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| My 1969 Microbus parked up at the Chearsley Classic Car show. I have attended this little show for the past 4 years and it really is a good day out for all the family. |
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| This lovely MK1 Ford Escort had a rally look about it with the wide wheel arches and the paint scheme. This unassuming MK1 had a dark secret, it's power plant... |
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| ... which was a V8 engine. Assuming the huge increase of power could be transferred to the back wheels (and I have no reason to doubt it can't) then this little Ford is going to be so fast across any terrain. |
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| I know it was a classic car show but this lovely BMW R 1200GS looked fantastic parked up. I do like the GS, it is the ideal touring motor- cycle and this one even has the brackets for the hard rear panniers... all ready for a road trip to anywhere! |
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| This gorgeous graphite grey razor edge is a regular at the Chearsley show. This 1969 razor really is immaculate and features a steel sun roof taken from a Karmann Ghia. |
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| Regular readers will recognise this lovely 1934 hot rod, as it was at the Blackthorn Classic Car Show that I attended a few weeks ago. |
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| This fully fendered rod is more of a resto rod, rather than a full blown hot rod, but doesn't it look good. I do like the unusual colour choice. |
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| This British racing green AC Cobra replica was stunning. The attention to detail the owner has put into the car during it's build is amazing. |
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| The shape of the Cobra is a true classic and just looks fast even standing still as all true muscle cars do. |
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| The local MG owners club always attend this show and always have a very impressive display of their members vehicles. |
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| This gorgeous Ferrari 365 GTC/4 2+2 looked fantastic in it's very unusual Ferrari silver colour. The GTC/4 was produced from 1966 - 1970. The GTC had the 4.4 litre, 320hp engine with a 5 speed manual gearbox. |
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| Ferrari only made 168 GTC's and only 22 in right hand drive. Due to the rarity of this true classic, the value of something like this has to be close to £100,000 ($153,607 approx) |
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| This stunning example of the Rover 12 looked fantastic in it's super shiny black gloss paint. This Rover 12 was the P1 version brought was produced from 1934 - 1936. It had the 196cc engine than could propel this car to 70mph. |
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| A vast array of classic cars on show from years gone by. Whatever your into, you'll probably find it at the Chearsley Classic Car show. |
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| I'm not really sure how the owner of the lovely Jaguar 1.5 litre actually got his car to the show as it was a complete wreck. This looked like a real barn find and every panel was corroded almost beyond repair. |
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| However the 1776cc engine was complete very salvageable. |
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| The manufacture of this car back in 1935 comprised of a steel body on wood construction chassis however in 1938 they changed to a complete steel construction, as this one is. |
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| The interior of this lovely old Jaguar was all complete if a little tatty, but it also had many body panels stored inside, body panels that would cost a fortune to get replaced today. |
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| Good friends of mine Mel and her partner 'Spanner' were at the show in their Military Land Rover This is just one of their military collection. Normally at this show there are a lot more military vehicles on show, but this year, this was the only one. It was good to meet up with Mel and Spanner once again. |
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| This lovely off white and green Bedford Dormobile was circa 1963 and being the owner of a modern 1969 camper it was very interesting to see how it all started. |
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| The interior was 100% original and it was fascinating to see inside. I did like the passenger seat that revolved around to face the living area. |
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| This really was a nice looking camper. I did like the matching pop top and the cab mounted roof rack. |
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| To celebrate the 'official' opening of the show by Tony Hadley, of Spandau Ballet fame, we were also treated to a fly past by probably the most famous WW2 aircraft, the Spitfire. |
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| The Spitfire was designed as a short range, high performance interceptor aircraft to use against the Luftwaffe during world war 2. |
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| These aircraft even today are so nimble that it was difficult to keep the plane in the frame as I tried to take a photo, let alone trying to zoom in on the plane. This Spitfire made 3 fly pasts, and these are my best photos! |
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| This bright 1986 T25 Transporter was originally used as a bread van. During 1995 the van was converted into a camper and the old 1600cc engine was replaced for a 1800cc fuel injected motor from a Scirocco. |
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| The high top was added in 1995 and in 2007 the van was treated to it's new bright yellow and white paint scheme, which still looks as good today as it did way back then. |
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| This gorgeous 1950's Pontiac Catalina looked fantastic in it's baby blue paint. The early Catalina's had the Flathead straight eight engine The Catalina was produced from 1950 - 1958. |
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| This beautifully restored AEC Merry Weather Fire Engine is circa 1958 and featured the new revolutionary turntable ladder. These AEC Fire Engines in used by the London Fire Brigade. |
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| Looking across the Chearsly cricket field at all the wonderful classic cars in the glorious sunshine. |
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| This is a Rochdale GT. These GT's were made by Rochdale Motor Panels, in Manchester and featured a glass fibre body. The were produced from 1948 - 1973. Only about 1400 of these GT's were made, with only about 10 still on the road today which makes this car very rare. |
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| The GT was based on the Ford Popular chassis and came with ready fitted doors, bonnet and a curved windscreen. |
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| This exhibitor came along on his classic motor cycle, set up his stool and sung George Formby songs to the public as they walked by. |
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| This Lamborghini Countach looked awesome in this, dare I say Ferrari red colour. This 2 door sports car had a mid mounted V12 engine with a manual gearbox. They were produced from 1974 - 1990 and only 2049 were produced. |
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| The body of the Countach is made from aircraft grade aluminium over a space frame chassis. The whole car weighs about 3000lb, so with the V12 engine this is not going to hang around. |
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| This lovely turquoise Morris Minor 2 door saloon looked amazing. OK it's not the original colour on this classic, but that didn't really matter as it was in such a lovely condition. This shape Minor was produced from 1948 - 1953, but production of the Morris Minor continued until 1971. |
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| This stunning bright red Vauxhall Victor was really immaculate. This 'FB' series Victor was produced from 1961 - 1964, although the Victor, in various models was produced from 1957 - 1978. |
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| The FB series was available in two variants, a 4 door saloon and a five door estate. |
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| They also came with a choice of engine size, you could either have the 1.5 litre or the 1.6 litre straight 4 OHV version. |
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| Friends of mine, James amd Helen were at the show with James' new passion, his steam engine. Both James and Helen are / were members of the Outcast VW Club, but they have sold both of their Beetle's and moved onto new interests. It was great to catch up with both James and Helen as we don't seem to see much of each other anymore. |
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| This lovely 1972 bronze MK1 Ford Escort looked amazing with the body kit including the wide fibre glass wing extensions. This MK1 was built for short oval racing and a fully built 1700 x-flow engine.The exhaust, brakes and suspension have all been upgraded. |
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| Now this is a thing of beauty... I was talking about my bus not the AMG SLS Mercedes.! Seriously though, this aluminium bodied sports car has the 378ci, 6208cc V8 engine and is capable of accelerating from 0- 62mph in 3.8 seconds with a top speed of 196mph. |
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| Under those gorgeous gull wing doors, the red and black leather seats looks so comfortable. The whole interior is a work of art. |
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| The AMG has a rear spoiler that will extend at high speed for stability and better handling and also under braking. Would you believe that AMG unveiled an Ambulance version of the SLS AMG coupe at the 2011 RETT mobile emergency vehicle expo... now that's how I want to go to the hospital !. |
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| This brilliant white Triumph GT-6 was amazing. As part of the new GT-6 project, six white prototype cars were made by Triumph in 1965. Triumph put in the 'Spitfire 1300cc engine, but this proved to be too slow and in early 1966 they replaced the engine with the 1998cc six cylinder engine. The car was then used as a testing and prototype car within Triumph but it was never registered. This car was eventually registered in 1967. |
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| This immaculate Morris Oxford MO series traveller had been beautifully restored. The MO series traveller was produced from 1948 - 1954 and featured the easily recognisable rear wooden frame. |
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| The 1476cc engine has been rebuilt and the overall condition of the engine bay is really amazing. The Traveller wasn't the fastest car on the road with a top speed of only 64mph and a 0 - 60 time of 26 seconds. The car when new would have cost £825 ($1257 approx) |
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| The organisers of the show had also laid on some entertainment in the form of a band, that played to the crowds outside the bar. I didn't catch the name of the band, but they seemed to go down well. |
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| Looking across towards the bar and food area of the Chearsley Classic Car Show. This really is a nice chilled out show with fun for all the family. |
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| And finally, a photo of my new dog called Boobie. She was given to me by a dear friend who had to downsize her pack of dogs and as she knew I liked Boo, an Boo liked me it was the obvious decision. Boo likes to ride shotgun in the bus. So that was a very brief review of the Chearsley Classic Car Show for 2015. Overall another great day out. This local show has fun for all the family including: Classic and Vintage vehicles, Arts and Crafts stalls, Children's games and mini fun fair, BBQ, Bar, Steam Engines and a vintage bus trips around the local villages. A special thanks to Tonya for being great company and for making the day so much better. |
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