The chances of seeing around 20 Facel Vegas in one place from all over Europe, for example, as found in the top-end of the pre-1966 car park, was a remarkable sight, as was the contrast of tiny Austin Sevens and 1950s Bond Minicars, parked-up and dwarfed alongside giant pre-war ‘Blower’ Bentleys and 1950s Cadillacs and Lincolns.
No other classic car event that I know of (and I know of many) can rival both the quantity and quality of the beautiful coachbuilt Rolls-Royce, Lagonda and Alvis models attending the Revival, never mind the sheer scale of the long and endless rows of exceptional historic Aston Martins, Maseratis, Ferraris, Fords, Alfa Romeos, Citroëns, Chevrolets, Porsches, and so on.
Notable pre-66 highlights at this year’s Revival Car Show included an appealing special-bodied Graber Alvis TC, a magnificent 1920s Belgian Minerva, an unusual Intermeccanica Ford Mustang ‘shooting break’, a mouth-watering Maserati Sebring 3500, Gordon Keeble GK1, DB HBR5 Coupe and one-off Chapron-bodied Hotchkiss Gregoire Cabriolet, some real (not fake) AC Cobras and Jaguar D-Types, plus not one but two very scarce and unusual Australian-built Vauxhall Velox Utes pick-ups.