Burford House Annual Motor Show 2023 – Report

At the end of a beautiful, winding country ‘A’ road, suitable for many of the cars on display, lies the Georgian mansion – Burford House.

This gem in the Worcestershire countryside is home to an outlet of British Garden Centres, located within the walled garden of Burford House. It was here that I was delighted to see an eclectic range of motor cars. There were classic Rolls Royces from the Revd. Dr. John F Kennedy’s collection and another Rolls Royce that no doubt would have both those great men turning in their graves! it’s a matter of choice I guess, see what I mean below. There were more modern classics such as a Shelby GT 500, a Renault Sport Spider and a Lotus Elan, there was even a recently launched Citroen Ami. 

As those of you living in the UK can testify, July 2023 was one of the wettest and coldest on record, August started in much the same way. The organisers must have got their prayer mats out, on a typically rainy Saturday, to ask for good weather on the day of the show. Their efforts were richly rewarded, we could not have hoped for a better day, with bright warm sunshine. Not the best weather for photographing cars but enjoyable nonetheless. Here are my, dapple effect, efforts –

AUSTIN

1926 Austin 20 Two Seater with Dickey Seat body by Mulliners.

1950s Austin A40 Pickup

CHEVROLET

1938 Chevrolet Business Coupe

CITROEN

1930s Citroen Light 15

DAIMLER

Daimler SP 250 with modified front end

Daimler SP 250.

FORD

1976 Ford Gran Torino (Starsky & Hutch livery)

1960s Ford Classic

LOTUS

c1972 Lotus Elan Plus 2S

MORGAN

1953 Morgan Plus Four

Morgan Super Three

MORRIS

1930s Morris 8 tourer

1952 Morris Oxford

Modified Morris Minor 1000

PONTIAC

1976 Pontiac Trans AM

RENAULT

1990s Renault Sport Spider

ROLLS ROYCE

These three cars are from the Revd. Dr. John F. Kennedy’s collection –

1924 Rolls Royce Tourer.

1929 Rolls Royce Phantom II Piccadilly Speedster. First owned by Malcolm Campbell.

Customised Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

SHELBY FORD MUSTANG

Shelby 500 GT

MISCELLANEOUS

HOT RODS

Ford Model A Coupe Hot Rod with DeSoto FireFlite engine

When is a Ferrari not a Ferrari?

Replica of a 1961 Ferrari California with a 1993 BMW Z3 as a donor car.

And when is an Austin Healey 3000 not an Austin Healey 3000?

Pilgrim AH 3000 kit car

It wasn’t all about cars, there was this excellent ladies’ choir – www.got2sing.co.uk

That’s all folks!

Nick