In February we wrote a little list of things we'd be expecting more over this year’s shows, with a few big ones still to go and a few already gone let’s see how on trend we've been this year.

On the up

Retro Tourism - The increased cost of air travel has probably put a little bit of a slow down on this one, however there has been a lot of movement from the UK to Europe to go to some of the bigger shows, as well as rumours of people travelling from New Zealand to the UK!

White Cars - Still not making a huge splash in the Retro side of things, still big news in the more modern car scene, with manufacturers getting in on the game as well.

Actually Buying Japanese Cars - Whilst the rate at which people have been buying Japanese car hasn't gone up hugely, they are definitely selling, and the values are going up accordingly, as people look around for winter projects I suspect a lot will have something Japanese on their list.

Retro Focussed Publications - By writing this it became true as we were one of them,.. and we cheated because we knew Retro Cars Magazine was returning.

Body Coloured Rims - Still not seen very often, however interesting wheel detailing is definitely on the up.  So we were half right... maybe.


Going down

VW Split Screen Campers - Okay these were never going to go down exactly, but they have moved out of the reach of many people, Type25 and the later VW T4 vans seems to be making waves in VW circles, whilst others are looking further afield.

Boring Wheels On Fords - Every time I see a show report for a Ford show I scan the photos for some interesting wheels, every time I see some it makes a little glow in my heart.

Ebay Bargains - We were right on this.  However ebay has changed their search and now I can't find anything,.. so there are probably loads of unfound bargains waiting the person who can use their mangled search.

Rained Off Car Shows - Seeing as I'm co-running the Retro Rides Gathering this coming weekend I hope we're right on this!

False Rat Look - Yes! What’s more people that have been putting a lot of effort into their rat rides get a bit more respect because of the lack of lazy rat looking.


With Vallakra and Edition38 Shows to go as well as a whole bunch of others across the world I'm not counting our chickens just yet, but I think we've done okay so far!