Over the last few years there have been a couple of fairly good concours events start up in the UK, on Friday we went to the Hampton Court one. It nicely bridged Atsuko's interest in dressing up and going to smart events with my interest in cars.
The first thing we saw was the auction entries, parked in one of the courtyards and accessible to any visitors
Ferrari 166 - crazy to think this car is smaller than an MX-5 but packs a 2.0L V12
Fiat 8V - this one being a Zagato body, the 8V appears to be one of the last cars whose production is split between so many different bodied variants that look totally different
I really liked this colour on the 356
We could hear the auction ongoing, it's quite fun hearing someone making a £1m+ purchase in about a minute. The auction cars are here, most with more/better pics https://www.goodingco.com/lots?filte...ENDING_SOONEST
Then we eventually located the actual event area. As we walked in a Porsche 917 was being driven round for the presentation, which was quite special.
I've had the chance to ride in a roadgoing Gullwing, so it was cool to see the racer and realise just how little they actually have in common
I love the Miura, it was nice to get a view of the engine bay of this one (the colour is top, too)
Bentley seemed to be a bit of a theme, I really like the beetleback Continental
Apparently this was a one-off concept for a Maserati Quattroporte that never went further
This was cool - we got to hear the Hoffman X-8 running
Pegaso, the legendary Spanish V8 coupe
EB110 GT, I think the silver suits it
Funky Abarth record car
Love the Facel Vega
Huarya, which I don't think I've seen before
TVR Sagaris in a nice shade of multi-layer orange
The event was a good size, we had about enough time and energy to see everything, although I could also easily have stayed longer. Going on Friday it wasn't too crowded, which made it easy to get a good look at the cars. The pics are a bit of a snapshot of the event, I didn't attempt to be comprehensive as it can distract a bit from enjoying being there.
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