Autumn in the Mountains Car Show held Saturday, Sept 23rd

[pmhowe]

On Saturday, 23 Sept. the Western North Carolina British Car club held its annual meet “Autumn in the Mountains” at the Mills River Brewing Company, in Mills River, NC. It featuredd British and European cars and motorcycles. Here’s one link to some pictures:

https://aprpca.org/356B/index.php/news/1000-bcc-wnc-autumn-in-the-mountains-car-show-230924

 

 

I have included some I took of cars or car features (e.g. The Aston Martin's rear seats) that especially interested me.

 

 

 

 

[TAKerry]

No motorcycle pics?😟

[RansomEli]

Thanks for posting the photos. It's always nice to see events that I would never get to attend.

 

There's a lot of nice cars out there.

[rocketraider]

An MGRV8 in the flesh!😳 Something I'd read about and never seen.

 

£26,000 was a ton of money in early 90s, nearly $46,000. No surprise the car didn't catch on when a Miata could be had for a third of that.

 

What Aston Martin rear seats?! 😛

[oldcarfudd]

Aston must have borrowed its rear seats from Ferrari Mondiale.  Or was it the other way 'round?

[pmhowe]

6 hours ago, TAKerry said:

No motorcycle pics?

I'm sorry, I didn't take any pictures of motorcycles. It's because I've concluded I need at least four wheels under me, maybe more.  As for the Aston's rear seat legroom, I think even the Morgan is more spacious. It's interesting to note how car manufacturing philosophies change over time: Cars of the '20s and '30s usually have spacious rear seating and legroom, making the front seat tough on really tall people. Tall people should be very comfortable in the front seat of the Aston - I would be; please give me one.

 

I had never seen an MG RV8 until this meet. However, I had never seen an MG station wagon, either. 

 

In addition to MG, Morgan motors used the Rover V8. They used it in the Morgan Plus 8, that was introduced in 1968. Are there other car manufacturers that used this engine?