Beth and I had a fun trip to Windsor. We travelled with Ralph and Karen Holoke. They had their Jensen Healey and Beth and I took the TR6. No car troubles but the Digby ferry was pulled out of service for urgent service/repairs so our plans to visit Annapolis Royal were dashed.
This was only our second time at the Windsor British Car Festival. It was a much abbreviated version of the event because of covid but it was enjoyable never the less. Without exception, all of the entrants were quite proud of their “baby” and very willing to talk at length about their time with their car(s). It was interesting to hear person after person say they have more LBCs at home—either running or in some state of restoration. Still, some said that the one they had was their one and only Brit car ever—and these were people of retirement age. It's never too late to start!
The valve cover races were something I had heard of but, until this, had not seen an event. The care and attention to detail the participants took was almost excessive. The level of competition was elevated to Silverstone track levels! Lots of pride on the line there.
Our own club cars drew lots of attention. Ernst was kept busy answering the “what is it?, where did it come from?, and did they make more than one? “ types of questions and John at times had crowds of people interested in the GT Spitfire. Actually, at one point it looked as though he had a working pit crew. You will have to ask John about that. Ralph had lots of interest in his Jensen Healey. Ralph was one of two with Jensons there. The other was a CV8. I have to apologize here, as my pics of those two cars did not turn out. Both are worth looking up if you have not seen them before. I met another couple of club members there, Currie and his partner with their very fine Healey.
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There were so many cars there it would be too much to try to show each and every one. So, I have included just a sampling of the many – ones that I do not see that often. Lots of 'eye candy'.
Chris Daigle
2 comments:
Great write-up Chris!
Thanks for posting it and the pictures.
Rob E.
ace reporting from our FABAC cub reporter Thanks Chris for the summary of the weekend. He did neglect to report on one issue with the Jensen. It changed into a new category and was the winner of the EXXON VALDEZ prize for most oil consumed and/or spilled onto the road. The rear seal was bad when we left and non existent after a few hard highway miles. 37 years in a Texas barn takes its toll. total of 498 miles on the clock. whew.
Ralph H
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