West Bergholt Historic Vehicle Rally 2008

Once again, I thought that this years Rally was very well represented by all sections, in fact some of the later Commercials and big trucks had difficulty finding somewhere to park. Once again the number of Engines was down on last year.

The weather was good all weekend and whilst there was a reasonable number of stalls I think not quite so many as last year.

As last Year there was some excellent entertainment in the main ring especially on Sunday.

This years Parachute Freefall display was given again by The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment Team who put on a very spectacular display, with all the Paras landing on or very near the cross.

All this and some Country and Western entertainment on Saturday night made for an excellent Rally.

See below for some of the engines and of other sights around the Rally field.

A Lister D driving an Alco 110V Generator owned by John Southall from Willisham. A nice row of Lister Ds

This is a 1940 Petter PAZ1 Diesel driving a Climax No 2 Pump.
Another Petter, this is a 1928 "M" owned by R Simpson.

A very Nice Case Tractor And a view down one of the tractor lines. An Army Breakdown Truck And a very nice Army Land Rover

There were many Classic Commercials including these two incredibly restored J Type Bedfords. And a Couple of O Type Bedfords. More Vintage Commercial Vehicles. A very nice "Green Goddess"

More Fire Trucks, this is a Range Rover with Twin Rear Axles. And a 70s Dennis Fire Engine. This was an American Hummer advertising a local Nightclub. This of course is the Civilian version. A Beautiful MG

And a Huge Peterbilt "Semi" A couple more American Trucks. This Rescue Helicopter was due to land but unfortunately was unable to get in to the Grand Ring. A flypast by this Spitfire brought the hairs up on the back of your neck.

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A Lister D driving an Alco 110V Generator owned by John Southall from Willisham.	A nice row of Lister Ds	This is a 1940 Petter PAZ1 Diesel driving a Climax No 2 Pump.	Another Petter, this is a 1928 "M" owned by R Simpson.


A very Nice Case Tractor	And a view down one of the tractor lines.	An Army Breakdown Truck	And a very nice Army Land Rover


There were many Classic Commercials including these two incredibly restored J Type Bedfords.	And a Couple of O Type Bedfords.	More Vintage Commercial Vehicles.	A very nice "Green Goddess"


More Fire Trucks, this is a Range Rover with Twin Rear Axles.	And a 70s Dennis Fire Engine.	This was an American Hummer advertising a local Nightclub. This of course is the Civilian version.	A Beautiful MG


And a Huge Peterbilt "Semi"	A couple more American Trucks.	This Rescue Helicopter was due to land but unfortunately was unable to get in to the Grand Ring.	A flypast by this Spitfire brought the hairs up on the back of your neck.