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| Stable of Mustangs, most had the 5.0 V8 |
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| This one though is the 4 cylinder 2.3 Ecoboost. It looks small in the Mustang's engine bay. |
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| AMG GT. Now that is a great looking car. |
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| Classic sports car proportions. |
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| Subaru Impreza with some questionable mods. |
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| Mazda Mx-5 NA |
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| Mx-5 with rear wing and dual exhaust. |
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| Mk.1 Ford Escort with a nice twin cam in it. |
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| In the noisy corner - an old VW Golf with speakers everywhere. |
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| And to run said speakers it has two alternators and a serious looking battery bank. |
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| Orange Nissan 370z |
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| An unmolested BMW E30. Don't know what engine it had but I'm guessing it's a 4 pot. |
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| A 'thing' that was once an Alfa Romeo Brera. |
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| Flames and lightning Lexus |
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| GTR Corner. There were at least a dozen of them. Sadly I'm not a fan. |
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| One of the coolest cars. Lancia Delta Integrale. |
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| Delta Integrale in excellent condition. A real show car. |
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| Dodge Challenger SRT |
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| 'Murican poweeeer. 6.2 liter V8. |
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| A Smart Roadster Coupe Brabus |
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| The Brabus trim was the range topper like AMG for Mercedes. |
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| A regular Smart Roadster with a massive wing to rein in those angry 81 horses. |
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| Ratty VW vans. The white one is positively post-apocalyptic. |
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| Audi TT with engine bay art. |
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| Subaru Forester ST in WRC livery. |
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| Corsa with an enormous wing. |
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| Family of Tasmanian devils living under the bonnet of a Focus ST. |
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| Mazda RX-8. Again with a massive wing. |
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| This is more to my liking. A jaguar XK8 with more modern wheels. |
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| Timeless design. |
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| Chevrolet Astro in the general parking area. |
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| And a Beetle. |
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| Just when I was leaving, some supercars showed up. |
Since there was nothing left to see at the car show.... off to Southend-on-Sea
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| Beautiful sunny day, not very warm though. |
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| Low tide on the Thames Estuary. |
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| The base of the pier. |
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| Southend Pier is apparently the world's longest pier at 1.3 miles in length. Your choice of walking or riding the rails. |
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| Southend seen from the pier. |
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| Lots of people fishing but I didn't see anyone catch anything. |
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| Lifeboat station at the head of the pier. |
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| The Thames Estuary. |





















































