I was a disappointed with the show (not enough there and too much emphasis on drag cars for me) but like Rick, really enjoyed the Haynes museum. The information they provided for the themes and the individual vehicles was very well displayed and very interesting. The history of bike manufacturing in Britain would have kept me entertained for ages but thinking we had this large Xtreme Wheels show to get around we only took two hours in the museum and really I think you need much more. Another exhibit - again small but very detailed - was a section dedicated to Stirling Moss and it listed every car he had raced. They also provided a small model of each car detailing when he raced it and quotes from him saying what he thought of each vehicle. Again, I could have spent ages just looking at that exhibit. As well as the vehicles there was a lot of other interesting kit around the museum ranging from metal signs to old vehicle related slot machines to interesting posters and even an early juke box. As Rick has said, lots for youngsters including a duplo area, brass rubbing plates (including paper and crayons) for many of the cars, a Top Trumps game (I thought these cards for many of the vehicles were really interesting as you could easily compare car with car) plus Q & A sheets that the children could take around with them on a fact finding mission. All this plus they had a good play area outside with plenty of different things to do. Rick had to fight hard to keep me off the diggers!
I would definitely recommend the museum if not the Xtreme Wheels show.
There were a lot of drag cars at the show and this pamphlet was on one of the stands. I thought it was quite quirky. It is a driver's eye view of a drag race:
Xtreme Wheels Haynes International Motor Museum, Somerset 12-13 June 2010
