Car show time! The Avro Heritage Museum at the former Avro manufacturing site in Woodford, Cheshire, holds several classic car events throughout the year. In April 2023 we decided to head over and see what cars would turn up. My steed for the day was our trusty MX5 Mk1, dad (a Trustee of the museum) was in his MGB GT, and we were joined en-route by a fine Lotus Cortina Mk1 which regulars on Old Classic Car might just recognise from previous videos.
The weather forecast was far from promising so we crossed fingers and hoped that there'd be plenty of classic cars turning up. Fortunately they did come and the car park was soon bulging with all manner of interesting old cars, most of which we hadn't seen before. Highlights include a wonderfully oily-rag 1927 Austin saloon, a rare pre-war Daimler 15hp coupe, a line-up of E-Type Jaguars, a pair of Austin A60 Cambridges (see thumbnail), an ice speedway racing 'bike, immaculate Ford Consul Mk2, and a black 1955 Standard 10 to name just a few.
In this video I take a close look at the cars that turned up, and also inspect the magnificent Avro Vulcan (registration XM603) that has lived at Woodford for many-a-year after being de-commissioned in the early 1980s. I also get a sneak preview of future exhibits for the museum, in particular a much-disassembled Avro Shackleton and a simply wonderful Avro 707C delta-winged development aircraft from the 1950s, both of which are destined to go on display with the museum's other exhibits when space allows.
Honourable mentions also in the video to an interesting ex-Rolls-Royce stirrup tyre pump (which came to the assistance of an MG TD owner), and a box of aged wheelnuts kindly donated to OCC HQ.
I hope this video is of interest, there are plenty of show walkaround videos like this sprinkled over the channel now so please take a look when you've watched this one.
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21 апр 2023
