Old cars are meant to be fun, aren't they!? Before heading to Crewe Heritage Centre for their February 2023 "Off The Rails" classic car meet, we spent a day outside tinkering with the Renault 4CV and the Mazda MX5 Mk1, both of which were set to go to the Crewe car meet the following day. Harley goes to town tidying his workshop and collection of old trinkets, while I tend to the cars and give him a few useful pointers in the art of vacuuming out his workshop (!) and also our cars. The Renault was even introduced to my prized 1950s tin of polish and Harley's latest ancient tin of oil.
Our trip to the Crewe Heritage Centre in Cheshire went ahead the following day, Mrs OCC in the MX5 and us in the 4CV, the idea being to meet up with dad over there in his MGB GT which, surprisingly, all went perfectly to plan and we were able to park up together close to an ex-British Rail InterCity 125 loco.
The weather was unusually reasonable for the time of year, and a great collection of cars - many classic cars and several later sportscars - turned up. Many conversations were had throughout the morning and much video was recorded. It was particularly interesting to see quite a few cars that were new to me, including a wonderful two-tone Nash (Austin) Metropolitan. My thanks in particular to the gent with the restored Lada estate who talks about his rare survivor in this upload.
Our day of classic car-ing didn't end after our return home, as the next plan was to swap things around and exhume the Ford Anglia E494A from the darker reaches of the garage. Out came the pickup followed by the Anglia, the latter was taken for a drive out which also makes it into the video (someone recently asked for Anglia content and I realised then that I'd not mentioned it in a while). The trusty Ford is now easily accessible so I hope to put a few more miles on it soon.
So, overall, a great couple of days spent with old cars and interesting people. Which is what it's all about and why I've followed this hobby since the 1980s.
Mid-video I also take a quick look at dad's latest acquisition, a magnificent (and huuuuge) ex- travel agent British Airways VC10 model, and talk about a rare tinplate Air France Constellation wind-up toy that he owned as a child, lost touch with for decades, and recently re-discovered and bought back.
Keep an eye on the Heritage Centre's website and FB pages for news of future "Off The Rails" car shows; as the weather improves, days get longer and cars are put back on the road after a winter's rest, I fully expect meets in the months to come to be even better attended. For February I was truly amazed at the turnout.
There are loads of show walkarounds on the channel now (including previous Crewe meets) so please take a look if you're new to the Old Classic Car channel:
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17 фев 2023
