Gertie's Beetle Gallery 2025
Below you will find images of Gertie, our new Beetle from the Year 2025. Show reports are also included where applicable.
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May 2025
Southern Classics (SCS) first official show of the year was held at their old stomping ground of Clapham and Patching, which they hadn't used for some 20 years. This was local to my Caravan so I didn't need to travel far. Whilst the sun shone all day, there was a gentle cold breeze to bring the temperature down. For a new venue to show cars the turn out was quite good, I believe they had around 75+ cars turn up. Once again a large variety of vehicles arrived throughout the day with some needing tlc and others looking like they have come direct from the showroom.
June 2025
The show this month was the charity show held at Leonardslee Gardens. There was some confusion as to the start time, all members had been informed to be onsite between 9am and 10am, although the gate staff weren't ready and soon a long queue towards the main road formed, thankfully this was soon cleared up and cars started to enter the parade field.
There is much to see at Leonardslee Gardens with the Wallabies, plants and trees the smaller interconnected ponds and the large lake at the far end of the site. If you are lucky you may even see Deer roaming the grounds. A walk around the grounds can take anywhere from 30 minutes (if you are a quick walker) to one hour plus (if you walk around the ponds and lake). On the bottom lake you will find lots of dragon and damsel flies after little bugs, they are quite challenging to get a photo of!
It was a lovely day and lots of cars turned out, this is now a popular event with around 90 cars turning up. It is well worth a visit.
July 2025
The July show was a trip to Broadwater Green, Worthing for the MNDA funday where Southern Classics had been asked to put on a display of Cars and Emergency Services Vehicles. The Worthing branch of the MNDA put on a good show in assocation with the Worthing Lions club for charity. There are plenty of things to entertain the kids and adults can browse the stalls for gifts etc. Around 30 cars turned up this year, much improved on last years turn out. It is a good place to spend the day and enjoy a relaxed atmosphere.
August 2025
This month Southern Classics hosted their annual home show at Worthing Rugby club, Worthing. This is always a popular show and this year didn't dissapoint, there were well over 100 cars and they reported on the day they believed it was the most cars they have had at the Worthing show. There were also a large number of auto-jumblers present, around 8 were selling their wares and doing a good trade which was good to see, some new and some returning traders.
Southern Classics resident Photographer Roger was absent due to a class with the Scimitar club he belongs to, so I was on duty as his understudy photographing the cars and the prize giving. I enjoy this as it is good to see the cars, get some photos and at times speak to the owners about their cars, usually finding out a unique fact about their car, such as the diesel Rover SD1.
It was a lovely day and with the sun shining meant it was a good turnout, many people popped in to view the cars on display. A couple of car clubs turned up and displayed their vehicles. If you want to attend one of Southern Classics shows, the best show to visit is the Worthing show, so much variety, quality and quantity all in one place.
September 2025
The last show of the year for me was the Southern Classics Show at the Gatwick Aviation Museum, Crawley in West Sussex. I havn't been to the Museum for many years now and it was good to return.
The backdrop to the show was the runway, where you could see the planes taking off and landing all throughout the day. Surpsingly the noise wasn't as bad as I feared and you hardly noticed the planes all day. If you used the plane tracker app you could see which type of planes were due to depart or land.
It wasn't the warmest of days and if you got a little cold you could always pop into the Museum and look and their collection of planes and aviation equipment etc that were on display.
Around 50 cars turned up, which wasn't bad for a new location and the last show of the year. There were a few non regulars and few non members with a few interesting cars to mull over.
I thoroughly enjoyed the day looking at all the cars, walking around the museum and watching the air craft take off and land.
If you are in the area, the Gatwick Aviation Museum is well worth a visit.
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