From a distance, the home looks like many other rural properties around the Lakes District, with a house, a barn and outbuildings. Only those who venture up the curving driveway will notice the extra cars parked on the property.

Even people who know little or nothing about collector vehicles will realize these aren’t just the ordinary Fords and Chevrolets seen on the highway everyday. These cars all have distinct styling.

The first one that catches the eye is a two-tone vehicle from the early sixties parked in a shed to protect it from the weather.

“It’s Granny’s car,” jokes longtime car enthusiast Bill Bowerbank, referring to the little old lady from the Tweetie cartoons. The vehicle does bear a striking resemblance to its cartoon counterpart and is a 1960 or 1961 Nash Metropolitan, a small car with rounded fenders designed with female drivers in mind.