British Motor Heritage Centre - lots of photos!
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Went out to the British Motor Heritage Centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire today, which has a huge collection of vehicles related to the car history of Britain. I've organised them in manufacturer order
AEC bus of 1921, built for London Transport
Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
Aston Martin AMV8 concept car
Austin 7hp one cylinder - sole survivor of just over 150 made, this one was made in 1910
Austin 7 'chummy'
1908 Austin racer
Austin 1911 town carriage, one of it's selling points was that it is 'ideal for ladies'
Austin 40hp York laundalette of 1907
Austin Sixteen, the millionth Austin to be made and covered in the signatures of those who built it
Austin A30 - i'm still amused to see car registration plates with words, and it's the first one i've seen with my name!
Bizarre looking Austin A90 Atlantic, built for the export market
1970 Ford Escort mk 1 rally car
Cuthbertson conversion Land Rover series II
The first sporting MG - 'old number one'
MG PA
MG M type sectioned chassis
The first production Mini
The three Monte Carlo rally Mini Coopers
Customised Mini convertible, 30cm longer than a normal mini having been fitted with a 'stepladder' chassis
Mini Downtown
ERA Mini
Mini moke
Two Mini prototypes - the one on the left was a gearless prototype and the blue one is a 1969 9X prototype
The last Mini to be built
1913 Morris Oxford
1920's Bullnose Morris
Morris 'Red Flash', a streamlined Morris Oxford and raced at Brooklands
The first Morris Commercial vehicle - a 1920s T type one ton lorry, kept by Morris for testing etc all its life
1907 Riley 9hp V twin
1909 Riley 10hp V twin
1929 Rolls Royce Phantom
1907 Rover 20hp Tourer
1912 Rover Laundalette
1922 Rover Eight - bit hard to get a photo of this one as it's hidden behind the Wolseley Stellite
Unproportionate looking 1929 Rover Light Six
Thunderbird FAB1
1924 Trojan - apparently some garages put up signs saying 'NO TROJANS', didn't explain why but think it was something to do with how they were built
Evil looking Vauxhall 'Prince Henry' tourer
My favourite, the 1919 Wolseley E2A Stellite, just looked right with it's low slung body and typical Edwardian era looks (not sure if it counts as Edwardian being 1919 built, but the first Stellite's were built in 1913)
AEC bus of 1921, built for London Transport
Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
Aston Martin AMV8 concept car
Austin 7hp one cylinder - sole survivor of just over 150 made, this one was made in 1910
Austin 7 'chummy'
1908 Austin racer
Austin 1911 town carriage, one of it's selling points was that it is 'ideal for ladies'
Austin 40hp York laundalette of 1907
Austin Sixteen, the millionth Austin to be made and covered in the signatures of those who built it
Austin A30 - i'm still amused to see car registration plates with words, and it's the first one i've seen with my name!
Bizarre looking Austin A90 Atlantic, built for the export market
1970 Ford Escort mk 1 rally car
Cuthbertson conversion Land Rover series II
The first sporting MG - 'old number one'
MG PA
MG M type sectioned chassis
The first production Mini
The three Monte Carlo rally Mini Coopers
Customised Mini convertible, 30cm longer than a normal mini having been fitted with a 'stepladder' chassis
Mini Downtown
ERA Mini
Mini moke
Two Mini prototypes - the one on the left was a gearless prototype and the blue one is a 1969 9X prototype
The last Mini to be built
1913 Morris Oxford
1920's Bullnose Morris
Morris 'Red Flash', a streamlined Morris Oxford and raced at Brooklands
The first Morris Commercial vehicle - a 1920s T type one ton lorry, kept by Morris for testing etc all its life
1907 Riley 9hp V twin
1909 Riley 10hp V twin
1929 Rolls Royce Phantom
1907 Rover 20hp Tourer
1912 Rover Laundalette
1922 Rover Eight - bit hard to get a photo of this one as it's hidden behind the Wolseley Stellite
Unproportionate looking 1929 Rover Light Six
Thunderbird FAB1
1924 Trojan - apparently some garages put up signs saying 'NO TROJANS', didn't explain why but think it was something to do with how they were built
Evil looking Vauxhall 'Prince Henry' tourer
My favourite, the 1919 Wolseley E2A Stellite, just looked right with it's low slung body and typical Edwardian era looks (not sure if it counts as Edwardian being 1919 built, but the first Stellite's were built in 1913)
Forthright MC said:
a brilliant selection of stuff and nice pics too, looks like a damn good day out!
You've been spoilt here JamesMuch better photos than mine
And still you've only seen photos of a fraction of what is on display
There's a picnic area there and other bits of green stuff, surely one sunny weekend you could persuade someone to accompany you there
Sporting Bear said:
Forthright MC said:
a brilliant selection of stuff and nice pics too, looks like a damn good day out!
You've been spoilt here JamesMuch better photos than mine
And still you've only seen photos of a fraction of what is on display
There's a picnic area there and other bits of green stuff, surely one sunny weekend you could persuade someone to accompany you there
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