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... :)