Every year the village of Chearsley in Buckinghamshire hold 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 had a catch up before having a wander around the show.
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| Once parked up, Suzie made a bee line to Helen to say hello to her friend that she hasn't seen for a while. |
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| James' '68 Beetle and my '69 Bus. |
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| I do like the look of James' bug. |
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| My bus. |
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| Very early but the rows of classics are starting to fill up. This must be the Ford line up. |
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| Fun fair still setting up and getting ready for a busy day. |
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| American line up. |
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| This 1962 (I think) Bristol had a unique place for it's spare wheel. |
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| This 1964 Porsche 356c was stunning. It's UK specification, it's a right hand drive model with a 1558cc engine producing 75HP. |
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| The sky blue colour is the original factory colour. |
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| I've seen this MK3 Cortina so many times this year at various local shows and I will ever get tired of seeing it. |
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| Stunning. |
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| 1978 late bay was immaculate. |
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| Gorgeous 1974 Beetle. |
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| Early Fords. |
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| 1970 Karmann Ghia |
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| Lovely looking '67. |
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| I think this stunning Porsche 356A is a very well built replica, because the registration plate is a 'G' which denotes a '68/69 model, but I'm sure the production of the 356 ended in '65. But that doesn't matter one little bit, as it was so well put together and using many original parts. |
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| Such a beautiful looking car that will never age. |
So that was the first part of 2 on the Chearsley Classic Car Show. Next week will be part two where you can see plenty more classic cars and motorcycles.
