Around 150 Corvettes from all generations gathered for the CCCUK Nationals on Sunday – with one car even making its way from the US for the event!
That vehicle – a Corvette C4 owned by Rick Riccardi – certainly took the plaudits for longest distance travelled, but it was far from the only pilgrim, with others coming from as far afield as Belgium and Ireland.
The annual celebration of all things Corvette was marking the model's 65th birthday this year, and ran across two days at The Sharnbrook Hotel in Bedfordshire, with a gala dinner on the Saturday night before the main event the following day.
This 1973 Chevrolet Corvette XP897 GT Two-Rotor GM concept car was a big draw
One major talking point was a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette XP897 GT Two-Rotor GM concept car, powered by a mid-mounted Wankel rotary engine and displayed by marque aficionado Tom Falconer.
Early cars attending included Stephen Warnes’ 1960 C1, which was reputedly once on display inside a McDonald's restaurant in Romford, Essex; it was later partially dismantled and acquired by Warnes around five years ago and subsequently restored.
