Hurworth Classic Car Show 2013

Thought it about time that I stopped playing with orbs and got another automotive album started, this time for a fairly small show local to me which I attended back in the summer of 2013. The Hurworth Classic Car Show was organised in partnership with the Teesside Yesteryear Motor Club . There weren't all that many VWs there, but this gorgeous old camper would still have caught my eye had there been hundreds of them in attendance.

For a small show there sure were an awful lot of Minis on display, not that I was complaining especially when they were as tidy as this one.

Parked up alongside L402 GDC was this equally tidy model from 1991.

I think this shot of L402 GDC and H884 AAG parked up together is one of my favourite photos from the day.

A close up shot from the front for all you Mini fans.

Rear view of that gorgeous Mini Cooper from earlier.

And finally for the moment, here's another shot of these two lovely cars, but this time from the rear.

Like I said there were a lot of them about, but only one van as far as I can remember!

Another shot of that Mini van, this time slightly side on ... rather nice little thing!

Taken on my 'tippy toes' to try and get a clean shot without a cluttered background, this gorgeous Mk1 Sprite was immaculate. Conceived during the early months of 1956 at a meeting between Leonard Lord and Donald Healey, to fill a gap in the market left by demise of the MG midgets, which were replaced by the larger MGA. The target was to produce a sports car for the price of a Morris Minor - around £600. The design had to be simple and inexpensive to produce - and this was acheived with the cheeky looking car, which rapidly became known as the Frogeye (UK) or Bugeye (USA) due to the headlights standing up on top of the bonnet. The Mk1 was manufactured from 1958 to 1961 and the Sprite name lived in various guises until 1971 when the last Austin Sprites were produced. Source: www.austinhealeyclub.com/pages/sprites.html

Back on 'tippy toes' again, this time to get a clean shot from the other end!

Built in Detroit these replaced the earlier 62 Series and were available as a roadster, tourer, 2- and 4-door sedan, 5-window coupe, and a business coupe. This particular one is presumably a 21st Century import as it was only first registered here in 2001.

Built in Detroit these replaced the earlier 62 Series and were available as a roadster, tourer, 2- and 4-door sedan, 5-window coupe, and a business coupe. This particular one is presumably a 21st Century import as it was only first registered here in 2001.

I see this cute little Westie at a lot of the local shows I attend ... seems it isn't too keen on the rain!

The Austin A30 was a compact economy car launched at the 1951 Earls Court Motor Show. Produced from 1952 to 1956, it was replaced by the Austin A35.

Seem to remember this was one of the later arrivals, but even so, it was well worth waiting for as it appeared to be in fabulous condition.

I think I've said before that MGBs don't normally do it for me, yet every time I see this one I start to question that as it's a beautiful example of the model. Had to do a little work on this as there was another car coming into view in the top left hand corner of the field. Oh, and in case you're wondering I wasn't lucky enough to catch a woman in a red top in the distance ... she was there, but she had on a pale blue jumper and I thought it might be interesting to colour change what she had on to pick up on the car.

Despite my many years attending car shows I've always been pretty poor at distinguishing a Model A from a Model B. I think this is a Model B, but I'm not 100% sure. What I am sure of is that it isn't a 1949 Prefect, which is what the AutoTrader site thinks it is. I'm also sure that it's one of the cleanest hot rods I've seen at local shows in quite a while. UPDATE: Thanks to Renegade53 for confirming it's a 1932 Model B.