4th & 5th July 2015 Stars & Stripes Tatton Park

Raminduction · Post by **Raminduction** » Mon Jul 06, 15 4:56 pm

I went on the Sunday - great day apart from the torrential downpour / Thunder / lightning and being called off early lol

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Mon Jul 06, 15 7:53 pm

Was a great show. Didn't spot you or Ali . Burnt to a crisp on Saturday

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Jul 06, 15 11:29 pm

Brilliant pictures

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Tue Jul 07, 15 6:53 am

Great pictures Si and sorry didn't get to see you guys as I was away from the car and mostly walking around and seeing all the great looking cars there.

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Tue Jul 07, 15 8:15 am

Raminduction wrote:I went on the Sunday - great day apart from the torrential downpour / Thunder / lightning and being called off early lol

i normally go Sunday but changed it this time to go to Liverpool

your Charger looks stunning

Raminduction · Post by **Raminduction** » Tue Jul 07, 15 9:46 am

Cheers Si - Yours looks equally as good mate !!

Seems like the Judges took a shine to it to. I was walking around the stalls buying bits n bobs and on my way back to the car my Mrs tells me the judges had been round and left a ticket on the windscreen saying i had won a prize - report to the Judges marquee at 4pm. I was over the moon and just knowing that it had been nominated for a trophy really meant something.

So I went down to the Marquee at 4pm and there were 70 trophies in total to be handed out. The first 30 were handed out and i was expecting to be a recipient of one of them. Then the next 20 were handed out and then the next 10. No mention of my car so i was looking at my wife and brother in law and thinking "This is a prank ?" ( I have a reputation as a prankster and thought this was payback time lol ")

So to cut a long story short 7 of the remaining 10 were handed out leaving 3 big ones. Then 2 of those go leaving the "Number 1 Car of the Show" trophy. I then realised i had been the target of a cruel prank by my brother in law and wife ( payback would be sweet ) and then the Judge shouts out....."Car of the show - Matt Atherton 1969 Dodge Charger 440 R/T"......To say i was bowled over would be an understatement. I walked over to the judge and received the Trophy with a big hand shake. They then announced that all 4 judges had voted the Charger best of the show and were very impressed with the car. I was a little humbled with the trophy as i honestly thought there were better cars out there ( Anyone see the black 57 Thunderbird ? ) Owning one of these cars is a privilege to me and to know that your fellow petrol heads share the same opinion of an iconic MOPAR means more to me than a trophy itself.

Anyway the Manchester evening news will be doing a report on the event and took pictures of the car which will be in the paper soon. Classic American magazine may also be interested in doing a shoot on the car

The trophy ........

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Tue Jul 07, 15 11:00 am

Raminduction wrote:Cheers Si - Yours looks equally as good mate !!

from about 10ft away maybe, the paint is probably about 20yr old now

Raminduction wrote: Car of the show - Matt Atherton 1969 Dodge Charger 440 R/T

fantastic!! many congrats on the silverware, it’s a credit to you for the speed you did the recent refresh

68Roadrunner · Post by **68Roadrunner** » Tue Jul 07, 15 8:05 pm

good to catch up with you si on the sat,it sure was hot,great photos,managed to see the chap with the superbird as hes leaving but he wont be at the nats,hes on holiday.pleased for paul with the roadrunner best Plymouth.,.would of loved to see matts charger looks a stunner,well done , make sure it makes its nats debu. richard

Ashy22 · Post by **Ashy22** » Tue Jul 07, 15 9:25 pm

Absolutely beautiful pictures Simon.

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