Apr27Drive It Day 2025

Last Chance to sign up for the Drive It Days this Month! Sunday 27^th April 2025 so join in with one of the four planned drives: Cheshire, North Wales, Yorkshire & Northeast, details in Revcounter, TOTN and website. Please support Childline, & 2025 fundraising plates from https://www.driveitday.co.uk/shop

Cheshire Drive It Day

Route is planned through west Cheshire for our first ever Drive it Day in Cheshire. Meeting at “The Lambing Shed”, Knutsford, for Bacon Rolls at 9:30 to depart at 10:15. Then, meandering (or getting lost) through the Cheshire lanes in the manner of a “Touring Assembly” for a couple of hours (60 miles) to “The Shady” by the canal near Beeston Castle for a pub lunch booked at 1pm. It will be a very relaxed affair.

Yorkshire Drive It Day

To Ashford in the Water in the Peak District. Meeting at Yummy Yorkshire, Denby Dale, HD8 8XY from 9.30am, room booked for our use. Depart 11am. Lunch at The Plough Inn, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Contact Jeff Holinshead to book a place – Filling up quickly.

North East Drive It Day

The Northeast team are planning to join the MGCC on their annual Cobweb Run Drive it Day. This is a major season opener and is often oversubscribed so contact Murray Shand now, for more details or if you want to book a place.

North Wales Drive It Day

Shorter route this year, approx 50 miles in total with a lunch stop. This is strictly pre-book only due to numbers. Book with Jill Now to secure place. Meeting likely to be at the usual Tweedmill, St Asaph, LL17 0UY and finishing near the border so that most will be facing home. Details to come on WhatsApp soon Contact John & Jill Bowman to join in this year.

See Events Calendar for booking details.

Jun7-8Classic 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.

Jul25-27Oulton 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.

Star on-track content will come from the Historic Sports Car Club, with several special guest race organisers adding to the programme too. The full line-up will include an eclectic range of single-seaters, GTs, tin tops and retro sports-racing cars.

There will also be an extensive off-track show, centred around classic car displays. This will include the 10th anniversary of the Cheshire Concours. Other highlights will include themed retro entertainment. with a complete line-up to be announced in due course.

For more details see Oulton Park Website.

See Event Calendar for contact details.

Aug16-17Classic and Retro Car Revival at Tatton Park

Passion for Power Classic Motor Show is undergoing an exciting transformation, now emerging as the Classic & Retro Car Revival, set to captivate enthusiasts and families alike this August at Tatton Park. The Show offers the perfect opportunity to look at hundreds of classic & retro cars, along with allowing you to find everything you could ever want or need at the various trade stalls.

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

More details to follow. 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.