Previous Best in Show winners

Paul's Land Rover finished third overall in the 1986 Camel Trophy – a 3218km event that crossed northern Australia, from Cooktown to Darwin, in 13 days.

This was Jaguar's 1953 Geneva Motor Show car and was then bought by a Richard Burton. David manages about 5000 miles a year in it these days.

Jean has been a great supporter of Bacon and Brakes since the start, and covers 1000s of miles in this, as well as her Defender. 

Wally bought his 2CV 42 years ago in order to go to St Tropez with his late brother who had leukaemia. It was the last holiday his brother would go on.

Scott bought the car as a kit in 1993 and ran it until 2000. He rebuilt it and replaced the Rover V8 with a Vauxhall red top. 

Graham has done plenty of work on the 4.8-litre monster and has driven 10,000 miles in it in less than four years! He also organises Classics Against Cancer.

Ross was in the middle of a "rolling restoration" of the Austin 7, but was still using it as much as he could, even doing some rallies in it. 

Brian's Mk. 9 wasn’t in great condition when he bought it 25 years ago, but he’s gradually brought it back it to its former glory.

The car was originally delivered to its first owner on 6 May, 1937. Alf’s uncle purchased the car in 1954 before Alf’s father bought it in 1960.

Peter has done an enormous number of driving tours in his Daimler and has covered well over 150,000 miles in it since he bought the car in 1989.

The car was owned by Bruce’s father, and he rebuilt it from a pile of pieces in the 1980s. It took him 10 years to do and still it oozes patina.

Our first motorcycle winner, George uses his Falcone regularly. He’s got a soft spot for it with its quirkiness, exposed flywheel, and upside-down forks.

Allan bought this 101 11 years ago and has done an enormous number of miles in it. He even uses it to tow his trials Tomcat!

John came all the way from Fraserburgh in his F350 with his racing Pantera on the back of it. He even started the latter up – it sounded fantastic.

Previous winner John chose Steve's fantastic '63 Galaxie before he took it out on the first Bacon and Brakes grass Autotest (he won his class!). 

It was hard not to award Best in Show to the ex-Eddie Cheever Arrows A11 that Jean-Lou so kindly lent us for the weekend. What a noise it makes!

Dundee Transport Museum’s trustee Graeme Keillor's 1986 Mini Piccadilly is one of only 50 still registered and the car is immaculate.

Craig's pickup is stunning, and much of the work he did himself, from the leather upholstery to the timber inlay on the back.

This was our second fire engine at Bacon and Brakes. Thankfully, this time, nothing was on fire! Shaun's owned this for four years gets out in it quite a lot. 

Turned into a homage to the 962 and 935 sports cars that raced so successfully around the world, it has a full body kit as well as the Rothmans livery.

John flew from Glenrothes into a 25mph headwind to get to us. He takes it to get serviced down at Stanstead, but he has to stop for fuel five times.

It was originally built for drag racing in the United States with a straight-six engine, but it now runs a small-block V8 for its competition outings. 

Imported from Australia in 2016 and meticulously restored by Sam over a three-year period, it now has a 1.6-litre twin-cam engine.

It tops out at 45mph and is “quite sketchy in the corners!” It’s about to undergo a restoration, but it looked fantastic in September, 2025.

Ross, our first two-time winner, bought this Alvis just six months before bringing it to the Rhynd. The bodywork is absolutely stunning.