The annual British car display day at the Kings School is not be missed. Â Over 1500 classic British cars, trucks and commercial vehicles. Â The weather was lovely so the turnout was excellent. Â Last year, the show had to be postponed due to a sodden field.
Not only is the display quite a sight, but its one of the few times of the year you’ll sit in traffic behind a Jowett and have a Daimler behind you. Â Â One of the highlights was seeing a Bentley 6.5 liter in the Vintage Sports Car Club. Â I was hoping to see a Derby Bentley as well, but unfortunately it would appear there were none in attendance. Â Â Was hoping a member of the Rolls Royce, Bentley or Vintage sports car clubs would bring one along. Â There was a rather nice S Series Continental though.
As usual, the Jaguar Club had a great display, especially the E-Type register. Â Â As with last year, no XK140s on display but a few with other clubs. Â Â There are always large numbers of MGs, Minis etc on display too. Â Â After the big Flynn auction I was wondering if there would be a big display of Rovers this year, but it as pretty similar to last year. Â Â For some reason this year there were only a few Jensen Interceptors on display. Â The Bristol club had a nice handout of their key models including numbers in the club and production volume. Â A nice touch.
It is great to see some of the more forgotten marques, such as Riley, Alvis, Wolesely, Humber. Â These cars are going to need their next generation of enthusiast. Â And the marques that are defunct but perhaps better known like Austin, Rover, Daimler etc. Â These shows certainly help show off the cars to people who may not have been familiar with them.
UPDATE (1/9/17): Â There was a lovely Rolls Royce Silver Ghost that looked it it had been through a very thorough restoration. Â I noticed an interesting switch on the side of the car. Â Through a friend in the Rolls Royce club, I was able to find out its function. Â It controls fuel pumps. Â The Silver Ghost apparently has a mechanical pump and a manual pump that can be operated by the passenger. Â The switch allows the selection of one, both or neither of the pumps. Â It is quite a clever system, as it’s easy to forget that back at the time this car was new, the infrastructure to support the automobile was also in its infancy.
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