An Event Like No Other
Arriving at 8am in a queue with a Porsche 959 in front and a 2 door range rover behind certainly highlighted how vast the range of cars is for a Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble. I was fortunate enough to have the Mini accepted to be displayed inside the event so I got a very quiet 45 minutes to walk around before gates opened.
The site in Bicester lends itself perfectly to displays of automotive perfection and passion, the old world war two airfield compound is covered with interesting buildings and littered with trees creating some unique lighting.
My eye is always caught by a classic Porsche and as I wandered round I was struck by so many stunning examples. It’s difficult to nail down exactly what drives the interest but theres something about the iconic shape that’s carried on through all the generations and the unmistakeable sound of a flat six.
The Porsche enthusiasm was topped up with the opportunity to get up close and personal with a Singer DLS in the Singer showroom. The attention to detail is second to none, although it maintains the same curves as a standard 911 the entire body is remade in carbon fibre, the roll cage is clad in carbon and painted to perfection and everywhere you look is machined from billet perfection. Every line down to the stitching was in exactly the right place.
Another one high up my list of icons is classic BMWs, and the perfect pairing was sat on the grass under a tree, an E30 M3 and an M1. The original M3 from a distance looks a little understated but with that instantly recognisable chin and widened arches you know it’s going to be a fighter.
Turning the corner at the top of the main strip I was greeted by two Koenigsegg Regera’s and a Pagani Huayra, cars normally seen in magazines or if you’re lucky parked up outside a fancy London hotel. My interest has always focused on the visceral feeling of classic cars but it’s impossible not to be in awe of the engineering behind cars capable of such impressive stats. Controversially the Pagani is starting to look quite dated (not helped by the spec) but the noise of the AMG V12 is not something to take lightly.
Just across the road from the hyper cars is where my Tyrotek liveried Mini was sat so this is probably a sensible place to put in a bit of a vanity gallery from the show…
Rare and Epic Everywhere You Look
The thing that struck us was how easy it becomes to walk past cars that would normally stop you in your tracks. Prime example of is walking through the car park and a walking straight past a DB4 GT and a Renault Five Turbo like they weren’t there.
Open bonnets is always a way to get people to stop and peer inside, wether thats for a pristine clean engine bay (like the one here from an E28 M535i) or because theres a crazy engine was like a Duratec in an MG Midget or a BMW V8 in an R53 Mini.
So Much To See
I could easily write thousands of words on how epic of an event the Scramble is but like they always say, a picture says a thousand words, so I’ll let you scroll through the images below.
