The Weaver Wander 2023 for classic & sports-cars, starting Nantwich, Cheshire

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The 2023 Weaver Wander road run for classic cars and later sports-cars (mainly) took place on May 20th 2023. For this year the cars gathered at the Crewe Vagrants Sports Club just outside Nantwich in Cheshire, from where they set off on one of three route options before returning to the same location later in the day. We decided to pop along and watch the cars arrive, before taking a walk around and close look at the classic cars before they and their owners headed off. Two of the routes were of 80 miles each, the other of 50 miles. Fortunately the weather for this year's Weaver Wander was on our side and a very enjoyable couple of hours was spent admiring the varied line-up of cars in attendance. As you might expect given the channel's name and theme, the older cars are the main focus of this upload but I have tried to include some later cars to give a broad overview of the event's entries this year. In addition to the post-war classic cars it was good to see a few pre-war entries, these included an Alvis 12/50, an Austin 7 box saloon, an Austin Big 7, and a Ford Model A. The Weaver Wander this year was particularly well supported by owners of classic Triumphs and quite a variety were entered, joining various MGs, Porsches, Jaguars and many more. Perhaps the most unusual car taking part was a rare rotary-engined Mazda RX3, a chat with this car's owner is included in the video. After all the cars had left, we drove in the direction of Nantwich and spotted a few of the cars driving along, as front seat passenger in our car I was able to grab a few seconds of footage. I also managed to grab a clip of a fantastic Ford GT40 rep in full Gulf livery driving along, the sound was something else. The video rounds out with a quick look at a surprise package that was waiting for us back at OCC HQ, and a mini-tour of my youthful assistant's workshop ("Ned the Shed") and his latest acquisitions. This is the second time I've done a video about the Weaver Wander, I'll include a link to the 2022 event at the end of this one. Likes, subs and comments welcomed as always, if you're new to the channel please take a look around. Channel homepage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg Channel videos list: https://www.youtube.com/user/oldclassiccarRJ/videos OCC channel memberships are open - see the Join button for details! OCC Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OldClassicCar If you know of anyone else who might find these vids of interest, please forward one of the above links to them. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg/join #classiccars #nantwich #cheshire