Skegness

The Boston Classic Car Show rally in the Tower Gardens, Skegness.
Many popular models were exhibited, including a Rolls Royce, Austin, MG, Toyota, Hillman and a Mini.

Skegness News on Video asked a number of proud classic car owners to tell us about their cars.

The owner of this Toyota MR2 Mark 1 Supercharger told us that these cars were originally made in 1984. They were initially on sale in the UK in 1985. This particular car was imported from Japan in 1987. They were never sold in England and was only about fifty of the models ever imported and of these only thirty five are left.

This is a 1963 MGB Roadster, It was restored in 1989 by an enthusiast in Harrogate. The present owner has had it for the last ten years.
The owner explained that it takes him one and a half hours to clean each wheel!

A 1957 Austin Metropolitan made for the American market. There were 102,000 of these cars made by Austin for the American market. 96.000 of these went to the United States. There are currently fifty two of these cars on the road in the United Kingdom.

This car is a Morris, and dates back to 1947. It was restored in 2002, having the same owner for this number of years. It was originally black but has been resprayed red. The mileage is a mere 46,000.

Wrangle Show

Vintage and Classic Car owners from both local and national clubs held a rally at Wrangle Country Show.

Exhibits included this 1961 Consul Zodiac classic car, which is owned by Mr Eddie Gibbs from New Leak near Boston Lincolnshire.

Mr Gibbs is a member of the national Ford MkII Consul Zephyr and Zodiac Owners Club

This is a 1951 Morris 1 tonne PV Commercial Van.
It is owned by Mr Dennis Blanchard of Spilsby (photo below), Lincolnshire, who is a member of the Morris Commercial Club. Mr Blanchard said that the van was bought locally in Stickney from Wood’s Garage, and the seller’s plate is still in place over the windscreen of the vehicle. The Morris van was first owned by a Mr & Mrs Simpson who used it from 1951 to 1966 to collect eggs from the local farms.

Mr Blanchard (left) tells us about the license discs displayed on the vehicle.
The disc on the left of the photo is the original license. It expired in December 1966 and cost £36 per year.
The disc below is the C license, for Ivy and David Simpson, and it expired in August 1969.