Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble - 07/01/24
Words and Images by Mitcham Media
The first weekend of a new year brings the first Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble for 2024 starting the year off with the weird and wonderful through to the ludicrous it was an event to not miss.
As all good Sundays start we found ourselves at South Mimms Services early in the morning picking up a couple of pints of Lattes from the tax dodging bean grinders to indulge with on the journey round the M25 and up the A41.
Despite the cold wind howling across the runway, the air was thick with the smell of warm engines and fuel as a procession of cars weaving their way through the access roads queued up to head into Bicester Heritage.
As always with a Sunday Scramble just getting through the car park can takes a lot longer than planned with head turning distractions scattered across the airfield. Despite the time of year, salted roads and general just cold-ness the array was epic. Classic Bentley’s to vintage Bugattis, a Reliant Robin to a Rolls Royce Corniche, and Peugeot 205 to Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
The supercar parking in front of the main hanger contained some bold (& questionable) colour choices with a neon Lamborghini Aventador, a metallic teal McLaren 570gt and a bold gold Aston Martin V12 Vantage.
All were an appetiser for getting in and around the hangers, sheds and buildings of Bicester Heritage.
The largest crowds seemed to engulf the gold Singer Turbo Study, and with all the cars intricate details it’s no surprise. Impressively just 50 feet away was an Aston Martin Valkyrie which was receiving far less attention than the Singer.
Tucked away on the far side of the complex is Polestar who had the Synergy concept sat pride of place looking like something out of a space age race series, made even more surreal by the setting of smooth floated concrete flooring against an all white walls and ceiling complemented with the soft lighting.
A personal highlight was a paint to sample Porsche 997 (Macadamia Brown?) complete with a roof box showing how good of a grand tourer it is. A lamp pod and some more bity tyres would perfect the look, ready for fields, forrest fire roads and Scottish back roads after munching motorway miles.
One of the less conventionally interesting but probably more rare cars was an imaculate Austin Maestro, something which would previously have been seen as bland and/or boring actually looks quite good and almost cool… almost.
A late comer was the 911 RSR, arriving down the avenue running through the centre of the site, if you think the looks are loud they’re only a fraction compared to the noise. The ear drum bursting burble drew the remaining attendees from around the whole site.
As always a big thank you to Bicester Heritage who put on a phenomenal event which is growing in size every time. A thanks also to all the business at Bicester Heritage who opened their doors and welcomed us all inside to see the amazing work they do.
Check out more photos from the day below and keep an eye out for the next blog post.
