THE wacky and the classic came together at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
It hosted the National Mini Cooper Day attracting some 1,000 cars to celebrate the famous marque's 45th anniversary.
On display were some of the oldest examples and some only recently built as well as competition vehicles from the cars' 1960s heyday .
The museum also hosted the first Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow, a spin-off from the TV series.
Teams had to adapt junk into motorised furniture to race around the go kart track.
A team entered from the Beaulieu estate reached the quarter-final. Local farmers Michael and Martin Dolbear, combined with fellow retained firefighter David Fisher to create the Beaulieu Recliner, a motorised chaise longue.
Beaulieu spokesman Margaret Rowles said: "We are really proud of them. They did really well."
The challenge was won by an entry from the Mini Cooper Register.
Entertaining the large crowd was a troupe of local cheerleaders, the Southampton Vixens.
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