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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
In photos: Hundreds of classic car owners gather in Southend for car show
HUNDREDS of classic car owners have gathered for a classic car run and show, bringing together a wide range of vintage vehicles from across south Essex. Southchurch Park, Southend played host to a classic car show yesterday July 27, put together by South Eastern Vintage and Classic Vehicle Club and bringing other cars clubs from across the county together. Vintage - Classic cars arrived at Southchurch Park, Southend. (Image: Richard Turner) The park was the final destination of a London to Southend circuit run, where car owners convoyed from Fairlop Waters Country Park in Ilford to Southchurch Park as the final destination for the car show. The South Eastern Vintage and Classic Vehicle Club hosts this annual pilgrimage to Southend, with variations on the final destination of the car show changing each year. Run - The cars drove in convoy from London to Southend. (Image: Richard Turner) Drivers headed out onto the winding lanes of the Essex countryside, covering approximately 50 miles before dropping down on to Southend on Sea. The event was sponsored by Atspeed Classic Engine Tuning and Elite Mot Ltd, supported by Essex based funeral directors T. Cribb and Sons. Gathering - The event attracted many to check out the wheels. (Image: Richard Turner) The event brought together vehicles from across the 20th century, in addition to some more modern yet quirky models. It was open to all vehicles, including cars, bikes, light goods and military age 25 and older. Variety - The car show brought together a wide range of vehicles. (Image: Richard Turner) Canvey Island Classic Car Owners Club was one of the car clubs in attendance, joining with other car groups from across the county. Read more Car insurance in Southend sees significant drop despite remaining regional highest Free parking trial to be introduced at south Essex council's car parks 'Need to test this!' - Celebrity mathematician shares hack to cool your car fast Retro - Cars from a bygone age were on display. (Image: Richard Turner) For more information on how to get involved with classic car events in south Essex, visit
New York Times
19-07-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
Rétromobile Is Heading to New York
In February over five days at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles convention center, 146,000 people attended an event that has been on the Paris show calendar since 1976. There were oysters from Normandy, Champagne and caviar, along with $300 driving shoes and $1,000 leather jackets. But the classic cars — plus the vintage automobile headlights, taillight lenses, radios and other bric-a-brac for sale on nearby tables — were a sure sign that this was not a fashion gala. Rather, it was a car show, French style. Rétromobile to be exact, an indoor colossus that is coming to the Javits Convention Center for the first time in November 2026. Rétromobile is unknown to many Americans who are not immersed in the international vintage car scene. It combines a high-end, classic car auction with displays from European and North American classic car dealers and parts sellers. There are vendors of virtually every classic-car product imaginable, including apparel and automotive artwork. In an interview in June, David Gooding, founder of the auction company Gooding & Company, compared it to Art Basel for cars. The show's ability to surprise and delight with pieces like World War I tanks and early steam-powered vehicles are its calling card. There are no corn dogs or fried Twinkies, but plenty of lobster salad and French wines. Now the big question is, will the show strike a similar chord with a predominantly American audience? Attendance at Rétromobile Paris has been rising since the pandemic, to 146,000 last year from 122,000 in 2022. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
CTV News
29-06-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Maidstone Museum Car Show
MAIDSTONE MUSEUM CAR WINDSOR Car fanatics pulled up to the Maidstone Museum for their first ever car show.
Car and Driver
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
How I Became a Death-Defying 'Danger Angel'
From the June 1995 issue of Car and Driver. The most convincing testimony as to the driving skills of the daredevil flock that has evolved into the Joie Chitwood Chevy Thunder Show is that, in more than 50 years of crash-and-burn mayhem, only two drivers associated with the Chitwoods—one a guy called Lucky—have been killed in the line of duty. The stunt that killed Lucky Teeter at the Indianapolis State Fair during World War II was called "The Aerial Rocket Car Leap." Lucky had dreamed it up a decade earlier. It's a ramp-to-ramp leap in a car, and when his vehicle fell short of the second ramp, that was it for Lucky. After Lucky went to his reward, a young stuntman in his troupe named Joie Chitwood bought his equipment and started his own show. And when Joie died in 1988, he left behind his name and his show to his sons Joie Jr. and Tim. The rocket leap is now the specialty of 39-year-old Tim Chitwood. For 29 years, Tim has made a living spinning cars around on a dime and turning them into metal roughage. For this, the show's grand finale, he drives a Chevy Camaro full-throttle into the mouth of a steel tube just eight feet in diameter and 20 feet long. Barreling upward through it, he launches the Camaro through a shower of fireworks and over a row of four or five junkers before he lands some 65 feet away. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver The Chitwood fleet of Chevys. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Lattimore creates the Wall of Doom. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Dominick teaches Padgett the finer points of groping a 1978 Olds. As I will soon find out, the interaction between the fire and my skull will deliver the same thrill, approximately, as breaking down a locked door with my forehead. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Dick Kelley | Car and Driver The team also buys a not-so-fresh set of junkyard-ready bombers for each fair, and subjects each one to a unique form of mercy killing. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver I scribble frantically to keep up. How fast do we go anyway, Bill? "It's about 50. The faster you go through, the less you feel it." Dick Kelley | Car and Driver The Chitwood Danger Angels line up and then instantly break out of formation, leap into the Chevys, and erupt into a spray of dirt on the main straightaway. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Tim heads for the Ferris wheel—sideways. Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Dick Kelley | Car and Driver Dick Kelley | Car and Driver
The Sun
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Sun
Petrolhead comedy star lands brand new car show showcasing flashiest custom motors across the UK
HE'S made no secret of being a petrolhead since he started acting – and now Guz Khan is about to hop into the driver's seat as the host of a new car show. The series, which began filming earlier this month, will see the comedian joined by guests with flash customised and modified motors in a look at the weirdest and wackiest cars across the UK. 6 Guz Khan's Custom Cars, which is expected to launch on Quest next year and is being made by the company behind BBC hit The Repair Shop, could also feature celebrity guest appearances much like the BBC's Top Gear. An insider told me: 'Every type of motor, past, present, and future will make its appearance in this exciting new format, with Guz guiding audiences through a rabbit hole of truly fascinating cars. 'Guz has been attempting to modify his own car so to help inspire him, he will embark on a journey to discover cars as unconventional as their owners. Casting teams for the series worked around the clock to source contributors for the series, who were willing to have their wheels displayed in front of the nation. 'Expect to see the unexpected when it comes to these modified motors — this isn't your regular car series. 'He will test drive their creations and learn more about what modifications can do for cars, as he makes his own journey from 'car purist' to 'car modder'. 'And of course it won't be without elements of comedy, it's only natural with Guz in the hosting seat.' It's a new string to Guz's bow after his hit BBC sitcom Man Like Mobeen came to an end earlier this year after five series. While it will be the first time Guz has hosted a car show, he has previously starred alongside Tinie Tempah in Channel 4's Bangers: Mad For Cars, as well as appearing in Top Gear Magazine. I've Bean killed again HE'S died 25 times so far during his career, including being bombed and pushed off a cliff, drowned and shot, stabbed, beheaded, crushed and impaled – and now Sean Bean is set to kick the bucket once again. The veteran actor, who has become notorious for his characters being bumped off, faces his most grisly death yet, being dismembered by Orlando Bloom. 6 6 In new Prime Video flick Deep Cover, Sean plays a bent cop who will be shot in the head before his body is cut up into pieces – just months after he was killed off in BBC drama This City Is Ours. Luckily for Sean, who has died in every blockbuster franchise he's previously appeared in, including Game Of Thrones, James Bond and Lord Of The Rings, he's not worried. He recently told the Radio Times: 'It came to a point with all the memes, and I thought, 'Maybe I should stop dying as much.' 'It doesn't bother me any more. And, you know, I'm not really dead.' Fearne: I've Cot no clue SHE rubbed shoulders with the Spice Girls and Paris Hilton over her two decades on telly - but that doesn't mean Fearne Cotton recalls all her career highs. The former Top Of The Pops presenter, who starred in ITV quiz show Celebrity Juice and documentary series Fearne And… admits she often needs a nudge as to who she's already met. 6 Fearne told the Dish podcast: 'The opportunities I got, and the situations you would end up in – like, Victoria Beckham in Harrods, we went Christmas shopping. 'I made this series where I'd follow people around. I ended up in Paris Hilton's house, spinning on her stripper pole. 'I have to sometimes Google if I've met someone, and it could be a big celebrity, like Kylie Minogue '.' Is Matt to make the cut? AFTER losing more than SIX stones in weight and dropping from a size XXL to a medium, Matt Lucas is planning to go under the knife. The Little Britain comic, who began his diet in 2021 after ballooning during the Covid-19 pandemic, was left with excess skin after the dramatic weight loss, and has been gearing up for cosmetic surgery to remove it. Speaking on his Making A Scene podcast, he said: 'I've lost about 42 kilograms. 'One weird thing since I've lost the weight, is I've gone down a shoe size. They're less fat now, that's for sure. 'But when I look down I still see a really juicy belly, and I don't feel that I've lost the weight. 'I do have loose skin, so maybe I'll have something done surgically just to make it a bit more presentable. 'I fluctuate [in weight], so I don't feel like I've reached the end of that journey.' Liz's sis gets a look in RUTH JONES and Richard E Grant will take on leading roles as Mr and Mrs Bennet in a new BBC drama based in the world of Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice. The BBC One series, which is an adaptation of Janice Hadlow's novel The Other Bennet Sister, will also star The Night Manager's Indira Varma and Heads Of State's Richard Coyle as Mr and Mrs Gardiner. 6 The story follows Elizabeth Bennet's younger sister Mary, played by Call The Midwife's Ella Bruccoleri, as she's taken on as governess to the Gardiners' three children. Filming on the ten-part series has started in Wales, with it expected to be shown late this year.
