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| The Ford Consul Capri has always been a favourite classic car of mine due to it's lovely styling. The Consul Capri was only produced from 1961 - 1964 so you don't see that many of them around. |
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| The flowing body lines were loosely based on the Ford Galaxie and Ford Thunderbird. This car began with a 1300cc engine but it was very under powered so a 1498cc was introduced in 1962. |
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| Personally I love the shape of these Consul Capri's, but sales were poor against the ever popular Ford Cortina. This car was also expensive, it would have cost over £900 from new which back in the early sixties was a lot! |
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| This lovely sun bleached Morris Minor pick up comes from all the way Australia, hence the cool looking sun bleached paint. Morris Motors produced the Minor from 1948 - 1971. |
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| This early 1950's truck known as the Morris quarter ton pick up, had a top speed of about 62 MPH. I have seen this pick up at several local shows and think it looks really cool. |
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| What a nice way to spend a sunny (for now anyway) afternoon. I like the fact that classic car owners use every show as an excuse to have a picnic. |
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| As you walked by the owners you could them saying thing s like " Oh yes, 1953 they changed the washers from brass to steel" or " In August 1948 the thread on the bolts were 3/8" longer." The things these passionate owners don't know about their cars isn't worth knowing. |
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| This lovely 1983 T25 was immaculate. The all white body was so clean and straight. The ride height with those chrome wheels and the white wall tyres looked fantastic. |
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| The interior of this lovely bus was very clean with a basic camping / day van interior. |
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| You can see just how clean this old '83 really is. The tinted windows looked good against the white body panels. I do like the T25's and this one was exceptionally nice. |
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| It's not unusual to see steam engines at most classic car meetings here in the U.K. and the Brill show was no different. This restored old traction engine was hooked up to a trailer that carried the public round the show. |
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| I spotted this pair of American Muscle cars parked up at the far end of the showground. A lovely dark blue 1970 mustang convertible, and a sky blue and white 1965 (ish) Mercury Moterey |
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| This lovely '70 convertible looked gorgeous in it's flawless blue paint with those custom wheels. The 1970 model had several body changes compared to earlier models which included the single headlights rather than dual headlights. |
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| There is mistaking the rear end of a Mustang with those triple red rear lights. Also in 1970 the mustang had a new 351 cubic inch V8 engine with either 2 or 4 carbs. |
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| The interior is pure 1970's Americana, and I love it. The interior wasn't the cleanest I have seen, but it was all complete and that's the main thing. |
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| This tough looking Mercury is part of the 6th generation of the Monterey an by far the best looking (in my opinion). This body style was produced from 1965 - 1968 and has a real tough race look to it. |
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| The '65 Monterey had the 410 cubic inch V8 6.7 litre engine. This cool car had some race decals that made this beast look even tougher. |
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| From the side profile you can see just how tough looking this car really is. I did like this old race car. |
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| Above the doors the old '65 had some cool sign writing, which I presume is the driver. |
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| On the hood the huge decals denote this car has a 309 cubic inch motor, the engine must have been changed at some point. |
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| By mid afternoon we had a rain shower so I made my way back to the bus and put the kettle on for a cup of tea. Boobie dog waited patiently as I drank my tea as we waited for the rain to stop. |
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| The MK2 Ford Consul was produced from 1956 - 1962 and took it's body styling from the Ford Thunderbird and Fairlane. This gorgeous convertible Consul looked great in it's bright red paint. |
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| The convertible models were actually produced by 'Car Bodies' a company based in Coventry. This lovely example was in amazing condition. |
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| I spotted this blue 1972 Beetle parked up in the public car park, not sure why the owner didn't park it in the show? This old bug looked good with it's bonnet bra and with the headlight peaks and single yellow spot light. |
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| The aftermarket exhaust looked good as did the rear wing covered in what looked like old magazines. This Bug had a For Sale notice in the window, the owner was asking £2500. |
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| A close of the rear wing, I'm not how the owner achieved this effect but it looked cool. |
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| As the rain got worse as the afternoon went on I decided to leave Boobie dog in the bus, while I had a last wander around the show just in case I missed something interesting but you can tell she wasn't very impressed with me doing that! So that was a brief 2 part review of the Brill Village festival 2016. Overall it was, as usual a good day out. There was plenty of classic cars, a beer tent, stalls and entertainment all day and night. If you local to the village I suggest you visit this show at least once, you might be surprised just how good it is. |
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