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SCMP Reporter

On the first weekend of October a group of Young Post junior reporters had a look at the classic cars on display at the Chater Road Show. The annual event, organised by the Classic Car Club, showcases rare automobiles. 
The club's vice-chairman, Ian Foster, showed the reporters around and told stories about each of the 88 cars on display. Several of the cars come from his own private collection. 
Working in pairs as a photographer and a writer, the junior reporters present their favourite cars from the show.
 Reporter: Ruby Leung
 Photographer: William Cheng 
When we first saw this plain old grey car, we didn't think much of it. It seemed like the most ordinary car on show. 
The DeLorean DMC 12 was made in Britain in 1981. At first glance the only interesting thing about the model was its licence  plate, which said: 'Outatime.' 
But never judge a care by its license plate. As Classic Car Club vice-chairman Ian Foster showed us, the doors of the car flung open upwards - like a bird's wings.
We almost expected the car to take flight with those wing-like doors!
Reporter: Janet Tam Ka-wing 
 Photographer: Gurung Eina
 We picked the Morris Mini Cooper 970 S. The car on show, which was made in 1964 in Britain, may have looked like a toy, but it can get up to a speed of 150km/h. 
On the downside, there is no air-conditioning in the little passenger compartment so it can get pretty hot in there. Well, you can always roll down the window, we guess.
The minis cost between HK$150,000 and HK$200,000 and were once very popular. Mr Bean also drives one. 
We love Mr Bean so we definitely love his car.
Reporter: Kobe Lee Wai-ling
Photographer: Arjun Sivakumar
 The Rolls Royce Phantom II Sedanca de Ville was launched in the  Britain in 1930. 
Each of the model's 1,680 cars was assembled by a coachbuilder who had his name inscribed inside the car body. It has a 7768cc engine and can reach a speed of 110km/h.
The car on display belongs to The Peninsula hotel, where guests can rent it for a ride. The hotel paints its fleet of Rolls Royce cars in the same shade of green known as 'The Peninsula green'.
But in any colour, the Rolls Royce Phantom II truly catches the eye.
 Reporter and photographer: Karen Fong 
 Many of us have seen the Back to the Future and James Bond series, but few of us know what cars the actors used in the movies. If you visited the show  you would have seen them among the 88 classic cars on display.  
The DeLorean DMC 12 was used in the Back to the Future series. Several Bond adventures featured an Aston  Martin DB5, which first appeared in Goldfinger in 1964. One car from the film fetched US$2 million at auction in 2006.
'I like cars. I own around 40 classic cars from all over the world,' said Foster, who had many of them on display.
My favourite was a Chevrolet Corvette from the 1960s. The car was imported from the US and  it is a left-hand drive, which disqualifies it from use on Hong Kong roads. You can drive around in the Chevy here only after receiving a one-day permit to take the car out into the traffic.



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