Well where do you start? That has to be the best, most relaxed and most enjoyable classic car meet I have been to in a long time. And it's on a weekday evening rather than at a weekend. And at a place that serves fine caff food, tea/coffee and beer.
For starters, thanks to Gary for mentioning it to me in the first place and then kindly collecting me in the Frogeye and dropping me back at the end of the evening. Reliable and considerably stylish transport through central London indeed - we even had a posh young chap on a bicycle when we stopped at traffic lights shout out "lovely, a frogeye, my dad had one of those"... And top marks to Perdu for the trek down from Brum with the roof down all the way in Lara. Nice to meet up with Bob T, and with Dave, the Golden Arrow, the purple Rapist etc.
As for the event, best not wax too lyrical about it or everyone will want to go....but, then oh, what a great venue it is, restored to the use for what it was famous for as a biker's haunt in the 50s and 60s, with meetings extended now to take in others, like classics. A totally friendly and unsnobby atmosphere, with such a mixture of people and cars coming and going throughout the evening - vintage Rolls and Lagonda, MGs various (+ one Frogeye of course), a couple of Ferraris, the Humber, Sunbeam Rapier and Alpine, Fords various from Consul, Corsair, Cortina through Escort and Granada to Zephyr and Zodiac, a Landcrab, GT6, Fiat 500, Audi Quattro SWB, Minis various, A35, Aston Martin DB5 convertible, Ginettas, Jaguar E Type and MkII and X, Saab, and real rarities like the NSU TT and a scruffy Matra-Bonnet. And those are just the ones I can remember...
Great evening out!
MG Mark
