Brill Classic Car Show (part 1)

Over the weekend of 23rd / 24th August the village of Brill, in Buckinghamshire, held a fun weekend with steam rides, attractions, assorted stalls and refreshments, kids area, a beer tent with over 40 different real ales & ciders, street food, all day music and a classic car show. Brill village is nestled high up in the Buckinghamshire countryside, and probably most famous for it's windmill. I've been attending the Brill classic car show for many years now and it's getting bigger every year. There is a vast array of classic vehicles but without the snobbery you sometimes get from classic car owners. So on the Sunday morning Suzie and I jumped in the bus and we headed off. Brill is only about 13 miles from my hometown so this really is a local show.

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My bus at the Brill Classic Car Show.
Although I arrived quite early, the show
field was rapidly filling up with classic
vehicles.

I'm not sure what this old 'woody' was,
but I know that I loved it.

Looking across the show field, spot my
bus.!

This lovely F100 caught my eye.

E-Type Jaguar coupé or..

Convertible?

A very clean T25.

Gorgeous converted T25 panel van.

More America muscle, with Suzie photo-
bombing the shot.

Lovely split screen.

You've just got to love a 289ci Mustang.

These 3ltr V6 Granada's were common
when I was growing up, now you don't
see very many at all.

Jimmy brought his gorgeous 1967 split
screen.

A couple of old hot rod buddies also came
along to the show. This is John's model 'A'
roadster.

Another buddy, Bob, brought his lovely
model 'A' 5 window.

This really is such a lovely car.

The Mini was well represented at the
show.

I think this lovely old Jag is an XK150,
from the 1950's, although I could be wrong.

So that was the first of two instalments all about the Brill Classic Car Show. Next week will be part two where you can see plenty more classic cars, including American muscle cars, vintage bikes and of course plenty more air-cooled VW's, so be sure to come back next week.

AVWO Club meet (part 2 of 2)

The Aylesbury Volkswagen Owners Club (AVWOC) is a Facebook based club set up in 2020 for anyone owning a Volkswagen or VAG vehicle. The club has grown rapidly with over 1,500 members in just 6 years. Once a month they hold a 'Breakfast' meet at the Akeman Inn, Kingswood, near Aylesbury, Bucks. This monthly event has event has also grown in popularity and the large car park is almost always full of members vehicles, both air-cooled and water cooled. August's breakfast meet was held on Sunday 17th and as the forecast was good and I had some free time I jumped in my bus and headed over to join in the fun. As my blog is air-cooled based I try to keep my photos to air-cooled vehicles, so apologies to all the water cooled AVWOC members. The review continues as I wander around chatting and taking photos.

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Simon owns a patina'd early bay, but he
chose to come along to the breakfast
meet in his cool Baja.

Simon's mascot, or road kill..?

Green interior looks cool.

The business end, you'll hear Simon
coming before you see him with that mega
exhaust.

Super straight gloss black Karmann Ghia.

The AVWOC is for both air-cooled and
water cooled VW's.

The shiny chrome against that bright 
orange paint looked amazing.

Nobody told Simon that he was allowed
 to park in the car park even though he's 
got a Baja.

I spy a VW meet.

My bus and Tom's grey split basking in
the warm sun.

Talking of Tom's grey split.. a minor
adjustment was needed, and luckily Andy
was willing and able to lend a hand to get
Tom's bus running as it should again.

And talking of Andy, he was showing off
his awesome new (to him) cooler. The
cooler was painted in blue to match his
bus then 'aged' to also match his bus.

Andy's coolbox was hand painted and
striped by Stinky Pete's Signwriting, who
is also a AVWOC member.

So that was the Aylesbury VW Owners August breakfast meet. Overall a great way to spend a couple of hours with some good mates, and some awesome VW's all in a great location and also some great weather. Next week blog will be another 2 part review all about the Brill Classic Car Show, where you will be able to see both British, European and American classics including plenty of VW's, so be sure to come back next week.