Anyone going to this event Jul 7-9?
First I've ever heard of this event, fantastic setting tho! Are you showing your car there?
We have an annual Micro car show here in KC that I show at each year, but the setting is nothing like that one!.
Yes, I am registered and if the weather is good, I am going to make the run on Saturday (to Wachussett Mountain) and show it Sunday. Probably will be the only Inno there.
Here's a link if anyone is interested. Looking forward to it.
http://www.bubbledrome.com/index2.html
....And here is the link from the museum website.
http://larzanderson.org/events/lawn-events/2017lawnevents/microcar/
Couple of pics from day 2 of the event. Most minis they have had in a long time they said.
Thanks for sharing those pictures! Is that an Austin Mini Pimlico? I haven't seen one of those in a long time.
The Microcars Classic is great. I went to L.A. the first year I had my Mini in 2014 for this and British Car Day. I don't live as close to Brookline as I did then, so I haven't been back.
Have fun today
BruuceK that is indeed a Pimlico. I had never seen one before. In that photo where you can see it we were stopping for lunch. As we were all ordering the skies opened up. I helped the two women get the top up and lent my car cover to the '33 MG.
ADray well hope one day you can come back down for it. I met quite a few folks from NEMO and maybe they can get a mini drive together in your neck of the woods.
Which one is the Pimlico?
Dave,
It is at the very far right of the fourth picture - maroon and silver - sitting just left of a big silver pickup.
OK, what's different about it?
Quote from: MiniDave on July 09, 2017, 07:11:35 AM
OK, what's different about it?
It's a fiberglass Mini cabrio-like body that takes Mini subframes. Made in the late 80s / early 90s.
(http://www.vhoist.com/uploaded_images/garage/101443/8534_101443_full.jpg)
OK, I haven't seen one of those before.
Is the whole body fiberglass or just the add-on and top parts?
The whole thing is fiberglass, it accepts Mini front and rear subframes. Although I'm not sure about the bonnet – it could be stock Mini. They made a saloon version too. But England, being weird, seemed to favor the open car over the saloon version.
The pimlico was not there today, but here are a few pics of mini row. Spent 3 hours giving rides to enthusiastic kids and adults around the grounds. Was a great event and i would encourage others to come next year.