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Dedicated to serving the interests of members of the Austin Healey Club (UK) Limited who reside in the regions of Northern England, North Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Apr02Every Second Counts

2024 is the 60th Anniversary of BMC Works Rally Team’s outright win at the 1964 Spa-Sofia-Liege European Rally by Rauno Aaltonen and Tony Ambrose in BMO 93B. Don Barrow & Timo Makinen were part of the works team in ARX 92B but unfortunately had to retire due to a lack of spare tyres. Paddy Hopkirk & Henry Liddon, who also retired, were driving in BRX 852B. Later that year DB and Timo were 2nd in the RAC Rally driving BRX 852B.

The picture shows Don Barrow being reunited with ARX 92B at the 2014 NEC Show AHC stand when all the cars were brought together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European Rally.

We are delighted to have persuaded “King of the Navigators”, Don Barrow to present to the Northern Centre, ‘Every Second Counts’ - The life of DB’s Navigating & Co-Driving from the 1960-70 era. If you’ve ever been to Race Retro, you’ll know the format, with a romp through the exciting and hairy times of works Rally teams, with low budgets and a much simpler approach to motor sport!

Don will give the talk on Tuesday 2nd April 2024 at 2-4pm in the AVRO Heritage Museum, Woodford, Stockport, SK7 1GD, [what3words:///living.once.units]

Coffee and tea will be available and it’s £5 pp to cover costs. The plan is to Zoom the talk but more details of that on request.

If you would like to join us at the museum or on zoom please email Douglas McClymont at: chairman@ahc-northern.org.uk

Jun1-2Classic and Performance Car Spectacular at Tatton Park

The Classic and Performance Car Spectacular is one of the UK’S most loved classic car shows, celebrating the golden age of motoring. Enthusiasts can view some of the finest cars ever made, with more than 2000 classics on site. There is something for everyone! Buying or selling? Don’t miss their famous classic car autojumble. More than 90 car clubs will exhibit their vehicles alongside superb examples owned by private exhibitors.

For more details about the show see www.tattonclassiccarshow.com.

See Event Calendar for contact details.

Jul26-28Oulton Park Gold Cup

Oulton Park’s signature Historic Gold Cup returns with a full weekend’s action devoted to motor racing’s past in July. The meeting will feature an eclectic retro race programme, overseen by the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC), with several special guest series in attendance too.

This year’s HSCC offering will include Historic Formula 3, Historic Formula Junior and the Derek Bell Trophy for powerful 1970s single-seaters. Special guest categories include the Historic Grand Prix Car Association, Motor Racing Legends Touring Car Challenge, Cooper 500 Owners Association, CSCC Special Saloons and Modsports, Ferrari Club Classic and the Vintage Sports-Car Club.

The traditional summer fixture will be much more than a race event though, with an extensive off-track show to put visitors in a retro mood. Car displays, retro music and more will add to the distinct flavour of this key social fixture on Cheshire’s automotive calendar.

For more details see Oulton Park Website.

See Event Calendar for contact details.

Austin Healey Club Northern Centre 'Toolbox'

An initiative has taken to hold a selection of tools that members can borrow, use, and return. The tools are items that members might need for a one-off job where they could not justify purchasing the tool. A page on the Northern Centre website has been created to show the current tools held and how you can borrow them.

The way the 'Toolbox' works is that you visit the website, pick the tool you wish to borrow, fill in a form with your details, pay a deposit (which is refundable) plus the cost of postage and packing and the tool is on its way. After use, you return the tool, and the deposit is returned to you.

The Thames Valley Centre also have a 'Toolbox' and we have a reciprocal arrangement with them where members from either centre can hire tools from both toolboxes. Members of the Northern Centre will need to visit the Thames Valley Centre website to borrow tools from their ‘Toolbox’ and vice versa for the Thames Valley Centre.

The Northern Centre have allocated an annual budget to purchase small tools so as to expand the tools held by the club. If you have any suggestions for a tool that you think members of the club could benefit from being held in our 'Toolbox' please let us know.

To access the 'Toolbox', click Toolbox on the menubar at the top of the page, or click here.