The NEC Classic Motor Show 16th - 18th Nov 2012
 

It gives us great pleasure to announce that for the third year running The Rover 75 & MG ZT Owners Club will be attending The Footman James NEC Classic Motor Show at The NEC in Birmingham.

This three day event runs from Friday 16th November to Sunday 18th, and for anyone who hasn't been before it's quite something. With over 10 halls full of classic vehicles to look at, and hundreds of car clubs displaying some excellent examples it really is worth a visit. There are also a great many trade stands offering all manner of car and bike related items.

This year the Owners Club can be found in Hall 7 next to the Wheeler Dealers Live stage, and adjacent to the refreshments and cafe area.

We will be exhibiting three members cars, a Rover 75 and two MG ZTs, and will again have items available from the club shop for sale, a live forum connection for anyone wishing to browse or even sign up and the EPC (Electronic Parts Catalogue) will be available if anyone wishes to look up a part number. We'd be delighted to meet anyone from the club who happens to be visiting the show, so please feel free to pop over for a chat.

So to the cars we will have on display then: Firstly SD1too has kindly offered us his Mark 1 Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.5 V6 Automatic dealer launch vehicle, finished in refined Wedgwood Blue, and complimented with a Neptune Blue leather personal line interior. This car is in immaculate condition and even sports an original set of MG Rover OEM door finishers.


To illustrate the MG Marque, we have two examples on offer, The Flying Banana will be present with his stunning Monogram Mirage Supertallic pre-facelift ZT 260 V8 saloon which will help showcase the two V8 variants nicely.


Finally, Juzza0 will be providing his extremely eye catching Facelift MG ZT-T CDTi in Monogram Shot Silk with Monogram Cream leather seats and OEM built in Flip down DVD player in the centre of the roof lining. The car also has a Shot Silk painted dash, and widescreen highline sat nav fitted.


Now the best bit, the NEC are offering a club discount for entry on the Saturday and Sunday, when purchased in advance via their website or telephone hotline.

Usual entry price on the door is £21.50 per person, but by quoting discount code 2012SC you can save £5.00 with tickets costing just £16.50 the offer is limited to 2 tickets per member, and includes a glossy show guide worth £7.50.

In addition, family tickets are available admitting 2 adults and up to 3 children (5-16 years) as a group. Use discount code 2012FC to save up to £39.50 on the individual door price. Family tickets cost £35.00 and are limited to 1 per member. Again all ticket prices include a copy of the official show guide to the value of £7.50

Hope to see you there

Some great cars there representing the marks Paul, I will be up there at least one of the day :}

Guys i will be there with my club ford100e owners club so will pop along and say hello one of the dayz :D

Excellent, and if I get a chance I'll do likewise :}

Hi Paul


Great show well worth the visit:D
Im sure I will attending as some point over the week end so see you soon

Rob

we may be able to pop over this time, i may even take a photo :D

Will be there on the Friday as per usual as for the past 7 years, best show ever, make the effort and get along to it........:D:D

Last time I went to a car show at the NEC it was max power live and I had a center parting and a under cut! So thing I might venture down on the Sunday :D

So how was last year's show? :shrug: ;) :D

Very busy. A lot of the visitors were very interested in the Club and quite a few signed up as members.

This is what the stand looked like, taken before the visitors arrived.

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Dave T

Lol, very good :D

Although from the national meet video, as good as it is we could do with some max power type girls, just on the MG's like, we don't want them falling asleep on a R75 bonnet!

Hmm, just watched the video I compiled for the event and it's a little staid to say the least :o.

I'll be there on the Friday again this year, see if I can come up with something a little more upbeat this time ;).

I'm only messing about Jim, was great to watch, some interesting stats from the speech as well on the club, it really is difficult to document meets via video, were very lucky we have someone who even goes to the effort of doing what you do! ;)

Ahh, sorry Sam thought you were refering to this video not the 13th National one



thanks for your comments about my latest effort :D

if we go it will be on the sat or Sunday i expect

Jan & myself are realy hoping to get to the NEC for this but to be honest it's a bit of a haul from Dorset for a day out and being in November with Christmas around the corner it will have to be a last minute decision if funds allow..
Cheers Ian

if you do go maybe see you ? not far for us this time

is it me or does the dicount code not work? tickets for the Sunday are £18.50 but when you enter the code it still says the same??

YES, its me, working now!

Just booked for the saturday 2 tickets

The family code does not seem to work,i entered it but it still stayed the same price £45 instead of £35??

Give the ticket hotline a ring and explain it to them, I'm sure they can sort it for you, at the very least they need to be made aware of the problem.

0871 230 1088

As a result of last years show, we lost the Dueltone belonging to DaveT. :(

(He sold it)... :o
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Are all 4 cars there for the full three days? Only, due to work, I would only be able to make it on the Sunday...

Yes they are, however we have been relocated to another spot who's dimensions will only allow us to display three cars comfortably now. :( subject to any last minute change back - which is looking highly unlikely, we will not be able to feature the Rover 75 V8 on this occasion. The dealer launch 75, Monogram ZT-T tourer, and 'Blue Thunder' ZT 260 V8 will still be on show for all of the days though.

We are very sorry that we have had to withdraw a car, but it is beyond our control, and we would certainly look to featuring the 75 V8 next time.

we will be there on the Saturday with cameras:D in hand

Looking at the current Hall plans, if the club is on stand 7C75, then it looks a good spot - right in front of the Wheeler Dealers live stage, and near food/drink and toilets!

I met Edd China at Chris Evans' CarFest recently, got an autograph (along with one from Chris and Petter Solberg) and had a little chat - he is tall, well compared to me!

Not necessarily a good thing our stand has been in front of them for the last 2 years and its makes for a very noisy weekend :getmecoat:

And I have three days of it and unable to move away.... :(;)

i'll take a photo or two of the stand i'm sure :D

Are you using film?:eek: ;):D Then I can understand the low numbers of photos ;);) :getmecoat::D

no i'd thought i'd do drawings this time :D:D

I could bring some Welsh slate.....;):getmecoat::D:D:D

now your talking :D:D:D:D i was at the NEc last night for top gear live (photos to follow) , not long now before the classic car show and i will be taking lots of photos of OUR stand and the couple of other cars that may be around ;)

Aberdeen Visitor
 

Coming down for the day, Saturday, from sunny Aberdeen.

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Cheers

see ya there
 

il be there see ya saturday tickets bought and hotel booked . might as well make a weekend of it lol

Now there's a surprise :rolleyes:, seriously be good to see you again :cool:

Looking forward to meeting you both :D

how will you recognise me :D i think i can recall what you look like , well i do have some photos of you :D:D:D . be nice to see you again and to see some of our cars :bowdown:

Easy to recognise always got camera in hand

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boy is my hair going on top :(:eek::panic: . nice photo other wise

What do you mean going !

Anyway do you remember the meet location ?

its one of the meets near a reservoir nr derby way .....
well not long now till the car show and it will be nice to see our stand and all the other cars :}

Looking forward to meeting you all there :D

Have just booked my tickets for Sunday :D

See you on the stand Mark

Dave T

nec
 

Hi all, I will be there from Thursday am till late Sunday on cavalier chevette club stand.. towing the caravan down with the 75...so look for it in the carpark sporting the club sticker. Looking forward to meeting again. Cheers

Will you be doing membership subscriptions on the stand ?

Yes we can :D

Yes,, Mr Reebs does most of the input for new members and subscriptions.

Dave T

Thanks Andrew i will be over to sort mine out :D

i will be comeing to the show on saturday, so will be sure the take a look around the club stand :}

All the Mods, to share the load, on the stand will have access to two portals, at least, to join new, or subscribe members :D :D

thats great
i have always got a good load of new members from the NEC

As last year, anyone who has an Apple iPhone or Android smartphone can now download the free app which will give you details about who is exhibiting, where you'll find them, a timetable for events and demos, traffic reports around the NEC, news items, and best of all, a turn by turn map which will help you locate the stands you want. :cool:

Just search for Footman James Classic Motor Show in the app store or android market and you should find it.

Yes this year it's on android ;) and can be found on Google Play by searching for Footman James :cool:

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NEC Show
 

Booked tickets today hope to see you all on Saturday.

Good luck setting up today guys, I know it's going to be a long day :(

I'm going on Saturday, so I'll likely pop over to the stand for look!

Nice to see jimbo driving in this morning...

is there wifi this year at the show?

Enjoy the show folks..I'm going to have to give this one a miss..
More month than money...lol
Just keep a close eye on that flying banana or he'll be off buying something :getmecoat:!!!!!
Cheers Ian

See you tomorrow chaps, prime location by the looks of it right next to Mike, Edd and Paul!

i expect someone will take photos of the event , and of mr banana :D

Just dont let him wear THAT hat or the stand will be empty

I've got me hat but no red nose. Doubt if Reebs will let me wear it. I'm after a diesel ZT or ZTT, saw a nice Green one tonight in the pub car park. But want Monogram or I'll settle for a lowered Firefost ZT.:drool4:

Why would I not let you wear it Bob :shrug: go for it, just don't display the naked lady still on your dash ;)

Pics RSVP :)

Hi Paul
How about we raise a few quid for children in need..I'll donate £10 if Bob wears the hat for at least part of the day..
Come on guys get your wallets out
Cheers Ian

Just on opening this morning

Good to see Bob has got the hat on..
Cheers Ian

Here we go......who says ZT-Ts aren't cavernous, Dragrad's in the boot :D

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If your coming, head for hall 7 and look for our flags

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The stand starting to fill up just after curtain up

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First up the 75 dealer launch car

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Next the Shot Silk ZT-T

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Finally, Blue Thunder the V8

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Forum access and a nice slide show on our 60 inch screen

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The club shop with calendars on sale now

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And just across the way from us the Wheeler Dealers Live Stage

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And here you go Redfive, Bob in his hat :cool:, so come on then dig deep for Children in need :D

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Come and say hello if your up here this weekend :grouphug:

Still got my Hat on Ian? Wish I had brought the nose with me. Still not sold the V8.

The cars on display look great in the pics, sorry i had to miss this, was a choice between attending or decorating this weekend and i lost !

Thought you had the nose on Bob ..I'm sure you will get some interest in Blue Thunder I think it's a bargain if only I could get someone to buy my ZT
Tell Paul (reebs) I will keep my promise in fact if those mods at the show donate a tenner each I'll double mine to £20...
Cheers Ian

Will Jan let you have a V8? Selling your diesel won't be a problem. Rhubarb and Custard would look good parked together.:drool4::drool4:

Will be with you as soon as I can in the morning guys :eek: :D

Excellent work there in setting up our stand and the cars look fantastic :drool4:

Hi Bob
Part one..I'm the boss in my house and Jan won't let me have a V8..
Part two.. Rhubarb is as much a part of the household as Custard is so I can see him going anywhere..
Cheers Ian

Celebrity Visitors
 

TV's Wheeler Dealers came to meet the Owners Club today, Mike Brewer, Edd China and Paul Brackley popped over to get a touch of Shot Silk, and very welcome there were too :cool2:

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Loving that pic, ;)

me to , i'll be over in the am and i want to see the live stage and i may even see a 75 in passing :D

Maybe we could persuade them to do a charity special car build with the owners club for a future series.

Tea get talking to them about it!

One day. I can dream!!!!

And very nice people they were too!

Agreed :D ;)

Can't help noticing you're all near the food outlet :shrug:;):D:D

that why they are green , good planing :D:D:D

Why they're green:shrug: why they're rotund Stephen:D:D:D

Well its been a busy day at the show today hobnobbing with the celebs who all loved the cars. Firstly we had Jon Bentley from the gadget show who recalled going to the Rover 75 launch in Seville with James May! Then later we had Mike Brewer, Edd China and Paul Brackley from wheeler dealers over :bowdown:

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Well done chaps, the stand looks fab (as usual) - sorry I could not get out of work today - I will be there tomorrow - looking forward to it :)

Best

I think that Reebs and the team deserve a big pat on the back for the efforts that they have put into this show and bringing the club to the attention to many visitors

Popped over to the stand today to buy a 2013 calendar, fantastic effort put in by all - well done:D had a bit of a chat with Duotone.
Very tired feet this evening lots and lots of fantastic cars :drool4:

i also came up today and had a look around the stand, some lovely cars, i also bort a club calendar, not sure who i spoke to but when i showed my member ship card he said your a bit young to be a member of the club :D, dan

Oops i forgot to get a calender :getmecoat: . a very big place didn't see all of it and didn't see much of our stand , a good display from our lot :bowdown:

Great stand guys well done :bowdown:

Stand looks great.Nice to see the big names intrested.Maybe wheeler dealers could do a 75/ZT or even a V8.

Yeah, would have been nice to see them bring that tatty V8 back that needed a new rear subframe!

Great stand guys had nice chat with Reebs nice looking cars keep up the good work.

Your camera did though :D Good to meet you again.:} Thank you for your photographic skills :D:D

It is a lot of work and long days, but enjoyable in meeting so many old and potentially new members, as well as those that joined on the day and those that subscribed. :bowdown::D

It has been an eye opener on so many fronts as to the number of 75 & ZT appreciation people that are out there and who never knew that clubs existed for the marques :shrug:;) They now know better :D

Tomorrow is another day..................... ;)

Thanks guys for flying the MGR flag high and its lovely to see everyone looking so relaxed and refreshed having fun. Great job.

Did you try persuade them to turn their magic onto SVP in the next series ? :)

Great day on the stand yesterday, we had so much interest around the marque. The owners exhibiting their cars have to be thanked for allowing the public to jump in and out of their treasured possessions ;)

The stand looks great and each year we live and learn so next year hopefully it will look even better :D

Got rather busy round the stand whilst the live show was in full swing

No need, Mr Doodles, as it's all done and back on the road. ;)

Was going to mention that fact myself :D

Thanks, Jim. :}

Back on topic - a very well done to the 2012 NEC contingent. Only an afternoon to go now!! :D

If I didn't know better, I think your missing the experience. :}

Popped over to the stand yesterday - very impressive, so well done to all involved. On the downside - I didn't get to speak to anyone as all involved were rushed off their feet with admiring customers.. On the plus side, I had my brother with me who is a confirmed MG nut. He has an MGF, an MG Midget and a ZR, but after looking at the stand has now decided he wants a ZTT!!

Cliff

What a great show, front row seats for Ed & Mike, this looked a bit of alright as well, lovely car:

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stand looked good too :}

i'll up load some photos soon . just one or two.....;) not many of 75's /ZT's but lots of other cars

soon will have photo uploaded assuming photobucket don't mess up again :confused: oh it has............... lots of bad words ...in stead of a file i had named it has put it in a general file i'll temp just put a few up for now and reload the album another time

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Well it looks like you all did a great job and had a good day too. It'll be interesting to see if this increases the club member base at all.

Rik.

Judging by the interest people showed, I think it will :}

NEC Rip-off
 

Went along with the wife on Saturday and thought it was a great show. Had a chat with Reebs and the team and we thought our stand looked very professional. On the negative side £10 for parking and £4.50 for a hot dog seems like the usual rip-off at NEC events. Glad we were able to take advantage of the club discount.

Due to the forum outage my NEC post was lost :(

A few pictures from the build up of the stand on the Thursday

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The Wheeler Dealear team one night after the show closed

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The Practical Classics editor Danny Hopkins with juzza0 aka Justin

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It was rather busy near our stand during the live show performances, these were taken on Sunday whilst Flying Banana aka Bob was attemting to protect Blue Thunder from the hoardes.

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I kept meaning to have a walk round some of the other halls early one morning but just never got chance due to our stand being busy all day.

Imho the real stars of our stand were the members that provided their cars :bowdown:.

A special thanks from me to Jezzer 1 aka Jeremy who ran me round the car parks on Sunday evening in search of my car :o.

It looks like a really good time was had by all.
Great photo's

In the background of a few of the shots you can see a car I used to own.....The pewter grey Rover 800 Vitesse Coupe on the Rover800.info stand! Used to love that car, still regret selling it although it did leave the way open for me to buy the ZTT!

Just for you James a video capture, sorry for poor quality :o

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another video capture this time of Jon Bentley on our stand

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we didn't manage to persuade Chris Barrie, "the Stig" or the two beauties from the Practical Classics stand to join us :(

Well, I certainly tried. ;);)

Maybe if you had offered Flying Banana & Reebs as part exchange you may have got a deal.!!!!
Cheers Ian

Part ex me? No, who would look after Banana?

Thanks for that, it is nice to see a car I loved being looked after so well!

Well a big thank you to the Club and everyone for a fantastic weekend. We had some long days but some fun days/evenings and it was good to spend some time and get to know the mods so well, so a big thanks to Christoper, Paul (Reebs), Jim (J1MBO), Dave (Duotone), Andrew (Dragrad), Neil Coupland, Phil (parker), Jeremy (Jezzer1), anyone else I've missed off the list and my two fellow show mates Bob (the Flying Banana) and Simon (SD1too).

It was a once in a lifetime event and Di and me enjoyed it immensely.

Thanks again to everyone, and here's some more pics:

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Another celeb, Quentin Wilson:
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Bob (The Flying Banana):
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Simon (SD1too):
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And the A-Team :D
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Well it's great to read that the event was a success for the Club, and all those that attended enjoyed the experience.

I had a ball last year, I can talk the subject of the 75/ZT all day long, perhaps I'll have the pleasure again next year.

A short video of our stand at the Classic Motor Show covering the build up day on the Thursday, the start of the show on Friday and "early doors" on the Saturday.

Nice one Jim :D And the long one is due when ? ;):getmecoat::D:D

Nice video Jim, well done..

Dave T

Top job Jim, fantastic video :bowdown:

Well done Jim.

I wish - never got the chance for more video of the stand especially during Sunday, let alone have a wander round the halls.

Thanks Dave :cool:

Glad you like it Justin :D

Cheers Bob ;)

On behalf of the team and owners thanks Derek, it was a very busy but enjoyable four days :).