Under sunny skies, the fourth annual “British Car Days Of New Brunswick” classic car show was last weekend held on Bonar Law Common in Rexton where 26 cars of all types and conditions were displayed. Entries included a Land Rover, a rare Jaguar XK150 coupe and an even rarer 1927 Vauxhall roadster.
(Rexton is the birthplace of Andrew Bonar Law, the only Prime Minister of Great Britain to have been born outside the British Isles.)
The event included an optional two-part tour of the Rexton area on the Friday. It was both informative and different as it included mistakes in the route map, a visit to an elk farm and a meeting with the “Pumpkin Lady”, a unique Jardineville market gardener! An evening reception for entrants was held in the Bonar Law Museum building and hosted by the Village of Rexton and Mayor David Hanson.
Throughout the Saturday show day, a six-piece band played, hamburgers and hotdogs consumed and much classic car information exchanged between the visiting general public and the car owners. Highlight of the event, at least for FABAC members was the evening awards banquet where FABAC stole the show. First place for the Mayor’s Choice, People’s Choice and Participant’s Choice awards went to Curry A with his 1966 Austin-Healey Mk3 BJ8. Runner-up in the People’s Choice Award went to Karen (and Terry) J. with her 1960 Triumph TR3A. And to top it off, FABAC won the award for having the largest number of club entries (eight) beating the BATANS club most of whose members had chosen not to attend. (Their tour to PEI the following weekend conflicted apparently) John B. accepted the award on behalf of FABAC.
FABAC members Gary A and Karen/Terry J. attended the event just for the Saturday (Rexton is only a two and a half hour drive on good roads from Fredericton.) and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Members that missed the event missed an excellent one, very well organized, and in a gorgeous riverside setting. The event organizers are planning an even better one for next year, one not to be missed.
John B.
2 comments:
Well! Congratulations to the Alders, the Johnstons and to the flock of FABACians who made our club the winners of the special award for most participants. Hopefully, there will be a photo or two that might be shared. I'm proud of you all.
A it was a great event. Congratulations to Curry and Sherry on all 3 of their awards (a hat trick),to Karen and Terry for their Participants award and to all the FABAC participants for winning the Club with the most show participants.
All in all it was a great show.
Thanks,
Gary A
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