They will join hundreds of other motoring enthusiasts during the bank holiday weekend at the end of the month en route to Bedford for the AXA classic.

More than 1,200 vehicles packed into the Millbrook Proving Ground last year with a mix of boy-racer icons such as the Ford Capri and the Triumph Stag.

AXA sponsorship manager Maxine Longmuir said: "It would be fabulous to see even more cars than last year's amazing turn-out, and in order to achieve that goal we see growth coming not only from the pre-war and post-war period, but also from the 1970s."