Sorry guys, better late than never!
Here are my photos of the weekend:
Once again this year, Lizzie and I decided to camp over Saturday and Sunday night. We had planned to bring the Diplomat as that hasn't been to a show since the last vauxhall day at the Beaulieu motor museum in 2013!
Unfortunately, it's decided to spring a water leak so it's temporarily retired while I get it fixed, so we took the V6 instead.
We set of early Saturday morning and managed to arrive at the Billing aquadrome just before midday and had the tent up in no time. We're pros now you see
Once the tent was pitched it was time for a look around.
The food choice was again very good this year with a good variety of nutriment available!
The trade stands were also very good:
My haul of parts wasn't quite as fruitful as the VBOA national rally but I did manage to find a genuine GM bonnet release cable and a rear seat belt buckle with both clips intact!
This year they wre celebrating the 60th anniversary for the Cresta estate, 40th anniversary of the Astra and 30th anniversary of the Calibra. I must admit, the guys running the display excelled themselves, they were much more artistically displayed than the MK3 Cavs were last year.
Cresta estates:
Calibras and Astras:
There was an excellent turnout of cars, much more than last year:
It probably wasn't until at leat 3pm that I finally gave the car a wipe down and added it to the show:
Mmmm, shiny!
There were models of all shapes and ages with and excellent turnout of MK3 Cavaliers. Here are some of my favourites:
It wasn't long before my Dad turned up with my Mum:
This was my Mum's first outing to one of these events and I'm pleased to say she enjoyed herself.
Though this was a hideous looking beast, I did quite like the idea that anyone could come up and draw on it!
More cars:
Not sure if this was in the show or not, it may have just been visiting Billing by chance:
On the show ground i saw lots of familiar faces. It's always nice to see other peoples pride and joy and have a chat.
First I saw Steve, then was later joined by Ian, Alan, Mandi and Rob. Great to see everyone, probably the biggest meet up of forum members in a couple of years!
Alan's forever immaculate engine bay:
Unfortunately I relented to family pressure and had to depart for a customary game of crazy gulf:
When I returned the field was practically empty
but I was pleased to see Rob and Ian still there.
So what else was there to do but get in a line and take some photos. CavMk3OC forever!
My 1995 CDX V6:
Rob's 1994 LS:
Mike's (my Dad) 1993 CD:
Ian's 1990 GSi:
Form right to left; Ian, Carole & Mike (my parents), Rob and myself:
It was a great weekend, Vauxfest has matured nicely in it's second year, I'm already looking forward to the next one.