The Classic, Customs and Collectibles Show took place at the Noble Court Holiday Park in Narberth. A lovely location, seemingly, for a casual cup of tea in your static caravan, a staple of the British summer experience.
I wasn’t expecting much. I wasn’t even expecting many cars really.
So I was surprised when I looked down the mishmash line of solid British engineering including (as it always does) various Rovers, MGBs and tractors to see the unmistakable nose of a Ferrari Dino.
No. Surely a replica I thought.
I’d just driven half a mile down a grass lane and I had no real idea where I even was other than in a field. In fact, there didn’t really seem to be any way to figure out if you were in the show or just parking. I’m fairly sure a left turn after entry could have seen the VW Touran as part of the lineup, maybe even parked next to this very Ferrari.
As I got closer, it looked good. Very good. Complete with a Goodwood sticker on the windshield, this was no replica.
Stunning.
I explained why the motor was in the back to my son and ended up in conversation with the owner’s wife (I would like to clarify that she explained to me it was his car – I had said to her I thought her car was lovely). She said everyone kept asking if it was a replica (she’d heard me explaining to my eldest that this was an original car and most people might think it was a replica, but it wasn’t). She said it lived on carpet inside a humidity controlled garage and was only out because the weather was nice. She said her husband loved it, and it was his mistress.
Expensive mistress I remarked. Luckily she laughed.
I asked if they had gone to Goodwood.
She said no, he didn’t take the Dino to Goodwood as he took something else instead.
I wonder what cars you might have in your garage that you leave your Dino at home and take ‘something else’ to Goodwood. Maybe a 250GT?