did sell the car before he started trying to save the planet!
This is why we love Cars and Coffee Liverpool, it’ s the nature of the meeting that unveils such stories and interesting vehicles. We try to generate interest for the experienced and educate the young. To get a mix of Hypercars parked next to a Classic car or may be persuade the retro hot hatch owners who talks to the luxury supercar driver. There seems to be a neutral ground, an even playing field for the quirkiest zero class system, whether you drive a McLaren 12C or a Fiat Panda 4x4.
What we notice is all motorists and enthusiasts have a similar language when it comes to cars. The pattern is always the same, stemming from memories of childhood. The poster car, the father or friend that owned such a vehicle or the first Motorshow car that engrossed you. It’ s human nature, we as children aspire to do well, to work hard, fulfil a dream. We are not a normal car meeting, we are a community for all to share with parents, tourists, councillors, police, army officers to get involved. To inspire and inspired by others!
Steve Gibson is one of the members who came to Cars & Coffee in a car he mostly built in his own garage. It is a 1988 Czech Skoda Estelle 130GL, a retro classic known for its poor build quality, terrible performance and hopeless reliability. A brand that was mocked with all the jokes known to man. But these are long gone now because in 1991 it was gradually privatised then in 2000 Skoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Audi Group. But previously Skoda Works was state owned during the days of the Communist government. Škoda( then Laurin & Klement) factories were founded in 1896 as a velocipede manufacturer. In 1894, 26-year-old Václav Klement, who was a bookseller in Mladá Boleslav, Kingdom of Bohemia( today’ s
Czech Republic, then part of Austria-Hungary) because he was unable to obtain spare parts to repair his German bicycle.
Anyway, Mr Gibson has highly modified and improved the Skoda in every shape and form with his skills in the motoring industry. You could call it Audi Skoda Estelle 20v turbo 4-wheel drive, deceiving under the bonnet and chassis running gear but intimidating given away by the rally boxed arches you would find on a Lancia Integrale or BMW E30 M3. The talent, the enthusiasm, the skills, dedication and time spent is clear to see. The car needs to be appreciated in the flesh( hopefully he will be attending with another specially built car).
There is such an eclectic mix, who knows one day, a gentleman driving Steve McQueens Ferrari 250 GT Lusso will turn up? Who apparently lives in the Merseyside area, now for me, that’ s inspiring!
Let’ s thank: Kim & Jim at James Apter Friendship Fund, Chung Ku Restaurant Liverpool for the famous Char Sui Buns, Change Beverages- Lavazza Coffee, Carly H- Tesla motors, Matty- Williams BMW Group( check his little boy Alex who wanted a photo), Auto Renew, Impact Solutions, OCD Porsche Wirral, Richard- Lexus Liverpool, David G- HR Owen Lamborghini, Tom Tully, Philangle and of course Wirral Life Magazine and all our motoring members, Simon Gillamore for braving the weather in his VW Trekker convertible with his VW Bug buddies, Cars & Coffee Crew members and Charalene Lee & coffee boys and girls.
See you on the 25th February, nice and early for the next meeting.
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