Dear fans of speed and antique vehicles.
Royal Automobile Club Association logo
Malicia is taking over the blog and we will do something completely new around this time around. Rita asked me to look though all the pictures taken during Festival of Speed on April 3rd and edit the best ones. Thing is, so many pictures were good that once I sat down and started editing, I ended up having over 100 imaged processed and complied into two groups: cars and motorcycles. It would be a waste not to use them all!
We have done quite a few image based posts and they are always well received, but never before they included so many shots in one go. It feels more like proper photo reportage than a visual recording of a particular area or event. And why not, to be frank. The Festival of Speed was so diverse and detailed, that you had to go Japanese tourist mode to see it all. Each car is a different tale and they all form a part of what makes British heritage so important and valued.
It was a whirl of colours, wheels, brands and historical artefacts. You can’t show it all in just few clicks. The rule says that one photo should be enough to tell a story, but sometimes you need one hundred pictures to do justice to the event. Mind, we only had a mobile phone so don’t expect that we will win Pulitzer Prize for feature photography (we will leave that honour to Tyler Hicks) but we tried our best. There will be few cut off heads or wobbly horizons and strange angles on the shots. But this comes as a part of the package – you have a small tool and a very limited time and too many objects that just can’t be missed.
Although Malicia is usually responsible for visual aspect of the blog, this post is the first time she was responsible for choosing, editing, chronological order of all the images and commentary. Proper editorial job and she is very proud of herself.
It is very important to support local cultural events – either by attendance or writing about them. Pop and local culture events don`t have big budgets, they don’t often find themselves presented to big audiences and they hardly receive coverage in major newspapers. But they are crucial to understanding of local history, customs, feelings or grievances. Such local events often shape and form individuals that become huge stars later on. Want an example: try to understand The Smiths without detailed knowledge of Manchester area in the 80s. Or better – try to understand Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear phenomena without attending one of those fairs full of old racing cars, past glories and strange characters.
We hope you will enjoy our (hectic) coverage of Speed Festival 2016. If we got any car brands wrong, please point it out. We`ll correct ourselves.
You can read of review of Festival of Speed here:
https://cocamidemea.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/bromyard-speed-festival/
Ta,
Mal & Rita
Cars brands:
Aston Martin
Aston Martin profile
Aston Martin from the side
Aston Martin inside
Aston Martin logo
Bentley
Bentley profile
Bentley front
Bentley logo
Bristol
Bristol profile
Bristol profile
Bristol logo
Caterham
Caterham profile
Caterham side
Caterham mascot
Chevrolet
Chevrolet profile
Chevrolet seen from the side
Chevrolet logo
Chevrolet engine
Factory Five
Factory Five car profile
Factory Five car profile
Factory Five car engine
Factory Five logo
Ferrari Pininfarina
Ferrari logo
Ferrari Pininfarina front
Ferrari Pininfarina profile
Ferrari Pininfarina back
Classic Ford
Ford profile
Ford seen from the side
Ford Austin
Ford Austin front
Detail #1
Detail #2
Ford Austin logo
Ford Thunderbird
Ford Thunderbird engine
Ford Thunderbird front
Ford Thunderbird logo
Ford Thunderbird profile
Jaguar
Jaguar front
Jaguar profile
Jaguar logo
Jaguar steering wheel
Jensen Healey
Jensen Healey front
Jensen Healey profile
Jensen Healey logo
Lola Cars
A pair of Lola cars
Lotus Cars
Lotus racing car #1
Lotus racing car #2
Puma
Puma profile
Puma front
Puma logo
Sunbean Bluebird
Sunbeam Bluebird full body of a legendary car
Sunbeam Bluebird profile
Sunbean steering wheel
The inside of the car
The flag
Engine of the Bluebird was regarded as exceptionally advanced in its time.
Sunbeam 16/20 Sports
We are living for the history – as the song goes
Sunbeam logo
Shelsley Walsh racing course in an old photograph.
Sunbeam profile
The seats – we wonder if they were comfortable.
Sunbean seen from the side
Sunbeam spare wheel
Turner GT
Turner seen from the front
Turner profile
Turner seen from a side
The wheel
Turner logo
Mdina Grand Prix 2015 – the car that went a long way.
TVR
TVR seen from the front
TVR profile
TVR seen from the side
TVR steering wheel
Wolseley
Wolseley seen from the front
Wolseley profile
Motorcycles brands
AJS
AJS profile
BSA
BSA bike in full glory
Can Am
The background on this unusual motorbike
Can Am profile
Cab Am seen from the side
Ducati Desmoquattro
What a machine!
Ducati Desmoquattro seen from the front
Ducati Desmoquattro profile
Ducati Diavel Carbon
Ducati Diavel Carbon – if you prefer toned colours
Honda 750
Honda is one of worlds most recognized brands. More than Adidas, bet you didn’t know that!
Kawasaki
Not always a ninja…
Norton Superior
Suzuki
One of the best bikes we have ever seen
Yamaha 400
Another legendary brand – Yamaha
Till the next time
M/R
