SOME of the most famous cars in the world will be on show at Clifton College in Bristol next weekend.
James Bond's Aston Martin, Starsky and Hutch's Ford Gran Torino and the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee Dodge Charger will be some of the celebrity vehicles.
More than 125 supercars, vintage and classic vehicles will be on show at the Classic Car Wheeze on Sunday
There will also be the Bloodhound landspeed challenger which is capable of speeds up to 1,000mph.
The family event, which helps to celebrate the school's 150th anniversary, will include attractions for youngsters such as face painting, a bouncy castle, stalls, music and refreshments.
There will be a fly past by a Spitfire, one of the last remaining fighters used to defend our shores during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
And there will be a tethered hot air balloon, a state of the art Apache helicopter, F1 simulator, jet engines, car rides, radio-controlled car races, Rolls-Royce kit-car building competition, motorcycles, and trucks on show from the Second World War.
More than 100 Classic Car Club owners will show off their vehicles including Alvis, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Bristol, Austin Healey and Lotus. Clifton has a strong engineering and motoring pedigree with many famous names in the field who were educated at the college.
Walter Owen Bentley, the founder of Bentley Motors, was taught at the school and Leslie Hore-Belisha, who was a transport minister during the 1930s re-wrote the Highway Code, introduced the UK Driving Test and was responsible for introducing the Belisha Beacon, named after him by the British public.
Sir Roy Fedden, advanced from working on the Bristol car engine to become one of the 20th Century's most influential aero-engine designers.
Clifton's headmaster Mark Moore said: "The Classic Car Wheeze offers young people and their families a highly enjoyable way of interacting with the best of British design over the past 100 years. It promises a unique family day out that raises funds for charity."
The event is sponsored by Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial services firm, which has long-established ties with the school.
If any owners of classic cars, motorbikes or other heritage transport want to display their vehicle, they should contact James Breeze at JBreeze@clifton-college.avon.sch.uk.
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