motorhomes, Airstreams... basically if it’s
American and it moves, it’seligible. In recent
years there has been quite an influx of more
modern vehicles, which has not always gone
down well with some attendees; however,for
some peopleanew Mustang is not only their
‘American’ car,but also theirdaily driver and
only car.Not everyone can affordaclassic
American andadaily driver car, so it ’s good to
see people coming into the hobby whatever
American car they drive–evennew right-hand-
drive Mustangs, most of which were grouped
together in one area.
There’salwaysawide variety of traders and
stalls, as well as food, beer,soft drinks and even
ice cream, as well as live music, this year supplied
by the excellent Ignition, who played four
fantastic sets each day and were definitely the hit
of the show in the marquee, although boy was
it hot in there! While Saturday started off rainy,
it soon dried off and many commented on how
busy the show was, considering it had begun
rainy and wasaSaturday. Sunday sawsunshine
andaneven busiershow field... some would say
perhapsalittle too busy.Nevertheless,agood
time seemed to be had by all admiring all theamazing cars on display.
One rod that seemed to be gettingalot of
attention was the Cumbria Kid, reminiscent of
the California Kid hot rod. This ’34 Model A
belonged to Colin Jackson and was notaslavi shly
done copy,but asort of humorous nod/homage
to itsWest Coast namesake. Sitting by it was
an equall yimpressive chopped 1950 Mercury
belonging to GaryMaguire,who’d c ome from
nearby Urmston, justacouple of clicks round the
M60 Manchester orbital motorway.Nicknamed
‘The Pickle’, its iridescent metallic green paint
shimmered in the sunshine... there was just no
missing this beauty!
Also enjoying the sunny weather on Saturday
were Keith Overly and Nigel Pindar from
Newmarket with their ’66 Pontiac Grand Prix
and’66 Cadillac Coupe De Ville respectively.
“We’re parking in the public car park tomorrow,”
they explained, “as we need to head off before
the show ends as we havealong drive ahead,”
proving that certainly some of the American
cars in the public car park on Sunday were there
on purpose.
Another stunning car was Ian McDonald’s’67
Pontiac GTO, which was painted an unusual butChopped ’50 Mercury Custom.Ignition warming things up in the marquee.Chris and 1960 Cadillac.Ace Electrics stand.From Scotland with love.’63 Cadillac and ’66 Grand Prix
from Newmarket.Ian McDonald and 67 Pontiac GTO.Car park treasure.The Clive Sutton display,including
Monster Raptor.84 classic-american.com