Authors have lives. Beyond engineering and writing, my remaining cycles are spent keeping pieces of old British transportation on the road. That means that my life sometimes involves small car shows. Not that the shows themselves are small, but the cars in the shows certainly tend to be.
On April 9, I attended the 2016 Southwest Unique Little Car Show, and entered my daily driver, a 1968 Riley Elf:
![1968 Riley Elf at the 2015 Southwest Unique Little Car Show](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/68RileyElf.jpg)
1968 Riley Elf at the 2015 Southwest Unique Little Car Show
Currently down for major mechanical repairs, my 1960 Morris Minor pickup did not make the show.
![1960 Morris Minor Pickup](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1960_Morris_Minor_Pickup.png)
1960 Morris Minor Pickup
There were a lot of unusual vehicles here, and I find the show a lot more fun than a muscle car show. I didn’t get a lot of details, nor do I know who won (I voted for the 1965 Goggomobil as best of show), but these are the other cars that were there. There are a few omissions (such as Paul Van Wig’s Traveller), but these were accidental and tended to be of cars that I had already seen a number of times: I was there as a participant, not a journalist.
![1956 Fiat 600 Elaborata](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1956FiatElaborata.jpg)
1956 Fiat 600 Elaborata
![And even more Metropolitans](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/metros1.jpg)
Metropolitans
![1965 Goggomobil](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1976Goggomobil.jpg)
1965 Goggomobil
![More Metropolitans](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/metros2.jpg)
More Metropolitans
![Blue Morris Minor Traveller](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bluetraveller.jpg)
Blue Morris Minor Traveller
![1962 Nissan Bluebird](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1962NissanBluebird.jpg)
1962 Nissan Bluebird
![1970 Velorex](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1970Velorex.jpg)
1970 Velorex
![And Even more Metropolitans](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/metros3.jpg)
Metropolitans
![Morris Minor 4 door](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Minor4door.jpg)
Morris Minor 4 door
![1968 Citroen Perrier](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1968CitroenPerrier.jpg)
1968 Citroen Perrier
![1958 Renault 4CV](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1958Renault4CV.jpg)
1958 Renault 4CV
![1973 Autobianchi 500](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1973Autobianchi500.jpg)
1973 Autobianchi 500
![1970 Citroen-Burton](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1970citroenburton.jpg)
1970 Citroen-Burton
![Subaru360](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Subaru360.jpg)
Subaru360
![Subaru360 Van](http://www.blog.kwwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/subara360van.jpg)
Subaru360 Van