Yesterday’s Goodwood Breakfast Club featured a strong and eclectic turnout of classics thanks to unexpectedly dry weather and added enthusiasm following the absence of the July fixture over the Festival of Speed weekend.
The straight and paddocks of the Chichester circuit were packed out on Sunday 7 August with everything from a 1914 Rover veteran tourer and 1939 Frazer Nash BMW to a Toyota Corona, a 19ft 1958 Buick and a late ‘40s London taxi - all in keeping with the meeting's wide, Revival precursor, 'Pre-1966' theme.
Other standouts included a former F1 paddock transporter - Peter Jerram’s 1978 Fiat 900L S - a fantastically patinated competition-prepared MG Magnette and a two-tone 1959 Vauxhall Velox (below) with owner Kerry Robertson getting into the spirit of the event by donning pre-1966 Revival gear.
“It was sold new to South Africa where they were badged as a Velox but with Cresta trim,” explained Robertson who drove from nearby Petworth.
Other locals included Goodwood boss, Lord March, in his grandfathers AC 16/80 and Chichester’s Mike Prangnell, behind the wheel of his 1960 Sebring replica (below), which he recently built up using a Frogeye he’d enjoyed for the last nine years.
“I’d already uprated it mechanically to Sebring specification and had always dreamed of owning but since they only made six I realised I’d have to make my own,” explained Prangnell.
