This is not the reason I didn't drive across the country to join the rest of you enjoying Angus's hospitality yesterday. I had other social engagements that SWMBO determined were preferable to me playing with my car for a day. This morning, along with two other Es and a smattering of other Jaguars, a Daimler and many inferior marques, I took part in my first social car meet since 2019. It could have been the third, but for a random close encounter of the covid kind which had me self isolating for (a) the Silverstone Classic and (b) the first Goodwood Breakfast Club meet.
It was a dark dreich morning, heavy clouds spitting English sunshine. I was asked to line up at the front of the courtyard, with the 1932 Invicta at the centre. There is a tale about the Invicta, https://drive-my.com/1932-invicta-s-typ ... on-tourer/. Lord Pembroke (Will to his friends, not that I am one of them!) has had this car in his private collection for a couple of years.
We parked up, I ragged the car dry as the drizzle had abated, and went off to find some breakfast while the rest of Wiltshire’s finest classic cars arrived.
Breakfast in a bun, bacon and egg, coffee in paper cup. You can see my arteries hardening. Pembroke’s cafe contains recycled and up-cycled furniture, tables made from doors rested on sawhorses, and recycled crockery.
My breakfast was served on a child’s dinner plate.
By now the sun was shining so we went out for a walk around the other assembled classics and had a wander around his Lordship’s personal garage.
Another E, which arrived a few moments after mine.
Not your average front yard! This courtyard also sees service as the backdrop in period films and TV series, such as Bridgerton. The interior of the house also doubles for royal venues in series like The Crown.
I’m not a fan of this manufactured distressed look. But this shabby chic look is increasingly popular.
A failure when it was new, (some say) a Stag is a sought after classic. A few weeks back I drove past a burnt out shell of one of these. It had been completely consumed by fire.
I had to take a photo of this Escort. My second car was one of these, in dark blue. By the time I sold it there was more rust than metal in the body.
And I had one of these in the late 1990s. Huge fun to drive.
Hmmmm, velocity stacks.
Does that rear wheel look a little odd?
Nope, it is a lot odd! That is some serious negative camber.
I’d love to have a garage this big, but not necessarily filled with all these cars. Some of them perhaps, but not all.
This is one of several cars Lord Pembroke has in his permanent collection. There are more of these 240Zs later, and a tale to tell about them.
This is one of several too many Ferraris in his collection.
I did say several.
Any way, back to those 240Zs, or in this case several imported from Japan Datsun Fairladys. We Brits and the Aussies love these old pure Japanese sports cars. (It is, in my opinion, what the Ford Capri should have been.) But when they arrive here they are often rust heaps with failing mechanicals.
No, it isn’t real, but a Realm kit. A Jaguar XJ6 probably died to provide organs for this car.
Another E.
The bonnet up, and information in the windscreen, people looking in…
It had been a good breakfast meet. I had a few questions asked, and lots of admiring comments.
I always show photos of what it was like before I bought it, just out of storage for six years having been put away and forgotten about by a previous owner who was reluctant to continue throwing good money after a bad car. And it was a bad car in those days. Some are disappointed that I didn’t perform the restoration, but I know the limits of my own talents. I can wield a glue gun, but keep me away from anything of value if you find me brandishing a welder.
Post script. Someone may find their journey home a little interesting.
This 3/8 UNF nut had fallen off something, I know not what.
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#1 Wilton Wakeup, Witshire's breakfast meet/cars and coffee with added Stately Home
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#2 Re: Wilton Wakeup, Witshire's breakfast meet/cars and coffee with added Stately Home
Looks like a good day out . One of the pics shows a Lotus Elan + 2 in Laguna blue . I went to have a look at one of these last year and was quite impressed with the handling and especially the ride quality . It also went very well , being fitted with the 2 l Ford Zetec and Jenvey throttle bodies ( 180 bhp ) .Certainly a very different type of car to the E-Type ... maybe they would ,make a good pair .
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#3 Re: Wilton Wakeup, Witshire's breakfast meet/cars and coffee with added Stately Home
The Elan +2 is a sublime car and much maligned and underrated. A bit like a 2+2 E Type.
We've had both an Elan Sprint (should have kept it) and +2 and there's not a lot between them. Except you can pretend the kids can go in the +2. The Sprint used to pour rain water in your lap when cornering.
Definitely put one in your garage next to your E Type. I wish I'd bought the £6k one I encouraged my boss to buy in the mid nineties. He bought a Z3 instead.
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We've had both an Elan Sprint (should have kept it) and +2 and there's not a lot between them. Except you can pretend the kids can go in the +2. The Sprint used to pour rain water in your lap when cornering.
Definitely put one in your garage next to your E Type. I wish I'd bought the £6k one I encouraged my boss to buy in the mid nineties. He bought a Z3 instead.
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Stuart
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If you can't make it work, make it complicated!
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