All British Car Show & Swap Meet 2009

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All British Car Show & Swap Meet 2009 Photos and Stories.

19th Annual British Car Show & Swap Meet 2009-06-06, Hayward, California, US

Photos and story provided by John Quilter Contact Photographer for Information.

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All British Car Show & Swap Meet 2009

A beautiful day on the lawn in the East Bay. I brought my white Jag 3.8S and was accompined by fellow Morris Minor owner, Gerard Chateauvieux. This year, the event had no swap meet, while the display was superb. A little of everything and most in very nice condition.

(One was) a very stock and unmodified Austin Mini Cooper from 1967. The engine compartment is dead stock as is the car even down to the correct 10 inch wheels. Most of the Mini Coopers seen today are modified by their owners with fender flares, hotted up engines, mag wheels and other go faster items. Nice to see one as it came out of the BMC factory.

The most rare and unusual examples on display were both 4X4s. First, there was a very rare Austin Gypsy, a four wheel drive vehicle that was made by BMC in the 1950s and early '60s. This was BMC's attempt to compete with Land Rover. This vehicle was nicely restored and was powered by an Austin 2.2 liter four cylinder engine - basically a detuned version of the engine found in the early Austin Healey 100/4. Imagine, within 8 years BMC and Land Rover would all be under. The British Leyland corporate umbrella and the Gypsy would be history.

The second was the non-British, forward control Volvo 303, a four wheel drive camper powered by a three liter Volvo inline six cylinder gasoline engine similiar to that used in the Volvo 164 model.

The baby blue Bugeye Sprite was brought by owner Nancy McCrosky who won best Sprite at last year's Brisbane Marina event. There is also a Jaguar XJ6C which is one of the very attractive coupe models made only for two years in 1976-77. There were six and twelve cylinder versions of this car the 12 being known as the XJ12C. All are now very collectible.

The Hayward, CA British Car Meet
6-6-09 Text & photos by John Quilter Brisbane, CA

Austin Gypsy 1960
Hayward British Car Field Meet
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Austin Mini Cooper 1967
Hayward British Car Field Meet, Hayward, California 2009
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Austin Mini Cooper 1967
Hayward British Car Field Meet, Hayward, California 2009
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Volvo 303 4X4 1975
Hayward British Car Field Meet, Hayward, California 2009
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Austin Healey Sprite 1960
Hayward British Car Field Meet, Hayward, California 2009
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Jaguar XJ6C 1976
Hayward British Car Field Meet, Hayward, California 2009
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Triumph GT6 1970
Hayward British Car Field Meet, Hayward, California 2009
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009

Sunbeam Alpine 1966
Submitted by John Quilter, 2009