1953 Triumph Mayflower

I took these photographs at a classic car show in Hyde, Cheshire, in October 2022.

It’s a 1953 Triumph Mayflower which was built by the Standard Motor Company and was in production from 1949 to 1953.

Nicknamed the 'Razor Edge' like its big brother the Triumph Renown, it had a 4-cylinder inline side-valve 1,247cc engine.

 It was built in Coventry and  was also assembled in Port Melbourne, Australia and Nyköping, Sweden.

1983 Austin Ambassador

I took these photographs at a classic car show in Hyde, Cheshire in October 2025.

It's a 1983 Auston Ambassador and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,994cc engine.

The note in the windscreen of the car reads as follows:

Austin Ambassador

 

The Ambassador is what ADO71,

the Austin Princess became in its final form.

The conversion to Ambassador was codenamed LM19 and cost just £19M.

Ambassador was a stop-gap model before LC10,

the Montego and Maestro were launched.

 

This was a mainstream model but only 44,000 examples were made,

between 1982 and 1984 and now to many peoples’ surprise, only 74 survive including

only 13 in Vanden Plas trim and only 17 in total are known to be on the road!

 

The advanced features of Harris Mann’s design include:-

crumple zones with a rigid passenger cell,

fold-away steering wheel to protect ribs in an accident,

front wheel drive for accuracy in all road conditions,

Hydragas suspension, linked front to rear giving legendary comfort,

a huge boot, masses of legroom, especially in the back, and wedge styling.

Over the Princess, the ambassador has bigger, improved Hydragas suspension units,

wider wheels, the dashboard is all new, there is an air dam at the front

to further reduce drag and it is a hatchback.

 

The decision not to build the Princess in the first place as a hatchback was because

BL wanted a saloon car, so as not to compete with its own Rover SD1.

 

Despite being ‘badged’ an Austin, Ambassadors were at Cowley, Oxford,

the former Morris factory where BMW Minis are built today.

 

Here is a very rare British car to be proud of.

 

A455 VUK Ambassador Vanden Plas

2002 Bentley Arnage

This is one of the vehicles that took part in a classic car show on the market square in Hyde in September 2021.

It’s a 2002 Bentley Arnage.

It has a 6,750cc twin-turbo V8 engine.

883 of these cars were produced in 2002, and a total of 7397 between 1998 and 2009.

1934 Triumph Gloria

 This is one of the cars that took part in a car show on the market square in Hyde in October 2025.

It's a 1934 Triumph Gloria, a car that the Triumph company produced from 1932 to 1938.

It has a 4-cylinder inline 1,087cc Coventry Climax engine that was modified and built under licence by Triumph.

2001 Rover 75

This is one of the vehicles that took part in a classic car show on the market square in Hyde in September 2021.

It’s a Rover 75, a model which was produced from 1998 to 2005 with various engine sizes ranging from a 4-cylinder inline 1.8 litre to a 4.6 litre V8.

According to the DVLA record  this one is a 2001 model with a 1,997cc V8 engine and currently has a SORN, the last MoT certificate having expired in September 2023.

1997 Saab 2000 CSE

I took these photographs at a car show in Hyde in October 2022.

It's a 1997 Saab 2000 CSE 2.3t and has a 4-cylinder inline turbocharged 2,290cc engine.

The model designation, 2.3t, is displayed underneath the right-hand rear lights.

1982 Chevrolet Corvette

This was one of the cars that took part in a Classic Car Show in Hyde, Cheshire in October 2022.

It's a Third Generation Chevrolet Corvette

It has a 350 cu in (5.7 litre) V8 engine

2003 Dodge Ram 1500

This is one of the vehicles that took part in a classic car show on the market square in Hyde in September 2021.

It's a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500

It has a 345 cu in (5.7 litre) V8 engine

1958 Plymouth Savoy

This was one of the cars I photographed at a car show in Hyde in June 2016.

It's a 1958 Third Generation Plymouth Savoy

The DVLA record says that it has a 5,000cc engine - presumably the 301 cu in V8

This is a note displayed in the windscreen of the car

1997 BMW Z3

This was one of the cars taking part in the Hyde Classic Car Show on the Market Square in September 2021.

It's a 1997 BMW Z3 with a 1,895cc 4-cylinder inline engine.

The car was introduced in 1995 and production ended in 2002.

The quarters of the inner circle on the BMW badge display the state colours of BMW's home state of Bavaria – white and blue.

1996 Jaguar XJ Sport

This is one of the cars on display at the Hyde Classic Car Show in September 2021.

It's a 1996 Jaguar XJ Sport

The car has a 6-cylinder inline 3,980cc Jaguar AJ6 engine

Over 90,000 of these cars were produced between 1994 and 1997