Pre War Prescott 2012

The second year for this event and it's certainly getting bigger and is looking to be one of the main annual events on the Prescott. I enjoyed this event last year and this year certainly lived up to expectations. Great weather coupled with an informal atmosphere as cars took runs up the hill and picnics and bacon butties galore were enjoyed. Top this off with a flyby of a Spitfire and you've got a fantastic day out at Prescott.

For more information on the event please look at the Pre War Prescott Website:

www.prewarprescott.com

Ford Model T Special

(digitally painted ink sketch)

Affectionately known as "Roary" this special is a tribute to the 1924 Indianapolis race car built by the Barber Warnock racing team and raced by Alfred Moss. Moss was a dentistry student in America at the time and finished 16th with an average speed of 84mph! He was 34 laps behind the race winner. 

For more information on this car please go to the following web page.

www.tservice.co.uk

There are also quite a few nice Model T's for sale too.

Rolls Royce Twenty

(ink sketch)

1938 Morris 25 Series III

This car crossed Europe and Asia in 2011 via the Caspian sea to China. Later in the year it crossed North America, from Los Angeles to New York. The two journeys clocked up 18500 miles in all. THe journey has been documented on the following website:

http://www.tinyurl.com/Morris25

Peter Plant's Meadows 'Minor' Special. It has a Meadows engine installed in a pre-war Morris Minor chassis. (Thanks to Minor Blue for this information)

A rough and ready Alvis

1926 MG 14/28 Super Sports

Lea Francis, Hyper S

Hotchkiss

A very elegant Bristol

MG Line Up

Jowett

BMW

Somerset Steam Spectacular 2012

On Saturday 14th July the family packed the camping equipment into the back of Frank and we headed south into deepest Somerset. The 3 hour drive through country lanes put the 47 Dodge pick up through its paces. We made it to a very muddy High Ham to find that the event had been closed to the public and the organisers were hoping for the best on the Sunday. After assessing the field we decided to brave it and camp out and see what the Sunday had in stall. 

After Fish and Chips and a good sleep we awoke to favourable conditions and the show was on.

There was plenty to see with a great array of steam engines, tractors various vehicles, owls, axe men, ferrets and tractor pulling. All you'd expect from a great steam fair and more. 

For more information on the Somerset Traction Engine Club and their events please visit their website:

www.somersetspectacular.co.uk

1913 Burrell Showman's Engine 'King George VI'

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Part of the Steam line up.

The Hornsby Akryod Oil Engine

Unipower Gardner 

This was definitely a practical vehicle for the show with a sizeable winch on the back it was pulling vehicle up hills with no problem.

 1916 Model T Ford Van

1948 Riley RM (1 1/2 litre) 

1960 Wolseley 1500

Bought by the current owner in ver original condition. Hard to believe this interior is the result of a car being kept in the garden under a tarpaulin.

BMC fun for all the family.

There aren't many shows where you'll see hotrods and Land Rovers in the same lineup 

 Fordson

 Nuffield Universal Four

 Field Marshall

These tractors sound incredible due to their single-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine with a 6-litre capacity, coupled to a very large flywheel.

 David Brown

BMB President

A very nice 4 cylinder tractor indeed.

 

 For tractors of a ridiculous caliber you have to witness the sport of tractor pulling. Its all about stupidly overpowered tractors pulling as much weight as possible over the furthest distance, a great spectators sport.

VMCC Festival of 1000 Bikes, Mallory Park 2012

Even though the weather meant the ground was a bit soggy underfoot the VMCC still put on a great weekend of track action at Mallory Park with the Festival of 1000 Bikes. World famous riders and average Joe's took to the track for two days of motorcycle revelry.

For more information on the VMCC and their events please visit their website:

www.vmcc.net

"Son of a Gun" 1951 500cc BSA Goldstar

(digitally painted ink sketch)

 Larry Houghton is the man behind Lamb Engineering and this is the result of 1400 hours of work. Based around an old racing 1951 500cc BSA Gold Star ZB bottom end and Gold Star DB34 top end. It also features a BSA M21 4-speed kick start gearbox with open single-row primary chain drive.

The rear suspension is simply executed via a chain connected to the springs, but is initially a bit baffling as to what is going on. The front suspension is even upside down!

The 26 degree neck rake frame on ‘Son of a Gun’ was handcrafted achieving a sleak and skinny look. All the attention to detail and the amazing craftsmanship on this bike is a sight to behold, there is no doubt that this more than deserved the second place in the freestyle class at the 2011 AMD World Championships.

1912 Rudge Multi

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Built on the 4th July 1912, this is one of the earliest known examples of the Rudge Multi. The Multi was an important turning point for Rudge as other manufacturers were offering only one gear and maybe a clutch, so having a range of gears on such an early machine made this a very important model.

 BSA Spitfire

 (digitally painted ink sketch)

NorBSA Cafe Racer

(digitally painted ink sketch)

 

Yamaha 350z 

(ink sketch)

Spirit of Endevor

 Well Larry also bought along this fantastic bobber with a 1320 cc 50deg V twin all alloy 85BHP. Nothing too special? Well when you consider that the engine was built from scratch, this is another incredible build from Lamb Engineering.

To see more of Lamb Engineerings incredible bike builds please visit their website:

www.lamb-engineering.com 

 I'm not sure whether this was just a mock up or some nutters idea of how to go faster but I'd love to see it running.

 Ariel

 C.T.S.

 Dot ViVi

 Seeley Norton

Twin Triumph Outfits, I particularly like the tanks on these.

 Vincent Firefly Power Cycle

1955 Itom Tourist Cyclemotor

48cc cycle motor manufactured in Turin, commanding a relatively high price of £33. 5s, this had a top speed of 35mph which was much better than a lot of its contemporaries who where struggling to reach 20mph.