Every year the village of Chearsley in Buckinghamshire holds a classic and vintage fun day in order to raise funds for the Chearsley Cricket Club junior section, and this year was no different. Now in it's 13th year I must have been attending this show for about 12 of those years, and it just gets better and better. The car show attracts around 500 vehicles on the day and there is everything you could imagine. From classic cars to military vehicles, motorcycles and commercial vehicles and farm vehicles. Attractions at the show include a fun fair, live music, food stalls, a bar and plenty of art and craft stalls. The organisers normally arrange a fly by from a WW2 Spitfire, but unfortunately this couldn't happen this year. This years show was arranged for Sunday 8th September. I had arranged to meet some friends of mine, James and Helen in their '68 beetle en route to the show so we could arrive together and park together. We arrived quite early so once parked up we could have a catch up before having a wander around the show.
The blog continues as I wander around the show looking at all the lovely vehicles.
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| Who doesn't like a convertible bug? |
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| Two Ford's, decades apart in both age and styling. |
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| The show field is starting to fill up. Lovely Volvo P1800 in the foreground. |
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| Original Fiat 500's. |
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| This is very rare, it's a 1977 Renault 16tl. |
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| Yamaha XT600, haven't seen one of these for a long time. |
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| This immaculate Gilera Touring caught my eye. I had a long chat to the owner who was very knowledgeable about all things Gilera. I told him I'm on the hunt for a Gilera Enduro and he gave me a lead where there is one for sale.. watch this space! |
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| This is not your average Ford Consul. |
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| A big 302ci engine sits nicely within the original bodywork. |
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| Subtle wide wheels. |
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| Sunbeam Alpine, such a lovely looking car. |
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| New and old Jaguar's, I still prefer the old E-Type. |
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| 1960 Alfa Romeo |
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| Original Lotus Cortina. |
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| Suzie having a rest as I have a cuppa. |
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| We had a light shower in the afternoon, so James and Helen took refuse in their bug. |
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| I always have a walk into the public car park as often as not you'll see some nice vehicles in there. I spotted these two.. |
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| Very clean late bay pick up. |
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| Very bright T25 high top camper. |
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| Just time for another cup of tea before heading home. |
So that the 2024 Chearsley Classic and Vintage show, overall another great day out. It was made better by having my good friends, James and Helen there. The show was another triumph with a diverse array of classic and vintage vehicles and I'll definitely be there next year.
