Classic Ford - Santa Pod 2018
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:35 pm
Hi all,
Well not really enough words to descibe how brilliant this show is so I think you get the gist !!
Yep I had a really great day out at Santa Pod and the weather was superb...too superb in fact as it was bleedin baking hot and yep even with two coats of factor 50 I still got sunburnt
I got there at 0645 so was one of the first to park up in my section and had a bit of breakfast before the crowds came in. Had a great drive up there...unlike the drive back as the M1 was misbehaving terrible but the Capri performed great in the very hot weather/traffic jam !!! A detour to see John on the way home made up for it. I dropped off some door seals I picked up for him at the show. Bought some door seals for myself too and a tailgate one as well after Steve ( stish ) had recommended them to me at Deal last Sat. Cheers Steve. Cant wait to fit them now. John had his door seals fitted by the time I got home from his place
Anyway onto the show and some pics starting off if you don't mind with yours truly. Classic Ford have changed the Individual Display section now and they group same cars together so as you see after being first to park up I was joined by more Capris which was great...
Warning you may want to get a cup of tea as there are quite a few pics to follow...apologies in advance
I really noticed the crystal clear headlights yesterday as I stepped back and took these pics. Well pleased with them
20180603_091656 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
2018-06-04_03-06-25 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
My rear end
20180603_082954 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Had a great chat with this guy. Absolutely stunning 3.0 Ghia. He just had a brand new vinyl roof done and it was absolutely pristine ! He was having trouble fitting the chrome trim though this week so did not fit these in time. Lovely chap and STUNNING Capri
20180603_082650 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082943 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Then the Capris started parking up beside us... 2.0S
20180603_082659 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082936 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Next up... Chaps this did not have the jps badge on the side or the matching decal bottom strip along where the side mouldings are on later capris but presuming this is an original jps ?
20180603_082707 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082915 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Really nice 2.0 Laser. Had a good chat with the owner. It was only just resprayed three weeks ago and was obviously immaculate ! He beat me to opening his bonnet
20180603_082712 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082904 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Looked very cool this one
20180603_082726 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082857 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Nice shot all lined up
20180603_082638 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082750 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082851 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_083003 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
The owner of this has many Capris in their family they have restored and indeed also had a stunning Red one similar to this parked up just beside that I somehow did not get a pic of They have always has Capris in their family and are proper Capri nuts ! Both this and the Red one were stunners !!
20180603_091335 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_091405 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Really nice Laser
20180603_091341 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And room for a lovely 2.8i too...
20180603_083100 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
But check out the rear spoiler and badge...yep turbo technics !
20180603_083027 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Anyway sorry to bore you with all these but I was really chuffed with being parked up to such a great bunch of Capris I just wanted to share. I did not expect the individual display to be so organised as they grouped us all together. I reckon people thought we were all part of the same club the way we were all lined up. It was great !!!!
Meanwhile there was 'another' show going on too... Here's some photos starting with the Capris of course
This lovely Perana was for sale in a new display area called "Cars For Sale"
20180603_083848 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
For......
20180603_083840 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_083751 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Really nice 2.8i
20180603_094844 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094857 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
These two Perana's were most certainly NOT FOR SALE
20180603_095256 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095300 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095305 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095236 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095419 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
This GT was parked up beside them...what a line up !!
20180603_095313 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095352 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
As was this stunning Ghia too...
20180603_095326 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095357 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And a beautiful 280 to finish off this absolutely amazing line up...
20180603_095337 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095402 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And now ladies and gents I give you Kris' gorgeous 2.0S. For those who don't know Kris he goes by the name on here 2litreScapri and is one of the chaps that runs the Surrey Capri Club too. They organise the great Capri events we get to enjoy...The Ace, Brooklands and others. Anyway enough said...let the pictures of his beautiful Capri do the talking...
20180603_100419 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_100432 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_100456 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
them wheels...and that ride height...
20180603_100510 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Capri Power had a brilliant stand. This Capri belongs to a guy I know on facebook called Dean. Cracking Capri
20180603_102752 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Check out the 7.5x13 wheels...stunning !
2018-06-04_12-18-10 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102834 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And more from the Capri Power Stand
20180603_103018 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103027 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103033 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103039 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103050 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
As they are appropriately called...Capri Power !!!
20180603_103134(0) by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And a couple more...
20180603_103201 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103207 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And to round off the Capris....
20180603_104702 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Makes my 15" wheels look like wheel nuts for these
20180603_104715 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
So there you have it for our beloved Capri. And there was sooooo many more but have to call it a day somewhere
Now onto the others but will try not to burn out my laptop as its smoking hot now so just a selection of the pics I took...
Just for you Andy...The XROC. A fantastic stand this year mate. They did you XR chaps proud !!!
20180603_102416 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
WOW !!!! Andy am guessing this is your mate you were mentioning to me. No one was with the car att he time so just took a pic. What a car
20180603_102148 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102202 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102444 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102506 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102437 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102457 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102239 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102517 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102542 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102132 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
As said the XROC Stand was great. Thus was just a selection.
Now the last few pics from the show. Hope you like these too...
Escorts...
20180603_094358 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094412 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094523 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094512 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094551 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094536 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094935 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094916 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094939 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094911 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095140 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095155 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Absolutely amazing rs2000
20180603_095448 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095455 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
WOW !!!!!!
20180603_095514 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095524 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Seen this before and looks even better than ever !!!
20180603_105123 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_105156 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_105211 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_105553 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Now a couple of Granada's
20180603_095031 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095046 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Don't see many of these around now
20180603_095102 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095116 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Beautiful Corsair
20180603_100046 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_100058 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Cortina
20180603_095854 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095907 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094816 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094838 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094821 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094836 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And to close the show...The Great Unveilings and Great they all are too...
20180603_132217 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132228 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132159 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132304 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132317 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
check out the 1.1 badge
20180603_132329 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132701 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132655 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132536 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132608 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132705 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132725 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132739 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Opps ! Almost forgot this...
20180603_103525 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103614 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103543 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103547 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And my amazing day all started with this as the mist cleared....
20180603_071556 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
So that's it folks ! Sorry to get a bit carried away and hope it was not too tiresome for you all. I could have posted more !!!
Anyway thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy as much as I did taking them all.
All the best
Fordoholic Nick
Well not really enough words to descibe how brilliant this show is so I think you get the gist !!
Yep I had a really great day out at Santa Pod and the weather was superb...too superb in fact as it was bleedin baking hot and yep even with two coats of factor 50 I still got sunburnt
I got there at 0645 so was one of the first to park up in my section and had a bit of breakfast before the crowds came in. Had a great drive up there...unlike the drive back as the M1 was misbehaving terrible but the Capri performed great in the very hot weather/traffic jam !!! A detour to see John on the way home made up for it. I dropped off some door seals I picked up for him at the show. Bought some door seals for myself too and a tailgate one as well after Steve ( stish ) had recommended them to me at Deal last Sat. Cheers Steve. Cant wait to fit them now. John had his door seals fitted by the time I got home from his place
Anyway onto the show and some pics starting off if you don't mind with yours truly. Classic Ford have changed the Individual Display section now and they group same cars together so as you see after being first to park up I was joined by more Capris which was great...
Warning you may want to get a cup of tea as there are quite a few pics to follow...apologies in advance
I really noticed the crystal clear headlights yesterday as I stepped back and took these pics. Well pleased with them
20180603_091656 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
2018-06-04_03-06-25 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
My rear end
20180603_082954 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Had a great chat with this guy. Absolutely stunning 3.0 Ghia. He just had a brand new vinyl roof done and it was absolutely pristine ! He was having trouble fitting the chrome trim though this week so did not fit these in time. Lovely chap and STUNNING Capri
20180603_082650 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082943 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Then the Capris started parking up beside us... 2.0S
20180603_082659 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082936 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Next up... Chaps this did not have the jps badge on the side or the matching decal bottom strip along where the side mouldings are on later capris but presuming this is an original jps ?
20180603_082707 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082915 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Really nice 2.0 Laser. Had a good chat with the owner. It was only just resprayed three weeks ago and was obviously immaculate ! He beat me to opening his bonnet
20180603_082712 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082904 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Looked very cool this one
20180603_082726 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082857 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Nice shot all lined up
20180603_082638 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082750 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_082851 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_083003 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
The owner of this has many Capris in their family they have restored and indeed also had a stunning Red one similar to this parked up just beside that I somehow did not get a pic of They have always has Capris in their family and are proper Capri nuts ! Both this and the Red one were stunners !!
20180603_091335 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_091405 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Really nice Laser
20180603_091341 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And room for a lovely 2.8i too...
20180603_083100 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
But check out the rear spoiler and badge...yep turbo technics !
20180603_083027 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Anyway sorry to bore you with all these but I was really chuffed with being parked up to such a great bunch of Capris I just wanted to share. I did not expect the individual display to be so organised as they grouped us all together. I reckon people thought we were all part of the same club the way we were all lined up. It was great !!!!
Meanwhile there was 'another' show going on too... Here's some photos starting with the Capris of course
This lovely Perana was for sale in a new display area called "Cars For Sale"
20180603_083848 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
For......
20180603_083840 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_083751 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Really nice 2.8i
20180603_094844 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094857 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
These two Perana's were most certainly NOT FOR SALE
20180603_095256 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095300 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095305 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095236 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095419 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
This GT was parked up beside them...what a line up !!
20180603_095313 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095352 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
As was this stunning Ghia too...
20180603_095326 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095357 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And a beautiful 280 to finish off this absolutely amazing line up...
20180603_095337 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095402 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And now ladies and gents I give you Kris' gorgeous 2.0S. For those who don't know Kris he goes by the name on here 2litreScapri and is one of the chaps that runs the Surrey Capri Club too. They organise the great Capri events we get to enjoy...The Ace, Brooklands and others. Anyway enough said...let the pictures of his beautiful Capri do the talking...
20180603_100419 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_100432 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_100456 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
them wheels...and that ride height...
20180603_100510 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Capri Power had a brilliant stand. This Capri belongs to a guy I know on facebook called Dean. Cracking Capri
20180603_102752 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Check out the 7.5x13 wheels...stunning !
2018-06-04_12-18-10 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102834 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And more from the Capri Power Stand
20180603_103018 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103027 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103033 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103039 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103050 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
As they are appropriately called...Capri Power !!!
20180603_103134(0) by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And a couple more...
20180603_103201 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103207 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And to round off the Capris....
20180603_104702 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Makes my 15" wheels look like wheel nuts for these
20180603_104715 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
So there you have it for our beloved Capri. And there was sooooo many more but have to call it a day somewhere
Now onto the others but will try not to burn out my laptop as its smoking hot now so just a selection of the pics I took...
Just for you Andy...The XROC. A fantastic stand this year mate. They did you XR chaps proud !!!
20180603_102416 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
WOW !!!! Andy am guessing this is your mate you were mentioning to me. No one was with the car att he time so just took a pic. What a car
20180603_102148 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102202 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102444 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102506 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102437 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102457 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102239 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102517 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102542 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_102132 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
As said the XROC Stand was great. Thus was just a selection.
Now the last few pics from the show. Hope you like these too...
Escorts...
20180603_094358 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094412 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094523 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094512 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094551 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094536 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094935 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094916 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094939 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094911 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095140 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095155 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Absolutely amazing rs2000
20180603_095448 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095455 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
WOW !!!!!!
20180603_095514 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095524 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Seen this before and looks even better than ever !!!
20180603_105123 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_105156 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_105211 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_105553 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Now a couple of Granada's
20180603_095031 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095046 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Don't see many of these around now
20180603_095102 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095116 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Beautiful Corsair
20180603_100046 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_100058 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Cortina
20180603_095854 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_095907 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094816 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094838 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094821 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_094836 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And to close the show...The Great Unveilings and Great they all are too...
20180603_132217 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132228 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132159 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132304 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132317 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
check out the 1.1 badge
20180603_132329 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132701 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132655 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132536 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132608 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132705 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132725 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_132739 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Opps ! Almost forgot this...
20180603_103525 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103614 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103543 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
20180603_103547 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
And my amazing day all started with this as the mist cleared....
20180603_071556 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
So that's it folks ! Sorry to get a bit carried away and hope it was not too tiresome for you all. I could have posted more !!!
Anyway thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy as much as I did taking them all.
All the best
Fordoholic Nick