Local shows - Arminghall and Rickinghall

[Spottedlaurel]

I'm lucky to have these two local shows held regularly through the year, they take place on non-clashing Saturday mornings so I can get along to them without it taking up too much of a weekend. Usually people I know at them so I can be one of those old boys taking nonsense and both have autojumbles so I can spend a bit of pocket money on things I don't need.

Arminghall (Norwich) last weekend:

Great to see the 164 of @wuvvum out and about, which found itself in appropriately AS-worthy company. The 2000E in the background was rather nice.

And the other 164.

929 coupe a fairly recent import. Last time I remember seeing one in the wild was in France back in 1996.

Could also have gone in the wheel trim crimes thread?

I really, really like 4-door hardtop land yachts.

I have a bit of a soft spot for P5B coupes too.

Mk3 estates are so good-looking. A bit of patina to this one.

Local Celica gang.

Another one turned up later on.

The lad who owns this SA import Corolla is a regular the local Japanese car meets, he also has a Carina II estate.

Bright and tidy Ghia.

[Spottedlaurel]

And Rickinghall yesterday, nice village which is just into Suffolk:

My company for the morning.

Turns out this one belongs to a friend of @Semi-C. Had a dealer sticker from a garage that was very local to where I lived in Ipswich and was sold new by McNamara in town. Apparently stashed in a lorry body and forgotten for something like 26 years.

Coupe comparison. The Cavalier is a regular, and it turns out I know the Capri's owner through work I did for his company back in 2008. I recall him having it back then stashed away in the garage, he's just finished restoring it and he's taken the V6 out to 3.4-litre.

GTV a 2-litre, would have been interesting to see it alongside the Capri etc. XJ-C in the background is another regular, always looks very smart and that '70s colour is just perfect for it.

 

I liked this one, apparently they're putting it up for sale once they've got some scratches repaired.

Both of these were for sale, £4890 on the Ami and £2890 for the GS. The latter a bit of an oddity, apparently an import from SA.

What I like about these shows is seeing cars which have been local from new, the Sierra GT from North Suffolk and the Capri from Norfolk. The latter had a couple of nice older photos and some info about it:

 

Didn't immediately know what this was, apparently a 1959 Bucker DD2 Mistral. A quick search brought up a page with loads of history about this very car: https://classicsglemham.org.uk/1959-buckler-dd2-mistral-1

And finally, one for @eddyramrod

I believe Arminghall is done for 2025, but there will be at least one more of the monthly Rickinghall events, maybe November too if the weather is OK.

[agent]

Been meaning to get down to Arminghall for years as it's by far the most local show to me, looks like a good variety of cars there too. Usually discover it was on from seeing it pop up in your posts here instead so must make more of an effort next year I guess!

[Spottedlaurel]

8 minutes ago, agent said:

Been meaning to get down to Arminghall for years as it's by far the most local show to me, looks like a good variety of cars there too. Usually discover it was on from seeing it pop up in your posts here instead so must make more of an effort next year I guess!

Yup, definitely worth a trip there. Get there earlier rather than later though.

[Snipes]

I use to wonder why the Celica club seems to have gone pretty quiet but then I remember the youngest Celica is almost 20 years old.