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Events
Events
January Sunday 6th. Bicester Sunday Scramble. 9am-2pm.
‘Join us for the first Sunday Scramble of the year taking place on 6th January – a great way to clear the head and the rev up that engine!’
Weather permitting, some of us may attend this show. Postcode: OX26 5HA.
With plenty of fortifying hot drinks and food on offer, workshops to warm up in and showrooms to browse, the January Scramble is a restorative adventure for all the family.
See behind the scenes at the UK’s best-preserved WW2 Bomber Station turned national hub for historic motoring. With over 40 specialist businesses focused on all aspects of the automotive industry, based in beautifully restored Grade II listed buildings.
https://bicesterheritage.co.uk/whaton/sunday-scramble-january-2019/
March 22nd. to 24th. NEC Birmingham.The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery.Our stand at the NEC is confirmed but the size is still to be confirmed. Any club member wishing to exhibit their restoration car should contact Titus for further details. We are looking for owners willing to have their cars mechanically investigated, perhaps displayed on axle stands with minor works being undertaken. The Club's Technical Advisors will be on hand to help throughout the weekend. This show is ‘hands on’. Some of us prefer it to the main one in November.
http://www.necrestorationshow.com/
The Club has an exclusive discount ticket offer for its members. Visit the Members' Only area to take advantage of it.
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July
We are planning to hold the MECUK AGM on the 6th to coincide with the SIMCA Club National meeting on Sunday 7th at Ruddington Preserved Railway.
Please make a note in your diary.
Further info to follow.
Saturday 20th July
The Festival of the Unexceptional
Claydon Estate, just south of Buckingham.
Entries to the Concours De L’Ordinaire will open in January whilst the limited number of entry tickets for the event will become available in the spring time.
Whilst our cars are anything but ‘Ordinaire’ and unlikely to be accepted (Clive’s Rancho was invited a few years ago but, although appreciated, judged not to appear boring enough).
It’s a great day out with an excellent mix of oddball classics in the surrounding parking.
The chosen few in the display are not only pristine examples of a lost cause but very often have a fascinating back story with their owner’s families or friends dressing to the period and displaying the sort of fare that only Tesco in the 70s could muster.
Book early because this event is becoming a victim of its own success; - Oh, and bring a picnic. www.unexceptionalcars.co.uk (See Clive’s article in the Nov. mag.)