We’re mere days away from the CCfS-sponsored Ford Show and Great Western Autojumble.
This great event will be held together over this coming weekend with sister title Classic Car Weekly lead sponsor for the show along with the self-acclaimed ‘filthiest mag ever’, Practical Classics magazine.
It’s two classic car shows in one. The Ford show combines a celebration not only of the Ford Motor Company but the 50th birthday of the Ford Cortina and displays from the Cortina clubs have their emphasis on rare examples. Phil Lewis from the Mk2 Cortina Owners Club has one of the rarest “Alongside a fully-restored Mk2 Cortina 1600E, we’ll be displaying a similar model that was converted, when new, to a Savage by Race Proved Ltd. It is a genuine model, and one of the last Mk2 Cortinas to be registered,” explains Phil. “It’s the first time the car will be available for judging after its complete restoration. I am driving the car to the show; the longest journey it’s made under its own power for 20 years!” Sunday visitors may also meet Dennis Roberts, part of the original Cortina design team, because he’s on the judging panel to find the ‘Best Cortina in Show’.
The event promises a wide variety of Fords on display from the Model T to military vehicles. The organisers are particularly excited about a 1915 Model T Ford taxi which has featured in both Downton Abbey and War Horse. The car is one of six converted in Manchester in 1920.
Nearby the large Norton Radstock Classic Vehicle Club stand will boast classics including a 1965 Ford Mustang, several 1974 Ford Escorts and a rare 1974 Ford Capri RS3100.
Chris Sanders, of the English branch of the Early Ford V8 Club of America, confirms their display will also include unusual classics “A 1934 Ford Phaeton Model 40 V8 will sit alongside the very rare 1938 Ford Model 81A V8 Saloon. It is a four-door car with a streamlined tail, you can tell it was designed for export to hot countries because the headlining is made of leather. Sand would clog any headlining made of cloth.”
Ford is of course synonymous with affordable performance cars, both from the factory and home created. The latter represented by a number of customised, street rodded and modified Fords on display including some from the Bristol RS Owners Club. Their stand includes a Mk2 Escort Cosworth RS, an RS 1600i Mk3Escort, and a Sapphire Cosworth. Each one modified to produce over 500bhp.
But it’s not all about looking, you can buy too. Your ticket includes entry to the 100 stall Great Western Autojumble featuring spares, tools old and new, memorabilia and collectibles. Plus if you’re visiting on the Sunday there’s a ‘real autojumble’ car boot sale. This promises only pre-booked private individuals being allowed to sell from their car boot, with no vans or traders in order to encourage real autojumble being made available only to enthusiasts.
Additionally on Sunday there’s the Charterhouse classic car auction - with entry by catalogue only. The many lots up for auction include an immaculate 1977 Ford Escort Mk2, a fully-restored Triumph TR3a and a 1987 Escort XR3i that’s covered only 53,000 in the hands of one owner.
NEED TO KNOW
11-12 February
BATH & WEST SHOWGROUND
SHEPTON MALLET
£8 ADULTS, UNDER 16S FREE
www.bccsl.co.uk
Car clubs attending
• Bristol RS Owners Club
• Early Ford V8 Club of America RG UK127
• Ford Anglia 105E Owners Club
• Ford Classic & Capri Owners Club
• Ford Sidevalve Owners Club and Ford Model Y & C Register
• Friends of the Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum
• GT40 Enthusiasts Club
• Mendip Motor Club
• Military Vehicle Trust
• The Manic Street Rodders club
• Mk1 Cortina Owners Club
• Ford Cortina Mk2 Owners Club
• The Mk III Cortina Owners Club
• Norton Radstock Classic Vehicle Club
• The Model A Ford Club of Great Britain
• Volvo Enthusiasts Club
