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Beaulieu 2023

The first day at the 2023 Beaulieu Autojumble has been a pleasure for visitors and exhibitors alike. Under warm, sunny skies, thousands of old-car enthusiasts have been passing the time hunting for that vital part needed to complete their restoration project, rummaging through attractive items of automobilia with which to furnish their home or garage, and socialising with friends over a refreshing beer or two. As ever, there are all sorts of things for all manner of enthusiasts, from Victorian ordinary bicycles to sales brochures for forgotten vintage light cars. Here on the PreWarCar.com stand, we've already found a buyer for an early De Dion single-cylinder engine and have had crowds of admirers for our 1904 Otto, especially when we've fired it up.

 

Thirties thoroughbreds for sale

 

The cars for sale section is always a highlight, and this year you could walk away with such delights as a small 1939 Armstrong Siddeley saloon which runs and drives but needs light restoration, a patinated 1930 Austin Seven Chummy, a very rare 1932 Morris Major, a 1936 Alvis Speed 20 tourer by Cross & Ellis with a lot of history and a very useable 1938 MG VA tourer.

Around the stands, there are all sorts of things to see, from veteran cars to home-built specials, and from superchargers to entire engines. The atmosphere is wonderful, the items for sale are fascinating and everyone's having a good time. If you're coming along for a look, don't forget to visit our stand at G338, G339 and G340.

 

Sunday, 4.30 p.m.


After another day of teeming activity, the Beaulieu Autojumble is drawing to a close with the sun still high in the sky. After an early start, we were able to explore the site fully, visiting the stands and chatting to the people we didn't quite have time to catch up with yesterday. All the walking around proved very rewarding; today we discovered a beautiful 1933 MG J2, wearing a delightfully scruffy coat of paint from 1953, reasonably priced at £22,500, and an extremely rare 1903 Royal Sovereign motorcycle, made by the London Machinists' Company. Restored to a high standard 12 years ago, it has made very few public appearances since.

While we resisted the temptation to take either of them make to the PostWarClassic.com headquarters, we will be returning home with some nice new automobilia with which to furnish our garage. It's been an enjoyable weekend with business and pleasure combining most agreeably, and we're looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you again next year.

 

Publiziert:
Samstag September 2nd, 2023

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