Submitted by Dave Betts

My 1987 Bertone in fancy dress for the July 2011 Marple carnival. My daughter Lois is Stockport Carnival Princess and we attend a number of town & village carnivals in Cheshire helping to raise money for charity.

This picture is from our local Marple carnival where Lois won 1st prize (and a cup) for “best Princess with car”, eclipsing her 2nd place in 2010. Beaten competition included a vintage Blower Bentley.........

Once again, the X/19 completed the 2-mile course in procession in just under 2 hours in 1st gear crawling along at a snails pace without incident or overheating to the various comments from the crowd of “I remember them”, “not seen one of them for ages” “bit rusty innit” and “look it’s a TR7...?!.” .

Not bad for a car bought as a non-runner from under a garden tarpaulin in April 10. The carnivals were my “green light” to buy another open top car – The X/19 fitted the bill (and the budget) although with hindsight a mid-engined car wasn’t the brightest idea for slow moving processions, it is fantastic to drive and loves a good blast on the Cheshire roads road. I am an X/19 convert.