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| Stuart and I met James and Helen in the usual meeting place at the lorry car park at the Thame Service Station. James and Helen came in Helen's beetle, with Stuarts chequered front '71 bay and my '69 micro bus. |
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| James led the way from the service station to the village of Brill, a short distance of about 6 miles. The weather doesn't look promising. |
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| Stuart brought up the rear of our small convoy. |
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| After about 10 Min's we arrived at the show and parked up. I think the weather forecast had put many people off going to this years show, as we had some heavy rain in the last 24 hours but the rain had stopped by the time we arrived, and it was getting clearer by the minute. |
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| This nice looking pop top early bay was parked up just 2 vehicles away from us, and of course we had to go and say hello.They turned out to be a very nice couple who lived quite local. |
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| A lovely bright red 1969 Triumph Vitesse convertible. Twin headlights on the Vitesse make it instantly recognisable. |
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| I'm not sure what difference there is from the back between the Triumph Herald and the Vitesse, maybe there isn't any difference? |
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| This stunning 1972 TR6 was immaculate and had recently undergone had a total restoration from the chassis up. The number plate is pretty cool '1972 TR' the owner also had a 1971 TR6, and yes it's registration number was '1971 TR'. |
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| There were quite a few Fiat 500's at the show and this 1967 grey one was totally original and in 'as new' condition. |
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| Immaculate from every angle. Stuart and I were talking to the owner of another Fiat 500 and he was saying that they have recently had a convoy of 6-7 Fiat 500's that travelled down to Rome, in Italy for a holiday. A total round trip of something like 2,500 miles. |
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| The Ford Zephyr is as British as fish and chips, and this late 1950's / early 1960's MK2 green and white one was immaculate. |
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| With it's American influence on the bodywork styling it soon caught on in the U.K. When new the top speed of this MK2 would have been 88 mph, and a 0-60 time of around 17 seconds. This was deemed to be quite fast back in 1960. |
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| This lovely white TR4A convertible was another vehicle that must have been restored as it's condition was amazing. The TR4A was only produced for 3 years, from 1965 to 1968, and this one is a 1967 model. |
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| Lovely looking car and when new this would have cost £968, with the optional extras of wire wheels (£36) Overdrive (£51) heater (£13) and the seat belts were £4 each. |
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| Another TR4A but this one had obviously been raced in the past. With it's 2138cc engine it was built to race and in 1966 in the Sebring 12 hour race, TR4A's finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd. |
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| Classic design that still looks tough today, but in the late 1960's this must have looked amazing. |
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| The classic Mk2 Cortina 1600E. This was a higher spec model from the standard MK2 Cortina. The 1600E was introduced in October 1967 and featured the Lotus suspension, and the high tune GT1600 Kent engine and had a burr walnut wood grain dashboard with a full compliment of instruments and walnut door capping's with the Rostyle wheels. |
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| Immaculate engine bay on the 1600E. Another trade mark of the 1600E was the black 'dog bone' grille, compared to chrome versions on other MK2's and the twin spot lights. |
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| The MK1 Lotus Cortina was produced from 1963 - 1970 and only offered as a 2 door model, and only in the white with green flash colour scheme. |
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| The 1557cc twin cam Lotus engine in this 1966 model Cortina engine bay. |
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| A 1938 Aston Martin International 2/4 seat tourer in classic British Racing green, although I'm sure Aston Martin would have called it a different colour. |
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| This had the 1.5 litre engine and the short chassis. This Aston Martin is probably worth in the region of £80,000 |
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| A very nice looking Standard Vanguard Vignale, from 1958. It featured Italian styling and was introduced at the 1958 Earls Court Motor show. The cost new was £1147 and had a top speed of 82mph, and 0-60 in around 20 seconds. |
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| This lovely 1949 Beford OB 2 axle bus was a blast from the past. This 27 seater bus had a 3204cc petrol engine and was totally immaculate. |
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| The standard of the bodywork was amazing. |
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| Inside this lovely old bus, the interior was even better than the outside. Lovely wood detailing, re-upholstered seats in original fabric and it even had a sunroof.! ( that front section of the roof slides back) |
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| More lovely wood detail above the driver, and that clock is pure period. |
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| A Bedford CA Dormobile in a light green / yellow with white flash. These were in production from 1952 - 1969. |
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| This one had the transporter style interior with rear seats compared to the camping interior. |
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| Lancia Fulvia Coupe, circa 1960's finished in a lovely shade of red. More futuristic styling from the 1960's. |
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| A 1973 MK1 Ford Escort Mexico, in the red and white colour scheme. Complete with the 4 spot lights and clear perspex headlight covers. (note how the 2 lower spots point outwards, this was first used on the rally cars so the 4 spots illuminated not only the road ahead but also the edge of the road, very important when rallying) |
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| A classic British car that I remember so well as a kid, well OK a teenager! |
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| This lovely 1958 MGA 31 AKF fixed head coupe was amazingly clean. Finished in clipper blue (although not a factory colour, it is very close) with a factory fitted Webasto sunroof. |
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| A stunning example of a 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS, finished in brilliant white with bright green stripe. The 'RS' stands for 'Rennsport' in German, meaning Racing sport. |
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| I just love the styling on the rear end of this 1961 Daimler Dart. |
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| Styling in the 1960's was so sleek, why do we have to have such shapeless car styling today? |
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| A stunning example of the Austin 7 saloon, circa 1931. This car had some neat features including a spare set of spark plugs on the bulkhead, next to the fuel tank and a rear window blind operated with a pull cord from above the drivers side window. |
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| Interior was complete with brass instrument surrounds, and brass window winders and door pulls. |
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| A Morris Oxford Traveller, circa 1953 in a restored condition. |
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| The single yellow spotlight on the Traveller stood out, and upon closer inspection it is the same Wipac spotlight, with the same design glass lens as I have just put on my bus. |
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| No classic car show would be complete with out a Jaguar XK150, and this gleaming white example was simply stunning. They were made from 1957 - 1961 and you can tell the XK150 from the previous XK140 / XK120 by it's one piece windscreen. The previous models had a split screen. |
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| The badge on the boot of the XK150, showing the success of the XK series over the years. |
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| This lovely looking 1958 Greeves Scottish 250cc trial motorcycle caught me eye. This had the Villers engine designed to go almost anywhere in the Scottish highlands. |
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| Inside the pavilion was the 'Great Train Robbery' exhibition. It had press cuttings from the time showing the progress the police made from the initial discovery of the robbery to the capture of most of the robbers. |
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| Probably the most famous train robber, Ronnie Biggs, and how he looked in 1963. |
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| The discovery of the train robbers hide-out, of course the robbers had fled by this time. So that was the 2013 Brill Fun Day with Classic Car show, overall a very good day with good friends. The weather could have been better, although it did brighten up in the afternoon. This is a small local show with not too many VW's, but plenty of other classic cars, and you know sometimes it's nice to go to a show and see what other classics are out there, overall a show well worth going to. |
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