We have finally arrived at the Mini gallery. There were a lot of Minis at the festival, and naturally they get a gallery all of their own (because I am biased). The best Mini of them all was definitely the doorless one. It just drew stares. I photographed 19 different Minis, there may even have been more because cars were arriving all of the time.
That really concludes my images from the Tewkesbury Classic Vehicle Festival, and a great day out it was too. So many cars from my past, and some from my parents past. There are quite a few pics I did not include and some that really do not have a place of their own. Maybe one day they too will appear here. And now we return you to the studio.
I am sure many are saying “Yes but what about *insert name here*? I never saw it on page 1?”
Anybody that grew up in the 60’s or 70’s will remember the iconic tail lights of the Ford Cortina. I do not recall another car with these shaped lights, although Mercedez Benz must have been perturbed that their corporate identity was being impinged on. We had a lot of similar Ford models in South Africa when I was young although i suspect some of the names were different and some of the specifications were too. There were a lot of Fords on display at the festival, and trying to remember which was which is another story altogether.
Ford Zephyr
Ford Anglia
Ford Zephyr
Ford Capri XL
Ford Granada GXL
Ford Sierra XR4i
Ford Zodiac
Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular
Ford Mustang
Ford Model A (1929)
A brief pause for breath…
The major German manufacturers were present too, Volkswagen and Mercedez Benz. Both were popular in South Africa, although I think the British had a love affair with the Kombi. There were a number of Beetles on display, but not as many as I had seen on the roads when I still in South Africa. My first car was a Beetle, but I grew to hate that particular vehicle and its propensity to cost me vast amounts of money. Of special interest was the Heinkel bubble car, these are indeed rare beasties, and I managed a good look at this one.
Volkswagen 411 Variant
Heinkel Trojan (1963)
Mercedes Benz 230S
VW Camper van
VW Kombi “Barndoor” (1954)
Karmann Ghia
Volkswagen 1600
VW Beetle Cabriolet
VW Camper van
Porsche
Some of these I can ID, some I cannot, and these images are of cars that caught my eye.
Last year (2015), the Tewkesbury Classic Vehicle Festival was washed out. This year it was not, which is a good thing because I attended the event this morning and it was stunning. If you are a car buff then you would have loved it. I am not a car buff, but there are certain vehicles that I like and others that interest me from a retro perspective. And of course there are bound to be Mini’s and we all know how much I love those.
These posts are more of photo essays than anything else because I do not know much about cars, and a show like this is really about lines of stationary cars. I took 450 images, and the weather kept on changing cloudwise. Fortunately it did not rain, or it would have ruined some extremely clean vehicles, (btw, each image opens in a new tab)
The dominant player in the classic car festival were the many and varied British marques. There were heaps of Morris, Austin, Morgan, and Mini’s on display, and I was amazed at how all of those names have all but disappeared from a world dominated by the Japanese, German, Korean and French manufacturers. The Mini gallery has it’s very own page
Sunbeam Talbot Ten (1947)
Morris Oxford VI (1968)
Dellow HWP 941 (1950)
Austin A40 Sports
Aero 8 Morgan (2009)
Daimler
White GA (1911)
Armstrong Siddeley Whitley (1952)
Triumph Roadster 2000 (1949)
Morris 1300 (1968)
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (1921)
Rover Special Sports Tourer (1957)
Triumph Mayflower (1953)
Stoneleigh
Austin Healey
Riley
Rolls Royce
Morgan
Morris Oxford
Austin
Rover
“E” Type Jaguar
Rolls Royce
Austin A10
Bentley
MG
Wolseley
Austin Allegro
Austin
Rover 100
Bullnose Morris (1923)
Standard Super 10
Triumph
Austin
The one vehicle that I really like are the 3 wheelers, mostly made by Morgan, but I did see some that were not Morgans. Sadly I did not see any Robin Reliants or Rialtos so cannot include them here.
