The 2014 Classic Motorshow took part in Lahti, Finland a week ago. Since the outside car park for 30-year-old and older enthusiast cars is always a place to do some excellent sightings, I wandered around the parking lot with camera at hand. Certainly, there were a number of cars I had never seen in the metal ever. The Jaguar in the lead image was only one of the cars that stopped me in my tracks.
X1/9:s were definitely numerous at the show’s parking lot, some with federal bumpers, some without.
Several ZAZ:s? But of course. Russian plates were a natural thing to see on them.
A classic flat-front 900 Aero in tidy condition. I expect it had been restored at least once.
First Lotus Esprit I’ve seen, I think. The windshield was as flat as it could be.
Oh Austin, how dumpy you are.
Matador, Scaramanga style.
I have no idea which powerplant this GT40 replica had, but the dashboard was a BMW one.
Rally Escorts came in several shapes.
Good old Rekord.
But a Princess, of all things!
And a Mini-based Midas, too.
This Pontiac 6000LE merited a shot, definitely.
As did this duo. I had never seen a Ro80 before.
Two kinds of saloons, rounded and blocky. Would you take the Panhard or the Crown?
I love the SD1, and this was a Vitesse even.
Excellent Citroën weirdness.
And as a parting shot, the BMW 635 CSi. [Images: Copyright 2014 Hooniverse/Antti Kautonen]
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