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| John attended the show in his super clean 1973 mango and white Westfalia late bay. John is a member of the Aylesbury Vale Rods and Customs Club (find them on facebook). I do like all the nice accessories John has on his bus including the sun visor and the twin roof racks. The chrome Empi 5 spoke wheels compliment the mango colour perfectly. |
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| When John got this bus back in 2016 the first thing John done was rip out the tired interior and replaced it with a new better equipped interior. The bus then underwent an half respray and had the deluxe trim fitted by a local VW garage, 'Oil Droppers' who also sorted out and tuned the 1600cc motor to get it running as it should.. |
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| This 1969 Ferrari 365GTB/4 is a rare 2 seater grand tourer produced from 1968 - 1973. Ferrari only produced around 1500 of these 4930cc, 4.4 litre V12 super cars. Most people call this car the 'Daytona' everyone that is except Ferrari who don't recognise its an unofficial name. |
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| This gorgeous car has a top speed of around 175 MPH and a 0 - 60 time of 5.5 seconds. This 365 is probably worth in excess of £800,000. |
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| This stunning sky blue 1964 Porsche 356C coupe was immaculate and looked to be 100% original. This RHD coupe had the black leatherette interior and Michelin tyres just as it left the factory. |
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| This gorgeous 1960 Plymouth Belvedere looked fantastic in the sunshine with its pastel green and white body colours. This car was massive and those wild tail fins make this car look even bigger. |
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| You can see what I mean about those tail fins..! The fourth generation of Belvedere's (which this model is) were produced from1960 - 1961. There were 4 different body styles and numerous engine sizes, but all were V8's. |
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| This lovely restored 1951 MG TD was just like new. The 1250cc engine had been rebuilt and balanced and fitted with a new big valve unleaded head. This car has been with the same owner since 1963, and the restoration started in 1981 and was completed 17 years later in 1998. |
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| This MK3 metallic brown MK3 Ford Cortina is a car close to my heart as I had one of these many years ago. My 'Tina' was nowhere near as clean as this 2000L GXL, this car had obviously been restored as it was immaculate. |
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| The interior looked to be 100% original. The dashboard with those sloping clocks brought back many good memories. I would love another of these MK3's but the price they go for is crazy. |
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| The MK3 has such a lovely body shape and is pure 1970's styling. The MK3 was produced from 1970 - 1976... right I'm off to look on E-Bay for a cheap MK3 ! |
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| Another member of the Aylesbury Vale Rods and Customs crew was Dave, who owns this lovely fender less chopped and channelled 1932, 3 window coupe finished in bright red. |
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| Dave's '32 has the traditional hot rod stance, nose in the weeds and higher rear with big and little wheels / tyres. Dave's Coupe has a 283 cubic inch motor mated to a TH 350 gearbox. |
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| The classic look of a '32 Ford. These '32's really are gorgeous looking cars. The custom rear lights with blue dots are true hot rod as is that ultra cool pinstriping. |
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| To be a true hot you have to loose the bonnet, as Dave has done. The chromed front 'I' beam and the chrome shocks look just right. |
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| This awesome looking Model 'A' sedan belongs to a mate of mine, Mike, who I hadn't seen since I left the hot rod scene many years ago. This gorgeous rod has been chopped and lowered and painted in that wild green colour with the traditional flamed sides. |
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| Mikes model 'A' is immaculate and no expense has been spared to get it looking this nice. Those chrome custom wheels looked great against that green colour. |
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| Underneath the 'A' is just as clean as the rest of this car. The rear axle isn't the usual Jag axle a lot of rodders go for, its a 245 Volvo live rear axle, and not only does this look nice and tidy but it's also strong.The polished diff cover adds just enough bling under the car. |
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| The lovely custom interior was as you expect just as detailed as the rest of the car. I did like the 3 spoke steering wheel and the pinstriping on the dash. The door cards and seats were traditional hot rod, black vinyl tuck and roll. |
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| Power for this rod comes via a detailed 3500cc Rover V8 engine that produces 200 BHP which is mated to a Borg Warner automatic gearbox, and Mike assures me he has the fastest car in the valley ! |
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| In the Aylesbury Vale Rods and Customs line up were two 1955 Chevrolet's. I'm not sure if they were actually part of the club or not. I didn't manage to chat to the owners, who I believe were brothers which is a shame as the '55 is a firm favourite of mine. |
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| This deep purple '55 was so straight as you can clearly see an almost perfect reflection of Mike's model 'A' down the side. |
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| A close up of the deep purple paint that looks almost black, until the sun shines. |
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| I'm not sure the interior is original but it does look so nice. |
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| The second of the '55's was this Onxy black one. I do a little bit about this one.. It was built in the Tarrytown plant in New York, as its believed to have lived most of its life in Maryland until 2014 when the new owner shipped it to the U.K. We think both the 55's have the same running gear, a 350 cubic inch engine and a 4 speed manual gearbox. |
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| Aylesbury Vale Rods and Customs at the Brill Classic Car Show 2017. It would be nice to see more hot rods attend these classic car shows. |
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| Whilst relaxing behind the buses, Matthew just happened to mention to CJ that he had a problem with something on his bus.. quick as a flash CJ was down on his hands and knees trying to sort the problem out, or at least give advise... in between his text messages! |
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| I dd mean to take a picture of this 1947 Alvis TA14 that was parked next to my bus, but it seemed the camera liked my bus more! |
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| My 1969 VW Microbus for no other reason than I needed to fill the blog up as this is a shorter than normal blog entry. |
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| Just a fun sign that I normally put in the windscreen of my bus at shows. Its meant to be humorous but with a serious meaning ! |
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| The Brill Classic Car show in all its glory. You can just make out our buses in the centre of the photo. |
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| This 1956 BSA C10L looked to be original. These bikes were designed for commuting to work for those who couldn't afford a car back in the day. They had a 250cc side valve engine, 4 speed gearbox and 6 volt electrics. |
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| A gorgeous sunny day and a field crammed full of rare and exotic classic cars / bikes. As I took this photo I wondered how much all the vehicles at the show were worth, it must have been a huge eye watering figure |
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| This lovely brown and beige 1940's Chevrolet coupe was gorgeous. I'm not sure what model this one is but it didn't really matter as it was just so nice. |
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| As I not sure of the model of this coupe, there isn't much I can say about it, except that I just love the shape of these 1940's coupe's. |
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| As the day went on we all got hungry so Matthew and Caroline went to get some food. Caroline came back with this chocolate filled kebab from one of the specialist food vendors at the show. It was full of dark, milk and white chocolate, but didn't taste that nice apparently and it had so many calories you could easily overdose! |
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| As we were getting ready to leave the show, one of my window stickers was creating a perfect reflection on my seat so I had to take a photo. So that was my 2 part review of the Brill Classic Car Show 2017. Overall another great day out with some great friends. It was good to see so many classic cars / bikes / trucks and not forgetting the hot rods. If you haven't been to this show I strongly suggest you try to get there next year as you won't be disappointed. My last photo of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew sticker is quite apt, as next weeks blog will be all about the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's Birthday Bash at the Ace Cafe London so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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