This has been an excellent year for getting out and about and we’ve met plenty of you on the road and at events with your cars. In summary of a brilliant year, we’ve compiled a selection of the incredible cars we’ve seen through the past 12 months. So, what follows are more than 40 of your cars from across the year…
Impney’s Coffee and Chrome also saw Rob Lewis displaying his 1928 Austin 12/4 Heavy, the only racing special to be based on the model. Rob finished working on the car during lockdown. One of just 12 remaining, Jonathon Hackford’s Lotus Esprit Essex Turbo grabbed our attention at the Drive-it Day meet at Bicester Heritage earlier this year. The celebrity experts at in this year’s Practical Classics Restoration Show were asked to pick their favourite vehicle taking part – and they were won over by Stuart Waldron’s 1966 Ford Transit MkI Custom. All the way from Australia to Gaydon for MG100! George Morgan and Ed Taylor George bought their 1933 MG C-Type across the globe to join the centenary celebrations. Pat and Tony were both Austin apprentices who worked at Longbridge. Now they are enthusiastic MG owners with a brace of ‘Bs – a 1965 Roadster and a ’79 GT. Both came along to Gaydon for MG100. Having travelled up from London, Sally Rowberry was enjoying Drive-it Day at Bicester in her 1.9-swapped Peugeot 205 GTI. Paul Newsome brough his 1926 Standard SL04 Charlecote coupé along to the Standard rally as the marque celebrated 120 years. His is the only surviving example. Peter Lockley attended the Standard rally with his 1952 Vanguard estate. It was bought at auction in 1992 and subjected to a detailed restoration. One of the oldest attendees at the coffee meet in August, Richard Brown’s 1929 Ford Model A is the only known surviving ambulance conversion. Hayden Davies used to work for the US Air Force and once had his car seized and stripped by police on his way to an air base in what was then West Germany. At the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, Tahmid Haque’s stunning 1993 BMW 850 CSi won over showgoers in the Pride of Ownership contest. Ben Au’s 1963 Fiat 500D brought some Italian flair to the inaugural iteration of Bangers & Cash Live at Scampston Hall. With barely 5000 miles on the clock, Terry Hadley-Palmer’s 1968 Herald 12/50 saloon, affectionately known as Prudence, was a show-stealer at MG-Triumph 100. The 19th oldest surviving TR6, Steve Denton’s 1969 Triumph is not only a stunner but also formed the basis for Corgi’s diecast model of the car. Polly Booker’s 1973 Triumph Dolomite Sprint was at MG-Triumph 100 and turned out to be the sixth made and the oldest example still on the road. Father and son duo, Ray and David Allden, took part in the California Cup at MG-Triumph 100 in summer wit
