It’s all about 2TOTM at the Carrington Arms in Ashby Folville! No, I’m not referring to some sort of satellite navigation device, but the classic car and bike meet that happens on the second Tuesday of the month (geddit?, You’ll remember it now!).
The cricket ground is opened up to a spectrum of cars ranging from the rare to the ridiculous and everything in between. From Kit cars to hot rods it’s all here.
The first car that caught my eye was a rare Moskvitch sporting a roof rack and suitably eastern block accessories. This particular car had celebrity ties having been used in the film “Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution” starring Catherine Tate. There were two cars used in the film and the owner of this one bought the pair!
This super clean Manta GTE hatch was un-restored and even still wearing its factory paint! These pics don’t even begin to tell the story of how clean it was; such a nice car.
Sat in the middle of a quartet of fast Fords including a Lotus Cortina, Escort Mexico and Lotus twin cam Anglia was this 60’s street racer look Anglia. It was super clean with all unnecessary trim removed, smoothed or colour coded. Power was provided courtesy of a fruity pre-cross flow.
By around 6.30 the field was packed!
Diversity? A Ford Galaxy and a Mitsubishi Evo parked together!
And the oldest car in attendance award goes to...
This hot rod rattled some windows on entry and was certainly a favourite with the crowds.
Check out the rest of the pics from the meet on our Photostream and see how many time you say “I’ve not seen one of those for a while” out loud!
It’s also worth mentioning that they have a BBQ as well as curry and chilli on the go, so if you are heading over straight after work you can get a good feed too!
Good pub, good food, good crowd, great atmosphere and amazing cars; a perfect way to spend a spring evening! Hope to see you at the next 2TOTM!
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