Here are some photos from the Good Friday show Wheels Day, at the new venue of Dunsfold Aerodrome (where Top Gear is filmed) in Surrey. This traditionally the first big car show of the season and especially popular with enthusiasts of American cars.

1990 Alfa Romeo 33:


1995 Alfa Romeo 155:


1970 Audi 100:


1980 BMW E21 316 drag car:


1949 Buick Super:


1969 Buick Skylark GS350:


the only two GM H-bodies I saw (apart from my own) were these two Buick Le Sabres, an '88 and a '97:



1970 Cadillac Eldorado:


1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Ute:


1949 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup:


1955 Chevrolet 1-50 Handyman:


1974 Chevrolet Blazer K5:


1974 Chevrolet Caprice:


1985 Chevrolet El Camino SS:


1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS:


1998 Chevrolet Corvette:


1964 Chrysler New Yorker:


1967 Chrysler New Yorker:


1969 Chrysler 300:


1926 Citroen B2:


1978 Datsun 620 Pickup:


1956 De Soto Firedome:


1959 De Soto Fireflyte:


1939 Dodge D11:


1968 Dodge A100:


1995 Dodge Viper RT/10:


1959 Edsel Villager:


1971 Fiat 128 Estate:


1956 Ford F-100:


1957 Ford F-100:


1962 Ford Falcon Squire:


two 1970 Ford Rancheros:


1963 GMC Suburban:


1959 Hillman Minx Estate:


two 1953 Hudson Hornets:



1966 Imperial Crown:


circa 1945 Jeep MB Station Wagon:


circa 1975 Jeep DJ-5 postal van:


1973 Jensen Healey:


Kougar Sports:


1984 Mazda 323:


1955 Mercury Montclair:


1958 Mercury Park Lane:


1961 Mercury Comet:


1969 Mercury Montego Cyclone Spoiler:


1972 Mercury Montego GT:


1976 Oldsmobile Toronado:


1954 Plymouth Savoy:


1965 Plymouth Valiant:


two 1969 Plymouth Furys:



1970 Plymouth Sport Fury:


1973 Plymouth Duster:


1940 Pontiac Special Six:


1950 Pontiac Chieftain:


1960 Pontiac Catalina:


1966 Pontiac Executive:


1967 Pontiac Bonneville:


1962 Studebaker Lark:


1980 Toyota Crown:


2005 TVR Sagaris:


1980 Volkswagen Scirocco Mk1 Storm:


1983 Zimmer Golden Spirit:

A friend of mine when I was in tech school had a Duster IDENTICLE to the 73 pictured. Cool pictures, looks like a lot of fun!!!

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*Chris*

15 Nissan Altima 2.5SL/2004 Honda Shadow 750 Aero
Previous, 07 GP SE, 06 GP GXP, 97 SSE 40th, 96 LeSabre Custom, 93 SLE, 90 LeSabre Custom

Thanks for posting! I like how old LeSabres can enter a car show and get looks across the pond while over here they sit rotting in junkyards.

Overall it seems like you have a lot more cooler cars over there than we do here.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles

So do I!. That's my '89 Le Sabre in Simons pics.

Simon, did you have trouble getting in and parked?.
It seems a lot of people queued for hours only to be told the show was full and got turned away, I had to queue for ages and just got parked where there was a gap.
Surrey Street Rodders (the organisers) have withdrawn their facebook page due to the flaming comments. I hope they don't decide not to bother next year.

Roger.

I didn't realise that was your car! I also didn't realise it was an '89... I thought it was an '88 - I think the 'E' plate threw me off!

I think the car parking marshalling was just really dis-organised, and too slow. A shame as it's a great show. I got there early, about 9am, and drove straight onto the site, but I still had to wait about 25 minutes before I finally got parked up, just because the marshalling was so painfully slow. It was unnessary at that time of the morning - they would have been better off just letting people park themselves until it got too busy. The traffic queues for Wheels Day have always been bad though - the best advice is to get there early!

So much for the new venue offering more space! The Dunsfold site is certainly huge, but the space allocated to the show seemed to be smaller than at the old venue near Aldershot. Go figure.

loved going through these photos, so fun! I think my favorite is the '60 Catalina, I think that's a really cool paint job!

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- Rachael

No way! My first car was a '64 Chrysler Newport (no, Dick, I didn't buy it new ). Looked very much like this but it was a 2 door hardtop. Had a 361 ci V8 with a pushbutton transmission and glass-pack dual exhaust. That thing would do 80 mph in first gear (man, I was hard on that car). I wish I still had that car. But, then, I wish I still had the car I replaced it with - a '67 Camaro with a 302.

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Screw you, Photobucket.

^ That's actually the first time I've ever seen a '64 Chrysler. The '63-'64s Chryslers seem especially rare. I've seen a few '65s & '66s over the years, and the earlier 'fins and chrome'-era cars, but never a '64. That one was in stunning condition too.

Identical too. LOL.

Looks Good Simon! I'd love to make it over to your side of the pond someday...

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RIP sandrock