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| This stock looking 1970 early bay was amazingly clean and straight. The baby blue paint over the perfectly straight body looked amazing. Apart from the white wall tyres, this bus really could have just driven off the assembly line. |
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| This Ford Zephyr 2 door convertible looked stunning in it's all white finish. The Zephyr was produced from 1951 - 1972 and is therefore quite a rare car, but the 2 door convertible with it's power operated hood, is even harder to find because of structural weaknesses in the design very few convertibles survived. |
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| As with many British classic cars of the time, the styling was influenced by American cars. You can see the tail fins and pointed light clusters that look very similar to an 1950's Chevrolet. |
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| The interior of the Zephyr is pure 1950's with it's full width bench seat and column change gear stick. |
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| A perfectly restored Ford Consul Capri in bright red with a white roof. These Consul Capri's were produced from 1961 - 1964 and were loosely based on the Ford Thunderbird & Galaxie. |
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| This 1978 custom Ford Transit van was a blast from the past, with it's amazing paint job with air brushed murals. These are the types of vehicles that got me interested in the custom / hot rod scene back in the early eighties. |
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| This custom 'Tranny' had the most amazing air brush art work, including this portrait of Stevie Wonder on the door mirror. |
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| This gorgeous Jaguar D Type replica was very well built and looked the part. The original D types were produced from 1954 - 1957 and won the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1955, 1956 and 1957. |
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| The huge fin behind the driver was intended to provide aerodynamic stability. |
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| The D type had the innovative monocoque construction brought from the aviation industry to competition design. |
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| There were hundreds of bikes from all years at the Chiltern Hills show, but this scooter caught my eye with numerous lights and mirrors. |
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| Whatever type of classic vehicles you're into, you'll be sure it find it at ht is show. The sheer diversity of all the classic cars was immense. |
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| This beautiful 1928 Ford Model 'A' 5 window coupe replica was simply stunning. The glass fibre body was painted in an unusual but lovely deep burgundy colour, and with those white wall tyres on those deep dish steel wheels this car is pure 'Hot Rod'. These rodded model 'A's are one of my favourite cars of all time and maybe one day I'll have one. |
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| There is a tendency in the hot rod world to chop the roof, but it was nice to see the standard height roof for a change. This lovely coupe was fully fendered with running boards and those rear wings hug the contour of the wheel before flaring out at the back. It really is a beautiful car. |
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| The model A (1928 - 1931) and model B (1932) are very similar in design but the the model A is easily identified by the chrome grill shell, (although many owners do use the model B grill shell) and the peak above the windscreen, and numerous other subtle body differences. |
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| This gorgeous 1957 Chevrolet 2 door coupe in turquoise and white was stunning. I think this is the 'two-ten' model. The aftermarket chrome wheels looked great and finished off the look of this all time classic car. |
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| This lovely 1947 (I think) Chevrolet step side truck looked great with it's sun burnt patina. This truck had a hot rod theme sitting so low and with those red painted steel wheels. |
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| I do like these old 1940's / 50's trucks as they just look so perfect and they are so handy, if fact they are so handy you can... |
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| ...carry your own miniature motorcycle in the back. I think this small Harley type bike could have been powered by an electric motor. |
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| Another model A, but this time it's a lovely pick up version. Also this one has the model B grille shell which gives a more rounded appearance to the front end. The 1940's wire wheels with white wall tyres gave this gave pick up a really nice nostalgic hot rod look. |
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| I think this truck was another replica but it was so well built it was hard to tell. |
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| This little pick up is powered by the hot rodders choice of engines, the 24 stud Ford flat head V8. |
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| The Chevrolet Corvette was produced from 1953 - 1962 and is one of the most iconic cars ever.I think this one is a 1962 model with it's black grille shell and twin exposed head lights. |
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| Another indication of this car's year is the four tail lights and the 'boat tail design' rear end. This is such a beautiful looking classic car. |
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| However, the all red interior could be too much for some people. It was certainly bright when the sun shone. I think it would have been nice to have had some black and chrome detailing in the cockpit of the classic Vette. |
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| This 1974 MK3 Ford Cortina brought back some fun memories as I had one of these many years ago. Mine was no where near as clean as this is. I still like these cars but as with any classic car, especially in this condition the price is out way of my reach. |
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| This lovely Cortina really was just like new. The restoration has been expertly carried out with so much attention to detail. This has to be in my top 10 of classics at the Chiltern Hills classic car show. |
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| This lovely 1971 black over bright red early bay looked great in the sunshine. I did like the 3 bow roof rack with the old retro suitcase and the polished Empi 5 spoke wheels. |
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| Standing in my bus this photo shows how big this great show really is. The diversity of cars, bikes and trucks was immense. |
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| And in the other direction, the lines of classic cars seems to go on for as far as the eye can see. |
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| There is plenty of space at Weedon Park, so the cars / bikes and trucks are spaced out to allow the public to get a good look. |
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| Looking down at Claude's low light Ghia, for no other reason than it looks so good. |
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| A rare glimpse inside Claude's un-restored and unmolested Karmann Ghia. Claude likes the RAT look so the interior may well stay like this. |
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| The only non standard item in Claude's interior is this super cool 'Moon' rev counter. So that was the 2016 Chiltern Hills Classic Car Show. This really is a great show with hundreds upon hundreds of classic cars / bikes / military / commercial vehicles and much more. I can highly recommend this show if you like classic vehicles. Next week the blog reviews go back to air cooled, starting with VW Expo Stonor Park 2016. |
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