Auto Italia Spring Italian Car Day, Brooklands

[Thotos]

"A picture says 1000 words..."
So here's a few pictures taken at the Auto Italia Spring Italian Car Day, Brooklands today (05/05/2007)

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Jason Hodgkinson (forum member jasonh131) sent in the following photos:

[kev131]

Looks like good day out. Maybe we can combine with a 3MA in 2008? 

Some of the photos could do some explanation eg why is the 131 in front of so many Deltas? Why does the blue Gamma warrant 3 photos? Is it an especially clean example?

The Ferrari line up is spectacular.

Any new interest in 3MA and did you get contact details for the silver VX?

[Thotos]

Auto Italia's Spring Italian Car Day is always a good day out. In fact all Auto Italia events (they do one in Stanford Hall in June and Gaydon in September) are a good day out. I don't think they are suitable to combine with the 3MA even though the Lancia Motor Club tagged their AGM with the Auto Italia day at Gaydon last year and the Maserati Club usually have their AGM tagged onto Auto Italia's Stanford Hall event. Those combined events work out well but the Lancia Motor Club decided not to combine their AGM this year.

The 131 is in front of so many Deltas because it's better and faster! OK, that might not be true and might just be a coincidence that so many Deltas chose to try out the Mercedes Benz test track but there was only one 131. We were all in the queue to go round the track (in 10 car groups).

Look at the blue Gammas more carefully and you'll see it's two different ones. I make no apologies for taking lots of photos of Gammas, I like them 

There was some interest at the event for the forthcoming 3MA and Simon and I gave away several of our 'leaflets'. However, the owner of the Silver Volumetrico had never heard of the 3MA or this website so our marketing department is failing in its task 

[simon131]

Who is that fat, old, balding bloke with the big nose Theo?? Oh no...it's me!

The next time that Jas sends you photo's of me that have been taken without me 'posing' can you destroy them please! Actually - if anyone sends you ANY photos of me full stop!


Theo - there's a time and place for Gammas my friend!

Interesting to note a thing or two about the first pic of my Abarth. The guy on the left is Jason himself, with his son Aston. The chap in the green coat and 3MA t-shirt (!) needs no introduction (I must go on the diet!). The guy on the far right of the picture, in the red coat about to walk through the gate, is none other than Phil Ward himself - the editor of Auto Italia magazine and organiser of this event.

You will also note that I was invited to display my car with all of the other 'interesting' vehicles - in the paddock area in front of the club house, next to two works Stilo Abarths. A great honour.

Can you see how shiny my car is Kev?

The day was extremely well attended, (I had to queue to get in at 09.10hrs!) but started out very cold and cloudy - hence the majority of us wearing our winter coats. The sun did eventually come through at about 2pm though and even coloured 'unprotected' heads such as mine!

An extremely enjoyable day spent in the company of a great many 'FIAT friends'.? Roll on 3MA (10 days to go)

[Thotos]

My thanks to Gavin Bushby for taking the photo of the 131 while Simon and I were trying out the Mercedes Benz test track. As you can see, the 131 is still ahead of the Integrale. The fact that overtaking was not allowed is immaterial