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| A mate of mine, John came along to the show in his gorgeous mango and white 1973 Westfalia late bay. The twin roof racks along with the tinted steel sun visor and twin yellow spot lights enhance the overall look of this lovely bus. |
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| John's bus is running a pretty much stock 1600cc motor which is more than adequate. Since owning the bus John has replaced the interior to suit his and his families needs. The chrome Empi 5 spoke wheels, along with the deluxe chrome trim add more than enough sparkle to this old bus. |
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| This 1979 sky blue and white Devon Moonraker was a very solid looking bus. This bus had a lot of nice touches, such as the colour co-ordinated roof canvas, the white spare wheel cover and the clear front indicator lenses. |
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| You can see just how clean this bus was from this photo. The light blue and white steel wheels suited the overall look. |
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| The interior was just as clean as the outside and looked very homely with its matching pastel blue and white accessories. |
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| Another blue and white bay but this one is a '71 early bay. Again this looked to be a very clean and tidy. Unfortunately I didn't get any more photos of this bus as I didn't want to be a nuisance as the owners were trying to get ready for the show. |
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| This 1951 Pontiac Chieftain deluxe convertible coupe certainly stood out with all it's chrome that shone like new. This lovely restored car was in fact better than new condition, every nut and bolt, washer, hose and wire looked to be brand new. |
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| The Pontiac Chieftain came with a choice of four engine sizes, this one looks to be the 239 cubic inch 6 cylinder, but there was also 248 cubic inch 8 cylinder motor available. |
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| The Chieftain came with some interesting optional extras, including a radio with seven vacuum tubes, a tissue dispenser, under seat heating and for the 1950's business man, a Remington auto-home shaver !. |
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| This stunning 1954 Chevrolet 3100 truck was immaculate. The light blue paint was perfectly applied over the super straight body. |
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| If this is the original engine, it'll be 235 cubic inch straight six. I didn't speak to the owner so I'm not sure but as this restored truck looks to be original I'm guessing it is the original engine. |
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| In 1954 design changes included round tail lights as opposed to rectangular ones on previous years. Other design changes for '54 was a curved front windscreen. You can see just how straight and clean this gorgeous truck was from this photo. |
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| Another design change for the '54 model was a revised dashboard. It may look basic to us but back in the day this was state of the art stuff. |
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| The main thing I like about these classic car shows is the vast diversity of vehicles. At a VW show, you normally just see VW's and maybe a Porsche or two but at his type of car show you can see classic cars from around a dozen or so manufacturers. |
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| This lovely 1968 Jaguar 420G was immaculate and looked great in it's light blue paint scheme. The 420 was produced from 1966 - 1968 but due to the high purchase price sales were not that good, with only just over 10,000 being made. |
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| The engine in the 420G is a 4.2 litre, 245 BHP unit with dual carbs and mated to a Borg Warner type 35 gearbox. Performance for this car was 0 - 60 in just under 10 seconds, and a top speed of just over 125 MPH. |
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| This Plymouth 5 window coupe caught my eye as it just oozed hot rod. The body is circa 1933 and finished in a traditional grey with bright red big and little steel wheels. I did like those exhaust side pipes. |
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| I didn't find out much about this car but speaking to my mate Dave (who owns the '32 Ford below) he thinks the car is self built by a guy quite local to us. It did look very well built with plenty of attention to detail. |
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| This old rod looks as though it has a '32 Ford grille shell, which is a common alternative part for hot rodders with coupe's. The front horns also look as though they could be from a '32, so maybe this car rolls on a complete '32 chassis? It's a shame I couldn't find out more about this car. |
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| Another mate of mine, Dave brought his stunning chopped and channelled 1932 Ford 3 window coupe to the show. This fenderless coupe is pure hot rod and running a big 283 cubic inch motor which is linked to a tough TH350 gearbox. |
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| A fenderless '32, whether a 3 window or 5 window has to be the ultimate hot rod. Dave's '32 has the traditional hot rod stance with nose in the weeds with the rear sitting higher. It also has the traditional mix of big and little banded steel wheels. |
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| These hot rods really do add something special to these classic car meets. |
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| Two different styles of the fenderless coupe, but both these cars looked tough. |
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| This RAT looking Ford F100 truck looked great with its rough looking paint. The sign written doors and the colour matched sun visor were both neat touches. The F series truck has been made from 1948 to present and has been the best selling vehicle in the U.S. since 1981 and the best selling pick up since 1977. It is also the best selling vehicle in Canada. Very impressive huh? |
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| I do like these early F100's. In the early 1970's the body designed changed and they were more square which I think ruined the cool look but that's progress I guess. This 1960 model would have had either a 360 cubic in or 390 cubic inch V8 engine. |
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| The MG owners club had plenty of members with their vehicles attend the show. |
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| This is what I mean about diversity of vehicles, there were vehicles from the early 1900's to modern day, and everything in between. |
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| To round up this two part blog review about the Chearsley classic car show, we have Matthew just chilling out in the hammock, something that we did at sometime during the day. So that was the 2 part review of this fantastic car show. Like I said in the first instalment, next year (or rather later this year) Matthew, CJ and myself will have a bigger and better visual display and I for one can't wait. Next weeks blog is all about the Run the Ring VW charity cruise where over 700 Volkswagens of all descriptions cruised around the M25 motorway to help raise money for charity. To see this amazing spectacle be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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