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Simon, I hope you enjoyed the Classic Car Show at ExCel. I went on Friday, the show was not big but there was a range of cars from 1902 onwards. The Grand Avenue was hardly a success, but at least the organisers tried something a little different and Steve Griffiths did give the Judd a blast in his 101. Most of the exhibitors were big names possibly aimed at the "City" types, but the variety of cars that could be found made it very interesting, at least for me. On the competition side the Adrian Newey collection, the six Le Mans icons and the eight GP cars on the Motor Sport stand plus others such as McLaren, De Tomaso, Williams, Tolemans were all worth looking at. In contrast a Phantom II and two Silver Ghosts showed what money bought in the past when new. My personal favourites were the DS21 Decapotable and the Tojeiro sports racer with a JAP v-twin engine built for Brian Lister and also driven by Archie Scott-Brown.
I am glad that I went rather than to the Autosprout show near Brum.
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