Archive for November 2010

Krispy Kreme American Classics November 2010

Krispy Kreme American car meet is an incredibly interesting chance to see some proper old American Iron. It's a once monthly meet at Krisy Kreme (obviously) at Shannon Corner in New Malden.

So the question is, as a car enthusiast what is interesting about old American cars - style.

These old classics ooze style in a way that nothing made in Europe even gets close to. We've all seen the background to some of these ideas, whether the designers were trying to make the cars look like missiles, or airplanes, or spaceships. Whatever the motivation was, they had free reign to make these stunning cars.

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Thunder in the Tunnels 6

One hundred TVRs, two AA breakdown vehicles, and ten tunnels in London. It's 5:00 AM and it's a tunnel run.

The premise of a tunnel run is very simple; find some tunnels and make as much noise as you can. It's worth pointing out that this is not about speed, although, speed is something of a side effect. But generally, as quickly as you gain speed, you scrub it off again.

So the job at hand isn't about speed, it's about hearing your engine howl in a tunnel, and it's something that 8cyl engines do very well.

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SpeedyCop's Scorpion

Sometimes there's a star that aligns just right with Neptune that reflects off the rings of Saturn and looks fantastic on a NASA telescope. In this case, it's not as good as a '77 Lancia Beta Scorpion body with a '93 Toyota MR2 chassis. It's glorious. Read more

Classic Car Show UK 2010

Get ready for a really huge understatement: The Classic Car Show is a big show!

This is the premier show for classic cars (obviously) in the United Kingdom and StreetSafari does have a (tenuous) link to classic shows in that we wreck cars that will eventually become collectible. Quite simply, our activities thin out the numbers of car and in turn adds to the value of future classics - eg cars that don't fall into our clutches.

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Vintage Car Hill Climb at Fleetwith Pike

StreetSafari is always looking for car related articles for the website, so if you do something car related and have the ability to write your thoughts down in a semi-coherent manner, preferably sober, and can take a good picture or two, then drop us a line and we'll probably publish it!

This weekend we went up to Honister Slate Mine to watch the Vintage Sports Car Club run their hill climb event.

The "Vintage" in their name should probably give away the age of these cars, which were built anywhere between the very early 1900s to around 1930.

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Staples2Naples 2010 Wrap Article

Staples2Naples 2010 was a small affair. Previous years have seen much bigger groups, but small isn't a bad thing.

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