Off to ECCLESHALL classic car show 2023

Join us at the Eccleshall classic car show 2023 as we head over to Staffordshire in the mighty Standard 8. The vehicle display is a large section within a one-day country/agricultural show, part of which is the classic car & other vehicles area. We weren't sure how many old vehicles would take part, given that this was our first visit, but we needn't have worried as there was a great turnout of classic cars, lorries, tractors and several interesting old motorcycles.
Highlights for me at the Eccleshall classic car show included interesting chats with the owner of a family-owned-from-new Triumph 2000 Mk1, and also conversation with the owner of a recently-refurbished Morris Minor Series 2 Traveller, a rare sight nowadays in the classic car world.
Other interesting cars spotted at Eccleshall included a super-rare Austin Victoria - basically a Spanish-built, booted, Austin 1100/1300 - plus a Citroen Traction Avant, an oddball 2CV-based Citroen Mehari, Vauxhall VX4/90 (FB Victor era), an immaculate A40 Farina Mk1, a swoopy Daimler Roadster of the 1950s, a 1940s La Salle, Bond Minicars, a "bullnose" two-stroke SAAB 96, and a 1927 Citroen tourer. It was definitely worth the trip over, we even managed to buy a few small gems ...
I hope this one is of interest, the classic car show calendar is beginning to slow down a little now after a frantic few months but there are still a few classic car events we hope to get along to over the next few weeks. I'll definitely be adding the Eccleshall classic car show to our calendar for 2024.
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[@oldclassiccarUK]

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[@giulianomarco]

😁👍

[@tomday7309]

This is great stuff! Those Ray Herritt's and Sons vehicles must have a fortune in signwriting on them! Thanks again for gifting us fans a cornucopia of vehicles.

[@matthewc.419]

@Old Classic Car , thank you for doing the " legwork " much appreciated, love them trucks .....I used to drive a Bedford TK many moons ago , immaculate collection of ......lovelly internal combustion , my love 4 oil will never die .....ever

[@michaeltutty1540]

What a great bunch of way cool cars. Fantastic video would nujbthstn

[@user-xz9dn2ub1x]

Great video of a very large car show Thank you😊

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bobspeller2225]

Good looking show. nice collection of cars, P1800for me. Cheers Bob

[@suzyhornsby1411]

Bravo to you both,enjoyed every minute.must say you both work hard with these videos.we look forward to watching them.just put my occ stickers in my consul mk2,i have owned her for 50 years.👏👏👏😊

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you're liking them!

[@hondamonkeyboy]

Another great video with some lovely cars and commercials. I bought a 1960 2 door saloon Morris Minor 499 HNN for £80 in 1974 which belonged to my uncle in Yeovil. It was a 948cc engine with trafficators. Unfortunately I was transferred with my job to Redhill in 1975 and by December 1976 the rigours of travelling weekly up from Somerset on a Monday morning and back home on a Friday afternoon proved too much for the old girl. I loved that car though and am forever perusing the Internet looking longingly at Minor 1000s. Alas at 70 and with no mechanical expertise my dream of reliving that part of my past seem unlikely.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

I am reminded of one of the many items we used to manufacture in an old English bakery here in Canada! ECCLESCAKES! Enjoying the old English Cars and trucks! CHEERS

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I did wonder about trying to include a pun relating to Eccles cakes in the thumbnail - but thought better of it :)

[@paulhelman2376]

Morgan's would be a favorite. Eccles cake is apparently enjoyed with tea and Lancshire cheese. But mainly there was Eccles by Spike Milligan who knew what time it was because a nice man had written it down for him on a piece of paper earlier in the day.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Born in 1962 i have very fond memories of the families and their family cars on my street. There was me and my older brother and sister in the back seat and we had enough space in the likes of Vauxhall Victor and such five seater salons but there was a family of six kids, parents and a dog all in a Morris Minor, another family on my street with five kids, parents and a small dog all crammed into a Austin A40. Different times.... Happy day`s.! Love your videos.

[@garyives1218]

Love those lorries!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yeah they're neat things aren't they

[@garyives1218]

1:45:11 Whoa o o o oooh, it's the Tom Jones of motorcars! She's a winner.

[@bellowsmain6762]

Excellent. 2 hours of pleasure. Tea on, biscuits out Sunday started. Thank you.

[@Vince_uk]

Good one RJ. I shudder to think what it must be like at OCC Base on Saturday evenings with both you and Harley editing for your Sunday uploads. it must cost an absolute fortune to keep those lorries on the road and in the excellent condition many are in. That also looks a first rate event. Harley's can look like an Aladdins Lamp. That W109 is magnificent

[@oldclassiccarUK]

We edit up the videos throughout the week then upload them with a few days to spare usually (not always!!), the uploads can take so long that I have to leave them running overnight quite often - and even then they're often still running well into the following morning, so it can take a lot of forward planning. Running out of space on the PC is another major problem. I might do a vid about making the vids sometime. Thanks as always for watching this stuff!

[@Vince_uk]

That is a good idea.@@oldclassiccarUK

[@colinmuddell9672]

Laughed out loud at your comment that the verrrrry flamboyant, but still stylish, black Buick is a Standard Vanguard on steriods!

[@Tedcowboy]

When I mentioned this to you in Sainburys I never imagined in my wildest dreams that you would make a two hour video on it!!!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I kept meaning to get to it. I visited down here years ago when the Tern Valley show was held this way so the journey down was familiar.

[@Tedcowboy]

@@oldclassiccarUK the young man with the black minor traveller that you interviewed is my friend's son, he works in the local pub.

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

I could look at these historic vehicles all day. Modern cars are soulless pap.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks, there are stacks of show visit videos on here now with more planned

[@harveyalan788]

Years ago, maybe 10 or 20, there was a t.v. commercial here in the U.S. that used a neat little van (I don't recall what they were selling) and I wanted one. Here in this video I learned that it was a Morris like the one beside the Bedford transporter. Thanks

[@1699bridgetown]

Thanks so much for doing such a detailed video of our local show. I was also there all day and missed so much of what you covered. Well done. You are right about that red E Type series 1 semi lightweight recreation, it gets super hot with the hard top on in the summer. Quite toasty on a typical spring morning mind. Those 4.2 Jaguar engines would make nice stoves! Next year please come into the classic car entrance with your Standard 8 and its £3 for the car and all passengers!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you liked it, if you know of anyone else who might find it of interest please forward the link. I'll definitely try and make it over to the next one!!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Fantastic show - thanks for uploading. I do tend to watch these larger videos in 30 min slots due to time constraints - hope this doesn't mess up your KZbin 'stats' too much re retention etc. Thanks again 👍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching, I guess many people do split them into shorter chunks (I'm sure the stats prefer single long views rather than multiple visits but that's what I'd do too!!!!)

[@allanriches9381]

What a great large show, fantastic to see not only the motorised section put the horse power as well. That red Mercedes SEL for sale looked very tempting.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yup the M-B is very nice (it was still for sale at an event we went to today), asking £30k ....

[@allanriches9381]

@@oldclassiccarUK nice but big $

[@oldclassiccarUK]

@@allanriches9381 Too much for me, esp when a 6 cylinder W108 is half that or less

[@richardmendham5278]

I ABSOULUTLY loved this video. I am a vehicle fanatic and do many of the Yorkshire. rallies. The furthest I go is Lincoln, unless I'm on holiday! I wasn't aware you did videos as well as the slide shows. Being of certain age, dad had many of these cars! I do have my own channel too. Please just ask if you are interested. A lot of my videos are rallies and museums etc. I wonder if you are familiar with a guy I follow from Stafford, GDB Recovery. Thank you for such a great video. Thank you for the longer film too. I hate these short videos that most vloggers do! Take care. Richard

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks yes there are loads of show walkarounds on here now, most quite loooong :) Post up your channel

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Exceptional ' value ' video R & H , wonderful content and commentary as usual and particularly like the anecdotes from enthusiastic owners , especially ones with a story of one-family ownership .Many beautiful vehicles indeed in caring hands .

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Cheers Roger, it's always neat to dig into the back stories on a few of the cars I/we spot at these events.

[@scottmaytham3578]

Coming from the states,I always expect the acceleration pedal to be on the left side and the clutch on the right.✌️💙🦍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

:-) My '20s Dodge had a centre throttle pedal, and an odd gear pattern, to keep me paying attention

[@daviddjerassi]

What a fantastic display and your love for those big trucks ,Sore arms and tired legs i bet Thank you for sharing a classic day out i hope you both home safely .

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ha yes my feet are permanently aching this time of year :)

[@daviddjerassi]

Maybe its time all your subscribers pooled some of our cash and purchased you a seat stick .@@oldclassiccarUK

[@kellybrickey4300]

I remembered a story when you were looking at the Saab bullnose. I was at the SWULCS show in Vegas years back. The owner of a bullnose Saab told said liked to brag about this Saab's overhead FANSHAFT, just to see the confused look.

[@captaccordion]

A few observations.... I very much liked the Triumph 2000 as well, and it had possibly the rarest part you'll ever see, that being the Triumph labelled blanking plate for the radio hole. Next, I had at one time a particularly good Vauxhall VX 4/90 FB, and I thought that it was so nearly a really good car. It just needed 1.8 litres instead of 1.6, and an overdrive. But really, I'm a Vanguard guy (when I'm not a Rover P6 guy). It was good to see the Phase I, though I own a Phase 3 estate, which was on the page your little book kept opening to!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ahh I'll have to keep looking out for those blanking plates in future! I do like a nice Phase 3 Vanguard wagon

[@captaccordion]

I'll send you some pics. What's your email address?

[@richardbooth4573]

Because of my brothers love for BC cars and VWs of that period i hav also taken an interest. Getting behind the wheel of an Austin Healey 3000 , Tr4 , MGB, Sprite, or Aston Martin has changed my perspective. Working on 67 bus, 72 Spitfire, 68 bug ,63 Porshe 356B ive changed my personal choices. I liked driving the MGB and TR6. i have not liked driving older British sports cars. The Porshe was fun but i dont recomend modified Beatles . They ride rough. i am tall and must have the drivers seat all the way back. The Sprite was too cramped Maxda Miata is suprisingly a comfortable fun car and probly as close to an Elan as im likely to get. i am building a project car using The Austin 1300 body that someone modified for a pickup. it now sits on a dune buggy frame and Karmin Ghia drive train. it sports a Spitfire gastank and steering wheel. Roshedale seats.

[@Oldspeed86]

🚨The long old classic car vids are the best 👍🛞✨✨

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks!! I try and upload a mix of long and short vids, the show season will be winding down so there'll be fewer longer vids until next year anyway.

[@Oldspeed86]

@@oldclassiccarUK they’re all great! Hope to make it over to the UK car shows!

[@Tedcowboy]

You are only just in Staffordshire. That field is about 3 miles from the Shropshire border.

[@anmarvanwyk2043]

I have a lot of working Ford D series trucks here in South Africa and Im very dissapointed because of the very little time you spent on that nice blue truck ....just walked passed it lol

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I feature as many lorries as I can, D Series feature in quite a few videos including - I think - those I did at Smallwood

[@anmarvanwyk2043]

The other white one is nicer and the grey Granada too ....thanks a lot ....very nice footage.

[@kellybrickey4300]

The Yellow and green MG at 1:22 made me think of a 1955 Studebaker Speedster in Lemon and Lime. LOL

[@oldclassiccarUK]

It was certainly eye-catching :)

[@jimshaver898]

I loved the video. I need some help please, I will be in the UK from Sept 30 till October 16, are there any classic car shows going on that I might be able to attend? Thanks, Jim in Canada

[@oldclassiccarUK]

It's getting quieter for shows etc, it depends where in the country you are, then maybe search around on google and facebook to see if there's anything coming up

[@dennisrobinson7587]

As well as draining the radiator in those old lorries.Somtimes a fire was made underneath the engine to get them started.Or Somtimes leaving them running overnight.

[@jdefyn]

ERF and Foden were family members, not necessarily always on speaking terms !

[@robertristinge4385]

The lower window in trucks on left side were so u could see cyclists or pedestrians , when doing a left turn .