Ford Fair 2004

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s longer term readers of this website will know, Charlie and I have certainly been to Ford Fair before, in both 2002 and 2003. It must rank as one of our favourites simply because so many people attend, and it’s a great opportunity to meet old and new friends alike.

This year, although we didn’t know if we would be showing, we gave Kermit a good clean anyway. There’s something very relaxing about spending four hours washing, waxing, re-washing, re-waxing, and finally, waxing once more. Oh and a good hour on each front XR2i wheel, too – and even then they’re still not looking perfect!

Still, I’m a bit of a perfectionist, and when my fingers were thoroughly green with the effort, I decided to stop.

Once at the show, it’s customary to spend another thirty minutes washing the car, although to be fair if it’s not clean by now it’s arguably too late. Nevertheless, here’s a portrait of the lad having been freshly washed for the fourth time in two days!

I suppose this is what it might look like if you were about to be run over by Kermit, or maybe if you decided to lie down in front of the lad and point a camera in his direction!

Kermy’s butt shot, showing off the wider rear tyres and Powerflow exhaust system.

The above shots are all from the Ka Klub stand, and the following are from other stands we visited.

In conclusion, yeah it was a good show. Was it worth getting up at three o’clock? Well, arguably, few things are worth getting up at three... but this one comes close!