Kingsfold Vintage Vehicle Show 2007

...and so, to just a few of the sights and sounds of the Kingsfold show which took place over the weekend, we went along yesterday...

...oh and no, I don't think this was one of the exhibits (or if it was, it's needing a little in the way of restoration ;)

As a show, from what I read, it's only just celebrating it's 9th year in existence, so you can't hope to expect the same scale as Laughton or Ardingly, but it's still fairly well populated (even if not in huge numbers) by a group of displays of collections (mostly the usual suspects) -

- a superb collection of extremely unusual motorbikes/trikes -

- including one (that certainly appears to have been) made from an old VW Beetle chassis (*sharp intake of breath*) -

- a group who celebrate the past and present of banger racing -


- not that I suppose there is ever much left over of previously used vehicles (in that particular trade) to bring along to the shows... ;)

...lots of classics cars, in various states of restoration -


- or occupation -

- the big boys with their toys (Hello Al!) -

- a handful of stalls and rides (very little autojumble, mostly commercial or charity ) -


- but a bit in the way of home-made or local food (not the burger vans!) -


- a few bits of steam (both big, and small) -

- (if slightly disproportionately endowed in the chimney department in some cases, well, you know what they say about owning a flashy vehicle ;) -


- probably one of the biggest collections of static engines you can hope to find (although there is always a very good showing at most of the summer events from these guys) -

- loads of tractors (despite the fact there aren't any fields to plough at this show) and then some downright "interesting" other things too -

- late year sheep shearing (although they only managed one of them as the rest ran off) -

- the Sussex VW club managed to sneak in to camp (along with a few Land Rover owners, a fire engine and a handful of military vehicles) -

- a "del boy" van conversion into a single berth camper complete with bed, stove and cupboards(!) -

- and a very interesting tractor-trike...oh, and lots and lots of this kind of thing -

- but more on that later perhaps... :)

Kingsfold Vintage Vehicle Spectacular 2006

So we went to the grandly entitled "Kingsfold Vintage Vehicle Spectacular" today (after doing a spot of food shopping in Redhill, didn't need enough to merit the "Full Tesco"), first time we have ever been along to this show, and it wasn't a dissapointment, I think we were expecting something along the lines of the "Redhill Steam Fair" but it was actually probably one of the better ones I have been to this year, because, I think, of the added attractions like these deer (there were also other "smallholder" type animals like rabbits, sheep, chicken, even a donkey in residence -

- the obligatory stationary engines (performing a diverse range of demonstrations from pumping water, through grinding corn, to electricity generation) -

- and of course interplanetary exploration (you'll have to zoom that one in, hehe...) -

- quite a lot of (really interesting) shopping opportunities (not just mountains of rusty tools) -

- lots of the aforementioned "Vintage Vehicle"s in various states of restoration (this one is the main reason for our visit, to see Al's Scammell in all it's glory, restoration after 15(odd?) years under a tarp, rusting away on a farm, is proceeding apace(!) -

- the usual collection of embarrasingly amusing (for their shameless sexism!) signs around the place (which one cannot avoid!) -

- model boats enjoying the best playground I think I have ever seen at a show -

- (oh, another naughty sign example, sorry, but I must document, my duty as a citizen journalist ;) -

- and then on to the frankly astonishing - lurking in the woods (behind the indian teepee you saw a few shots ago) is the old wild-west town of "Deadwood" -

- still populated (everyone was in period costume!) -

- with shops, saloon, church/schoolhouse and restaurant -

- blacksmiths (etc.) -

- and even graveyard(!) -

- anyway, back to the main field we watched a few people flying kites in the kite field (apparently some years they have massive kites that can't get airbourne without being towed into the sky by smaller ones!) and then back to the arena to see the processions -

- some really nice exhibits that you don't see at Laughton, nor Ardingly -

- from local owners...entrance fee for all that lot? £3.50...watch out Laughton! :)

Great day out...might be one to consider exhibiting at next year, hanging out in Deadwood with the cowboys in the night time with all the oil lamps lit could be fantastic! ;)