Vintage Sports Car Club meet for picture at Old Hunstanton

Enthusiasts coaxed their 1920s sports cars to the Norfolk coast to recreate a vintage seaside postcard.

The 1920s postcard showing a Godfrey Nash car in front of what is now the Old Town Beach Cafe at Old Hunstanton (Image: Supplied by Jeff Wooldridge)

Eighteen GN - Godfrey Nash - models, with the odd Austin thrown in, stopped off at Old Hunstanton during a rally around the area.

One of the cars featured in a picture from bygone days, parked outside what is now the Old Town Beach Cafe by the lifeboat station, on Sea Lane.

Brian Gray arrives in his vintage Godfrey Nash for the picture (Image: Chris Bishop)

The picture was unearthed by Jeff Wooldridge, an RNLI volunteer and keen collector of postcards.  

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Dapper Dr Brian Gray had driven his GN all the way from Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, to star in the shot.

The scene at Old Hunstanton recreated today (Image: Ann Robbins)

After bumping down the rickety lane with a few wheel spins on the sand, he was marshalled into position by Ann Robbins, from the Vintage Sports car Club.

"We're here on holiday for a few days with our cars," she said. "We saw the postcard and we thought: 'We've got to do that."

Tom McEwen with his vintage Godfrey Nash (Image: Chris Bishop)

Tom McEwen, a 78-year-old retired GP from the New Forest, arrived in one of the sportier GNs, with an overhead camshaft which can boost its speed to 65mph.

"If you can look after a motorbike, you can look after a GN," he said.

Vintage Godfrey Nash cars line up at Old Hunstanton (Image: Chris Bishop)

The cars, which cost from £115 - £155 depending on the variant, were known as cyclecars, because they were considered a cross between a car and a motorbike.

Production began in 1919, but the cycle car boom was short-lived with the company folding in 1923 after around 4,000 were made.

Nowadays, the increasingly rare motors can fetch more than £60,000 at auction.

Andy and Penny Cawley in their vintage Austin (Image: Chris Bishop)

Andy and Penny Cawley, from Doncaster, had joined the rally in their blue Austin, which can manage 50mph flat-out with a following wind.

"We came on a trailer," said Mrs Cawley, 79. "It's a bit naughty but the A17's not very appealing."

A bit of fettling as an enthusiast checks all's well under the bonnet (Image: Chris Bishop)

One or two of the cars were coughing and spluttering in protest as this summer's trademark rain descended on the coast.

"It's a bit of driving and a lot of fettling to keep one of these going," said one enthusiast as he popped the hood to check all was well.