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Club events to date
The Inaugural Club Meet - Gaydon : 8th January 2006
http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/imag...t1_Group2s.jpg Now we know over a hundred people registered to attend, but how many cars did you think would actually be there? An outdoor event, in the cold, the wind, the early Sunday morning, some people quite local, many from some distance, and three from Europe. All to reunite their models with each other, Cowley and Longbridge alike. A few perhaps? Maybe even half? http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/imag...b_meet1_01.jpg As far as the eye can see ... Well, we counted them all and the total was outstanding. 100 Rover 75 and MG ZT models blew in to Gaydon for the first ever meeting of the club. That says a huge amount of the people who own these cars, their dedication to a club in its infancy and their enjoyment of meeting fellow owners. Brilliant. Even though the day was to start at 11:00am the cars were coming in two hours earlier, and there was a steady convoy that appeared over the brow of the access road to park up in the area reserved for the club by the Motor Heritage Trust. As people got and wandered round so pleasantries were exchanged, laughs punctured the air and doors, bonnets and boots opened to show the trims and engines in the vast array of models that were arriving. Have you ever seen a V8? How about fifteen, most in a group, all sitting menacingly? How about a Trophy yellow ZT-T? Rare, no? We had three there. And perhaps the rarest of the bunch, a 75 V8 Tourer. For sale too if anyone was interested. There were a lot of people working out loan rates on that car park ........... A couple of noteworthy arrivals caused everyone to stop and stare. First perhaps was Luciano Luppi, confirmed Anglophile and the proud owner of a beautiful black ZT-T, arrived after a 1,000 mile trip from his home in Genoa. Not far behind was Jan Glazemakers from Gent in Belgium in his facelift 75, and a star turn for a rather wonderful two-tone saloon as it gracefully joined the ranks. As the gathering steadily grew large, Mike disappeared inside with Luciano for an important appointment; the club had been invited onto the Les Ross morning radio show on BBC's Radio WM to talk about the meeting, the cars and of course, Luciano's sprint across Europe to join us. As more people walked around the various models now parked up the interview boomed out across the cordoned-off area, Mike explaining about the club and encouraging listeners to come along. Whilst it was fun to hear a ZT 260 Tourer's throttle being blipped in the car park, soon it was time to head inside. A hot drink and a sit down in the Conference Room to hear Mike McCabe welcome everyone and let us know about the rest of the day. Only two really important points; a group photo of everyone round two very special cars, and the winners of the best R75 and MG ZT present were to be announced straight after the pics had been taken. In good spirits and humour everyone present listened, chuckled, and asked questions, before a couple of questions wrapped up the short session. Well, not quite, as Juergen Schonfeld, representing the European club r75.info, came forward and presented Mike with one of their club badges and a commemorative certificate congratulating the club on it's first event. Remember, before the 75 & ZT club there was an active band of enthusiasts already touring around Northern Europe and meeting up with their versions. A wonderful touch from you guys, and thanks. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/imag...b_meet1_02.jpg Juergen Schonfeld congratulates Mike McCabe on the first event for the club. Time to have a wander. If you've never been to the museum then it's well worth a visit. Some superb displays of cars of our past, with a MG B GT cut in half for you to walk between the two pieces, or the turbine Rovers of over 40 years ago, or perhaps the concept cars like the mouth watering MG EX-E. But of course the two stars were the first and last 75 models built, positioned side by side especially for us by the Trust staff. With everyone crowded round them photos were taken to mark the event. The day was flying past by now, and the results of the competitions were announced. Keith Adams had gone round the cars, ignored the bribes and made two excellent choices. First, the best 75. This went to a car that simply stood out on account of its two-tone blue over silver coachwork. Next up, the hotly contested ZT competion, which eventually was awarded to one of the three Yellow MG ZT-Ts. One final, special prize though; to Luciano for his intrepid 1,000 mile journey just to join in the fun and say hello. Richly deserved and wonderful to meet a fellow enthusiast from Italy. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/imag...b_meet1_04.jpg The winners of the first club competitions. So, with the day coming towards a close, members wandered around and looked at the cars grouped outside, got another hot drink and walked around to say farewell to everyone else who had come along. Farewells exchanged and more ideas given to the club on future events and web stuff. A long day, but what huge fun, and roll on summer for the next meeting! http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...t1_Group2s.jpg Say hi to the Club! Our thanks to the British Motor Heritage Museum for their help and facilities. Images supplied by club members who retain individual copyright. |
The 2nd Club Meet - Bealieu : 28th May 2006
Wow-didn?t we do well! 84 lovingly polished cars and some of the best sunshine we?d seen in weeks, made the Rimmer Bros sponsored second Club meet at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, a great day out for members and the public on the late May Bank Holiday weekend. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...b_meet2_01.jpg Serried ranks-Members cars lined up in the Beaulieu Arena, pictured from the Museum monorail. More than 160 members and their families travelled from all over the UK and Europe to the beautiful New Forest setting. Cars from Italy, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, and even Glasgow, showed that Beaulieu was the only place to be on the day for all serious 75 or ZT drivers. The visiting cars represented nearly every model and type from the earliest Cowley built 75?s all the way up to the final ZT260 V8 models. The National Motor Museum really is a superb venue, set as it is in the heart of the New Forest, yet with easy access from the motorway network. Beaulieu staff provided every help and assistance with pre-planning and on the day support. A special mention must go to Brian from the Museum staff who worked tirelessly throughout the day to make sure everything went smoothly. Brian also helped us to choose the winners of the best 75 and best ZT awards, the prizes were ?25 worth of Rimmer Bros. vouchers to each owner which had been kindly donated by Rimmer Bros. themselves. Club members also voted for their own Members Award, and the winner, Alex, will receive one of the first copies of the new 75 Haynes Manual when it is launched in August. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...b_meet2_02.jpg Prize-winners with their prize-winning cars. We were delighted to welcome The President of the European based Club-Seventyfive, Frank Rosenfeld, to Beaulieu, and to present him with an engraved model of a Rover 75 as a thank you from the club for the great support shown us by his club and European owners. Many members commented during the day at how quickly our club has grown. They said that they now felt that the club is going from strength to strength. Membership is growing rapidly as more and more of the cars come onto the affordable second hand market. The newly launched club website provides a host of technical support, club news and information, and the club forums are packed out with both chat and sound advice, seemingly on a 24/7 basis! On a final note, nearly all members left Beaulieu with an unexpected gift-sunburn! The late May Sun caught us all out, but after the first and freezing cold January meet at Gaydon, nobody was complaining. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...b_meet2_03.jpg More lovely 75s in a row. The next club meet will be held in Yorkshire in September, where we look forward to welcomed many more members from Scotland and the North (as well as all parts of the UK and Europe) Watch out for full details here and on the club forums. A few thank you?s - The 75 and ZT Owners Club want to thank Rimmer Bros. who supply the full range of MG and Rover spares, for their sponsorship. If you missed out on the Rimmer Bros leaflets handed out on the day then please see their banner ad on our club forum based at www.mg-rover.org. And finally a big thanks to Ken and Christopher who worked tirelessly to make this meet a superb success. We are all very grateful for their efforts. Mike |
The 3rd Club Meet - Eden Camp : 17th September 2006
The third meeting of the 75 & ZT owners club has now taken place at Eden Camp Yorkshire and what a meet it was. We had 58 gleaming 75s and ZTs plus four other makes in the car park joining ours. We have had so much more good feedback on this meet that it even puts Beaulieu in the shade. Well done to all that attended our third meet in the last year. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...ncamp_0031.jpg Eden camp came up to our expectations and proved to be the ideal place to hold the event, not only was it interesting but extremely well laid out with excellent facilities for people of all age groups. Thanks to Nick at Eden Camp for helping us in organising this event. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...b_meet3_02.jpg Thanks to many members we had a good draw with prizes given freely by the members for others to enjoy. Below is the full list of draw donations and winners - Locking wheel bolts donated by Nitrousgear and won By Actros - Chrome mirror backs donated by actros Won By 0-60 - Touring kit donated by actros Won By Holmol - Travel rug donated by Malcolm Brown Won by Den Sills - Pair of Rover towing mirrors donated by Windrush Won By Brian Simonds - Book entitled Rover The first Ninety Years (not new but in good condition). donated by 7T5 Won By JS75 - Set of four Rover centre caps for the pre facelift models donated by kandyman. Won By Dunks - Bottle of Whiskey This particular bottle is a 12 year old Lagavulin single malt natural cask strength, 57.8% donated by Salop75 Won By Keast - MG Rover promotional carrier bag donated by taichiman with a copy of the DVD MG The Legend. Won By Neil Coupland - The DVD MG The legend. We have two of these for two winning tickets. Won By Salop75 and Johnboy - Bottle of Three Barrels brandy donated by Christopher and Ken. Won By Rovernut The car of the show award was won by Livermpj with his immaculate copperleaf 75 the car is a real credit to him. His prize was ?50 worth of vouchers from the meet sponsor Rimmer Bros. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...b_meet3_01.jpg We have tried to keep all of the meets different and up to now we think we have achieved our aim so lets hope the next meet will be as different as this one was. There will be no news about the next meet until a little later this year but we are aiming for the meet to be in the early part of next year. http://s179128443.websitehome.co.uk/...b_meet3_03.jpg The 75 & ZT Owners Club |
The 4th Club Meet - Haynes International Motor Museum : 18th Match 2007 The Club's fourth National Meet was held on 18th March 2007 at the Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset. The Club was given it's own parking area outside the main entrance to the museum which was exclusive to us, and the car park adjacent to ours had Ferrari's and Lamborghini's from the museum parked up. It also happened to be the "Haynes Dream Car Day" which was held on their own test track and consisted of a range of cars being brought out of the museum for the day and being driven around the circuit. The prestigious Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford in Somerset is the UK's largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world. A living and working museum, with over 340 amazing cars and bikes from nostalgic classics of the 50's and 60's, glorious Bentleys and Rolls Royces to exciting supercars of today, like the Jaguar XJ220. Our meet started at 10:30am and continued until 4:30pm, there were over 100 cars in attendance which was a record for the time and included 13 V8's. There was a raffle, and access to the museum and coffee shop was also available. Despite the rather changeable weather on the day, we had a very good turn out and a fine selection of cars on display. |
The 5th Club Meet - Holker Hall & Gardens : 23rd September 2007 The fifth Club Meet was held in the grounds of Holker Hall in Cumbria on Sunday 23rd September 2007 between 10:30 - 5pm, and 73 cars were in attendance. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psa442db54.jpg This meet marked the introduction of our own booking-in table so that members would not be held up at the gate as they entered. Name badges were also issued to the registered members who were attending, and we had our own marshals to park you up as you arrived. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps468539ba.jpg There was the normal 'Car of the show' award, the prize being a saloon warning triangle kit kindly donated by Les at SMC and £25 from the club. As well as that we held a raffle with prizes which included chrome capped wing mirror covers, four more warning triangles, and an MG Rover golf bag. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psa7810a56.jpg We were also lucky enough to secure the services of Mr John Easson, Xpart & M.G.Rover Business Manager. John was able to answer any and all questions relating to spare parts availability on behalf of Xpart. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps6a788c85.jpg |
The 6th Club Meet - Beaulieu : 3rd/4th of May 2008 The sixth national meet was the first to be spread over a two day period, with an informal social get together on the Saturday at Bucklers Hard in the New Forest, a picturesque 18th century village on the banks of the Beaulieu River. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps57941fef.jpg Followed in the evening by a meal at the Royal Oak at Hilltop just outside Beaulieu village. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...pse07b01cc.jpg The next day, the meet itself held at the National Motor Museum attracted 61 cars of all variants arriving from 10:15 am, and these were expertly grouped into the customary 75, ZT and V8 collections by our very own club marshal actros. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps74b36645.jpg With the passing that year of long standing member 'Gryphon' it was decided to introduce the Gryphon Award for best car in show, as voted for by members themselves, and this we did in honour of him. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psc83f4e94.jpg Xpart again joined us at Beaulieu and gave a very informative presentation in the lecture theatre, outlining the history of the company and how they saw the future, the latest position on spares and the current position with reference to the Chinese and how Xpart would be fitting in with them. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psd5073c8d.jpg That was followed by the customary raffle draw and free tea and coffee. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psb36ba004.jpg |
The 7th Club Meet - RAF Cosford : 19th April 2009 The seventh National Meet took place on 19th April 2009 at RAF Cosford in Shropshire between 10:30 - 4:30pm. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps14a14ad1.jpg With over 117 cars present this proved to be quite a spectacle. The venue was running The National Cold War Exhibition as an additional attraction, and along with having aircraft as a natural backdrop, made for a wonderful location at which to meet. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psd44339f5.jpg Once again, the Gryphon Award was presented for the best car of show, as well as the customary raffle. With over 100 people gathering round our registration area, it really illustrated the support the members gave to this event. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...psa93c3f29.jpg We were graced with an unusual photo opportunity as 10 monogram finished cars lined up side by side. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...pscf60b03c.jpg Colours included Bittersweet, Shot Silk, Chatsworth, Typhoon, Spectre and Mirage to name but a few. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps14a14ad1.jpg |
The 8th Club Meet : Sunday 18th October 2009
The Club Team are pleased to announce the next .National Meet Ferry Meadows Nene Park Peterborough PE2 5UU Sunday 18th October 2009 from 10.30 to 5.30 Entrance Fee £8.00 per car. Click on the link below to register and pay your entrance fee. Price is per car not the number of occupants NB: We will not be issuing tickets either by post or by email despite any emails or instructions from the Club Shop to the contrary. The Club Team will have a complete list of those that have paid, your name will be checked against the list at the gate. Any members coming on the spur of the moment, please have the correct change £ 8.00 per car ready. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/register/ Café, Restaurant and Bar There are two cafes in Ferry Meadows offering a range of refreshments and light meals. The Visitor Centre Café. Hot and cold snacks and beverages. Lakeside Cafe. Terraced restaurant and licensed Bar at the Watersports Centre. The Water Sports centre is a 5 to 10 minute walk from the main parking area. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d4ff1291b0.jpg Ferry Meadows Miniature Railway Ham Lane Station is located adjacent to the meeting rooms hired by the club. All charges are separate from the National Meet entrance fee. This a fair weather train as can be seen in the picture. Click on the pic http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...aac2b55fdf.jpg Play areas for our younger members There are three well equipped play areas that are maintained to the highest standards. The one near the Visitor Centre Café being specifically for younger children. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d4e2e682e1.jpg Caravanning & Camping One of the Caravan Club's most popular sites is at Ferry Meadows. It is open all year round and welcomes caravanners and campers. It is open to non-members. For information about the Caravan Club and the site go to:- http://tinyurl.com/lpobsa Bookings for caravan or camping must be made by yourselves. This is completely separate from the National Meet entrance fee. Cycling Explore the many miles of lakeside and woodland footpaths/cycle ways. Link with the City-wide network and provide easy access to and from the City. Bring your own bikes or hire them from the Watersports Centre Dog Walking, Bring your own or borrow one from a friend. :) Dogs are permitted in the Park providing they are kept under close control. Responsible dog owners help us to keep the central area of Ferry Meadows clean and pleasant for all visitors by cleaning up their dogs' mess and using the dog bins provided. Barbecues There are permanent barbecue stands near the coach park and the Watersports Centre car park in Ferry Meadows. There is no charge for their use and they are not bookable, bring your own charcoal and utensils. You may bring your own barbecue provided that it is off the ground. Please take care; the grass in summer and autumn can be very dry and burn easily. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d626478286.jpg Nene Valley Railway The railway runs along the perimeter of the park. The nearest station is 5 minutes walk from the parking area. Trains to and from Peterborough and Wansford. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d626447cb8.jpg Timetable and general information We have secured the covered area and adjacent rooms near to the Vistor Centre, in case of inclement weather. Open all day Gate open at 10.30, meet ending 17.30, the park remains open until dusk. Approximately 14.00 Announcements and Raffle will be held either at one of the clubs Gazebos or in the covered area depending on weather. Kandyman has worked his usual magic and located a hotel within a few hundred yards of the park entrance. Please see this Link for hotel bookings www.premierinn.com Peterborough (Ferry Meadows) Ham Lane Orton Meadows Nene Park Peterborough PE2 5UU T: 08701 977 205 F: 01733 391055 Friday - Sunday From £51 per room per night Do's Please conform to instructions given by marshals, in the main this is for your safety and security. Bring family and friends - this is a social event so the more the merrier! By all means clean and polish your car ;) Enjoy yourselves and help support your club at the same time :) Don'ts Please try not to arrive before 10.30 if possible, the entry route is single lane and we do not want to inconvenience other park users by blocking the road. Speed limit within the Park 15 MPH...... Speed limit from the ticket control booth to parking spot 5 MPH........ Vehicles must not be left unattended with bonnets open....... No revving of engines whilst parked in the display area...... Please don't bring items for sale without prior arrangement....... This is a public park and as such we may have the public wandering through the display area, please lock your cars if left unattended. Club marshals will be on duty throughout the day to ensure your safety and security but we cannot be everywhere at once. |
The 9th Club Meet :
We are very pleased to announce that the next official club meet will be on Sunday 25th April 2010 Gaydon Motor Centre, Warwickshire We will kick off at 10.30am and will be finished by 4.30pm. The heritage motor centre closes at 5pm so that will give us time to pack everything up and get out ourselves prior to the closing time. As usual, parking will be organised by us so please follow the directions on where and how to park up your cars - the event will be well signposted by Gaydon themselves too. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...4abac7a73b.jpg There will be a minimal registration charge of £2 per car which you can purchase from the club shop. We will also have wristbands that you can purchase at the flat rate of £6 per person - this will allow you to enter the heritage motor centre itself. This will be cheaper than buying on the day from the centre themselves - although you will not need this for the meet itself.. http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...4abaca6e4a.jpg This year we hope to have a number of trade stands available as well as the usual selection of Rover 75's and MG ZT's. We are also working on getting some "extra" cars to visit us - more on that when we know more ourselves. We will of course be continuing the tradition of presenting the Gryphon Award for 2010, which is in honour of a very brave man and forever a member of the club. (Any new members just search for Gryphon and you will understand this award and why we award it each year.) http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...6438d79d5b.jpg Dogs are allowed on site but must not go into any of the buildings unless they are registered guide dogs. To find out more about the Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre click here and information on getting to the place can be found here. The address for the venue is: Banbury Road Gaydon Warwickshire CV35 0BJ To register for this event please click HERE and purchase your registration where indicated. NB: Please ensure you are logged in (Make sure you username is in the top-right hand corner of the shop) to ensure you can register! Please also note that when buying tickets you may be issued with an automated email stating products will be delivered. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING BY POST for the meet. All tickets and wristbands will be issued ON THE DAY and will NOT be posted out prior to the event. Please disregard any statements or emails from the Club Shop to the contrary of this. Thanks. Please be aware that this is a static display only, no car is to drive at over 15 mph anywhere within the museum complex. Please observe this requirement. |
N.E.C Classic Motor Show 2010
http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/img/cms_2010_sm.jpg November 2010 marked the Owners Club's first appearance at the annual NEC Classic Motor Show. After two years of trying, we finally secured a stand and over the three day event were able to promote some fine examples of the marque, as well as introduce to many, the experience of sitting behind the wheel of a Rover 75 and MG ZT. The Club's stand was manned over the course of the event by Christopher, Reebs, Dragrad, Phil, JakeW89, djw40 and Jezzer 1, both of whom surrendered the use of their vehicles for the entirety of the display. Over the three days we gave away 114 complementary Tax Disc Holders, sold grille badges, key rings, lapel pin badges, and window stickers. In addition many new members joined up on the spot, and many more registered later from the comfort of their own homes. As the newbie’s in town, we were made to feel very welcome by the more established stand holders adjacent to us including the SD1 Club & Rover P6 Club to name but two. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...t.jpg~original From Left to right: Christopher (and daughter), djw40, Reebs, and Dragrad http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...4.jpg~original 2004 MG ZT 180 SE Sports Auto in Monogram Lagoon http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original 2002 Rover 75 Club SE CDT Diesel Tourer in Dover White http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...o.jpg~original 2004 Rover 75 Connoisseur SE Long Wheel Base Limousine in Platinum Gold http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...k.jpg~original On-Line registration, and club information desk ......and we even got a mention in the press (Classic Car Weekly) http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...C.jpg~original |
Calne National Meet - Review
The 10th National Meet Sunday 6th March 2011 http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...o.jpg~original The Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum established in 1962 played host to the club's first national get together of 2011. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...k.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...k.jpg~original This was a lovely venue in which to meet and offered a wide selection of classic exhibits from yester-year. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...k.jpg~original The day began with the arrival of the Club team at 9:15am to get things set for the official opening time of 10:30am. To say it was a bit nippy would have been the understatement of the year, but the sun was out, and we could ask for no more. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...k.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...k.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original After parking the team's cars up and assembling the brand new gazebo (as the last one fell foal to 'Typhoon Gaydon') Work began on erecting the various flags and signs to tell of our presence. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original No sooner had this begun when some of the early bird members started to arrive and put Actros, Dragrad, and Jake amongst others through their paces. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original The place soon filled up and we had a total of 59 cars, and 88 people in attendance. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original Plenty of tourers were there too http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original There were cars in a variety of colours including Trophy Blue and Solar Red http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original as well as a 'Flying Banana' no less...well actually a Sunspot Monogram ZT http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original No it's not a karaoke, but me conducting the raffle, much to the bemusement of Christopher and Parker http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original Actros took on the role of 'official bucket holder' http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original Then came the award for best car in show and it went this year to Cliff (Teflon) http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original With his pristine example of a very well maintained 75 Connoisseur in Monogram Lagoon http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original The day continued until it was time to pack away, and by 5pm the last men standing finally went their separate ways, my thanks to Neil Coupland for staying to the bitter end. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original Many thanks also to all those who made this event the great day it was, and to CMWI and others for the use of these images. |
11th National Meet - Flixton
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...o.gif~original The second National Meet of 2011 was held on Sunday September 18th at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum in Flixton, Suffolk. This was the club's 11th National Gathering. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8.jpg~original Members started arriving from 10am and the last few left at 5pm. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original 61 cars attended and were parked in between the varied array of aircraft on display there, making this a rather unique setting for a National. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...7.jpg~original The weather was kind, which helped make the day a tremendous success. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0.jpg~original Many thanks go to member Woolleysox for donating a brand new flag depicting the club's logo which we flew with pride all day. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...a.jpg~original There were certainly some magnificent machines on view http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...9.jpg~original With a wide selection of saloons, tourers, MGs and Rovers in many different guises http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...a.jpg~original The Club Team were on hand as usual to present the raffle, and member Starbug2 managed to clean up with most of the prizes including an LCD Digital TV http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...5.jpg~original Some very shiny cars nestled between some stunning exhibits http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...a.jpg~original |
2011 NEC Classic Motor Show - Review
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...B.jpg~original November 11th 12th & 13th saw the club attending the NEC Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham for the second year running. We were inundated with visitors many of whom didn't know of the club's existence, which was exactly why we were there. As a result we acquired 31 new members at the show, with the promise of many more going to register when they got home. Duotone, Tony Bubble, Trophy Yellow Mark, and Jezzer 1 all supplied their gleeming cars for display on our stand, and you couldn't hope to find a wider choice of vehicles to show off the marque. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...3.jpg~original Welcome to our stand, and hello Duotone http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...6.jpg~original Rovers to the left, and MGs here to the right http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original Why not take a seat? http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8.jpg~original Or watch a bit of tele :D http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original There's plenty to see http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...4.jpg~original The Dorchester Duchess http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...5.jpg~original and what's inside http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...9.jpg~original The car that's double the fun http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...6.jpg~original Quite cosy inside this one too http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8.jpg~original and some info on its siblings http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...7.jpg~original A view from the rear http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...5.jpg~original We are the owners club http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original Over to the yellow one that deserves a trophy http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original and Tony's 08 with the rather unique under bonnet extras http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0.jpg~original We're behind you http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original This cars had a good grilling :getmecoat: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...7.jpg~original Finally back to HQ http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original and some rather choice items available in the club shop http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original |
Pride Of Longbridge 2012
Pride of Longbridge 2012 http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...o.jpg~original This year's first National Meet was centred around a two day event. The MGR enthusiasts’ weekend commenced with the 7th annual Pride of Longbridge rally held on Saturday April 14th at Cofton Park which is just across Lowhill Lane from the factory now operated by MG Motors. This event, organised by the Austin Longbridge Federation, featured 1100 cars over 100 of which belonging to our members, so the club was well represented. In total over 3000 people were at the event which is rapidly becoming the largest gathering of its type in the world. The club gazebo at the event http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1.jpg~original Flying the flags http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2.jpg~original The factory http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...3.jpg~original Austin 10’s http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...4.jpg~original Austin A40 Pick-up http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...5.jpg~original Mellow yellow http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...6.jpg~original A spectre in its own right! http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...7.jpg~original A brace of shot silk http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8.jpg~original Rovers galore http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...9.jpg~original A final look across Cofton Park http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0.jpg~original With thanks to J1MBO for compiling this review Live thread for comments can be found here :smilie_re: 'Club events to date' Comments Thread |
12th National Meet - Avoncroft
12th National Meet - Avoncroft The first National Meet of 2012 was held on Sunday 15th April 2012 at the Avoncroft Museum in Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove. https://i.postimg.cc/YSrgDcSS/avoncroft-museum.jpg The MGR enthusiasts’ weekend now continued with a visit to the Avoncroft Open Air Museum in Bromsgrove where many interesting buildings collected from around the country are on view. Proceedings commenced at 10:30am with the added benefit of warmer weather, the previous day at Longbridge had been rather chilly. Over 100 cars attended which did rather stretch the parking skills of Actros and crew. https://i.postimg.cc/nhtP31QL/members-arrive.jpg The registration desk and members arriving https://i.postimg.cc/1XnD0p3c/12th-N...l-2012-013.jpg "Cherished blue" https://i.postimg.cc/k4Zb5BvV/12th-N...l-2012-055.jpg Wedgwood corner https://i.postimg.cc/JzcZQ7Mg/12th-N...l-2012-031.jpg An early example of a 75 https://i.postimg.cc/tT76yhWQ/12th-N...l-2012-030.jpg A supercharged ZT260, one of the nine V8’s that were at the event https://i.postimg.cc/hhRQ96wc/12th-N...l-2012-025.jpg Bonnets up...etc https://i.postimg.cc/zfxh9dLF/12th-N...l-2012-080.jpg Members from across Europe attended https://i.postimg.cc/m29n3nkq/D-plus-NL.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/j27JntMM/12th-N...l-2012-068.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Kj6B0RKX/12th-N...l-2012-016.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/tC6hYtf9/avon12.jpg Member Windrush was honoured with a special award for services to the club https://i.postimg.cc/fWJpyyNM/gryphonaward.jpg Christopher presented the award for best car in show to Devilish for his amazing Firefrost Rover 75 Tourer https://i.postimg.cc/NGSVHtsm/devilish-plus-ovp.jpg The Gryphon award winning Firefrost tourer with “OVP” to the right making a welcome appearence It had been a rather pleasant day in the company of like minded people with some amazing vehicles on show, but unfortunately like all good things it had to come to a close and by 5:00pm most had started their journey home. |
13th National Meet - Lakeland Motor Museum
13th National Meet - Lakeland Motor Museum The second National Meet of 2012 was held on Sunday 9th September 2012 at the Lakeland Motor Museum near Backbarrow, Ulverston. https://i.postimg.cc/RF6DhpHv/Lakela...r-2012-061.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/CKKtTxMB/Lakela...r-2012-060.jpg The museum is located in a beautiful part of the Lake District and houses some very interesting vehicles together with a display dedicated to the Campbell’s and their record breaking machines. https://i.postimg.cc/s2xxZ3X5/DSCF5408.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/fL0bB5YL/DSCF5400.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/VNh6q2rp/DSCF5455.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/fTQVg42h/DSCF5376.jpg Several with MG-Rover lineage – images courtesy of starbug2 https://i.postimg.cc/htphjXSS/DSCF6002.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/YqNh5XZL/DSCF6004.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Dw28nr3j/DSCF6012.jpg Exhibits from the Campbell display - images courtesy of starbug2 https://i.postimg.cc/zDHsGvCT/Lakela...r-2012-036.jpg The day dawned rather misty but it was soon burnt off by the morning sun. Members started arriving from 10:00am, they then made their way to the clubs gazebo to register ready for the event. A visit to the museum was then top of the list of most members before visiting the café for refreshments. https://i.postimg.cc/LXwGVFpq/Lakela...r-2012-025.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/wj2PGmzY/Lakela...r-2012-030.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/HkdRztft/Lakela...r-2012-033.jpg Cowley built 75’s were well represented including these three beauties https://i.postimg.cc/mk9JXpLm/Lakela...r-2012-018.jpg The sunspot kinetic Flying Banana https://i.postimg.cc/wThnDrbv/Lakela...r-2012-054.jpg The normal interest shown in one of the V8’s https://i.postimg.cc/yYqwgKjt/Lakela...r-2012-048.jpg That spent a lot of time with an open bonnet The customary raffle now ensued with the normal hilarity presided over by Reebs and Actros https://i.postimg.cc/HsChW2sC/Lakela...r-2012-141.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/xCwFzGvM/Lakela...r-2012-140.jpg One of the many raffle winning members https://i.postimg.cc/59zrMGJ3/Lakela...r-2012-143.jpg It had been a great meet at an excellent venue with like minded people for company and as the day drew to a close members started to make their journey home. |
Classic Motor Show 2012
Classic Motor Show 2012 November 16th, 17th & 18th saw the club at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham for the third year in succession. Our stand was located right beside the Live Stage where the likes of the “Wheeler Dealers” were featured. Due to this we were kept very busy with enquiries regarding the fine examples of the marque that were being shown. As a result we had many new members register whilst at the event or promise so to do on their return home. Thanks go to FLYING BANANA, juzza0 and SD1too who supplied their immaculate cars for display on our stand. https://i.postimg.cc/j2k6fR09/Classi...-11-12-017.jpg Setting up the club stand https://i.postimg.cc/nzp1bdGd/P1040773.jpg The stars of the show https://i.postimg.cc/wT7QpRDd/20121118-120317.jpg Open for business https://i.postimg.cc/26G7z4HC/SD1too...launch-KV6.jpg SD1too’s Dealer Launch Rover 75 Connoisseur Automatic in Wedgwood Blue https://i.postimg.cc/FKtZGFdX/juzza0-shotsilk.jpg juzza0’s MG ZT-T CDTi Plus in Monogram Shot Silk https://i.postimg.cc/VNjFhynr/FLYING...ue-thunder.jpg FLYING BANANA’s MG ZT 260 SE in Monogram Mirage We were joined by several celebrities during the three days of the event https://i.postimg.cc/WbC6bp7q/Classi...-11-12-029.jpg The team from Wheeler Dealers https://i.postimg.cc/7PBndnGV/Classi...-11-12-053.jpg The Practical Classics editor Danny Hopkins seen here with juzza0 https://i.postimg.cc/x8dyqc7M/Jon-Bentley-CMS-2012.jpg The Gadget Show’s Jon Bentley seen here in conversation with Dragrad https://i.postimg.cc/GmDPB0M7/P1050062.jpg The team at the NEC J1MBO, Duotone, Reebs, Dragrad, FLYING BANANA, SD1too & juzza0 |
14th National Meet - National Botanic Garden of Wales
14th National Meet National Botanic Garden of Wales The first National meet of 2013 was held on Sunday 17th March 2013 at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. https://i.postimg.cc/bv86pNzH/001.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/KYN0zSjX/002.jpg The gardens are located in a really beautiful part of the south wales countryside https://i.postimg.cc/02TWX0F4/003.jpg The day dawned rather misty https://i.postimg.cc/Qx9Yqy45/004.jpg But the sun managed to break through to everybody’s relief https://i.postimg.cc/Z56fGyh5/005.jpg Proceedings commenced with an emotional presentation of a rebuilt “Olga” to Jeff, instigated by Eurorover. https://i.postimg.cc/3r6nWZ8w/006.jpg The quite amazing Rover 150 'Push me, pull you' car was there https://i.postimg.cc/mD1v05dv/007.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/HnGqH9RV/008.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/9fk3ghBP/009.jpg and we attracted members from all over the UK with 47 cars attending https://i.postimg.cc/KYJ5bPpx/010.jpg After an update about the Club from Christopher and Reebs, proceedings moved on to the raffle with the ever helpful assistance of actros https://i.postimg.cc/N0SV7xgp/011.jpg To conclude the day, the Gryphon award for best car in show was this year presented to vindaloo https://i.postimg.cc/xCpgvvLt/012.jpg For his winning car, this spectacular Seafrost Blue Rover 75 Connoisseur 1.8T |
Pride of Longbridge 2013
Pride of Longbridge 2013 The 8th annual Pride of Longbridge rally was held on Saturday 13th April 2013 at Cofton Park, which is across the road from the factory on Lowhill Lane, Birmingham. The event is organised by the Austin Longbridge Federation together with the Rover Community Action Trust to celebrate the products of the Longbridge factory Due to the inclement weather prior to the event and the terrain of Cofton Park itself, parking could not be as previous years, however the stewards were on hand to assist and get all parked efficiently, if not all together Though the day started reasonably the weather soon deteriorated and by mid-morning a steady drizzle had set in, however this didn’t dampen the spirits of most at the event which had attracted over 1000 vehicles https://i.postimg.cc/kgCpT4PP/POL-JL...psd7339e3e.jpg The club gazebo amongst the cars https://i.postimg.cc/L8vNv3Vj/Prideo...pse8da35d5.jpg The factory on Lowhill Lane https://i.postimg.cc/DwcYHT7J/DSC-0381-zpsbb79053c.jpg The assembled company parked elsewhere https://i.postimg.cc/Y2mDkgpw/DSC-0505-zps9cdec32a.jpg A lovely P4 https://i.postimg.cc/TwBkg2JS/DSC-0504-zpsf637205d.jpg A gorgeous P5B https://i.postimg.cc/1zC7Rrny/DSC-0502-zps0fdc06c6.jpg Well ahead of its time the P6 https://i.postimg.cc/6qRM0sHQ/DSC-0529-zps338794e9.jpg The timeless SD1 https://i.postimg.cc/BvQwGVvh/DSC-0407-zpsf4ce651d.jpg Inconspicuous as ever starbug2 https://i.postimg.cc/KvSqYzz3/DSC-0428-zpsd4bfa736.jpg There was great interest shown in the MG Lifestyle ZT-T https://i.postimg.cc/wv1f1RLL/Prideo...psc1d2854c.jpg A final panorama of the event |
15th National Meet - AeroVenture
15th National Meet - AeroVenture The second National meet of 2013 was held on Sunday 8th September 2013 at AeroVenture, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and followed on from a successful spanner and family gathering the day before. A total of 61 cars arrived at the aircraft museum for the National and thanks to the efforts of club members Andy Willi and Actros in hosting a spanner day with evening BBQ and quiz the day before, many members were able to make a weekend of it camping overnight for the club's 15th National meet the following day. The weather was fine and the company excellent as many old friends met up once more and lots of new faces arrived too. https://i.postimg.cc/mZvL2QC3/DSC0550.jpg A brace of beauties under the flags https://i.postimg.cc/TYnRypJz/2013-N...lubmeet013.jpg ZTs and 75s stood side by side https://i.postimg.cc/SK1q08mM/970091...b9b5951a-c.jpg As did saloons with tourers https://i.postimg.cc/fL6NyNtW/CIMG1696-zps05f7631a.jpg A Cimarron Green tourer https://i.postimg.cc/qB3rYzSN/CIMG1710-zpsfe24369d.jpg And a not so disappointing grey ZT saloon https://i.postimg.cc/VLPwczPD/CIMG1718-zps16a54eb4.jpg A nice use of an MG7 bumper https://i.postimg.cc/k4VC745h/970415...4e4af187-c.jpg The unique MG Lifestyle ZT-T with boomerang spoiler https://i.postimg.cc/DwF71nC8/2013-N...lubmeet098.jpg Members gathered to hear the club news and take part in the raffle https://i.postimg.cc/BQ50SRqs/DSCF5572-zpsdc53000e.jpg 'Two fat ladies'...or is it 'legs eleven' https://i.postimg.cc/wMLdsGLX/CIMG1679-zps35a8a0c8.jpg Voted best Rover 75 of the day: Vindaloo's Seafrost Blue https://i.postimg.cc/CKxY6Jp0/970415...43c499d4-c.jpg And best MG ZT went to Juzza0's Shot Silk Tourer Special thanks to members Canonite, FLYING BANANA, Fusilier, Mark2000cc & starbug2 for their images of the event. |
Classic Motor Show 2013
Classic Motor Show 2013 November 15th, 16th & 17th saw the club at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham for the fourth year in succession. It was a very busy three days with great interest in the club and the cars. We had 21 on the spot registrations with many more promising to join from the comfort of their own home. Thanks to Duotone, Jules and Jezzer 1 for allowing the use of their immaculate cars for the club's display. https://i.postimg.cc/RhRH9XhR/20131114-170652.jpg The area for our stand as we arrived, small…… https://i.postimg.cc/pTQ9YqfH/20131116-084948.jpg .…..but perfectly formed https://i.postimg.cc/j2ZLB233/null-zps278d7b30.jpg Open for business https://i.postimg.cc/Z5gyT9b1/20131115-091721.jpg Rover 75 V8 Contemporary SE Firefrost Red press car, courtesy of Jezzer 1 https://i.postimg.cc/bwdtc0hx/20131115-091744.jpg Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur SE Tourer Two-Tone British Racing Green over Arbour Green, courtesy of Duotone https://i.postimg.cc/N0H2LgLL/20131115-091757.jpg MG ZT 260 SE finished in Monogram Twilight, courtesy of Jules https://i.postimg.cc/d1ckyzT6/20131117-134113.jpg Jules and Duotone on hand to offer advice on the CDTi engine https://i.postimg.cc/vTQ4Pfh6/20131117-135253.jpg Dragrad assisting one of the many interested visitors to our stand https://i.postimg.cc/Qx87SGYn/20131116-132446.jpg The ever open bonnet of a V8 tempts a couple of interested on-lookers https://i.postimg.cc/kXTbp1kM/20131115-100654.jpg The team at the NEC Duotone, Dragrad, Reebs, Jules, Neil Coupland & J1MBO |
Pride of Longbridge 2014
The Pride Of Longbridge - Cofton Park: 12th April 2014 The 9th Pride of Longbridge rally was held at its usual location Cofton park, Birmingham on the 12th April 2014. The event is organised by the Austin Longbridge Federation and is open to all vehicles that have a connection with Longbridge. For the first time any club associated with ALF was able to pre-book a display area and at least 40 groups took advantage of this, ourselves included. The day dawned finer than the previous year, dry if rather fresh, however there were still areas of the park that were boggy and best avoided. In all it was the largest gathering ever at the venue with a reported attendance of between 2000 to 2300 vehicles covering many decades and marques. We had an impressive amount of vehicles arrive, so much so, we had to extend our designated area twice. A view across Crofton Park towards our display area. A selection from our areas line-up........ Scenes from around Crofton Park......... In all a very good, if at times bitterly cold, event with probably the most impressive amount of vehicles, with connections to Longbridge, ever assembled. |
16th Club Meet - Heritage Motor Museum Gaydon
16th Club Meet - Heritage Motor Museum Gaydon: April 2014 The first National Meet of 2014 was held on Sunday 13th April 2014 at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire https://i.postimg.cc/yNtKYbNT/Gaydon-001.jpg Members had two treats in store; the great improvement in the weather over the previous days Pride of Longbridge and the sight of number one parked on the grass outside the museum ready to take part in our timeline display of "Dealer Launch Cars" Belying its age, still with that new car smell, looking if it had just come from the production line and with only 33 miles on the clock, number one was a pleasure to behold. https://i.postimg.cc/kXYmZKwP/Gaydon-002.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/pL9Htr1h/Gaydon-003.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/kGfm7bm8/Gaydon-004.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Y9N7yPDd/Gaydon-005.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/25bpJ7xL/Gaydon-006.jpg The early arrivals were soon treated to an impressive display of nine early 75's including one members pre-production example, the museums #1 and seven member owned dealer launch cars https://i.postimg.cc/c1mZRVnH/Gaydon-007.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Kv8bJJP5/Gaydon-008.jpg Many visited the museum especially as there had been a discount negotiated for club members, it's an impressive collection many with a Longbridge, Rover or MG connection. https://i.postimg.cc/K8WwngyG/Gaydon-011.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/DZkNNkZR/Gaydon-012.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/jjJ9vdsz/Gaydon-013.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/vTGNQr5z/Gaydon-014.jpg Not only does the museum have the first production Rover 75 off the line it also has the last, a rather nice example in Firefrost https://i.postimg.cc/XqxDXr80/Gaydon-015.jpg During the afternoon there was a very amusing and informative question and answer session given by Rincewind aka Nic Fasci, previously a homolgation engineer with MG-Rover, currently with the UK Vehicle Type Approval authority VCA. A raffle was held presided over by Reebs and actros with the able assistance of sworks, the star prize of an LCD television was won by Moonshine Mark. https://i.postimg.cc/0QY4RWKj/Gaydon-016.jpg There was an impromptu monogram themed display of ten cars arranged later on in the afternoon. The Gryphon Trophy was awarded to Rob Wijnstok from the Netherlands for his beautiful Chatsworth Tourer. https://i.postimg.cc/mZSnmnG6/Gaydon-017.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/DyyMHcvf/Gaydon-018.jpg It had been a busy and enjoyable day with a total of 139 cars attending the event, a record breaking one in the Club's history. |
17th Club Meet - Bowes Museum, County Durham
17th Club Meet - Bowes Museum, County Durham: September 2014 The second National meet of 2014 was held on Sunday 28th September 2014 at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. https://i.postimg.cc/RCjTQQWb/Bowes-09-001.jpg Set in impressive surroundings the museum has some extremely interesting items within its portals, but the highlight of any tour must be the Silver Swan. https://i.postimg.cc/Dz28gqzk/Bowes-09-002.jpg Far from being a static exhibit, the Silver Swan is an early example of an automaton and beneath the life size exterior is a complex mechanical device that controls all the swan's movements, linked to a music box. https://i.postimg.cc/wvM3KgJw/Bowes-09-003.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/SsPRk3fk/Bowes-09-004.jpg Well in excess of 40 cars attended and in all honesty looked in place parked in pride of place outside the house. https://i.postimg.cc/gk8HMXRc/Bowes-09-005.jpg Sworks came with his rather nice R8 Coupe. https://i.postimg.cc/bv3dFsGG/Bowes-09-006.jpg Yella Fella's ZT was sporting a rather appropriate label. https://i.postimg.cc/x8bCC56H/Bowes-09-007.jpg Many travelled some distance to attend but special mention should be made of Eric Druyts, who journeyed from Belgium, bringing his rather aptly registered Rover 75. After a visit to the museum many members tucked in to a traditional cream tea. During the afternoon members placed their votes for the cars, these were in various categories, the event came to a close with an awards ceremony with rosettes being presented to the oweners. https://i.postimg.cc/c6yJ83zz/Bowes-09-008.jpg The first place in the three major categories was presented to; Ssizefive https://i.postimg.cc/8kFBMV3d/Bowes-09-009.jpg For his Rover 75, best in Rover 75 class Ricardo65 https://i.postimg.cc/pV9ZF1LF/Bowes-09-010.jpg For his MG ZT, best in MG ZT class AldoR https://i.postimg.cc/05LGCBRT/Bowes-09-011.jpg For his MG ZT260, best in Modified class |
Classic Motor Show 2014
The Classic Motor Show: 14th - 16th November 2014 November 14th to the 16th saw the Club displaying for the fifth year in succession at the Classic Motor Show held at the NEC in Birmingham, It was an extremely busy three days with a great deal of interest shown in both the cars and the Club. Eighteen new members joined our ranks whilst visiting our stand and a great many more left with a flyer promising to register later. Our thanks to FLYING BANANA, Jules, LimoRog and Mike Noc for allowing us to display their amazing cars and for their invaluable assistance in manning the Club stand. https://i.postimg.cc/vH3jTy6r/CMS-NEC-11-001.jpg Our stand ready for the opening day of the show https://i.postimg.cc/fWjbBMyn/CMS-NEC-11-002.jpg Dragrad, LimoRog, Reebs, Jules, J1MBO & Duotone all answering queries https://i.postimg.cc/kXJgHLRV/CMS-NEC-11-003.jpg LimoRog showing his Limousine https://i.postimg.cc/P5NrXZ4T/CMS-NEC-11-004.jpg Dragrad deep in conversation https://i.postimg.cc/vZj8cBq9/CMS-NEC-11-005.jpg Mike Noc explaining all things diesel https://i.postimg.cc/439ftgq0/CMS-NEC-11-006.jpg The automotive author James Taylor, who joined us on our stand on Sunday, shares a joke The stars of the show, the cars https://i.postimg.cc/qq0v45m5/CMS-NEC-11-007.jpg Monogram Sunspot MG ZT 1.8T, courtesy of FLYING BANANA https://i.postimg.cc/90pFMYKF/CMS-NEC-11-008.jpg Monogram Aurora MG ZT-T 190, courtesy of Jules https://i.postimg.cc/LXFH3WM8/CMS-NEC-11-009.jpg Raven Black MaccNeillie six door Rover 75 Limousine, courtesy of LimoRog https://i.postimg.cc/xCG9xP0y/CMS-NEC-11-010.jpg Copperleaf Rover 75 Connoisseur SE, courtesy of Mike Noc https://i.postimg.cc/9XBgg2b6/CMS-NEC-11-011.jpg The team, J1MBO, Reebs, Jules, Duotone, Dragrad, Mike Noc, FLYING BANANA, LimoRog and Christopher |
Pride of Longbridge 2015
The Pride of Longbridge - 18th April 2015 The 10th Pride of Longbridge was held on the 18th April 2015 at its normal venue Cofton Park, Birmingham, situated just across the road from the legendary Longbridge. The event is now organised and run by the Pride of Longbridge Heritage and Community Group who have been involved since its inception. Unlike the previous two years the day dawned bright, sunny and reasonably warm, so much so that it drew fantastic attendance, consequently breaking all previous records with in excess of 4000 cars and 10,000 people visiting the event. As a Club we probably had one of the larger groups with over 100 members and their cars attending. https://i.postimg.cc/25FSL3dc/Po-L-10-001.jpg The Club's area was very well attended. https://i.postimg.cc/CL3hvbmr/Po-L-10-002.jpg Monogram Aubergine ZT owned by member smiffy Duotone’s two-tone 75 Tourer. Mike Noc’s Copperleaf 75. Monogram Chagall ZT owned by member CMWI. Dover White 75 Tourer owned by member spyder. Allegroboi’s Dorchester Red 75. Windrush’s Pearl Black 75 Tourer. Members spyder and Rev Jules view Christopher’s Maltese Copperleaf 75. Trebor’s Solar Red ZT parked with members of the Midlands Nano. Wedgwood Blue Dealer Launch 75s. Rover 800s The Rover Sports Register. Rover 200 Cabriolets 1800s aka The Land Crab Rover BRMs Austin Allegros It was nice to see member confounded’s Rover 75 Pickup in the flesh, the workmanship is awesome Gerry’s Rover 75 Pickup Pride of Longbridge 2015 from the air showing the impressive attendance. The Club's area was situated to the left of the arrow. |
18th Club Meet - Haynes International Motor Museum
18th Club Meet - Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford: May 2015 The first National meet of 2015 was held on Sunday 17th May 2015 at Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset. https://i.postimg.cc/Vvj8pV77/Haynes-May-2015-001.jpg The very impressive museum building. One of the better venues for the car enthusiast the museum attracted good interest with 73 members attending the event with their cars, indeed we had two people that saw the meet and parked with us. One liked it so much he wanted to join the Club there and then; the other was an owner of a Primrose Rover 75 who was also visiting the museum, unfortunately he was unable stay for long. It was a shame also that Spike had to leave early to limp “Burt”, his Primrose 75, home with a broken spring. https://i.postimg.cc/3rpYkkKg/Haynes-May-2015-002.jpg Early arrivals get parked up. https://i.postimg.cc/qvmdPnLd/Haynes-May-2015-003.jpg Member’s register for the event. https://i.postimg.cc/J458QSH0/Haynes-May-2015-004.jpg The event in full swing. Spike’s “Burt”. The Primrose Rover 75, whose owner was also visiting the museum. The museum halls were well worth the visit, a selection of the cars exhibited https://i.postimg.cc/pdptRTG5/Haynes-May-2015-007.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/sgfrHK5c/Haynes-May-2015-008.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ZRNtvQhT/Haynes-May-2015-009.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/0jqgYC87/Haynes-May-2015-010.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/yxhMvSdt/Haynes-May-2015-011.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/P55gQJkV/Haynes-May-2015-012.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/fTDnk5qN/Haynes-May-2015-013.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/tRhGX85k/Haynes-May-2015-014.jpg The customary raffle was held, member KernowRover managing to scoop the two major prizes of a flat screen TV and a Navall head unit. https://i.postimg.cc/bwVKCPyy/Haynes-May-2015-015.jpg thomas 75 connie with Christopher and Reebs. KernowRover receiving his second major prize from Christopher. Italian member mccano was presented with the award for the furthest distance travelled, an epic 936 miles! https://i.postimg.cc/9Fb39Tsq/Haynes-May-2015-017.jpg Member mccano arriving in his lovely Pearl Black ZT-T. FLYING BANANA won the award for the best ZT on the day. https://i.postimg.cc/jjGBThnB/Haynes-May-2015-018.jpg FLYING BANANA’s Monogram Sunspot Kinetic ZT. Teflon’s Monogram Lagoon Supertalic 75 was awarded the dual accolade of best 75 on the day, plus the best car overall, and he was duly presented with the 2015 Gryphon Trophy. https://i.postimg.cc/NMmSjr1F/Haynes-May-2015-019.jpg Teflon’s Monogram Lagoon Supertalic 75. The under bonnet detail of Teflon’s 75 is truly amazing! |
19th Club Meet - British Commercial Vehicle Museum
19th Club Meet - British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland: October 2015 The second National meet of 2015 was held on Sunday 4th October 2015 at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland, Lancashire. https://i.postimg.cc/j510Dr13/BCVM-October-2015-001.jpg The museum is housed in part of what was once the Leyland factory Housed in what was once part of the huge Leyland Motors factory, the museum charts the history of public and commercial vehicles from a time well before the advent of motorways. The vehicles are displayed in an interesting and informative way, this, taken with the very friendly and helpful museum staff on hand to explain and inform, made for a very enjoyable day. https://i.postimg.cc/1XNx6jhm/BCVM-October-2015-002.jpg The Club had the use of the museum car park for the event. The museum management kindly allowed us the use of the car park for our event; four cars were parked at the entrance to the museum and were of great interest to the passing public. https://i.postimg.cc/5jchmSbw/BCVM-October-2015-003.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/y6wx5qNT/BCVM-October-2015-004.jpg The cars parked on display outside the event. David Edmonds’s 75 barney bear's 75 FLYING BANANA’s ZT LimoRog’s 75 Long Wheel Base Over 60 vehicles are on display in the museum, a selection of them https://i.postimg.cc/Pqr5ZT6d/BCVM-October-2015-009.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QM4xJwP1/BCVM-October-2015-010.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ZRWY7jtg/BCVM-October-2015-011.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/V62f3MzN/BCVM-October-2015-012.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/8cWpD5Cm/BCVM-October-2015-013.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ZYyK6fLv/BCVM-October-2015-014.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/15hRBpWC/BCVM-October-2015-015.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/htKDWKRV/BCVM-October-2015-016.jpg The customary raffle was held, the star prize of a Navall head unit being won by FLYING BANANA. https://i.postimg.cc/htMSKNK6/BCVM-October-2015-017.jpg Jan, Redfive and Bri. Redfive with FLYING BANANA. During the afternoon there was a treat in store for lovers of the Rover marque when Saga Lout’s friend Peter arrived with his Rover P5B Coupé. https://i.postimg.cc/YSsMWgGx/BCVM-October-2015-019.jpg Peter’s lovely P5B. And under the bonnet, the V8. As the day drew to a close there was the opportunity for the picture all seemed to want to capture, FLYING BANANA’s Sunspot ZT together with the Trophy Yellow 75 of sworks and ZT-T of Organiser. |
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