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| This year the organisers had all the VW buses parked up together, which was nice as normally we are all scattered around the cricket pitch. Here CJ's red late bay, my bus and Matthew's Westy are all parked together in the sunshine. (photo courtesy of CJ) |
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| It was an excellent turn out of Volkswagen's at this years show with about 7 buses and a few beetles.That is much more than previous years, so let's hope we can get even more at next years show. |
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| My 1969 Microbus and Matthew's blue SO67 Campmobile enjoying the sunshine. As we have sequential number plates this is how we should park, with me always on the left... a bit like Ant & Dec so our number plates are numerical. |
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| A better look at Matt's cool looking Westy. I do like the colour combination on this bus, but Matthew has big plans for his bus including a full respray over the winter. It's still going to be blue and white just a slightly different shade of blue which should look gorgeous. |
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| Matthew's bus is still quite straight considering it's age. I do like those Radar (I think) wheels that really add some bling to his bus. |
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| This is Matthew's latest purchase for his bus, a swamp cooler, which is basically an air conditioning unit. These are quite rare and quite expensive but sometimes you just have to have that something special regardless. |
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| This lovely yellow and white high top T25 started like as a transporter that was used as a bread van. In 1995 the old bread van was converted in a camper and the high top roof was added. The old 1600cc diesel engine was also changed for an 1800cc motor from a Scirocco. |
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| The present owners purchased the bus in 1997 and has been in constant use as a second car and of course holiday accommodation. This really was a nice clean bus. |
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| My 1969 VW Microbus parked up at the Chearsley classic car show. This is an event I have attended for the past few years and it seems to get better and better every year. |
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| This stunning let black Standard 10 looked great. This car really was like new. This one, circa 1959 was super straight as the reflection along the body shows. |
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| The Standard 10 had a 948cc engine that gave a top speed of around 69 MPH and a 0 - 60 time of around 40 seconds.! |
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| This 1938 Morris 8 2 seater pre series looked fantastic in its red and black coach work. This is true British craftsman's ship at its best. |
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| This 2 seater sports car had a 4 cylinder 918cc side valve engine that produced a whopping 8 horsepower, and also featured a 3 speed box. A top speed of 58 MPH is the best you could expect from the little car and a 0 - 60 time of, well I think its measured in minutes rather than seconds. The disappointing performance doesn't in any way detract from this cars desirability. |
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| A good friend of mine, Kevin drove his MK2 Golf to the show to enter it into the 'For Sale' section. Kevin's Golf is the GTI 8V model and is totally immaculate. |
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| Kevin's gorgeous MK2 has 10 months M.O.T. and has many new parts including, NSR brake calliper, brake master cylinder, plugs, leads, rotor arm, and exhaust to name but a few. The paintwork is almost perfect. |
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| Inside the MK2 the interior is pretty much standard. Secretly Kevin doesn't want to sell this much loved family member, but if you a spare £3750 I'm sure Kevin could be persuaded to part with his classic Volkswagen. |
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| This bright yellow Lancia Stratos certainly drew some attention. Judging by the registration number I'm guessing this is a kit car, but that doesn't matter one bit, as this really is a cool car. |
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| Lancia produced the Stratos from 1973 - 1978 as a replacement for the ageing Fulvia for use in rally sports. In fact the Stratos won the world rally championship in 1974 / 75 and 1976. |
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| This car did look original, even down to the '70's interior. |
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| This gorgeous sky blue and white 1972 bay looked amazingly clean. This bus looked to be virtually original and as it left the factory. The only aftermarket addition I could see was the chrome headlight peaks. This really was a lovely clean example of the Volkswagen bus. |
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| You can see just how clean this bus is from this photo. I do like to see buses that are stock looking as I think it's hard to improve on the original design, yes lowered buses with after market wheels look nice, but you can't really beat a stock looking bus... |
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| ... having said that, this 1976 late bay belongs to mate of mine, CJ, and it's anything but stock and looks absolutely stunning. This is what I would call a show winning bus, everything is immaculate. |
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| CJ's bay is so clean and straight as this photo clearly shows. The polished Empi 5 spoke wheels suit the buses overall look as do the small touches such as the chrome petrol cap. |
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| The interior of this bus is just as clean and tidy as the outside. The dash had been painted, it has an aftermarket wood rimmed steering wheel and lush door cards / seats. |
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| Inside the engine bay the motor is as clean as the bodywork. I do like the fire suppression system CJ has, and it's something I keep thinking about installing in my microbus just to be on the safe side. |
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| Another Volkswagen at the Chearsley show was this gorgeous beige 1970 beetle. This was another vehicle that looked like new. The finish on the old bug was amazing. |
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| You can see just how clean this car was from this photo. The body work was arrow straight and the paint was flawless. I did like the choice of wheels on the car, they suit the overall look. |
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| This 1964 MK1 Ford Lotus Cortina is another true British classic car. These were built from 1963 - 1966 by Ford in collaboration with Lotus. The engine was a 1557cc straight 4 with twin OHC. |
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| All the factory built cars were painted in the same colour scheme, white with a green stripe, However Ford did produce a few for racing with a red stripe. The Lotus badge on the rear wing can clearly be seen. |
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| The unmistakable rear light clusters of the MK1 Cortina that were loosely based on the American cars of the time, the same applies to the flattened tail fins. |
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| Open the bonnet of this old Ford and you are greeted by the Lotus 1557cc twin overhead cam engine. The engine bay was as clean as the rest of this gorgeous car. |
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| A fantastic display of classic cars from all years is always guaranteed at the Chearsley classic car show. |
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| The owner of this stunning MK3 Triumph Spitfire had the one piece front on his car open and I'm glad he did as it gave me a chance to have a good at the 1296cc engine and the independent suspension. This car even under the bonnet was immaculate. The amount of time it must take to get an old classic looking this good must be incredible. |
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| A better look at the MK3 Spitfire. These 2 seater sports cars have a lovely shape and with those gorgeous chrome wire wheels this car looks stunning. |
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| This lovely bright red Sunbeam Alpine looked great parked up. The Alpine was produced by the Rootes group from 1958 - 1968 and it had the 1592cc engine that gave this car a top speed of 98 MPH and a 0 - 60 time of a mere 13 seconds, which isn't bad even for today! |
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| I believe this car had twin fuel tanks in the rear fins to make the boot bigger for the storage of the roof. The Sunbeam Alpine was the car that Sean Connery drove in the James Bond film 'Doctor No' around the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. |
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| The timeless design of the Sunbeam interior, with its dashboard full of gauges and that big spoked steering wheel. This beautiful car would have cost around £1000 ($1200) when new. |
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| This gorgeous British racing green Triumph TR2 looked amazing. The TR2 was produced by the Standard Motor Company from 1953 - 1955. The TR2 had a 1991cc engine with a 3 speed gearbox. |
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| This 2 seater sports car could reach a top speed of around 105 MPH and an impressive 0 - 60 time of 11.5 seconds. According to the DVLA there are less than 400 TR2's licensed in the U.K at the moment. |
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| What a lovely place to sit as you drive around the British countryside in this true British classic. That was the first part of a 2 part review on this great show. Next week will be the second and final instalment, where you will be able to see, plenty more great British classic cars, a few more Volkswagen campers, plenty of scooters and two stroke motorcycles and my attempt of photographing the WW2 Spitfire that did a few fly pasts to open the show. So be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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