Kames Car Show – 8th August 2021

Words and Pictures Ken Graham.
Once again this year, as in 2020, car shows and events have been seriously affected by Covid-19 with few, if any, getting the go-ahead due to restrictions on gatherings.
The Kames Car Show in Muirkirk took place on Sunday 8th August. Ayrshire managed to get the official Council approval to go ahead, so what had been our only show in 2020 with the Scottish Figaro Chapter was again one of the very few we managed in 2021! Once the show was publicised members were really keen to get to a show and numbers ‘expressing interest’ built steadily until we had 18 Figs signed up and I had to contact the organisers to see if they could accommodate us all! They said they could, but I closed the list at that point to keep it manageable.

As the date approached a few members had some traditional Figgy problems, the over-running paint shop work; general repairs needed; and most, unfortunately, a seized engine which couldn’t be replaced until the new Figaro pistons became available! So a few ‘mechanical’ call-offs, and then – the weather forecast!! In the run-up, the forecast for the day switched between thunderstorms, heavy rain, light rain and back to heavy rain and thunderstorms again! The night before I received messages and emails saying ‘the weather looks awful, not sure of a full day in a soggy field!!’ Inevitably, and completely understandably, we had a few more call-offs, so ended up with a perfectly acceptable six Figaros at the show.

As the photos show, we probably had a bit more dry weather than wet but the heavy showers and predicted awful weather probably kept some of the public at home. However, we had our usual high level of interest in the cars, from the ‘What on earth are these?’, ‘How much would one cost?’, and ‘Do they still make them?’ to the ‘Oh, my daughter has one, and she loves it’!

Many thanks to all the members who made it along for their support, Donnie and Marie Blair; Heather and Reid Martin; Isabelle Caskie; Ann Wardrop and Julie Brennan, and many, many thanks to Ayrshire Classic Car Club for their sterling efforts to get the show on with all the Covid restrictions in place. Here’s to 2022 when we might just get these 18 Figs along………!!!

Enjoy some of the pictures

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Published on 9th August 2021