High-end fashion will to a populat motoring event with a visit from a "Gucci Edition" 1973 AMC Hornet V8 – one of only two thought to be in existence in Britain.
The designer sedan station wagon is the proud possession of a classics’ enthusiast from Norton, Stockton and contains the signature Gucci upholstery and the original headlining material, complete with the famed Italian fashion house’s double G embroidery.
It is a rare vehicle, with Gucci having partnered up with AMC to offer a unique designer edition, only available on the Sportabout body style. Though the five-door Hornet was one of AMC’s most popular models, the pragmatic little wagon hardly seemed a likely candidate for the glamour treatment, but that’s exactly what happened, and the Teesside enthusiast now owns a piece of American motoring history.
It will be available to view at Stokesley’s Classics on Show event, which will be held on Saturday, June 17 on the town's showfield.
It will be joined by more than 500 classic cars, commercial vehicles, motorbikes, and camper vans, at the show, which is free to enter for exhibitors, though donations are welcomed.
Visitors pay £7.50 or £20 for a family ticket for two adults and two children, and £4 for school age children (under 16), while auto jumble traders pay £20 for a standard pitch.
Funds raised from this year’s show will go to Headlight, the Hutton Rudby-based charity working with bereaved families, Blood Bikes, Childline and other local Rotary Club charities. Discover more at www.classicsonshow.co.uk.
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