Or not?

Im ready to make a noise even though i dont own a classic ford

 

Nope, st and rs focus a plenty.

Been stuck in traffic outside for 1.5 hours.
Total joke

 

Same here fella came down in my mates s2 rs turbo & all we seen is bumper to bumper traffic waiting outside!!!!????? Well over a hr... With no answer!

 

Ive been in the cue for 1.5 hours. Its fucking mid day now. Considering turning around and going home as it will be over soon.paying full price for a couple of hours is bollocks...

 

We got here at 8 and apart from a slow drive we went straight In

 

Av least the weather is nice

 

the early bird catches the worm

everytime I go to pod im there before 8 am straight in empty

 

Reckon the majority will be classics (70% say) the rest will be moderns (although TBH I reckon 3 doors and saph cossies could well count as classics now)

 

Staffs and 3drs are defo classiss now there over 20 years old some of them

 

Not sure i agree with that 1985 would be my cut-off date.

Must admit was surprised they ran an article in Classic Ford featuring my Saff. My Saff is old but no Classic surely.

 

Classics to us younger guys rod

 

surely any definition of classic has to move with the times and progress year on year.

If its 1990 this year then next year 1991 etc etc.

thats how the rest of the world views the definition of classic - as things get over a certain age, be it 20 or 25 years generally, then they are considered classic or retro or whatever. Dont see why the ford scene should be any different

 

Our stand did as it was told, only pre-1990 cars on there. My lad followed me up in his Focus RS, and then left it in the public car park and came in with me.
However, when we got in there and saw the amount of post 1990 cars (there was a whole stand full of post 1990's behind us including a couple of FRS's), he took my stand pass and went and fetched his in.
No one was policing the so called 'pre-1990' rule, even though those not complying could easily have been turned round on at least 3 occasions before parking up.
I'm afraid it's a case of 'when in Rome....'
Oh,and yes, get there before 8 if you want to avoid the queues, was just starting to build at the entrance when we came in at 7.50

 

So after all this hoow har there were still modern fords there. The cheeky organisers. So why couldnt pf have the modern fords on there stand.

I bet there were loads of trailer queens at this show.

 

That was one busy show today ,got there about 8.30 queue, lasted about 15mins for us,reminded me of the good old days

 

I live in Northumberland, and leave at 6am. Normally get in about 9.30 - 10. But was closer to mid day. Was a cracking show, que'd like a fucker to get out too, and witnessed a wide boy going off on the marshalls/security for the traffic jams.

Always one. ...

I will of course, be posting a load of pics when back home.

 

Stands were not as full but saw over 20 stands in good positions with focus and late model cars which made all the so called rule changes by the organisers pathetic and not enforced, only the proper classic old skool clubs and pf followed the rules

 

They should have let his tyres down and pushed to the side of the road.

There was one twat in a Focus RS500, overtook us as we stopped to let the guy in front of us (the big V8 Zephyr Yute that was running in the demo races) stop and to close his bonnet down as he'd put it up whilst queueing so his engine didn't cook. Nearly ran the poor sod over as he got out of his car.

So I guess there was in fact TWO of them there today

 

3 Hour drive down for us luckily got to the queue at about 8.50 so not too long to get in, stupid with the traffic coming into the road from 3 directions the crossroads a nightmare!

Was behind a silver saph in the queue smoking like a bitch, not smelling too good either, its off this forum and was on our stand but won't post the reg, sure a few will know who i'm on about! What was the problem?

Also burnt to fuck and its gonna be a sore day in work tomorrow Good day out!

 

Saw that as well mate.

People just need to chill, and enjoy the day, we all get in/out in the end.

Just pleased I took my auld Toyota and not my S2

 

I obeyed classic fords rules to the letter Glenn, real shame other club organisers chose to ignore it , but glad everyone had a good day all the same as thats what matters

 

thanks Jay

 

We got there around 0900 on Saturday. Drove straight in lol. Campervan is the way forward

Show was good and was mostly old stuff - as I think it should be. The show was pretty big as it was, new stuff there in quantity would have diluted it IMO.

 

Got there at 8:30 just starting torque on road . Good day. Think they need to try find a quicker way of pay and park though

 

Well surely the marshals should of knew the new skool fords weren't alowd in so why didnt they stop them.

Was the pf stand a good turn out.

 

i really enjoyed the weekend but was a little annoyed that we the lancs group had decided not to put a stand up as we dont have enough classic cars in our group and then when we got there, there was non classics everywhere!

 

We had a good day there, the only thing that pissed me off was arseholes who stand up in the stairways in the stand because they couldn't get a seat so then the people that have got seats can't see anything. That was my only gripe as minor as it is and TBH a few modern Fords don't spoil it, obviously they can't be allowed to dominate it as it's a classic event but the few that were there didn't take anything away from the classics.

 

How the Show was set out this year was possibly as near to perfect as you can get

Main Tarmac area from the top of the fire up lane down was Classics Only and then diluting outwards to a mixture of Fords.
Sadly the weather dictated which areas could and could not be used

Still a great Show

 

I agree the classic fords show be the first in line to have there stands then have the modern fords at the back. Most ford owners love all models of fords. Sadly not all of us could afford a new focus rs and also own a mk1 escort.

Anyway it will soon be ford fair yehhhh.

 

i thought it was a great show. took the S1 so no one moaned at me for not having a classic!

 

We got there about 9 and queued for about 45 mins, not bad at all really as we knew it was gonna be mega busy.
Was an awesome show, so busy and a lot always happening and so much to see.
Never seen Santapod so packed.
Even though there was this 'pre 1990' rule I knew it'll never be enforced hence once arrived and walking around there were focus's, ST's, mondeos etc all parked up on stands and running etc.
Was a good mix of cars all over as I like all ages of Fords anyways.

On another note anyone know the dark blue 4x4 saff that was running high 11 sec quarters?
Man that thing was fast!!! ( had a small sticker in the window that said 'Gamble'? )

Cheers Paul

 

Nice blue Capri

 

I've put a video of it running Saturday night on the RSOC Facebook page mate, sounded awesome

 

Stopped over on the saturday night in motorhome .... grand weekend ! although must admit traffic on the sunday looked mental ! organised chaos ....

we had a couple of poorly fords pull in next to where we were camped to recover !

Really enjoyed it - roll on 2015

 

Escort Cosworths should be allowed, mines 21 years old

 

Looked to be a few fords scattered around after we left around 7pm ..... with not too happy owners ! surely not all broken down

3-4 down the little roads that lead down to pod, then a couple scattered around the little villages you drive thru , irchester etc .....

 

I had a great weekend

got there about 5pm sat in the motorhome and chilled out

I took my mates mk1 escort van ( in my covered trailer ) as they were unvailing it on the day and didnt want anyone to see it before hand

I thought the show was one of the best i have been to

well set out and mostly classic old school cars ( never noticed any modern stuff )

weather ,,fantastic
Cars ,, superb

Traders ,, what a joke ,, my skip has better stuff in it that they were selling ,, lol

And for those that moan about Getting in and out , then get there early and leave later , lol

 

Any pics of your mates escort Paul.

 

Seen you come in , in the big motorhome Paul ! Was that your pals escort van with the 330d engine in it ? ... Class bit of kit

 

I would have to disagree - I actually bought stuff, quite rare at car shows. OK, it wasn't car parts as such, but still stuff I wanted.