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Abingdon air and country show

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I went to this event for the first time yesterday. Largely an airshow (plane crash included :o ) but a lot of other stuff there including some classic cars. Obviously I had the camera so here are some of them.

I'll start with the Capris - a nice and rather rare 1.3

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Right, that's the Capris done then, it was the only one!
A few transatlantic stable mates

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The only Escort

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A nice Consul

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A few 'Yank Tanks'

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Some classic Brits

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My first car was a Marina coupe, albeit a 1.3, so nice to see one that hadn't turned to dust

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A nice VW Camper if you like that sort of thing

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Isn't it ugly at the front said the wife :shock:

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Ex Richard Burns rally car

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and a right hand drive from the start straight 8 Buick. At one time with the Brazilian Embassy in London

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and perfect for a picnic!

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Hi Peter,
Great selection of cars....A real classic car show :D

I attended a local show yesterday, and a very similar turnout of cars there too....I only saw 3 Capri's :headscratch:

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Great pictures Peter. Looks like you had good weather which must have helped the turnout, good selection of American cars, particularly like that Mach1 shape.
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Hi Peter,
Fantastic photos, thanks for sharing them. It looks like it was a great show with a good variety of cars, although the pick of the show has to be the Capri! :D

Thankfully it would appear that the pilot of the plane involved in the crash you mentioned wasn't seriously injured.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Hi Peter,
Fantastic photos, thanks for sharing them. It looks like it was a great show with a good variety of cars, although the pick of the show has to be the Capri! :D

Thankfully it would appear that the pilot of the plane involved in the crash you mentioned wasn't seriously injured.

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Thanks Andrew,

Yes, thankfully the pilot got lucky http://blog.inreachoftheskies.co.uk/#post1437
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Looks like a good show. "Isn't it ugly"! Your wife is the best. Don't get why they command such ridiculous prices. VW campers, not wives.
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Wish I'd known this was on Peter, looks like a good little show. Not far from me either. I know the airfield in Abingdon well.

I see my old mate Roger is there with his MGA (in the background of the picture of the Tobacco Leaf Rover P6 and Stag). That's no trailer Queen, it's got a highly tuned 1950 cc alloy head MGB engine putting out about 140BHP, he goes all over Europe in it.
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Paul G wrote:Wish I'd known this was on Peter, looks like a good little show. Not far from me either. I know the airfield in Abingdon well.
Ditto! I was only there a few weeks back as well as my dad had an experience day driving the General Lee used in the TV shows and films so would have been good to go, at least I know to keep an eye out for next time

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Paul G wrote:Wish I'd known this was on Peter, looks like a good little show. Not far from me either. I know the airfield in Abingdon well.
Yes Paul, a good show. Cars and planes, what more could you want!
You could have come and said hello - unless you got stuck in some of the queues to get in, seems traffic from Abingdon town wasn't well handled :(
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Great pic's Peter - have you seen the upcoming show for Blackbushes 75th Anniversary? Looks like a cracking show over 2 days.
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Looked like a great day out with some really nice classic cars. :cool:

Used to work on that base back in the late 80's. Had a Black 3ltr S X reg back then too. Memories!. :lowrider:
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It's a pity that we can't see all the photos because of Photobucket's new T&Cs.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:It's a pity that we can't see all the photos because of Photobucket's new T&Cs.

Andrew.

Indeed Andrew, a pita.

I've loaded most things up to Flickr now so I'm gradually putting them back. It's the same with Deal show, the car resto and everything else I've posted over the years :x
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