Classic & Sports Car - December 2015 UK

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22 Classic&SportsCarDecember 2015

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Clubs diary

Shows, meets& gatherings

Formoreevents or to add your own, go to

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/diary

NOVEMBER

8 MudefordMeetChristchurch,Dorset

(also13/12)www.mudefordmeet.co.uk

13-16RhythmRiot!Pontins,Camber

Sandshoststhe festivalof ’50s culture

020 85665226;www.rhythmriot.com

22 AndrewWhyteLectureSpeakers

at the JaguarFactoryTheatreinclude

SimonTaylor and NormanDewis OBE.

Tickets are £20: sendchequespayable

to JDC Area7 CharityFund,with SAE,

to Bob Beecham,1Waterfall Cottages,

MainRoad,Meriden,Coventry CV7

7NL or call 01676522037

26 ChelmerValleyCar MeetFrom8pm,

at The Lodge,near Battlesbridge,

Essex (also29/12) 01245 268157;

http://www.chelmervalleycarmeet.co.uk

DECEMBER

4-6ChristmasCrackerBasedat the

Tortworth CourtHotel,Gloucestershire,

visitingChavanageHouse 01935

474630;www.merlinevents.com

Federation update

Augustnow seemsa long time past,but I wanted

to sharemy impressionsof Monterey Car Week

in California.I was invitedto attendthe fixtures

as the delegatefor the FédérationInternationale

des VéhiculesAnciens,whichrepresentsowners

of historicmachinery.It is a spectaculararray of shows encompassing

The Quail,a MotorsportsGatheringand Rolex Monterey Motorsports

Reunionat LagunaSeca;and the PebbleBeachConcoursd’Elegance

(alreadyreportedin the Octoberissue).It’s muchmorethan that,though;

I counted20 events includingeight

auctions,somerunningover more

than one day and whichare quite

a spectaclein theirown right.

Carmel-by-the-Seafeatures

Concourson the Avenue(see last

month),but manypeoplestay in

the lovely town so it is a Mecca

for enthusiastsat any time of the

day or night.The HistoricVehicle

Association,our counterpartin the

US, drove a ModelTfrom Detroitto San Francisco,retracinga 3500-mile

trip madeby EdselFord a centuryago. They stoppedoff in Carmeland we

usedthe car as our runaboutover several days,whichwas very enjoyable.

Thereare lots of chancesto see classicson the road,notablythe Pebble

BeachTour d’Eleganceon the Thursday.The 80-mileroutetakes in parts

of 17-MileDrive, via pine and cypressforestsand past dramaticcliffs,

leadingto the beautifulcrescent-shapedbay. It’sdefinitelyworth avisit!

HVA’s fabulousModelTwasWhale’s

transportduringMontereyCarWeek

DAVIDWHALEFBHVCCHAIRMAN

The FBHVC lobbiesin Brusselsand Westminster. Call RosyPughon

01865 400845,[email protected] see http://www.fbhvc.co.uk

FROMTHE GROUNDUP

Every aspectof renovation

featuresat the ClassicVehicle

RestorationShow aroundThe

Royal Bath&West Showground,

SheptonMallet,on 7-8 November.

It’s open9:30am-4pm,with adult

tickets £10: 01507523456;

http://www.carsandevents.com

MILITARYOUTON PARADE

Morethan 80 vehiclesspanning

the decadesand differentfields

of conflictwill attendBrooklands’

MilitaryDay on 15 November.

Manywill be put throughtheir

paceson the off-roadcircuit

at M-B World: 01932857381;

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com

The10thThatchamClassicCar

Showdrewmorethan 220 vehicles

to DunstanGreenon 10 October.

“It was the best everturnout,”

said a chuffedMartinPort,C&SC’s

art editorwho organisesthe show.

“Andwe raisedmorethan£1000

for MacmillanCancerSupport.”

Car of Showwentjointlyto the

LanciaFlaminiaand Flaviaof Mick

and LindaOxberry. “I blamemy

wifefor our sharedfascination,”

said Mick.“ShespottedaFlaviain a

Canley’s finestconvergedon The

NetherlandsfromacrossEurope

for the GT6Holland tour organ-

ised by Ron Verlaanand SvenMom

on 3-4 October. The 20-Triumph

groupfeaturedparticipantsfrom

Switzerland,Germany, the host

countryand threefromthe UK.

Theselectionalso includedSpit-

fires and assortedTRs,from4-7.

“On the Saturdaymorning,”said

AndyWalton,“we wentto the Den

HartoghFordMuseumat Hille-

gom[above],whichis well wortha

visit,followedby a loop of the local

area.The followingday we wereat

the Zandvoort circuit, where some

peopledrovearoundthe track.”

Walton covered 1100 milesover

the weekend from Exeter and back

in his much-travelled ’69 Mk2.

motorwayservicestationnine years

ago, and decidedthat it wouldsuit

her. Thattriggeredmy interestand

I latersold my DaimlerSP250to

financethe Flaminiain 2001.It was

a majorrestorationproject,but I

enjoythe qualityengineering.Both

cars have very differentcharacters.”

Nearbywas the fearsomeVaux-

hall dragster that Dave Mace took

to the inauguralThatchamClassic:

“I bought it as a project when I was

18, and it took me 20 yearsto build.

I wanted it to look as if it had got to

the end of the strip and just kept on

driving.” The road-legal,8.2-litre,

ChevroletV8 Crestahas donethe

SantaPod quarter-milein 8.1 secs,

with a terminalspeedof 170mph!

PhilandSueCarrollwere

thrilledwith theirrecentlyacquired

VolkswagenGolf1.8 GTI,bought

at the CCA CarFest South auction.

“Myfirst car was a Mk1Golf,”

Sue recalled,“so it bringsbackall

my happymemoriesof that.”

Hers and his Flavia

and Flaminiaof Linda

and Mick Oxberry

Mace’sVauxhallgives 1500bhpon nitrous

Anice pair: RileyRM with Carrolls’’83 GTI

GT6 line-upwith Walton’s third from front

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