Christmas is the spirit of giving without receiving. We see joy in people - it's
finding time for others. This month's chosen charity was the Food Bank - City
Central drop off collection at the Anglican Cathedral.
It was a great privilege to see the community come together at Chung Ku restaurant
in Liverpool this month. Many of our motor enthusiasts dropped generous amounts
of food - thank you!
Remember Oliver Harrison’s huge JCB Fastrac 4220 (similar to Guy Martins’s Speed
record JCB yellow tractor) whom we briefly mentioned last August issue. Can you
believe we had the pleasure of leading the convoy with this monstrous vehicle to the
Food bank at the Anglican Liverpool Cathedral after the Cars 'N' Coffee Liverpool
event.
This month's two star cars are Brian Brown’s ‘Back to the Future’ DMC Delorean and
Ian Gardner’s beautiful 1957 Citroen Traction Avant Normale. One of the last Paris
built Tractions, as production finished in the summer of 1957. The car is regularly
used 12 months a year!
The Citroën Traction Avant was a range of mostly 4-door saloons and executive cars,
with four or six-cylinder engines, produced by the French manufacturer Citroen
from 1934 to 1957. Approximately 760,000 units were produced.
The Traction Avant pioneered mass-production of three revolutionary innovations
widely adopted since, and still used today: front wheel drive, four-wheel independent
suspension, and the use of a crash resistant, unitary, monocoque body. Additionally,
the car was one of the earliest mass-production adopters of rack and pinion steering.
The DMC (commonly referred to simply as a “DeLorean”, as it was the only model
ever produced by the company) was a sports car originally manufactured by John
DeLorean’s DeLorean Motor Company, or DMC, for the Global market in Ireland
from model years 1981 through 1983.
Most will know the iconic car in the 1985 American Sci-Fi classic ‘Back to the Future’.
Staring the crazy Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) and the eccentric mad scientist Doc
Brown (Christopher Lloyd) designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro (who had styled sports
cars for Maserati and Alfa Romeo, as well as a number of Volkswagen mainstays,
such as the original Golf). Stands out for its gull-wing doors and brushed stainless-
steel outer body panels.
Did you know that in 1995, Stephen Wynne, a British entrepreneur from Liverpool,
created a separate company based in Texas using the DeLorean Motor Company
name. Wynne acquired the trademark on the stylized DMC logo shortly thereafter,
along with the remaining parts inventory of the original DeLorean Motor Company.
Here at Cars ‘N’ Coffee Liverpool, we would like to say a huge big thank you to
those who generously donated their time, food & effort to convoy with us to the
Food Bank. Well done to everyone involved at the weekend especially our C’N’C
crew: John K, John C, Terry B, Richy S Barton & Samantha, Jimmy Rutledge, Micky
Chong, Gareth Roberts & son, Charalene Lee & Coffee girls, Carly & Martin from
Micah Liverpool /Food Bank, Councillor Roy Gladden for popping in, Mark Ash,
Lisa & Anthony Benton from Awesome GTI for coming along. David Gidman from
Lamborghini HR Owen. Oliver Harrison for bringing his JCB tractor, Jack Shum
our mascot & Matthew Eaton for the collection sorting. Our photographers Mike
McTigue, Paul Rankin, Gren Atherton & Chris James.
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