Gallery: Sparkling line-up at Vintage and Classic Transport Rally at the British Ironwork Centre
There was double the shiny chrome and polished paintwork, as more than twice as many classic vehicles turned out to a vintage rally in its second year.
About 500 classic cars, motorbikes, pump engines and tractors revved up to the Vintage and Classic Transport Rally at the British Ironwork Centre this weekend, topping the 200-odd that came to last year's inaugural event.
Sophia Jones, operations officer at the centre at Aston, near Oswestry, said: "It's our second year and we were twice the size.
"We had over 500 applications so the numbers will have been somewhere in the region of that, though on the day we weren't actually counting, we were more concerned with finding everyone somewhere to park.
"We had more than enough space, which was quite surprising – we didn't know if we would until we opened up all the areas.
"We had lovely weather and so many lovely comments from people on what a fantastic day it was and how well organised it was.
"It all went so smoothly."
She said there was a "cavalcade" procession for all vehicles taking part at 2pm and prizes were given by Oswestry Mayor, Councillor Paul Milner, and David Hickman MBE.
There was also plenty for visitors to see aside from cars, with blacksmithing, silversmithing and painting demonstrations, falconry displays and a range of stalls there throughout the day.
Food by Oswestry's Wynnstay Hotel and a champagne bar kept the crowds fed and watered and the Ironworks Centre's own cafe and showroom were open as usual.
Also back on-site for the day was the centre's Spoon Gorilla, originally created for Uri Gellar out of 40,000 spoons, and there was a chance to see the Knife Angel, a new sculpture made out of more than 100,000 knives to highlight the Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife by artist Alfie Bradley, soon to go on display as a national monument against violence and aggression.
Mrs Jones said the day was the biggest event in the centre's calendar and likely to be a growing annual fixture. She said it looked as if next year's event would be bigger again.
"We started accepting applications for next year on the day," she said.
"We are massive fans of vintage vehicles and the transport rally is a really lovely event - and all of the vehicle owners are just lovely and big supporters of the British Ironworks Centre," she added.
