studabear

I noticed a shed load of none fords on stands at ford fair again this year, sure this was supposed to have been stopped?

I'm not personally bothered but the rules don't seem to be enforced. :undecided:

RichieST

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It's a bit daft, surelf FORD fair should be for FORDS lol.

I guess though it's up to each stand's organiser what goes on.

stevos

There was even renault a trying to disguise itself as a ford.
They took of the renault badge and put a ford one one on.
I thought it was funny.

dojj

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i spotted a merc

studabear

subaru, evo, nissan, civic, m3 are just a few of the ones I can remember.

Rod-Tarry

That was there for a bit of class amongst loads of old Fords .

RichieST

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And a whole lot more rust, I should imagine

Chopshop85

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I noticed a few none fords. Made a nice change from the thousands of fiesta st's and mk2 focus rs'

Glenn_

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Yeh I noticed loads of them too. I cant believe how many ST owners clubs there is.

CHRISP

nickscunny

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There was a FIAT in the next stand to us on its own! Nice enough guy, had a chat to him, Escort Cosworth owner.....

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

noticed a few as well, and thought website stated no non-fords on display

Speaking of non-fords, there were two knobs about 3pm that came down the hill from the bridge (one was in a black M3 convertible and other in a 3 series estate) and decided to drift round the mini round-about and then along the straight after it....even though there were loads of folk about, including kids and even a guy in a wheelchair. Doesn't bear thinking about if it went wrong....

RobedST24

U made me crack up when u saw the scooby oh look a forbaru lol

dojj

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HaggisTurbo

This is the one thing that grinds my gears at any of these events is when they let non ford's onto the stands/ Although at Performance Ford earlier in the year at Crail they were quite strict on it for a change and was much better.

The other point above that I agree with is that the amount of Focus ST/RS's there are, They were even organised by colour at the last event I was at lol

DanW@FastFord

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There is a limit to how much you can police it. If we had someone going round kicking cars off stands it would have caused a riot! You can't turn people away on the gate, as they could be dropping off stuff, or whatever. What's crucial is that cars are funnelled into the show as effectively as possible - and stopping and challenging individuals would cause tailbacks... and complaints!

To be fair there were very few non-Fords there, less than any previous year - it's just they stand out, so are obvious.

It's a shame that some club stand organisers have so little respect for their own club that they're prepared to put shitty unwanted cars on display!

I also get bemused by the moans about the number of new cars - Are new car clubs not allowed to come? Or should they be forced to break up into smaller clubs? No, or course not. Thankfully there were lots of cars there - (more than at any show Ford show in the whole of Europe) so if you don't want to look as STs there was still lots too see!

I thought it was a bloody brilliant show!

DanW@FastFord

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We did turn people away from the track however - as even though we have stated FORDS ONLY throughout, some people though this meant they could bring their non-Ford and shout their way onto the track! All were turned away, and refunded in full.

It wasn't helped by some people who should know better taking non-Fords out last year - A common excuse was "Well you let an Evo/M3/Honda out last year!!"

Oranoco

I thought it was a good show and was pretty well organised so credit to those involved. we were a little worried as we joined the queue to get in at 7am and promptly sat there until well gone 8:30am when apparently all cars were supposed to be on stand, thankfully common sence prevailed and we were hown to our stand without a fuss.

The non Fords on stand didn't fuss me at all, I just figured people had come in their other cars after breakdowns or other dramas. It certainly didn't detract from the show for me anyway.

SBT83

My thoughts exactly! It didn't bother me tbh and although I took my friend who isn't really into cars that much, he even said that after looking at loads of fiestas and focuses to see a Honda NSX parked up was a refreshing change although it didn't bother me as it was a better show than last year IMO.
The only thing that I would grumble at is the Auto jumble that seems to get smaller every year. But that's no fault of the show and can only be down to the economics of trading etc. But well done to Dan and the Team, I thoroughly enjoyed it

gingeRS

i agree with the 2 posters above, saw very few non fords, remember the traders need to bring in their cars, the staff who run silverstone etc


i did see a honda civic on track in the session around 10am


ford Fair was brill though, all credit to the organisers

georgie1

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there was two lotus on track

The Underdog

i was looking to see if non fords were on track and didnt see any.i would have been miffed if there was. purely because i wanted to track my car but my brother has a honda so as we always track together we have booked trax instead of ford fair so we can both do it.

i remember the stink on here last yr so didnt want to risk booking us both on.so glad i didnt lol

martysmartie

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Correct, sounded awesome though!

Martin

gcfcos

I only go to all makes shows, mainly classic ones and love looking at all the differant makes and models. I do love my fords but it all seems a bit samey to me if that makes sense. U can only look at enough ford focuses and yb engine bays and they all turn into a blur for me.only my opinion not trying to offend anyone. I love looking at the older stuff and how things used to be and can see the engineering. Looking at a plastic covered focus engine seems pretty boring to me but I'm old fashioned lol. Went to a car/bike show yesterday in new forest and they had a Messerschmidt and a spitfire chasing each other, u can't beat that and sound of a merlin engine

SBT83

Yeah that was a right old fiasco, but I think this year has been a lot more chilled out and think the majority of people attending have gone with the flow this year which made the atmosphere great on the day and not much to complain about. I have seen a few comments on Facebook but only a few and that was mainly down to the Jumble and Focus's

gcfcos

Love classic ford show that's awesome

georgie1

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http://www.battlesbridge.com/event/A...utojumble_2014

Karl 3dr

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What about the unbelievably loud Honda civic that was on track? Lol

Was a good day, sun burnt to fook without realising lol

Staffi

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Didn't go, too hung over

georgie1

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the two lotus

RoscoST

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Seen a few none fords but personally didnt bother me , I love to see the new and old stuff - amazing how many ST RS' there are , but I love em all! and was plenty more to see , well done Dan & team , amazing weekend for me

dojj

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It was hard work for me to get excited about the show this year simply because of the queue to get in and the queue to get out

DanW@FastFord

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There was a wait at peak times as there ALWAYS is with ANY big event. Arrive earlier, or leave later. It's not hard.

trek

I decided to go this year after I lost interest in the scene a few years back. This was the first time I had gone as a spectator with my family as previous years I've been on the concours and time away from the car was limited.

My first impression was as expected with joining the entrance queue from the A43 ( approx 10am ) and taking about 25 mins to get in the gates. To be honest though this added a little to the expectations as the kids loved car spotting in the queue and the high numbers builds the atmosphere to a big show.

Once in the show it was nice to have the time to wander around in the sun and take time to look at as many cars as possible. This is something I had previously not allocated enough time too as I was busy being a bufty before the judging.

As mentioned before I was amazed by the number of focus ST's, RS's and Fiestas ST, but this is the future of the brand and clearly shows their popularity. I did feel bad towards the end when I found myself walking buy great examples purely because I had seen enough Foci. Putting the cars in colour groups looks good but sadly means you walk past the whole group as they blend in as one. As an overall impression it did feel that at least 75% of the cars were one of these models. I'm sure this wasn't the case, but did feel that way.

I didn't particularly notice too many non fords and the ones I did see didn't ruin my viewing of the show.

The kids enjoyed the show and I must congratulate the show organisers for providing the free bouncy castles / slides. The kids loved the distraction between cars and to find something like that for free is a rarity.

As with all shows there were a couple of idiots driving around the show too fast and when you have kids this is quite worrying. On the roads is one thing, but some drivers were 'showing off' on the grass areas between club stands.

Overall a good show with a great selection of cars and track action. It will always be different for each person as we all are looking for different cars and areas of interest, but thats the fun of variety.

We left the grounds at 4 as we had to catch the IOW ferry and traffic again was busy, but nothing more than expected.

A good day out and yes it has brought back a little of the sparkle that I lost a few years ago

gjh

Well I left the hotel at 9:15 in the morning and got in at 10 (hotel was approx. 2 miles away) so it wasn't that bad really, was expecting worse.

The Underdog

paul swift show was utter crap. you cant make a stunt show fun to watch in front wheel drive. when his father drove evos it was a much better display.

dojj

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arrived at the tail end of a 2.5 mile queue at 8.04

drove a 9 mile trip down some country lanes and arrived at the tail end of a 300 yard queue at 8.14

got onto the stand at 8.54

so that's 40 minutes to do 300 yards

hardly exemplary vehicle organisation from the organisers dan, especially seeing as these times were from when i actually entered silverstone property and not helped by the fact that everyone was cutting in front and nothing was being done to stop it by the marshalls

yes i know it's busy, but ultimately if you only have 2 lanes of traffic available to get inside and there are many thousands of vehicles all stopping to get their pictures taken, it's going to get busy so they need to solve that issue

STeve

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well said as I had no trouble getting in and only around 15mins to exit, had longer queues at my local morrisons

dojj

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we spent so long waiting for idiots who can't understand how to use a roundabout that the car in front of me overheated

that said, this year was better organised that previous years with everything being much better signposted

Fiddy

To be honest, I didn't notice many none fords, not that I was looking for them, but there can't have been that many