Anyone for Classic Cars & Bikes?

[MinZaPint]

Every month in the summer a local pub hosts a Classic Car & Bike night, thought you might like to see some pics

First a lovely Triumph ridden by a charming lady whose Beau gallantly rode the bantam you can see behind



A splendid Hillman Aero Minx



A Riley Falcon from 1934



For the smarter set this Bentley drophead coupe



A Lagonda convertible



Billed as a Quantum special, no idea of it's parentage but it looks good!



One of 3 Brough Superiors!



Another one



And the other one, aficionados will note that this is a special, the owners brother bought it for £50 in the 50's wrecked it and sold it to him for £30! he rebuilt it with the help of an aircraft engineer hence the "homer" dural parts!



Another Bentley A convertible this time



An Alvis, I've always had a soft spot for this marque, used to have a TA 14,



A brace of Morgans the early and later versions



An Austin 7 Swallow



A MG TF and an Austin 7 special



I think this is a Hudson but I stand to be corrected, I think it's a beauty anyway! Thanks to "Oldun" see post below this is a 1934 SUNBEAM SPEED 20



A Lagonda Rapier



A very sporty looking Lagonda



Another Riley Falcon



A beautiful Austin-Healey 100/4



A fairly rare Hupmobile



In my late teens I really fancied one of these a JAP engine Morgan



An overall view of the main field



A cute Fiat 500 holiday special



all taking place in the grounds of a nice country pub, what more could you ask?

Oh and how did we get there, well my old pal Terry and his wife (the couple I used to meet up with in India) picked me up



It's a genuine Indian made Bajaj Tuc-Tuc

[Oldun]

Your 'Hudson' is in fact a 1934 SUNBEAM SPEED 20 

Roger

[port perran]

Thanks for those photos. Some excellent and interesting vehicles there.

[MalcolmInN]

Seconded, great pics.

[Bealman]

All very, very cool! 

George

[Dorsetmike]

I had a 1962 Ford Classic 116E for about 10 years until I turned 70 by which time crawling under and over it was no longer fun, I used it as a "daily driver" and went to many /classic car shows (mostly south of the M4) too many photos to post here, so here's a link to 156 photos taken at shows

https://picasaweb.google.com/107343264059948197611/ClassicCarShows?authuser=0&feat=directlink

[MinZaPint]

Your 'Hudson' is in fact a 1934 SUNBEAM SPEED 20 

Roger

Many thanks to Roger for pointing out my horrendous error! I should have researched before I posted and I don't seem to be able to modify my post.

David

[daveg]

 

As a boy, one our neighbours had and regularly rode a Brough he'd built in the factory. Lovely thing!

We purchased our current house from a gentleman who had a pair of Rapiers in the garage. Tried to talk him into leaving one for me but he took them both with him  :'(

Dave G

[steve836]

Lovely pics.-Thanks brings back many happy memories! At school I had an MV Agusta & my mates had many cars and bikes which are now regarded as classics including a Brough, a 500 Norton several Austin 7's ( in those days you could pick one up for ten quid!) a Heinkel and a Trojan. My mum had a Sunbeam Talbot 90 (still one car I would love to own) and my brother went through a succession of Alvis's finishing up with a Silver Lady.
I like the tuktuk, still in use as taxi's in India. I keep toying with the idea of buying a Royal Enfield bike and riding it home (they are still made in India).

[keerout]

*(they are still made in India)* They make 'em with a dieselengine too...  very handy in a wet climate
Gerard 

[DELETED]

Loving the Healey, got a soft spot for them!  When I was young a friend of the family used to take us out in his old Rileys and Austins (trafficators were always a fascination -or the joy sticking your hand out from the back seat when asked instead -very young I was!).

Re tuc-tucs: horrid little things.  The ones we caught in Thailand ran on alcohol spirit sold in glass bottles like old "pop" bottles.  Could run all day for pennies but the fumes make your eyes water.  From the inside of a Thai Tic-tuc (there was 3 of us 6'+ heavy guys in the back, the little dude driving couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground)...

[daveg]

Mate of mine rebuilt an early E Type 6 cylinder. He let me drive it once. Amazing!

It was always my duty to bash the B post when dad called out for the trafficators hd stuck. He had to replace those festoon bulbs on a regular basis.

Favourite family cars of that time for me were the French Talbot London pillerless 4 seater (dad's first car), Standard 12 and a bit later on the Humber Hawk MkVI.

Ah those were the days - I'd have any of those if someone was giving one away!

Dave G

[steve836]

I always liked the French indicators, whereas ours just stuck straight out the French ones waved up and down with a typical Gallic couldn't care less attitude.

[Dorsetmike]

I recall a local farmer had a Ford model Y with a dummy illuminated flesh coloured hand which he could operate by a handle inside the car, it could imitate the hand straight out for right turn, the up and down wave for slowing down and the rotating left turn wave.

I've tried Googling for an image but no joy.

[MinZaPint]

Yesterday was the 2nd informal meet of the year at the nearby pub and fortunately with the fine weather there was another good turnout with several different cars. No sign of the Broughs this time but the newcomer on the bike front was this rather nice Ariel



a lovely Austin tourer



A Vauxhall Velox that has survived the common rust problem



Always liked the lines of these an MGA and in the background a blue AC Ace



the AC's power unit



I used to own one of these an Alvis TA14 bought it from a pal for £5 mind you mine never looked so good!



When I saw this arriving I thought at first it was a Jag infact a superb AC



Gorgeous or what an immaculate Bentley



A superb 1928 Lea Francis Hyper belongs to the same guy as the Hupmobile in the previous set of pics



A TR3



Another lovely Alvis



A beautiful Rover 12



Not really a classic but a V8 engined Austin Healey 3000



Not for the purist a modified AH 100/4



A Sunbeam saloon



This time with it's bonnet closed a Lagonda



A Morris 8 tourer with old working gramophone!



Ah that's better an original Austin Healey 3000 mk2



A Lagonda power unit



I hope you enjoyed those, I certainly did and with HID driving washed down with a couple of pints
off on Saturday for a trip to Bath in an old Plaxton coach, good beer guide already consulted

Cheers   David