Farm Show Ardingly South Of England

[Mad On Triumphs]

Well it won't be long now before we make the move up North, so in the meantime I've been to a farm show with the wife, at this show it had a few motorbikes and some cars, Haven't got much of an idea of what all the cars are, but I'm sure some of you out there will know them

 

[keystiger]

Hey A TOW TRUCK! Great pics Mad thanks for posting, that is WAY different from the Farm Shows round these parts.

 

[devo]

Haven't got much of an idea of what all the cars are, but I'm sure some of you out there will know them

From the top

Morris 8 series E 1947 ish ( I have owned 4 of these )

Model A ? midish 30s

early MG, T or midget maybe? (seeker to advise of details )

Austin 7 36ish

Triumph Herald convertible early 60s

same Austin 7

MG B? Midish 60s (Seeker to advise)

Hillman Minx early/mid 60s

Vauxhall Wyvern/Velox early ?mid 50s

Ford Zephyr Mk2 '56-'62

Ford Prefect 100E early 50s

Ford Anglia '46 /47 ish

Ford 10 ? latish 40s

Ford Anglia early 50s

Bradford pickup (I'm thinking mid late 30s)

Ford Anglia 105e early 60s (a long way from stock) ( I had one of these as a panel van running a 1500 with twin down draught dellortos and a ridiculous cam. Could never get it not to run rich till I threw away the top end and popped on a 1340 head with 1600 valves and a carb set up of a 1600 capri.)

Thames Trader tow truck '64.

 

[keystiger]

 

[DaveM]

Now that is one COOL farm show.

Oh Harry you went and missed one mate

 

[devo]

Now that is one COOL farm show.

Oh Harry you went and missed one mate

1936 Commer 1/2 ton truck.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

1936 Commer 1/2 ton truck.

Wow impressive, bet you'd do well on a quiz show. My hat is off to you.

 

[Sketchy Snr]

Very cool Mad thanks for sharing. As Harry said some of these I have owned or been in as mates or brothers have owned. A V8 Anglia nuts.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

OK here are a few more pics of this farm show that we went to yesterday. Name that tractor, I know it's not a Harley. Wanda our dog was eyeing up her dinner ( A Duck ), she never had it in the end
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[CarlS]

Great pics. That is nothing like the the farm shows here! I would like to have been there. Thanks for including pics of the tractors. I like old tractors.

@ Harry. Great job of identification. I did not know Bradford pickup or the Thames Trader tow truck. The Ford Model A is a 1928 or 1929. The 28-28's has the cowl off set from the body. On the 30-31's the cowl tapered smoothly to the body. The radiator shells are so different on the 28 - 29's. The Model A's were produced from 1928 through 1931. I have owned a 1929 and a 1931.

 

[devo]

cheers Carl
Most of the years were guesses, covered by the ish's.

 

[DaveM]

1936 Commer 1/2 ton truck.

You sure do know those old one hey

 

[CarlS]

Well, all I can say is your guesses were pretty darn good! I'm impressed.

You can differentiate between 30 and 31's by the radiator shell. The insert at the top of the shell on the 31's is painted the same as the body color. On the 30's it is polished metal.

 

[hemibee]

That's some Mad photos, thanks for sharing.

The Ford Model A is a 1928 or 1929.

It looks like a '28 on the bottom half of the grill shell. If I remember correctly, the '29 wasn't flat across the bottom of the shell.

 

[devo]

1936 Commer 1/2 ton truck.

Wow impressive, bet you'd do well on a quiz show. My hat is off to you.

You sure do know those old one hey

That '36 commer claim was a joke
I could no more see what it was than you guys.

 

[DaveM]

That '36 commer claim was a joke
I could no more see what it was than you guys.

Oh man Harry now you just ruined my faith in humanity

 

[harper6t]

Hey that's neat, my sister and family lived in Ardingly for a year or so back in 1990 - school teacher exchange. My wife and I visited her and loved it there, it was of course spring/summer so the weather was great. I'd love to get back there one day.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Hey that's neat, my sister and family lived in Ardingly for a year or so back in 1990 - school teacher exchange. My wife and I visited her and loved it there, it was of course spring/summer so the weather was great. I'd love to get back there one day.

My word isn't it a small world, you should have visited this year if you could have, the traditional English summer of warm rain day in day out, was replaced with, wait for it Sun = Total shock look. Yes who on earth would have thought that England and the UK in general could have had such a thing, but it happened, oh well only another 50 years to go before the next one comes along