megane RS. JohnB was there on Saturday with his A310 in the Private Entry field, and other notable Renaults you might have seen on Sunday were a Floride, Dauphine and R8 push-button auto.

A very enjoyable show, but I have never known it to be so hot! My personal highlight was a lovely 1947 P2 Rover 16, which was our family's first car back in the early 60s. You often see the later P3 Rover 75 at shows, but I don't think I have seen a 16 since my Dad sold ours back in 1964!