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Gaydon Motor Heritage Museum -  May 2024

Every second Tuesday of the month, the Gaydon British Motor Museum holds a free to enter car show. It's open to all cars, regardless of age, and a very impressive array of vehicles turned up on a spring evening in May.

 

I have reached the stage with my car that most of the major work is now completed. It has a new engine, gearbox, brakes, etc, etc, so 2024 is the year of driving rather than projects. The event at Gaydon just a couple of weeks after the Monday Club Cotswolds day out seemed another good way of getting some miles under the cars wheels.

After a good clean and polish, she was ready to go

Ready to Go!


It's just over 50 miles to Gaydon from my house, and it's all motorway, so not the most thrilling drive, but I have just installed a new HIFI system, so some Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, along with a Spotify podcast help to pass the miles.

Me and Steve Payne were the first to arrive, so found a prime spot

At Gaydon

Steve in Concours mode!

Steve "Concours" Payne

Chris Miller arrived shortly after, and we managed to line the cars up side by side

Chris Miller

The 2 car parks had filled up by now, so it was time for a wander around and have a look at the cars.

There were cars that are now falling into the classic age, but still seem modern to me!

MG MG TF

944 Porche 944

TVR TVR Sagaris

Monaro Vauxhall Monaro

M3 BMW M3

Vitesse Rover Vitesse

Vitesse

75 V8 Rover 75 V8

Steve Payne has the estate version of the Rover 75, with the Mustang 4.6 litre V8

Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale

MX5 Mazda MX5 by Rockit

MX5 Jaguar 3 litre V6 in an MX5

MX5

There were some fantastic kit and modified cars

Buggy Beach Buggy

Wells A car I had not heard of before

Steve thinks they are Ford Mondeo Based

Wells

Imp Modified Hillman Imp

Imp With 98bhp!

Radford Radford Mini Cooper S

Radford Converted to a hatchback!

Supercharged Triumph Vitesse

Vitesse

Vitesse Supercharger Plenum

Vitesse Superb Packaging!

A 3.5 litre V8 MG A

MG A

MG A

An XJ40 estate conversion

XJ40

A V8 Ford popular

Popular

Popular

And some excellent classics

MG A MG A

Dolomite Triumph Dolomite

Chevette Vauxhall Chevette HS

Mini Van Mini Van

A pair of Jensen built V8 Sunbeam Tigers

Tiger

Tiger

Marina Marina GT

2000 Triumph 2000

Caterham Caterham



Capri 3 litre 3 Litre V6 Capri

Steve Payne has a 3 litre Capri in gold colour.

TR6 TR6

Rover Rover P6 V8

A pair of Rollers

Rolls

E Type V12 E Type

A GIGANTIC Bentley Continental

Bentley

Bentley

Bentley

A beautiful Lotus Cortina

Lotus

Lotus

Lotus

MGB MGB V8

Volvo Volvo Amazon

De Soto De Soto

Charger 340ci Charger

A European spec 2.6 litre V6 Capri

Capri

Capri

TR5 TR5

A really rare air cooled V8 Tatra

Tatra

Tatra

Tatra

Lotus Lotus Elan

Alpha Alpha Romeo 4C

An Alpha Romeo Montreal

Alpha

Alpha

Alpha

And my favourite car there, the Renault Gordini

Gordini

Gordini

A highlight of the event was the Jaguar D Typre racing car, which did some fast runs up and down the entrance road. See video links below.

Run 1

https://youtu.be/6fU-vPTQmJo

Run 2

https://youtu.be/wqbvv-BsBWU

D Type

D Type

As a post script, Steve Payne sent a message when he got home to say his car has clocked up 225,000 miles!

That must be the highest mileage on an Interceptor!