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The Brooklands Museum ( www.brooklandsmuseum.com ) holds its annual classic car show every year in July. It is the most important event in their annual calendar. The museum was originally the site of a race track - the race track still exists. While the museum has an amazing collection of classic, vintage, racing, F1 cars, buses, aircraft of various types including the Concorde that you get to see all year around the Classic Car Show is a one-off experience during the year.

This year the event was held on July 23rd (the day before yesterday as I write this). Members of the Brooklands bring in their own cars so you get to see A LOT of classic cars and they are all well maintained.The museum has ample space as the disused track is used as the display area.

Attended the meet this year and it was an awesome experience to see the sheer number and variety of immaculately maintained classic cars.

I'll let the pics do the talking:

1929 Le Mans Bentley with a 4 1/2 litre engine:




Talbot Six - before it became a part of Sunbeam.



The entire body has been covered in leather



The glass enclosed thermometer used as a temperature gauge located on top of the bonnet / grille:




Packard Eight:



A Morris Minor with a 3.9 litre V8 Rover engine! The part between the A Pillar and the suspension has been extended by 6 inches to accommodate the V8 engine.

Alvis a British marque that ceased production in 1967 after which it was transferred to British Leyland / Rover. This is an original Alvis.



Lagonda, another British marque that was acquired by Aston Martin in 1947. This is a pre 1947 model.




MG - take a look at that exhaust!



Rolls Royce Silver Wraith:



The background in the pic above gives an idea of the number of cars that were on display - and this was just one part of the display!



Triumph TR 3:

Dodge Coronet Royal - certainly regal:





No carbon deposit even on the exhaust tips. Even the reverse lights on the side of each exhaust look as good as new.



The Trojan - a car manufactured between 1914 and 1965 - simple and economical to build and easy to own, maintain and drive.



Austin 7



The meters in mint condition



Austin Riley



Morris 7



An Austin 7 with an aluminium body - aftermarket fitment:



A rare and original Morris Pick up van:



Bedford:


A Bugatti replica by Teal of UK:

Triumphs:

Triumph 2500 Mk II



Triumph Italia 2000



Triumph TR3



Triumph Stag




Triumph Vitesse 2 litre:



Triumph Vitesse 6



Triumph TR4 A IRS - immaculate!

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II



The ORIGINAL Gangsta Car - 1930 V8 Cadillac



Chevrolet Fleetline 1950



An Australian built Chevrolet Belair



Note the Australian flag inside the Chevrolet logo



Vauxhall Statesman Eagle - stretch limo





Mini Cooper

Mini 1275 GT





A stock Mini - I asked the owner if it was modified and he replied - " well it will do 0 - 100 in a couple of months!"..:uncontrol





And another in Monte Carlo Rally trim



Modified Mini Clubman Estate






JAGUARS





1937 SS 2 1/2 Litre Saloon




XK 120




Vicarage




The venerated E Type






XJ 53C

XJS V12



XK



Shelby Cobra



VW Camper van



Vauxhall Cresta



Vauxhall Victor (its successor was the original HM Contessa)



Ford Consul



Alvis - with the Rover look:



Early Porsche Carrera



1936 Lancia Augusta



Napier Railton - 1933 - 24 litre 580 bhp W12 aero engined race car that broke 47 speed records at Brooklands and Bonneville Salt Flats - in perfect running condition and a part of the museum



The size of those triple exhausts!!

A toy MG that seats two kids and runs on its own power



Auto enthusiasm redefined - this guy had this mammoth flat bed take his bike home because it had a minor problem:



Thats it folks. Hope you enjoyed the show. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for sharing. Brooklands has a very rich automotive history of course. I visited the museum last year for the very first time and was hugely impressed.

You don’t mention it, but in several of your pictures the banked curves of the old circuit are still visible. I seem to recall they are/were in the process of moving some building in order to restore the original straight finish of the circuit. The museum grounds are covered with original buildings, one of which is the original speedfreak and many world record holder Campbell

Next to automotive, it also has an equally rich aviation history! Concorde is heavily tied into their history.

I visited the museum only once and wrote about it here,

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/commer...simulator.html

I absolutely love these classic car shows. The ones in the UK tend to be very good. Whether large or small they tend to be very well organised, very relaxed with plenty to see and do. And of course, talking to classic car owners will always get you a few great stories/insights.

This weekend here in the Netherlands the Dutch National Classic Car show at the circuit of Zandvoort. Bring your classic and you get free entry. I have already got my free ticket and if the weather holds I’ll take my Alfa Spider there for the day. They are expecting more than a 1000 cars. You can take your classic onto the circuit and have a blast!

Jeroen

Yes, Brooklands has a very rich history as it didn't start out as a museum but was originally a race track - I have mentioned this in my OP.

The part where the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was parked is the steepest part of the race course and is called the "Members Banking" and reaches nearly 29 feet before descending onto the straight.

And yes, the old building has been moved out and is on the main grounds and referred to as the Brooklands Aircraft Factory. The straight is now clear and is the part where you see the Rolls Royce Silver Wraith standing with the cars in the background. They now intend to restore the ground area of the straight to its original state.

They also have a new part of the museum dedicated only to London buses starting the very first one to the currently running models and more.

This is a view of the main straight with the Members banking in the farthest background. The tall grey building on the left is the "Brooklands Aircraft Factory".



The poster for racing events to be held next month of hill climbs, grid starts and other demos. Note the attention to detail as the poster is completely in period design.



The Cafe amongst the cars in the museum:



The original petrol stations on the premises that were used during the races - still in working condition. Notice the vintage parts on sale during the show.



Table lamps resembling erstwhile shell petrol station domes

Thanks, this particular car show is the largest one, but they have all sort of special events throughout the years. Even without a special event, this place is very interesting to visit. The permanent collection of cars, planes and buildings is impressive on it’s own.

I could not spend much time in the bus museum, had to rush through a bit, but I did purchase two model of the original Route Masters in their little shop.



Nice memories! Thanks for sharing

Jeroen

Thanks for sharing. It is really interesting to see the cars throughout the ages. However 2 vehicles that caught my attention were the VW Camper Van and the Rally trim Mini. I'm surprised to see such well maintained cars. Most of them appear to be in excellent shape and look really pampered.

Classic cars is a huge industry catering to enormous number of people that enjoy classic cars. There are some different streams within the classic car stream on how and what should be restored.

There is the unrestored cars. Which will mean essentially still the original factory paint and trimming, no noticeable work done on the engine/transmission.

These cars will always show their age, but they do so beautifully.

Then there are the restored to original specification. From very simple hobby job to very eloboratte lengthy and expensive major restoration, including body of restoration, new paint, overhaul of all components etc.

For several years there are “complaints” that cars get ‘over restored’. But it’s a personal choice.

VW buses, all models/years are very popular and values have rissen considerably over the last decade. A properly restored original Samba bus can fetch up to Euro 100.000

The Mini has been a favourite for many classic car enthousiast for many years. You can pick one up for really little money and next to the MGB it probably has the best after market spares, parts, knowledge etc available. It’s also small, light and you can do just about all jobs by yourself.

My wife and me have just bought a new house, with a huge garage for my classics. I really would like to do my own “ground up” restoration. Still thinking about what car, but last week I ordered three different books about Mini restoration from Amazon. Watch this space


Hobbyist are definitely capable of doing outstanding restorations these days. There is a huge industry catering for that, with tools, parts, workshop, courses.

I visited the Practical Classic Car restoration show in Birmingham earlier this year. See http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/diy-do...ml#post4174943

Jeroen

Yes, some cars were in such good shape that they looked as if they were just driven out of the showroom. The Triumph TR4 A was one such car.

The Volkswagen van below was in very good shape too:



This is a Landrover camper that hadn't been restored (note the dents on the mudguard / paint wearing off etc)




A Morris 1000 that looked spanking new: