Vintage Stony – New Year’s Day 2022

Vintage Stony has been organising Vintage Car and Motorcycle festivals in the historic town of Stony Stratford for the past ten years. They have been growing in popularity years on year. There are two Vintage Festivals each year, one in August and this one on New Year’s Day.

This  New Year’s Day 2022 event showcased pre-1940 cars and bikes, they took pride of place in the Market Square. As you can see from the photos I took there were some stunning, historic, vehicles on display. Many thanks to those who brought them along to delight us all. And many thanks to the cheerful volunteer stewards who were ready to answer questions and collect money for the Willen Hospice. The Hospice has set itself the challenge of raising an astonishing £4.7 million a year in order to fund its expanding activities.

I can vouch for the fact that, as advertised, at midday, there was one minute’s cacophony of noise as engines were revved at full throttle to celebrate the New Year (see the photo of the ‘Town Cryer’ announcing the juncture).

As we set off from near Coventry, at around 10.00 am., the sky was bright and the temperature at 13 C. (very mild for the time of year), all seemed “set fair” for our trip to ‘Vintage Stony’. When we arrived in Stony Stafford, an hour later, having been very fortunate to find a parking space, the heavens opened, I was able to run back to the car to get an umbrella. It rained and drizzled for most of the time we were there but it certainly didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of either myself or my fellow visitors. I hope that you find that enthusiasm reflected in the following photos –

c.!932 Ford Model B Customised Coupe

c.1964 Ford Cortina GT

A brace of Triumph Stags

1970 -77 Alfa Romeo Montreal by Bertone

c. 1997 VW Estate Customised

2009 -15 Ferrari 458 Italia

1920s Austin Seven Special

c. 1937 Riley Adelphi 12/4

c.1936 Ford Model Y

c.1930 MG M Type Boat Tail

1935 Ford model 48

1915 Ford Model T Tourer

1937 – 40 Vauxhall Model G

1927 Vauxhall 20/60 R Type

c.!936 Wolseley Hornet Special

1926 Bentley 6 1/2 Ltr. Landaulette

c.!928 Humber 14/40 Tourer

!927 Sunbeam 20.9 Tourer

Stony Stratford’s Town Crier announcing one minute of “noise” to celebrate the New Year.

1934 Aston Martin 1 1/2 Ltr. Mark II

c.1935 Lagonda M45

1935 Riley TT Sprite Replica

c.1928 Austin Seven Sports

c.1936 Singer Nine Sports

c.1935 BSA Ten

“The Bentley Boys”

c.1936 Bentley 4 1/4 Ltr. Short wheelbase chassis two seater sports. This is an inadequate description, if anyone has a better one please let me know.

Nick