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400 car
display at the Churchill Classic Car Show
On the cricket
pitch, next to the church!
Churchill is a most
attractive village on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border, quite near
Chipping Norton but miles from the hustle of modern life. Every other year
the 'Churchill Events Committee', a group of voluntary villagers, organise a show in the centre of this very English
village. I must say that their cricket team are very tolerant to allow 400
cars to park on their pitch, right outside the church. Obviously the team
were playing away so they couldn't see what damage was being done. Rarely
though have the cars been parked on such a well tended piece of grass!
An excellent jazz band and
singer kept the crowds amused as did the 4 real ales in the beer tent
(until they were drunk dry!) And when did you last see ice-cream cornets
for just 50p at a show like this? The beautiful "wool" church
was generously decorated with flowers and a magnet for visitors.
Some of the Standards that
turned up on this beautifully hot and sunny Sunday are captured on this
page, as usual you can click on any of them to see a larger version.
Here are three
shots of Dennis Brown's newly restored Flying 12 Click here
to see the restoration photographs of this car . |
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This rare
Standard 10 pickup will be a feature of a separate feature
article on this website shortly
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Swallow
Doretti Mk II
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Swallow
Doretti Mk I
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you can make out the longer tail on this very rare Swallow
Doretti MkII, in red, which gives it a 2 plus 2
configuration and also a larger boot, compared to the Chairman's
white MkI shown next to it. There are differences too in the
number plate lighting and fuel filler arrangement. Both cars,of
course, use Standard Triumph mechanicals so qualify for entry on
our website.
Peter Lockley - how about
authoring a feature on your car for these pages please?
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Our congratulations to
chairman David Chambers and the organising committee, for a
splendid show. Sadly, there won't be another show at
Churchill until the summer of 2006. Next year it will be held in
the village of Chipping Campden, deep in the Cotswolds. My
recommendation will be to keep a look out in the events listing next
year and to put this event in your calendar!
Pictures and story by Phil Homer
A report on the event that you
attended with your Standard car could appear here.
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