The review continues as I wander around this great show.
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| To start this weeks blog we have this stunning 1967 21 window samba. This lovely bus looked great in it's cream and white colour scheme. I liked the fact that is wasn't lowered and still had the original steel wheels. |
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| The perfectly straight body and immaculate paint made this old bus stand out. I did like the trim on the colour coded bumpers. |
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| The samba is actually a 'Devon Caravette' as you can see from the photo. This really was a nice bus and the pastel blue and white interior looked gorgeous. |
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| This 1971 blue and white lowered bug looked cool with it's aftermarket wheels and headlight peaks. |
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| You can see just low this bug really is from this photo. The aftermarket exhaust now exits from the rear corner of the car and the stand off's ensure the engine gets plenty of cooling. |
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| This green 1967 beetle looked to have been restored to the original specification / condition, which always looks better that lowered. |
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| This car really was immaculate, the chrome on the U.S. spec towel rail bumper and hub caps looked like new and complimented the green painted bodywork perfectly. |
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| I do like to see a sign written panel van and this 1965 split screen with the Brumos Racing logos rocked my boat. This old panel van looked great having been lowered and with those yellow head light lenses. |
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| The logo on the cab doors states that Brumos Racing comes form Jacksonville, Florida... I'm not sure if this is correct or not but it didn't really matter as it looked so good. |
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| The Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally has many classifications of vehicles including both British and American classic cars. |
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| This cool RAT look 1966 Chevrolet C10 pick up looked great with it's distressed paintwork. |
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| Looking across the event field, classic cars for as far as the eye can see. There were classic vehicles of all descriptions from all over the world. |
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| I saw this gorgeous cherry red Model 'A' Ford 5 window coupe and just had to go and get some photo's. To my surprise it belonged to and old hot rodding mate of mine, Bob who lives just down the road from me. Bob and I used to knock around together when I was into hot rods. |
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| The car has a steel body (very rare!) and powered by a small block Ford engine. The attention to detail is amazing and it looked just about perfect. Both Bob and I used to have Ford Popular's with V8 engines back in the day, He certainly has moved up the hot rodding ladder. |
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| Talking of Ford Popular's, this 1954 'Pop' is another car that's local to me, I'm sure how local but I see it driving around from time to time. This grey primered pop has 318 cubic inch Chrysler V8 engine that is mated to 904 torqueflyte gear- box. The front suspension is custom made and it has a Jaguar XJ6 rear axle. |
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| The Ford Pop has such a nice looking shape as you can see. This pop has over sized rear wings to accommodate the massive rear wheels on that Jaguar axle. |
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| This stunning bright red Ford Model 'B' 3 window coupe is radical. This car came down to our last VW club meet, but I can't remember a lot about the car, even though I spent most of the night chatting to the owner! |
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| The body has been chopped and channelled over the chassis to give the car it's low look. The fenders have been removed which always suit a Model B. The motor is a blown big block V8 and as the car drives along you can hear the whistle of the blower, and it sounds awesome. |
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| This gorgeous car looks pure hot rod with it's big and little wheels shod in those white wall tyres. |
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| There were hundreds upon hundreds of classic motorcycles at the show, this is just a small selection of them. |
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| Maybe there wasn't as many scooters at the show as motorcycles but what they lacked in numbers they made up with quality. |
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| Military vehicles are always present at the show and always have a great number of entrants. Again, this is just a small selection of military vehicles that attended this year. |
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| More classic motorcycles including low riders and choppers, and even trikes. This show really does have something for everyone. |
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| This lovely slammed Volkswagen 1600 or Notch- back as they are more commonly know looked super cool. The ride height along with the steel sun visor and the roof rack helped to make this old type 3 stand out. |
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| I did like the all red U.S. spec rear light lenses. This super low notchback was really straight and solid and the chrome trim looked like new. The type 3 was produced from 1961 - 1973. |
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| Just a random photo of the show as I headed towards yet more American classics. This show gets bigger and better every year. |
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| To finish off my blog review we have my good friends Caroline and Matthew who were just sat behind our buses, and chilling out in the sunshine. Thanks for coming guy's. So that concludes my four part review of the Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally for 2017. Overall another fantastic day out with some great company and plenty of great classic vehicles. Next week's blog review is all about the 'Just Kampers' open day where hundreds upon hundreds of both air cooled and water cooled Volkswagens descended on the Just Kampers headquarters for their annual open day. So be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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