VBOA National Meet 2017 photos
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:31 am
Here are my photos from the weekend up in Market Harborough.
Sorry for the delay I can't believe this was nearly two weeks ago already.
I would have done these sooner only uploading all these took about 10 hours on my painfully slow 0.5 Mb/s upload speed and I couldn't quite face the task until now.
Anyway, after about 3 days work trying to get the LS and CD looking somewhere near respectable, this is what they were looking like on Friday morning just before my father and I left for Market Harborough:
Yes I know the CD's grille is fitted incorrectly, and no I didn't notice until after I took all these photos.
The horrors of the journey are best left forgotten, but we must have spent a good two hours standing still in traffic, all wear and tear that the cars could have done without.
Upon arrival at the hotel, I saw these in the car park, seems like a few others had the same idea:
In the hotel car park:
I was very impressed with Market Harborough itself and couldn't resist taking a few shots about town:
Were in the right place then!
Seems like a very petrolhead dominated place, I was constantly spotting interesting motors:
After procrastinating around the town we didn't get to the actual show until midday on Saturday.
It wasn't long before I started seeing forum members strewn about the place. (We really need to get our own stand next year chaps)
One of the first cars I saw coming in was Elliot (Metallicav) in his tidy looking Pre-facelift hatch:
Then I saw Steve (Steven715) with his Lovely china blue MK2:
And then I didn't see Mark (markcavman), but I did see his very shiny late-spec SRi parked next to my CD auto:
(Sorry Mark, we must have missed one another)
And finally Dan (Humbucker) in his Saab:
LS and CD auto at the Cavalier and Chevette club stand:
The show ground itself was vast. It was basically a disused airfield, so it was very big and very flat.
Here's a panoramic view from the C & C club stand:
Even this doesn't quite show the scale of the ground.
Anyway, the trade stands were excellent this year with a huge selection of stands to rummage around in:
The cars in attendance were as always superb. Here's a selection of my favorites:
Vauxhall Drivers' Club:
Lovely GSi:
Crazy Manta:
Vauxhall Victor OC stand
I love these recessed 3D badges, why have I never seen them before?
Cars lined up for the Chairman's Cup awards:
My personal favorite car of the entire show:
This thing was perfect:
Simply faultless:
Looked as if it left the factory yesterday:
Uber rare, one of a kind, Astra Quicksilver:
Found the Vauxhall heritage museum's MK3 lurking behind the scenes:
The Bedford Ice cream vans were a nice touch:
Gate crashers:
Astra MK2 OC:
Autobahn Stormers:
Some of my favorite cars were here:
Vauxhall Cresta Club:
More Crestas with the prison in the background:
The Calibra owners club stand was very impressive this year:
Drop Snoot Group:
I thought this was awesome on the Nova stand:
Manta Owners Club:
There was a good showing of Bedford vehicles this year:
Some other MK3s spotted:
All too soon, the chairman's cup winners were announced and people started leaving:
More pics of our Cavs on show:
All in all, it was a great weekend. It wasn't quite the same a billing, but it never was going to be.
Besides, it had a charm all of it's own and for a first year it was very promising.
Sorry for the delay I can't believe this was nearly two weeks ago already.
I would have done these sooner only uploading all these took about 10 hours on my painfully slow 0.5 Mb/s upload speed and I couldn't quite face the task until now.
Anyway, after about 3 days work trying to get the LS and CD looking somewhere near respectable, this is what they were looking like on Friday morning just before my father and I left for Market Harborough:
Yes I know the CD's grille is fitted incorrectly, and no I didn't notice until after I took all these photos.
The horrors of the journey are best left forgotten, but we must have spent a good two hours standing still in traffic, all wear and tear that the cars could have done without.
Upon arrival at the hotel, I saw these in the car park, seems like a few others had the same idea:
In the hotel car park:
I was very impressed with Market Harborough itself and couldn't resist taking a few shots about town:
Were in the right place then!
Seems like a very petrolhead dominated place, I was constantly spotting interesting motors:
After procrastinating around the town we didn't get to the actual show until midday on Saturday.
It wasn't long before I started seeing forum members strewn about the place. (We really need to get our own stand next year chaps)
One of the first cars I saw coming in was Elliot (Metallicav) in his tidy looking Pre-facelift hatch:
Then I saw Steve (Steven715) with his Lovely china blue MK2:
And then I didn't see Mark (markcavman), but I did see his very shiny late-spec SRi parked next to my CD auto:
(Sorry Mark, we must have missed one another)
And finally Dan (Humbucker) in his Saab:
LS and CD auto at the Cavalier and Chevette club stand:
The show ground itself was vast. It was basically a disused airfield, so it was very big and very flat.
Here's a panoramic view from the C & C club stand:
Even this doesn't quite show the scale of the ground.
Anyway, the trade stands were excellent this year with a huge selection of stands to rummage around in:
The cars in attendance were as always superb. Here's a selection of my favorites:
Vauxhall Drivers' Club:
Lovely GSi:
Crazy Manta:
Vauxhall Victor OC stand
I love these recessed 3D badges, why have I never seen them before?
Cars lined up for the Chairman's Cup awards:
My personal favorite car of the entire show:
This thing was perfect:
Simply faultless:
Looked as if it left the factory yesterday:
Uber rare, one of a kind, Astra Quicksilver:
Found the Vauxhall heritage museum's MK3 lurking behind the scenes:
The Bedford Ice cream vans were a nice touch:
Gate crashers:
Astra MK2 OC:
Autobahn Stormers:
Some of my favorite cars were here:
Vauxhall Cresta Club:
More Crestas with the prison in the background:
The Calibra owners club stand was very impressive this year:
Drop Snoot Group:
I thought this was awesome on the Nova stand:
Manta Owners Club:
There was a good showing of Bedford vehicles this year:
Some other MK3s spotted:
All too soon, the chairman's cup winners were announced and people started leaving:
More pics of our Cavs on show:
All in all, it was a great weekend. It wasn't quite the same a billing, but it never was going to be.
Besides, it had a charm all of it's own and for a first year it was very promising.