Happiness is a little old car – right?

A trip to Lancaster Insurance’s Classic Car Show at the NEC this month leads me to the conclusion that happiness is a little old car. Little because they fit in the garage, don’t (usually) shout about anything, and are generally nippy to drive. And old because no-one likes paying car tax or full-whack insurance. Here are pics of some of my favourites from the show.

And a few more. The Metrovan was weirdly captivating, a classic example of cars we once saw everyday and now, well… never. ‘scuse the Porsche 911, but the colour did it for me, no widebody, PDK nonsense here, just a small, simple old car. Love it.

The Abarth 500 is some dealer-special Ferrari model which is so silly I can’t help but smile. The red Mini above has twin engines (!) and check the spotless S1 Elise. It wouldn’t be MotorPunk without some Lotus content, would it? And, finally, the Zagato Zele thingy which may or may not have been one of the inspirations for the Chelfing car company, many moons ago…

Final pic – a line up of lovely old Twingos.

Happiness is a little old car.

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