Classic Wheels at Willington, 26 May 2019

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My friend Mervyn held his annual Sunday afternoon show in his home village of Willington today. The weather put a few off and I saw a couple of cars that had only just arrived disappear at the first sign of rain, but there was still plenty to see.

Front-error

1993 Vauxhall Frontera 2.3TD by Adam Floyd, on Flickr 

Back-terror

1993 Vauxhall Frontera 2.3TD by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Starmist is special, said the brochure. Yes, yes it is.

1990 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Starmist by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

The ultimate Cavalier, yet it looks like it's been Barried with a cheap bodykit

1988 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i Calibre by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Delightfully shabby pineapple-free Beetle

1967 Volkswagen Beetle 1500 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

So bASe it doesn't even have a bootlid

1955 Standard Eight by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

This made awesome noises

2004 MG XPower SV by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Seems strange that Canada was once Vauxhall's biggest export market

1959 Vauxhall Velox (Canadian-spec) by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

This Cresta is a regular, always in the same brilliant 1980s timewarp condition

1971 Vauxhall Cresta Deluxe by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Can't remember when I last saw one of these

1991 Seat Marbella Splash by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Looks like an overgrown Mini Moke but it's a post-war replacement for the Jeep

1971 Ford MUTT M151A2 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

And the MUTT was replaced by the Humvee. It's quite large.

1987 AM General HMMWV M998 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Great colour

1991 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Da copz

1990 Chevrolet Caprice by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Black Nissan massiv

1989 Nissan Sunny ZX Coupe 1.8 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

1988 Nissan Bluebird Turbo ZX by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

OSF tax in action - this was £14,500!

1983 Ford Capri 2.8i by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Or the same chap would sell you this Volvo for £17,750

1967 Volvo P1800S by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

And the Maxi clocked up 40,000 miles on the way home!