We visit Audlem Festival of Transport 2022 | Includes car FAIL, Triumph Mayflower talk & more

Every year the Audlem Festival of Transport appears on our radar and we take something along, this year we decided upon a dual entry - dad in the 1956 Standard 8, and me in the 1924 Dodge, accompanied by Harley and Mrs OCC. Both cars were given a spruce-up, a fresh drink of petrol, and set off in very damp weather over to Hankelow, from where a leisurely classic cars road run takes place down to Audlem and the local playing fields where the cars congregate for the remainder of the day.
At least that was the plan, alas the Standard decided to expire part way through the journey, resulting in us abandoning it in a helpful farmer's yard while we carried on, all piled into the Dodge. Initial prodding suggested a fuel supply issue rather than anything relating to damp weather, but more on that in a future vid once I've had a proper peer under its bonnet to see what caused the fail.
The lousy weather soon cleared and by the time of the convoy into Audlem itself at 11am, the weather gods were shining down upon us, as they did for the remainder of the day.
Stand-out exhibits for me this year included an immaculate vintage Austin 12/4, a "Royal Navy" liveried Bedford lorry - complete with boat and trailer hitched to the rear, a very unusual Lada estate, a 3-door SAAB 99 turbo, a flotilla of sidevalve Fords, an incredible Albion char-a-banc, and a glistening Jaguar Mk9. Thanks also to the owner of the immaculate 1952 Triumph Mayflower who agreed to having a chat about his car for this video. Classic & vintage cars as far as the eye could see, plus bonus aerial visitations from an Avro Anson and a North American T28 Trojan.
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[@oldclassiccarUK]

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[@mattlawton4715]

Was the standard on an a frame 👍🤣

[@rydermike33]

What a terrific show, sorry I missed it! But thanks very much for great coverage, as usual. Hope the little Standard is now back in fine health.

[@chrispritchard4676]

Thank you for putting this video together. Such a varied selection from a time when motoring manufacturers took pleasure in their designs. We are so fortunate to having experienced this motoring age.

[@melb6528]

On a day hosepipe bans are in the news because of the dry hot weather it was nice to see the rain falling, just a pity it rained on the show, Lovely video.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Mel yes it was very damp on many occasions over the weekend, back to more summery weather now though

[@neilfromdownunder9204]

Your shows are always interesting and your wealth of knowledge on all these old cars makes it easy for us from afar to be able to see the differences in make and models, but the knowledge of the history of your old Dodge is especially interesting as it seems to have started life on the road in my home town of Adelaide and spent most of its life in Australia. Thank you so much for sharing and I always look forward to the arrival of your next video.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Neil, glad you like this stuff!

[@hirundine44]

Super show...!

[@bobspeller2225]

Another great event and a good review of the vehicles. Thanks Bob

[@anthonyeverett1391]

Very nice I injoyed it a lot this classic car video thank you sir 😊👍

[@adrianrover3474]

Hi Rick. Thanks again for another great video and, yes, the Mayflower was very nice indeed - that was a treat. Great that you captured it driving in as well as the interview with the owner. It interested me as I have one. It was also a treat to see the Austin A35 drive in. I agree with Vince - that Mk IX Jaguar was impressive, as were others. Nice to see so many locals out watching and waving. Hope all goes well with the Standard 8, that it's nothing major. Glad the weather improved for the event. Cheers. Adrian.

[@gerardlacey9384]

Lovely video, God there were some beautiful cars manufactured in the past, even ordinary family cars. Glad ye had a nice day!, lovely to hear the live jazz!. Many thanks again, best wishes. Gérard.

[@generaladmi]

Thank you very much for the great report. wonderful report.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Daniel

[@rogerflegg7558]

Hi, thanks for the great video of the Audlem festival and the inclusion of our conversation across my Mayflower bonnet. It was an interesting day with so many well preserved and unusual vehicles.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks again for takiing the time out to show me around it

[@allanriches9381]

Top class show that one. Hope the Standard 8 is a small issue.

[@markholroyde9412]

That Catalina was at our Hebden Bridge show yesterday, there was a Triumph Vitesse there what has to be the best restored car in the UK, bar none, never seen anything like it, even the wishbones and susp had 20 coats of black paint polished to perfection, brake pipes were chrome plated, it was incredible work by the 70 odd year old owner.

[@scottstrails9369]

Superb..thanks

[@stephenoliver1437]

Keep it up classic video man lovely and very interesting to watch

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Stephen

[@jeffking4176]

Another great one. 🚗🙂

[@keithbranks8816]

A great day for it absolutely brilliant the whole family it with me almost as good as being there thanks ☺️☺️

[@chriswalford9228]

The Morris oxford. My dad had a black one red interior . Many a happy journeys my sister and me sliding around one the back seat off on the 4-5 hour trip on summer holidays from Portsmouth to Exeter. Little side note my Dad made one of, if not the first fire proof petrol tank for Jim Clark. I remember the oxfords tank had a leak and he sort of re engineered it using the process of the Jim Clark one.

[@michaeltreadwell777]

Thanks Rick for another brillient video. Shame about the Standard, let's hope it is something simple to fix. I love the Triumph Mayflower - always dreamed of owning one. Someone near me used to have one, but I don't see it any more. He has a couple of other cars though, seen out and about occasionally on nice days - a Mk1 Ford Consul Capri, and an Austin A35 Pick Up. Shame about the rain there, but oh how it's needed now ! Thanks again - take care.

[@paulcuttiford5122]

Hi, Nice to see Ford corsairs I had 2 back in the day & also a blue consul classic.

[@Vince_uk]

PIty about the weather and I am totally surprised you had issues with the Standard. the joys of motoring but a good video though. You are made of tougher stuff than I am, I wouldn't have ventured out I am afraid in that. The Jaguar MK IX is magnificent. I can imagine much washing, leathering and polishing after that day.What a lovely day out despite the weather initially.

[@royhaines9510]

The MGA with the recessed radiator grill came after the grill that came to the front along with the dual indicator / sidelights

[@levelcrossing150]

Great shows. Regarding the two MGA grills, the recessed grill is like the grill fitted to a Twin Cam I used to know. I'm fairly sure that the owner pointed out that it was the Twin Cam grill which was unique to that model. The Twin Cam badges are visible next to the vents situated far back in between the bonnet and the front wings.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ah ok thanks I'll look into that a bit more then

[@ianowston2485]

The recessed grilles were fitted to the last of the line, the MGA Mk. 2 (1622 cc). I think they made about 1,800 no. before ceasing production in 1962.

[@stevemaynards.g.t]

Brilliant hope standerd be ok...😎👍

[@garywalker3818]

good blog mate and you can not bet the old cars vans just subscribe to you Gary from Crewe 👍👍👍👍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Gary!

[@wordsmith52]

Although the Mayflower looked very nice inside, I seem to recall that they had a certain amount of wood crafted into them - or were these only for the ''super-deluxe' or USA export versions? (Or maybe just mistaken.)

[@rogerflegg7558]

This has got me thinking. I have looked through my parts book for the Mayflower and there are no recognisable wooden “bits”. I would expect that the most probable wood additions would be door caps or a veneer facia behind the instrument cluster but I can’t find anything. With the majority of production sent to the US, South Africa and Australia it is possible that cars were “upgraded “ locally. I know some cars sent to Australia in kit form had a pick up body fitted.

[@wordsmith52]

@@rogerflegg7558 Thanks. I seem to recall seeing a video on YT where a USA owner had restored their lhd Mayflower and that it was remarked how much it resembled a scaled down version of a RR (in looks anyway). I thought I saw a wooden dash and door cappings. It had white wall tyres and silver gunmetal type paint. It looked very smart. Maybe they upgraded it themselves. I wish I could find the video.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I think the slightly larger Renown has ash framing?

[@wordsmith52]

@@oldclassiccarUK Yes, that must have been the one. It certainly had a wood dash and door cappings and looked like a compact RR. Mrs Thatcher as a young housewife in the late 1950s was shown driving one of these in the film "Iron Lady". Whether she ever did in real life I do not know!

[@coopersrace7277]

Great video as usual. Hope you retrieved your other car without too many problems. Just wondering what you use in the Dodge radiator. Do you use a modern coolant or something special? I assume the Dodge has an unpressurised cooling system?

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi, just the usual a/f mix, yes unpressurised but it does have a pump

[@whiteonggoy7009]

An alladines cave...thank you sir

[@sidm3300]

Another cracking video with some gorgeous cars. Interesting to see two vintage aircraft too, one looked very much like a 1946 Douglas A-1 Skyraider 49:31 and a 1935-ish Avro Anson 50:21. Is there a historic aircraft airfield nearby?

[@oldclassiccarUK]

The Anson was over from Sleap, I don't know where the Trojan flew from (not local despite the gear being down)

[@Mmmmetro]

Am I right in thinking that your beautiful Dodge is Stoke registered? Fantastic videos as always, thanks.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks Paul, the BF series I think was originally over Lincs way. Many old cars that have either lost their original registrations, or have been imported and are being registered for the first time, find themselves being allocated a BF-series registration by DVLA. Presumably many regs in this series were never allocated or needed back in the day, hence are available to use now as necessary.

[@fatimalayla262]

25:00 2CV?

[@christophercumings6827]

Later MGAs had the recessed grill

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ah ok thanks

[@keithbird8910]

What beats me is, how the heck are these cars that are 50, 60, 70 years old rust free??

[@oldclassiccarUK]

By now the inevitable rusty bits will have long since been replaced with fresh metal on most cars. Saying that, cars like my 1952 Ford still have all their original panels, mainly because (in this case) it was laid up in a dry shed for 50-60 years :)

[@nigelbeaumont1109]

Sadly you can’t rely on the English weather for anything…

[@nigelbeaumont1109]

That’s why I moved to the US in 1987.