Beauty spotted a long way from Monte Carlo

Many thanks for this Land Rover spotted with MC plate in

Hopeman, Scotland, "a long way from home" says Iain Hamilton

Gran Torino Sports spotted sleeping

Many thanks to Daniel Gagnon for this selection

of beauties taken from his excellent YouTube video

An old wildcat caught sleeping in the woods

Many thanks to Jeroen Booij for this lovely shot of a Jaguar Mk VII

spotted in the woods behind a barn in Britain, in early March 2010

What's your best guess on this beauty?

Jeroen Booij was wondering if anyone could identify this

lovely pre-war veteran spotted in Britain in early March 2010

Sleeping beauty comes to life

Thanks to Robert LaMoreaux, in Michigan, for digging out shots of

his Elan before she was restored to the condition she's in today

Sleeping beauties in Sweden

Many thanks to Marc Woltinger for this collage

of beauties snapped on vacation in Sweden

- love the hubcaps, Marc

Beautiful British Woodies in the Netherlands

Hennie Arendtsen's Morris Traveller waiting to be woken up in Elst,

and, below, a wide awake beauty spotted in Rosmalen, North

Brabant, Netherlands, by Ard op de Weegh at last weekend's

British Car and Lifestyle event. Thanks for that Ard.

Read more about British Woodies here.

See more British Woodies in this Veloce book sample ...

First fifty (or so) contenders

A classic collection, so far, please keep them coming to ...

Veloce Publishing by email to jk@veloce.co.uk

Have you got a better sleeping beauty photo than any of these?

Competition ends at midnight on August 15th, 2010.

Individual details of all these (and many more) contenders below ...

Note sleeping beauties can take the form of anything automotive, cars, motorcycles,

scooters, trucks, vans, buses ... please keep them coming to ... jk@veloce.co.uk

Beauties picked and then forgotten

Many thanks to Christian Kuranda in Austria for these Land

Rover shots he's called: 'English roses - picked and forgotten'

Beauties wrapped in blankets

Spotted in Alberta, Canada by Mick Flynn from Bradford, Yorkshire,

whilst working as a trucker in Canada and the USA - thanks Mick

Beauty at the bottom of the garden

Here is my sleeping beauty, says Ross Gubby, it's a SAAB 95

Beauty with bullbars

Thanks to Robert Wootton for this photo of his sleeping beauty

Beauty in Death Valley

Spotted on Saturday 4th of March 2010, close to the disused Eureka

Mine, in a very remote part of Death Valley National Park in

California, USA. The bullet holes on it may need some careful

filling, says James Keeler - thanks for that jk!

Beautiful camper on the campus

A classic Volkswagen camper bus, not exactly sleeping, but of the

appropriate vintage, says Andrew Morang It was at the university

of Chicago campus in front of the professors' residences

Slideshow of the first fifty (or so) contenders

A classic collection, so far, please keep them coming to ...

Veloce Publishing by email to jk@veloce.co.uk

Have you got a better sleeping beauty photo than any of these?

Competition ends at midnight on August 15th, 2010.

Individual details of all these (and many more) contenders below ...

Note sleeping beauties can take the form of anything automotive, cars, motorcycles,

scooters, trucks, vans, buses ... please keep them coming to ... jk@veloce.co.uk

Beauties spotted in the USA

Thanks to Will Shiers, author of Roadside Relics for these beauties

that aren't featured in his book, clockwise from top left:

bullet-ridden Mazda in Navada, Morris Minor in Oklahoma,

VW van in the woods in Georgia, and a rare Plymouth Cricket

(aka Hillman Avenger) in Georgia - thanks, again, Will

Beauty built into the decking area

Thanks to Barry Wiseman for this tethered Trabant spotted outside

Nessebar, Bulgaria recently. Barry admits he's not sure whether it

was asleep or comatose, but it looked packaged and ready to go!

The first Nepalese bicycle sleeping beauty

Many thanks to Andrew Morang for 'this massive human-powered

machine from Kathmandu, Nepal', yes that qualifies, Andrew, just!

Devon Camper brought back to life

Thanks to Iain Hamilton for this shot of his 1978 VW Devon Camper

during his 5-year restoration project, and, below, here she is fully

restored. If you would like to revive a beauty like this, you could

start looking here and here and here

Beauty in Sorrento

Thanks to Iain Hamilton for this beauty spotted in Sorrento, can

anyone fill us in with further details of this vehicle?

We've had a suggestion she's a Fiat 1100 Stationwagon

Beauties in the Welsh countryside

Many thanks to Rob Marshall for this wonderful wintry

scene, shot somewhere in the Welsh countryside

Beauty retired in Florida for 29 years

Thanks to Ed Biggie for sharing his latest Florida find ...

a 1981 Porsche 911 SC with 421 miles on the clock

Beauties blending into Swedish woodland

Many thanks to Jack van Asselt for these wonderful photos of

beauties getting comfortably settled in the woods in Sweden

Beauty laying in the Lincolnshire Fens

Many thanks to Allan McNab for these two shots of a 1935 MG PB

sleeping in the Lincolnshire hay, now rescued and being restored,

hopefully soon to recover some of her former glory, inset right

Jolly sleeping beauty

Thanks to Theo Jansen of Jancia for this 1962 Lancia Jolly van ...

Beauty ready for retirement on Gozo

Thanks to Phil Seed's Virtual Car Museum for this Austin A50

pick-up truck spotted on some waste ground in Gozo (Malta)

Beauties tracked down by The Tin Hunter

Many thanks to Martin at the Tin Hunter Archive for these four

beauties, clockwise from top left: Citroen 2CV 'Duck',

Citroen U23 Truck, Renault Dauphinois and Peugeot 203

Beautiful old workhorse hunkering down

Many thanks to Raymond van Donk for this shot of a

beautiful old Citroen pick-up truck that's obviously seen

lots of vinyard work, spotted in the Minervois region of France

Beauty kept under wraps since new in 1979

When Ed Biggie took the covers off this beauty last year

he really couldn't believe his eyes. A 1979 Porsche 930

with 38 miles on the clock, watch the unveiling below ...

The first super veloce sleeping beauty

Many thanks to Ed Biggie for this Miura SV with just 1064 miles on

the clock. Ed's keeping this one on the back burner for now. If you want more details on the Miura, here's a link to Joe Sackey's bible