Classic American

Hot Rod and Custom Drive In Day

Beaulieu bulged at the seams on Father’s Day as hundreds of hot rods, customs and motorcycles not to mention thousands of visitors descended on the National Motor Museum in the heart of the New Forest for this year’s Drive In Day. The weather forecast was good, the venue ideal, with full facilities and a choice of tarmac or grass parking, with plenty of shade under lovely broadleaf trees. Live entertainment was provided throughout the day by the jive inducing The Shake Ups, the harmonious girl trio of Company B UK and the now traditional, very

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