Chalgrove Classic Car Show (part 4 of 4)

On the Monday 25th May, which was a Bank Holiday I headed over to South Oxfordshire and the village of Chalgrove, where a classic car show and May day festival was being held in memory of Matthew Marriage. Matthew sadly lost his life in 2023 in a crash, and as classic cars was one of Matthews passions this car show is held to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance that attended to Matthew at the scene. Now in it's 3rd year the show continues to generate more and more interest each year with more and more classic vehicles turning up. The actual show is held in the grounds of 'The Lamb' pub where good food and drinks are available. The forecast was hot (33°c) so it promised to be a good turn out. So on the Monday morning Suzie and I headed off into the countryside. The blog continues as I wander around the show looking at all the awesome vehicles.

To see all my other blog entries, go to 'My Blog Archive' to the left of this page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu with all the blog entries for that month.

This lovely '68 bug caught my eye as it
looked totally original and so clean.

Factory Five Racing Shelby Daytona
65 coupé replica looked great.

Stunning Sunbeam Tiger circa mid'  '60's.

The 'Tiger' was the V8 version of the
earlier Sunbeam Alpine, both designed, in
 part, by Carroll Shelby

A 260ci (4.3L) Ford V8 powered this 
little roadster along.

Red vinyl seats, red carpet and door 
cards and a wooden dashboard, and of
course the wood rimmed steering wheel.

Austin Healy Sprite MK1 roadster, or more
commonly known as the, Frogeye Sprite.

Lashings of red vinyl in the Sprite.

A proper go anywhere Willys Jeep.

A lovely MK2 Jaguar 4.2.

This Aston Martin DB4/2 Mk1 drophead
coupé is as rare as chickens teeth.

Produced from 1953 - 1957 this really
must have been seen as exotic.

Basic looking interior, but with 140MPH
on the speedo, this must have really had
some performance.

This 1960 Cadillac series 60 Fleetwood
was huge and looked stunning in the
sunshine.

You can see just how much longer the
Caddy is, the rear of the car was nearly in
the next field!

The interior looks like something out of
a space rocket. I love the chrome pods
for housing the fuel / temp gauges and
the clock.

I think car designers today need to go
back to designing cars like this again.

Just a random photo of a cool Moon Eyes
sticker just because I liked it.

So that was the Chalgrove Classic Car meet. Overall a great day out for a worthy cause. The location was excellent, the Lamb pub was friendly and had a well stocked selection of drinks, and the mouth watering food was competitive. The sheer number of classics and the standard of them was amazing. Well done to everyone involved in organising this event, see you in 2027. Next week the blog review is all about the Stonor Park VW show, where you'll only be able to see classic air cooled VW's so don't forget to come back next week.

Chalgrove Classic Car Show (part 3 of 4)

On the Monday 25th May, which was a Bank Holiday I headed over to South Oxfordshire and the village of Chalgrove, where a classic car show and May day festival was being held in memory of Matthew Marriage. Matthew sadly lost his life in 2023 in a crash, and as classic cars was one of Matthews passions this car show is held to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance that attended to Matthew at the scene. Now in it's 3rd year the show continues to generate more and more interest each year with more and more classic vehicles turning up. The actual show is held in the grounds of 'The Lamb' pub where good food and drinks are available. The forecast was hot (33°c) so it promised to be a good turn out. So on the Monday morning Suzie and I headed off into the countryside. The blog continues as I wander around the show looking at all the awesome vehicles.

To see all my other blog entries, go to 'My Blog Archive' to the left of this page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu with all the blog entries for that month.

These old Ford F100 trucks are so
iconic to the fifties.

This truck was awesome.

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, you don't get
much more British than this.

This 1968 (I think) Dodge Charger looked
so tough.

This was immaculate and so straight.

Lovely interior complete with 8-track.!

The British equivalent to the Charger,
would be, I suppose, this Vauxhall Victor.

No where near as tough looking as the
Charger though.

Retro Vauxhall interior.

I'm not sure what this motor is from, but 
I know it's not a standard Victor motor.

Mk3 Ford Cortina GXL. Stunning example
of this '70's British classic.

Classic coke bottle design.

Again that's not the motor that it left the
factory with.

This RAT rod is based on a Morris, but
that's about all I know.

A flat head V8 powers this rod.

Home made custom mods.

Rusty rat grille emblem.

Beautiful Porsche 914.

MK1 Ford Cortina. This car looked like a
lovely classic, however.. 

From the rear you can see it's lowered
stance and huge rear wheel / tyre combo.

I didn't get to see what motor this car had
but looking at all the additional gauges and
the hydraulic brake, I'm guessing it must
be big and powerful

So that was the third of four instalments all about this great little show. Next week will be the final instalment where you'll be able to see a gorgeous '68 bug, and a Willys Jeep amongst plenty of other British and American classics so be sure to come back next week.

Chalgrove Classic Car Show (part 2 of 4)

On the Monday 25th May, which was a Bank Holiday I headed over to South Oxfordshire and the village of Chalgrove, where a classic car show and May day festival was being held in memory of Matthew Marriage. Matthew sadly lost his life in 2023 in a crash, and as classic cars was one of Matthews passions this car show is held to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance that attended to Matthew at the scene. Now in it's 3rd year the show continues to generate more and more interest each year with more and more classic vehicles turning up. The actual show is held in the grounds of 'The Lamb' pub where good food and drinks are available. The forecast was hot (33°c) so it promised to be a good turn out. So on the Monday morning Suzie and I headed off into the countryside. The blog continues as I wander around the show looking at all the awesome vehicles.

To see all my other blog entries, go to 'My Blog Archive' to the left of this page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu with all the blog entries for that month.

You can keep your Ferrari's, this is my
dream car. A Ford Cortina MK3 GT.

These were two a penny when I was a
kid, now they go for between £14-16k.

Lovely GT interior.

Lovely clean '69 bug. I did like the surf
board and red steel wheels with white
wall tyres.

Very clean and straight.

1964 Mercury Comet looked tough.

Additional gauges and custom shifter 
show this car means business.

Custom off road BSA, very nice.

RAT look Model 'A' pick up looked great.

I bet this is great fun to drive. 

Another RAT looking pick up, this time
it's a 1951 Chevrolet.

Huge big block motor powers this old
truck along.

Porsche 550 Spyder circa late 1950's.

Amazing body lines.

I think this is a real Spyder and not a 
replica, although I could be wrong.

This is a rare vehicle, a 1950's Ford
Zephyr UTE. These were built in
Australia.

This bright purple bug stood out, for
obvious reasons.

It was amazingly clean.

Very colourful interior.

This Ford Popular 100E, looked like a 
lovely old classic.

Then you see the Ford Zetec 16v motor
under the bonnet.

A beautiful Jaguar XK140

3.4 litre inline 6 engine, producing between
190-210BHP.

A true British Classic.

The variety of vehicles at these Classic
Car Shows always amazes me.

So that was the second of this four part review. Next week will be part three where you'll be able to see plenty more British and American classics so be sure to come back next week.