Sunday 16th August saw one of the best Warwick Classic Car & Bike Shows ever, i.m.o. The Market Square and adjacent streets were packed with visitors who had tuned up to admire the many sutnning classic cars being displayed by their justifiably proud owners. It was one of the best displays I have seen in recent years, with a good number of cars I hadn’t seen before. A huge thank you to all the owners who brought their cars and bikes along to this increasingly popular event. The bigest thanks of all goes to the members of the Warwick Court Leet and the volunteers for organising and marshalling the event. Here are some of the cars and bikes that particularly caught my eye –
ASTON MARTIN
1973 Aston Martin V8
AUSTIN
1950s Austin A40 Sports made by Jensen Motors designed by Eric Neale. The mounting of the spare wheel is not standard.
AUSTIN HEALEY (Warwick was the home of the Donald Healey Motor Company from 1946 to 1978)
Austin Healey 3000 Mk. III
1955 Austin Healey 100 fited with ”Le Mans’ (M) kit.There were 640 AH 100 BN 2s fitted with the ‘Le Mans’ performance kit at the the factory. These cars were designate 100 M with an ‘M’ added to the “100” grill mouted badge. Only those original 640 cars can be properly referred to as AH 100 Ms. The kit was made available for dealers or owners to modify AH100s, both BN1s and BN2s. Such cars can be referred to as AH 100 ‘Le Man’s’ denoting that they have been fitted with a factory sourced “retro fit” (P 280 ) kit. This car is one of those around 500 cars.
Non standard side exhaust.Austin Healey 100 ‘Le Mans’ kit with authentic cold air box label.
Austin Healey 3000 Mk III phase II. A beutifully presented car!
BMW ALPINA
1980 BMW E21 C1 2.3 Ltr. modified by Alpina. This is the only original RHD version, rescued from a scrap yard in 2009 and retored by the current owner. A fabulous job Sir!
FORD
1960s Ford Consul Mk II.1979 Lotus Eclat
JAGUAR
1950s Jaguar XK 150 Coupe
JEEP
Willys Jeep in desert combat rigout
MERCEDES
1971 Mercedes 300 SEL AMG 6.8 Ltr. race car.
MG
1934 MG PA
1946 MG TC. This is the car that captured the hearts of young Americans after WWII.
OPEL
Opel GT
ROCHDALE
1960s Rochdale Olympic. One of my top ten favourite cars.
SALMSON
CSI’s “car of the Show”
1934 British Salmson 1.5 Ltr. twin overhead cam engine with a Bugatti Type 35 body by ‘Peel’. CSI‘s “Car of the Show”.
HOT RODs and CUSTOMISED CARS
MOTORBIKES and ELECTRIC CYCLES
WARWICK
Let’s not forget that this excellent Classic Car & Bike show is held, every year, in the centre of one of England’s most historic towns =
The recently restored tower of St Mary’s Collegiate Church WarwickNo. 10 Market Place Warwick, a Grade II listed Georgian building.Row of flower baskets along Theatre Street, Warwick
That’s all folks! I hope that you have enjoyed the photos.
Nick
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