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BMC/BL Rally & Spares Day

August 1, 2010

Ferry Meadows, Nene Park, Oundle Road, Peterborough, Sunday 1st August 2010.

Register member Lee Godfrey is planning to put a Register stand on at this year’s show. The show attracts hundreds of cars and camping is also available. Visit the BMC/BL Rally website for more details.

If you are interested in bringing your car to the Register stand, please contact Lee Godfrey on 07956126865.

Wings, Wheels, Speed & Steam

August 14, 2010toAugust 15, 2010

White Waltham, near Maidenhead. See Thames Renegades Group Report in SIXappeal 172 for more details.

UPDATE FROM DAVE LUCAS :

Three themed pavilions are planned for the weekend:

  • WWII Spitfire Pavilion – 30s and 40s music
  • Rock and Soul Pavilion – 50s and 60s music
  • Glam rock and New Romantics Pavilion with music from the 70s and 80s

It seems you can book to park by these but I think you have to have the period clobber.

Other proposed sections for the weekend, with the allocated spaces, are:

  • Steam engines 20
  • Working miniature steam engines 30
  • Classic cars 400
  • American rock and roll section 400
  • Tractors 50
  • Fair organs 4
  • Commercial vehicles 60
  • Buses/coaches 20
  • Emegency vehicles 20
  • Military vehicles 50 (this includes demos and sets so will take up greater space than just 50 vehicles)
  • Vintage cars 50
  • Motorcycles 200
  • Vintage motocycles 50
  • Scramblers 40 (we are working on creating a track for racing)
  • Static aircraft 30

New sections:

  • Modified and custom cars 40
  • Hot rods 20
  • Dragsters 10
  • Racing cars 20 (with possible track for exhibition race)
  • Scooters 100

If they succeed in all this it looks like it will be a good weekend.

Entertainment:

Sat 10 – 8 then rock and soul until 11pm last admission 8pm. DJ will be Wild Cat Pete with live music by Bernie Woods and the Forest Fires on Saturday evening. Muleskinners will be playing live during Sunday.

Tatton Park Vintage, Classic & Sports Car Show with Giant Cheshire Auto-jumble

August 21, 2010 10:00 amtoAugust 22, 2010 4:00 pm

The 23rd Tatton Park Vintage, Classic & Sports Car Show with Giant Cheshire Auto-jumble

Over 2,000 Vintage and Classic cars, with up to 90 top car club displays including special events for the Rolls Royce Enthusiasts Club and Alvis Owners Club. Massive 2-day Auto-jumble, collectors car mart for selling or buying the car of your dreams! Lots of general trade stands, children’s rides and refreshments.A great family day out!

10am – 4pm. Adult £7.50, Children under 12 free. Normal park entry charge applies.

Register Members wishing to show cars, please contact either Bob Maddock (Cheshire Group) or John Whitehead (Lancashire Group).

Brian Culcheth requests....

August 21, 2010
11:00 amto5:00 pm

Brian Culcheth at the start of the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup RallyWe have received the following message from Brian Culcheth:

On Saturday 21 August a friend Roy Parmentor wants to run a re-enactment of a picture taken of me driving a MIni Cooper S (which he now owns) down Porlock Hill which was used as a Special Stage on the 1964 RAC Rally. As far as I am aware this was the only time the hill was used in the down direction.

We are hoping to get around fifty spectators to stand on the hill by the same corner. We have hired a bus to collect people in the village at around 11.00am and run them to the location. As a thank you every one will get a free ticket for the excellent Porlock Motor Museum.

On the following day there is the Tour of Exmoor which is a uncompetitive 100 mile run taking in the lovely Exmoor countryside. It would certainly to great to have a few Triumphs along.

Accommodation details for the Porlock Tourist Association 01643 863150 and event details from the Minehead Motor Club.

Best wishes,

Brian

Further details of the tour can be found here: http://www.illuminate.talktalk.net/pages/tour06.htm and more information on the Minehead Motor Club here: http://www.illuminate.talktalk.net.