Great British Car Journey
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Featuring over 150 classic British cars, come and take a unique journey through British Motor manufacturing through the ages
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Great British
#CarClub
Members Ian and Lynda visited today in their 1975
#VauxhallFirenza
! 🤩
It was its first drive out since 2019!
#ClassicCars
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Had a great day today with
@HubNutVids
We think he enjoyed his day and can’t wait to see the end result 👌🏻
#Derbyshire
#classiccars
#driving
#British
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The Austin adventure begins... 👀
🎥 Join us, with
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
for a series of films, exploring Great British Car Journey and the wonderful
#Austin7
in its
#centenaryyear
.
Here's a little taster of what's to come 💨 🤣
@carfilms
#classiccars
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We are super excited to be able to finally open our doors to the public!!!
Thank you all so much for the fantastic support you have shown us building up to this moment, it really has kept us going to get to today 🙏
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🚗🚙
#IntheCarPark
🚙🚗
This nice 1972
#V8
#RoverP6
.
The spare wheel took up so much space that many cars had them mounted on the boot lid like this. The P6 was a great looking car but was this something that improved its looks? What do you think? 🤔
#rovercars
#classiccars
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We only went and won GOLD 🥇🙌🏼
⭐️ Congratulations! ⭐️
@car_british
has just won the GOLD New Tourism Business of the Year Award at the
#PDDTourismAwards
🥇
🥈Silver:
@BuxCHE
🥉Bronze:
@staywithGeorge
Well done everyone! 👏 View full list of winners at:
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Do we have a Bank Holiday treat for you!
Steph from
@idriveaclassic
dropped in the other day and her film goes live at 6pm tonight.
Don’t miss it!
#Derbyshire
#classiccars
#britishcars
#mycarjourney
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🎃 Are these the scariest pumpkins ever?!? 🎃 🤣
#halloween
#pumpkincarving
📸 credit: BadassAuto
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Have you caught us on
@BBCBreakfast
this morning? They’re broadcasting live today ahead of our opening to the public on Saturday.
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We are excited for the arrival of this blue and white beauty at the exhibition soon!
Any guesses as to what it is??
#classiccars
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We’re so happy to share this video with you all. After 45 years in the garage, this Austin 12 drives sweetly. The cable operated brakes work and she pulls strongly in all gears. The Dynamo charges and the radiator holds water. As dependable as an Austin…you better believe it!
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@idriveaclassic
Saw this on a Facebook group page and thought of you and your neighbours 😂😂😂
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#InTheCarPark
I was very pleased to see Ian & Mrs Barker getting out of this when I arrived this morning.
Ian is chairman of the Amber Valley Classic Car Club and has been a stalwart supporter of
#GreatBritishCarJourney
and
#CarClub
since we opened.
#carlovers
#carsoftwitter
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YES!!! 🥳
Great work
@PaulWoodford84
and the
#classiccar
and
#twitter
community! 👏🏼👏🏼
Excellent news!
#MissingMini
UPDATE ⚠️
STOLEN MINI RECOVERED - we’ve got it!
After a sighting of the car was sent to me by a member of the public a few minutes ago, police raided a location & have got the car.
I’ve just had a short and very emotional conversation with the owner.
JOB DONE. ☑️
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Wow that was close 😳 the pictures show the river at its highest and we’re pleased to say is now receding!
Both Richard and Ian stayed at the attraction all night on flood watch just in case they needed to move more
#classiccars
…. 😇
#stormbabet
#flooding
#derbyshire
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This weekend, the
@DadsDrive
cars are getting booked up for trips down memory lane! Prices start from just £49 so come and join us this Bank Holiday weekend & get behind the wheel of a British classic
#driving
#derbyshire
#BankHolidayWeekend
#classiccars
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Here it is.... a taster of what's to come... 🚗
The trailer for series 2 of the Great British Car Share and a tease of the adventures that
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
got up to along the way!!
#GreatBritishCarShare
#CarFilms
#classiccars
#carshare
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Our Car park spotting has started well today already 👌🏻
Big question is, which one would you choose for a drive out 🤔🤯
#Allegro
#astonmartin
#derbyshire
#driving
#carparkspots
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🚗🚙
#InTheCarPark
Yesterday 🚙🚗
This remarkable David Brown Mini Remastered. A modern take on the
#classicmini
.
David Brown will build one of these luxury minis from £98,000, yes £98,000 (according to Google).
Well worth it though! 😍
#classiccar
#minilove
#spotted
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#OnThisDay
…
📆 April 27 1971
52 years ago.
The public launch of the
#MorrisMarina
, the last car to bear the name
#Morris
.
The Marina is often cited as typifying all that was wrong with British Leblanc but in fact it sold well and was loved by many, many families in the 70s.
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🚗🚙
#InTheCarPark
Today 🚙🚗
The first of 2 fantastic British icons…
The first from
#rootesgroup
, a
#SunbeamRapier
H120 Holbay, a tuned up Rapier with twin Webber’s producing over 105bhp. Seen here in a spectacular British racing green.
#spotted
#sunbeam
#classiccars
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So excited to be opening our doors again this morning following our little winter refresh!
We’ve swapped a few cars around, added a few and our volunteers have been hard at work getting the collection ready for display 💪
We open at 10:00am and can’t wait to welcome you in 👋
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🚗🚙
#InTheCarPark
today 🚙🚗
Rare 1963
#Jaguar
#etype
that’s been fully restored to its original rare colour combination of bronze with a green leather interior.
#jaguaretype
#jaguarclassic
#classiccars
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What a treat to have possibly one of the rarest cars on the road come and visit us today. This
#Jowett
Curlew is the oldest known on the Jowett register and one of only two built in 1934! It only has 72,000 miles on the clock and was the deluxe version of the Jowett Kestrel.
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Joining us today are the very lovely
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
When Richard heard they’d both never driven an
#Austin7
or 12 before he thought he’d treat them to an early Christmas present! 🎅🏻
#classiccars
#drivingexperience
@DadsDrive
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The lovely
@sarahcrabtreee
in the
#Bentley
, with the Jon Bentley
@JonBentley90
- a photo 📸 opportunity not to be missed 🤣 at our special preview for
#MeetTheFleet
Day tomorrow!
Find out more and book your tickets here:
#classiccars
#drivingexperience
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#HappyNewYear
everyone!
🎥 Here's another teaser for your New Year's Day.... the
#Austin12
.
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
get behind the wheel of our beautiful 100 year old barn find!
Find out more about the find here:
Enjoy!
#vintagecars
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It’s DeLorean day at the Great British Car Journey today and look who’s just arrived 🙌🏻
#Delorean
#backtothefuture
#outatime
#Derbyshire
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🚗 🚙
#OnThisDay
…🚙 🚗
April 30 1948
75 years ago.
The
#LandRover
was unveiled at the Amsterdam Auto Show. Well done to Maurice and Spencer Wilks who were the brothers responsible for its development…
and happy 75th birthday to another
#GreatBritishIcon
.
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#Onthisday
- Oct 17 1962- 60yrs ago today!
#TriumphSpitfire
was launched at the London Motor Show.
Styled by Giovanni Michelotti of Turin the Spitfire remained in production until 1980. They were all made at Triumph’s Coventry factory.
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Do we add these to the gift shop?! These bring back nearly as many memories as our cars 😁🍬🚙
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We’re ready to go for Day 3 of the
@ClassicMotorNEC
!
Great to see the wonderful Crabbers
@sarahcrabtreee
- she’s definitely safe and well 🤩🫶
#necclassiccarshow
#carshow
#classiccars
#joinus
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Keeping our cars in tip top condition ready for our visitors is tiring work and has brought our volunteer Ross to his knees already this morning!
#busy
#derbyshire
#cleaning
#autoglym
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We are very excited to share that our Ambassadors - the wonderful
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
will be joining us for our next Great British
#CarMeet
on Friday 28 July!!
📍Great British Car Journey (just off the A6)
#Ambergate
,
#Derbyshire
, DE56 2HE.
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Honoured to be nominated in our first year of operation. Good luck to all the finalists 👍🏻
#awards
MEET THE FINALISTS: Collection, supported by
@Footman_James
.
Visitors to Great British Car Journey go on an interactive journey starting in the 1920s. And the cars aren’t just for looking at; some of them can be driven!
@TheMotoringNews
@car_british
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#caroftheday
We love the Allegro here at GBCJ, so much so, we have four 😁
This 1976 1300 came to see us today and we had to make it our car of the day ❤️
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#InTheCarPark
yesterday…
A 1963
#ConsulCapri
gt driven up from Stourbridge for a visit to Great British Car Journey yesterday.
#classiccars
#capri
#carlovers
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Wow – what a fantastic day!
Thank you to everyone that came along to support the
@fbhvc
Drive it Day today. The variety of cars on display was amazing, we got to speak to so many enthusiasts about their cars and our plans for the future.
#Derbyshire
#classiccars
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Next up, second trailer in the second series of the Great British
#CarShare
.... the
#TriumphStag
... with
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
!
Will we change opinions?! 🤔
#classiccars
#carfilms
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Sarah broke the Maxi! 🔧 🤦🏼♀️
In this teaser for the first Great British Car Share film,
@sarahcrabtreee
picks her Dad’s car to kick off the Car Share adventures! 🚗
@PaulWoodford84
#classiccars
#carfilms
#maxi
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#HappyMothersDay
!! 🚗 💐
Join
@sarahcrabtreee
,
@PaulWoodford84
& Richard Usher for this special
#MothersDay
edition of
#GreatBritishCarShare
!
We hope everyone enjoys a lovely day! ❤️💐
We’d love to hear your memories of your Mum and cars or even see some pictures below 😍
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🚗
#OnThisDay
- 24 January 1969 🚗
#Ford
unveiled the
#Capri
at the Brussels Motor Show - marketed as “the car you always promised yourself!"
More than 1.8 million were made by the time production ceased in December 1986.
#FordCari
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⭐️ We only went and won GOLD! ⭐️
New Tourism Business of the Year Award at the
@vpdd
#PDDTourismAwards
🥇
Absolutely amazing - thank you everyone!
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🚗🚙
#InTheCarPark
🚙🚗
This wonderful 1968
#Triumph
Herald. 🤩
#classiccars
#classiccarsdaily
#triumphherald
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Clearly a man of impeccable taste!!
@idriveaclassic
@andrewelan
@car_british
Look what just turned up for Drive at Cadwell Park - ace! He said he loved the museum.
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We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Day…. Now who’s ready for another little teaser this
#BoxingDay
?! 👀
This time
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
are ‘ready’(?!) 😳 to test out the
#Austin7
Opal…
#classiccars
#vintagecars
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hang on a minute, we recognise those two classics! 👌🏻
The Festival of the Unexceptional this weekend promises to have an amazing display of the most unremarkable vehicles and I, along with many others, just can’t wait to get my fill of mundane crap cars.
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Here’s our very
#specialdelivery
… 👑
Tune into
@bbcemt
at 6pm this evening to find out more about our new ‘royal resident’…
#classiccars
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🚙🚗
#InTheCarPark
🚗🚙
Great British
#CarClub
Member, Steve Sankey, with his lovely
#MorrisMinor
Convertible in the car park yesterday.
Find out more about Club membership here:
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Come and see us on National Drive it Day this Sunday 25thApril! We have great outdoor space where we can welcome historic vehicle enthusiasts to the site and will have refreshments and toilet facilities available on the day.
#Derbyshire
#classiccars
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Had a wonderful chat with Steve and Paula, the owners of this lovely
#Wolseley
1500 and our
#caroftheda
ý First purchased in 1961 from Cavendish Motors in Chesterfield. It was briefly owned by the
#Bakewell
Town Clerk from 1975 until Steve and Paula bought it in 1977 for £200!
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Say hello to the latest car to join the
#CarCollection
…
A
#VauxhallAstra
Diamond 💎
#vauxhall
#classiccar
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Steve James our long-serving front desk receptionist with his new daily drive. Much more appropriate than the Fiat Punto…
As the advertising slogan said: “Move Over to
#AustinRover
”
And he has!!!
#classiccars
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Richard, the team and Mini’s have arrived safely in convoy
@ClassicMotorNEC
Set up day is here!
Are you visiting this weekend?! 🙋🏼♀️🙋Come and see us in Hall 5 on Stand 320. 🤗
#NECClassic
#classiccars
#classicmotorshow
#carshow
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The heavens have opened down here at Great British Car Journey, but arriving just in time for a photo for their club visit, the Yorkshire Sub Centre of the Austin Healey Club have provided a stunning show in front of our building.
#AustinHealey
#classiccars
#Derbyshire
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We’ve had over 70
#MorrisMinors
(not all Travellers… but still 54 of those!) on site today to celebrate 70 years of the
#MorrisMinorTraveller
! 🤩
#classiccars
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The team at Great British Car Journey were saddened to hear about the passing of the legendary,
#RosemarySmith
, at the age of 86 yesterday.
A true icon in the world of
#motorsport
. Rosemary's passion and trailblazing spirit inspired generations.
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This
#TriumphStag
is on quite the epic
#roadtrip
…
Who says you can’t use a
#classiccar
to go far!
Yesterday they kicked off an epic two week road trip with planned visits covering all four nations 🇬🇧 and Ireland 🇮🇪 !!
Thanks for visiting us along the way and Good Luck 🙌🏼
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HUGE thank you to ALL who joined us today and continue to pop along to our
#NewYear
#Gathering
!!
Happy New Year to you all! Thank you for continued support - this was just a taster of what’s to come this year 😉! Here’s to a wonderful 2023 to all you
#carlovers
😍🫶
#classiccars
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Here it is, the first drive in our Great British
#CarShare
Series 2 journey.... 👀🍿🎥
@sarahcrabtreee
&
@PaulWoodford84
are back for a
#FordCapri
1.6 Laser car share complete with moustaches (don't ask!) just watch.... 👀
#classiccars
#carfilms
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We’ve a busy day today with
#Metropolitan
Owners Club visit,
#Stag
Owners Club and
#Landrover
all in one day!
More pictures to follow…
#classiccars
#carclub
#carclublife
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We say the cars are the stars at GBCJ, but we’ve got two megastars with us this weekend!
@sarahcrabtreee
joins the
#MorrisMarina
OC & Ital Register on Saturday and Steph
@idriveaclassic
is here on Sunday! Come on down and give them a warm
#Derbyshire
welcome!
#morrisital
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Also
#InTheCarPark
yesterday…
This wonderful
#BentleyArnage
. These cars are spectacularly good value now… but you do need a full service history and big pockets for the fuel bill!!
#bentley
#classiccars
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Here it is...the 1st in a series of short films with
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
at Great British Car Journey where they take our
#Austin7
#Austin12
&
#Austin14
for a spin. We'll be sharing these fantastic films with you over the next couple of weeks. Enjoy!
#classiccars
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Another from the
@ClassicMotorNEC
🚙🚗
Richard’s Dad had on of these… but what is it?! 🤔
#necclassiccarshow
#classiccars
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What a stunning conbination…..and I am talking about the cars here! Great to meet the team from
@PetrolheadsW
this morning in two stunning Aston Martins. A stunning 1969 DB6 and the dramatic 2019 Zagato Shooting Brake. If you haven’t given them a like and follow, go do it now!
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Wishing ALL of our team, our Great British Car Club members and customers a very Happy New Year and all the very best for 2024! Here’s to another year of ‘Classic Driving Pleasure’!! 🚙🙌🏼
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Up next in the Great British
#CarShare
series is this ‘
#Mini
’ teaser with
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
…
Featuring 🎶 and almost 🇮🇹
😅
Watch the
#Maxi
and
#Sierra
drive in full here:
and subscribe to watch the drives in full first!
#classiccars
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This weekend in 1959 saw the launch of the
#MorrisMiniMinor
/Austin Seven, later to become known as “The
#Mini
”, to a somewhat bemused British motoring public.
This distinctive two-door car was designed for British Motor Corporation by Sir
#AlecIssigonis
.
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Read the latest update from Richard as the days feel like they are flying by to our opening date!
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We never thought we’d actually use the ambulance in the collection…
However, as per our previous post, last night it ‘earned its keep!’ 🙃😴
#stormbabet
#flooding
#derbyshire
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Fantastic morning spent with
@Popbangcolour
showing him around our collection - Look forward to seeing you again soon 👍
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#OnThisDay
- 8th February 1968 (55 years ago)
The 100,000th Triumph Spitfire, an Mk3, rolled off the production line. 📸 Pictured is our
#TriumphSpitfire
1500 from the collection.
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🎥 Here’s a flavour of what’s to come from our filming with
@PaulWoodford84
and
@sarahcrabtreee
….
Did Paul make it?! 🥶⛸🤣
@DadsDrive
#austin7
#filming
#cars
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There's only one car in our collection we could feature today! It has to be our Italian Job Mini.
Let's hope Gareth and the boys bring it home tonight - Good Luck England - Is it too early for a beer?!! Just to calm the nerves obviously!
#Euro2020Final
#England
#ComeOnEngland
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#carparkspots
What a line up
@car_british
- which one would be your ride home?!
#Derbyshire
#classiccars
#rover
#Austin
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Also,
#InTheCarPark
today…
Wonderful to see some classics out mid-Jan. The hard top will be welcome on the
#MGB
whilst the
#Spitfire
may be hiding a secret as it also has GT6 badges… I suspect it’s had an engine transplant & bet it goes like a rocket if I’m right.
#Classics
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Thank you
@TheHSAcademy
for having us today. What a fantastic event and a must for any car enthusiast 💯 👌🏻
#classiscars
#scramble
#Heritage
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The first feature car trailer for the new series of the
#GreatBritishCarShare
with
@SarahCrabtree
and
@PaulWoodford84
- we present to you the
#FordCapri
!
Another adventure begins....
Is Paul ok?! 😳🤣
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What do we do when we’re closed for a couple of days during the winter?
Our guys carry out routine maintenance on all the cars in our collection. Every car runs and drives here at Great British Car Journey, not just the Drive Dad’s Car fleet.
Just a few left to go!!!
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Born and raised in Yorkshire (but made in
#Derbyshire
), we present to you...
𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲
starring
@sarahcrabtreee
and
@PaulWoodford84
.
@carfilms
#carfilms
#classiccars
#valentines
#carlovers
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Great to meet the Channel 5 team today, tune in to
@5_News
tonight at 5pm to see our CEO Richard Usher’s interview about Great British Car Journey opening next month 👍🏻
#Derbyshire
#cars
#classiccars
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#RoverOwners
#Wanted
!
After the success of this weekend - we are now calling all Rover owners to join us for our special themed
#RoverDay
at Great British Car Journey on Sunday 14th May... We are delighted that members of the Rover 200 400 Club will be attendance on the day too.
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Our CEO's 2021 Almanac is out! Click the link to read all about our opening year
#NewYear2022
#Derbyshire
#ThankYou
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⭐️ We are very proud to have walked away with the Bronze Award for
#NewTourismBusiness
of the Year Award at the
@VisitEngland
#Awards
2023 🎉
#VEAwards2023
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#caroftheday
is this tidy little 1966 Commer Imp van that came to visit us.
Over 18,000 were built between 1965 and 1970 and eventually formed the base for the Hillman Husky!
#Commer
#Hillman
#Imp
#Husky
#derbyshire
#classicvan
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Jam Roll looking fabulous live on
@BBCBreakfast
this morning!
#JamRoll
was owned by the late Lord Baden Powell, founder of the worldwide Scout movement and is just one of over 130
#classiccars
on display
@car_british
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🚗
#OnThisDay
- 17 January 1968 🚗
#Ford
unveiled the iconic
#MK1Escort
at the Brussels Motor Show.
The Deluxe model cost £635 9/7d 💴
Let’s take a ride down memory lane and celebrate the timeless allure of the
#FordEscort
- show us yours below! 👇 📸
#classiccars
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What a team - Like many businesses and local residents, we didn’t escape storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin unscathed, but everyone has pitched in and we're back open for visitors!
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🚗 🚙
#OnThisDay
- October 17th 1980 🚙 🚗
The
#AustinMiniMetro
was launched 43 years ago today at the UK Motor Show at the NEC.
Birmingham had
#Metro
fever as the car which was expected to supersede the Mini received a very warm reception from both the press and the public.
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#InTheCarPark
today….
Nice to see this
#LandRover
series 2 in the busy car park today. This one will be 60 years old next February.
It is of course the 75th birthday of the Wilks brothers great invention this year. We feel some parties coming on!!
#classiccars
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