BNG/Back Home - Final Instructions for Sprint participants 25 Jan 10

We have uploaded the final instructions for the sprint participants. read more

Lytham Hall 11 Aug 10

Despite the show supposedly being fully booked, a few quick messages on the radios when we arrived and Russ Larcombe, Julian and I were whisked to the centre of the show ground. Would a Porsche get this treatment? Oh I forgot, a certain drummer in a soon to be well known band, who had come in his VW,  had to park in the general car park. read more

American and Classic Car 2 Aug 10

The American and Classic Car meet that has been held @ Lowther Gardens for the last few months now has a new home. It will now be on the car park in front of the shops in St. Annes Square from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. It will be held every 2nd Thursday starting the 12th August. This is the same area that the bikers use on Monday nights for their very successful weekly meets.

Everyone is invited, American and Classic cars, pickups, bikes etc.

Lytham Hall Classic Car Show 31 July 10 - Dave Welton

Although I was too late to book a stand at the above show on Sunday 8th August, if we arrive in a convoy and park along the entrance road  we will "create our own stand"  It will cost £6 to get in but it is a good show and the house and stables cafe are good as well.

I propose we meet in the car park at the "Outside inn hotel" adjacent to  B&Q just of the Blackpool end of the M55 at 10:00am and leave at 10:15

Top Gear on Sunday features an S series 28 July 10

'Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May buy old British roadsters from Jensen-Healey, Lotus and TVR before taking a wistful journey through the remnants of the UK's sports car industry, starting in Norfolk and ending up at the mothballed TVR factory in Blackpool.'

Karting Challenge 26 July 10

2 Teams from Blackpool entered the Karting Challenge

The weather did not look good as we set off for the “Lancashire Area karting Team Challenge” at Trax in Preston. Eight teams from Lanc’s, Manchester & York’, Blackpool Regions and two teams from BAe competed in what was a very enjoyable day out.

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Oyster 22 July 10

Oyster, the band that Ian Francis plays drums for are playing this Sunday at the Black Horse in Preston (8:30pm) as part of the 'The Preston Tringe'. Oyster

Cholmondeley Pageant Of Power 20 July 10

25 TVR’s joined the other car clubs on Saturday at Cholmondeley. Dave Cahill, Russ Larcombe & Dave Hothersall kept the Blackpool flag flying with Russ doing his best to promote entries for BNG.

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Cars In The Park 15 July 10

Tickets are now on sale for the Autumn Cars In The Park meet. This will be held on the 12th September at Harewood House.

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Cholmondley Padget of Power 15 July 10

For anybody planning on going on Saturday Russ Larcombe is meeting at the Fairfield Arms off the M55 Jirkham junction @ 6:30am sharp.

Tatton Park 2 - Urgent 14 July 10

If you want a pass for the Vintage, Classic and Sports Car Show @ Tatton Park on the 21-22 August you need to complete the attached form and return to Paul Wilson by Monday 19th July. read more

Flexible CSS Teaser 25 Jan 10

This is a box with flexible height and width. It uses two background images (tsr-l.gif and tsr-r.gif) to create the rounded corners and the top and bottom borders. CSS is used for the left and right borders. This box will expand vertically to contain any amount of text, of almost any size. How far it will be able to expand horizontally before it breaks depends on the size of the background images used. This example will break at a width of 1600 pixels. In most cases, that will be overkill, and one of the background images can be narrowed a bit to save a few hundred bytes.

View source to see the XHTML and CSS. You may also want to read the related blog posts for further notes and discussion: CSS Teaser Box and CSS teaser box revisited.

Gold Cup @ Oulton Park 14 July 10

TVR drivers (passengers must pay) are entitled to free entry to the Gold Cup @ Oulton Park on the 29-30 August 2010. You need to contact Paul Wilson to get a pass to gain free entry. read more

Leighton Hall 11 July 10

A trip to Leighton Hall car show near Carnforth on the 11th of July saw four cars out for the run up the A6 from Preston. It was a pleasant change to go to the Southern Lake District by this route instead of the usual blast up the M6.  As you can see on the photo's , courtesy of Carol Wals, there was a very good turnout of all types of cars and motor bikes. read more

Desparate Dan 9 July 10

Our local tractor pulling team from Elswick (member Jack Hull Cerbera) whose tractor will be displaying at BNG, will be running their multi-V8 powered monster locally at the  Great Eccleston Show Field on the 18th of July as part of The Great Eccleston Agricultural Show.

To really see the flames from the exhausts there is a night pull on the 28th and  Day pull on the 29th of August in the European Invitational British Championship Rounds again at the Great Eccleston Show Field http://www.nwtpc.co.uk/

The tractor is called  Desparate Dan and is powered by  4 , 540 cubic inch (8.8 Litres) , V8 Big Block Chevrolet engines . These are supercharged using 8-71 Littlefield Hi-Helix retro fit blowers and run on methanol fuel . Each engine produces approximately 1600 horsepower. For the 4.5 tonne class , the rules allow them to add a 5th engine , which is a 572 cubic inch (9.4 litre) V8 , Arias Chevy Block , supercharged with a 14-71 SCS blower , again using methanol fuel , producing in the region of 2000 horsepower

I make that a total of 8400 BHP.

Gazette Article 2 July 10

The Blackpool Gazette published an article earlier this week about the upcoming 'Back Home' event.

To read the article click here

BNG/Back Home Revisited 26 June 10

The timings for the events has been added to the 'Programme Of Events' page.

Club Meeting 24 June 10

The notes for the June club metting are available here.

The cars lined up for the photo's taken by the Gazette photographer.

Pre 80's Extravaganza 22 June 10

The pre 80s TVR meeting, which is always an interesting event, was held Sunday 20th at Newark Air Museum.

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Dave's new car 11 June 10

Dave Welton has now taken delivery of his new car or 'Sodding hell another car' as Ann calls it!. If your wondering what it is, it's a one owner 450 SEAC

Click here to see a few more pics of it.

Myerscough College Open Day and Country Fair 6 June 10

Rain didn’t stop play for 3 enthusiastic Blackpool Region TVR club members and although we were outnumbered by MGB’s, Morgan’s and a few 3 legged (?) DFK’s we looked pretty darn good! read more

Tatton Park Report 5 June 10

Tatton Park was another glorious sunny day and there were 40 cars on the TVR stand, which won 4th place overall in the show. read more

BNG/Back Home 2 June 10

Events/Sprint booking form has been added to the BNG/Back Home page.

Dave Welton's T350C for Sale 1 June 10

Dave Welton has put his T350C up for sale. It's a June 2004 car with only 19,235 miles in Red Glow Pearl. To see the advert click here.

The reason for the sale? He's just bought a one owner 450 SEAC. Pictures to hopefully come soon.

Also Kevin has reduced the price he is asking for his V8S to £8995

Lakeland Motor Museum 30 May 10

cars and 11 people met up at Forton Services on the M6 for a visit to the new Lakeland Motor Museum at Backbarrow on Sunday 30th of May. We arranged to meet up with the South Cumbria members for coffee and biscuits break at the Crooklands Hotel prior to going to the Museum. We met a new S Cumbria member read more

PX Wheels 30 May 10

Gordon Osgerby has offered 10% off to our club members.

PX Wheels

Amy Johnson Way

Blackpool, FY4 2RT

info@pxwheels.com

Tel : 01253 400230 or 07812 081818

Go Karting 16 May 10

We are looking for drivers for a challenge against the Lancashire TVRCC. This will be endurance racing on a 1mile outside circuit in Preston. We are looking for 4 drives per team and we would like a ladies team to enter.

For more information click here

Piece Hall 26 May 10

Six cars set of from the Tickled Trout heading for Piece Hall on a glorious Sunday morning. The temperature was already heading towards 20 degrees as we joined the Motorway. Due to the late arrival of “Bowler Bob” we were delayed long enough for Alan from the Lanc’s region to tag on the back of the convoy. read more

S Club Heaven 24 May 10

This past weekend (22nd-23rd May) saw the annual get together of the S series of cars. As has happen the last few years the event takes place at a location with other attractions. This year the event took place at the RAF Museum at RAF Cosford between Telford and Wolverhampton. Read More

Bloodhound SSC Evening 19 May 10

Bloodhound SSC headed up by Richard Noble is the UK's attempt to break the Mach 1 speed barrier for the world land speed record.
The TVR car club has been invited to a lecture on the attempt by Richard Noble. The free Event will be held at the Canberra Sports and Social Club at BAE Systems Samlesbury on Tuesday 25th of May at 19:30. The Canberra Club has its own entrance, first right after the Lightning plane map.

We will be joining other car clubs from the local area. In addition there will be static displays of the car and the rocket engine. http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/

Either make you own way there, or we will meet at the Tickled Trout for a 18:45 departure.

April Club Meet 28 April 10

The first Thursday meet of the year. report

Isle of Man Trip Report 27 April 10

We are at the Forton Services, where are you?  I’m at home say’s Dave Hothersall. So began our weekend in the Isle of Man. Every credit to Dave he was only a couple of minutes behind us at the ferry terminal. So that was his first high speed run of the weekend. Dave Cahill had gone across the previous day so he could watch the sprint at Sloc hill on the west of the Island, and as I had not received any frantic phone calls from him I knew the travel and accommodation arrangements were ok. read more

Chatsworth House report 25 April 10

Today was the first major TVR get together of the year. A group of 6 cars left the Tickled Trout just after 8am in the rain to follow the same route as last year. We again met up with more cars at Mottram at the end of the M67

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American cars, bikes and commercial vehicles meet 15 April 10

Tonight saw the first of a newly organised American cars and bikes meet held at Lowther Gardens in Lytham. So taking the the chance to see some cars other than TVR's for a change I decided to call in. read more

TVR Car Club 23 April 10

It is now possible to follow the goings on at the main TVR Car Club on FaceBook or Twitter. Keep an eye open for up and coming events, features in Sprint, Regional meets and runs, news, track days, regalia offers and general club information. Click the images below to go to the relevant pages.

Tatton Park - 5th-6th June 13 April 10

If you intend on exhibiting at Tatton on the 5th-6th June you need to download a booking form and return it along with a SAE to Paul Wilson by April 23rd.

Download the booking form - Word Format or PDF Format

BNG/Back Home Revisited 12 April 10

There are now no rooms left at The De Vere Hotel on the Saturday night. We have listed some alternative hotels in the Blackpool/St. Annes area. These are listed on the Back Home page.

If you still want a ticket for the 'Gala Ball' on the Saturday night you need to contact the TVR Club office.

Aintree "55/55" Classic Sprint and Speed Trials 12 April 10

Aintree Circuit Club's "55/55" Sprint and Speed Trials on Sunday 16th May is to offer a £100 cash bonus* for the fastest time set by saloons, racing cars and sports cars. This £300 prize fund is in addition to offering free display space to any club entering ten cars.

Entries are increasing rapidly but this incentive is designed to encourage even more to take part in this innovative landmark event. 

The course is set out on the start / finish straight of Aintree's historic Grand Prix circuit. It's the first time since the Aintree 200 in 1964 that this part of the circuit has been used for a competitive car event, and 55 years on from the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, Stirling Moss's first ever Grand Prix victory.

Spectators will have access to Aintree's fabulous grandstands, with dramatic views over the circuit and the famous Grand National course, which is alongside the Speed Sprint track. 

The course will be opened by an Aston Martin DB2/4 which took part in Aintree's first ever motor race in 1954, a race which saw Duncan Hamilton drive his Jaguar C-type to victory. The Club is hoping that several other iconic cars from the circuit's history will take their part in on-track demonstrations.

Neville Hay, one of the most respected personalities from the world of historic motor sport, will commentate at the event.

For more details, Entry Form and Regulations, visit: www.aintree.org.uk 

*Subject to minimum 30 entries per category.

American cars, bikes and commercial vehicles meet 7 April 10

Lytham Enterprise Group have contacted us about a car meet next Thursday evening.

"Lytham Enterprise Group is a local voluntary initiative to attract visitors to Lytham and the surrounding areas.

We are organising an evening meeting for American cars, bikes and commercial vehicles on 15 April 2010 at the Cafe in Lowther Gardens, Lytham, from 6.00pm until sunset and beyond. Indeed, any vehicle that has an American connection would be welcome eg, anything with an American engine such as Buick/Rover V8, TVR's, kit cars, replicas, classic British Fords etc etc. but if in doubt please turn up anyway!

If successful, we hope to make this a regular meeting once a month during the Spring, Summer and early Autumn months. We may also be able to arrange similar meetings for other car groups such as classics, sports, various clubs etc.  

The Cafe will be open for refreshments, snacks and evening meals. As you may know, the area is ideal to enjoy a relaxed drive to and the surroundings will be great on a warm Summers evening, with safe parking and family facilities to make a whole evening of it. 

All we need is as much support as we can get. With this in mind, we would like to invite all the members of your club who would be interested in attending, even if they don't have an American connection, but are just interested in what we hope will be an enjoyable evening out for vehicle enthusiasts."

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Neil's Race Car 6 April 10

I've had another update from Neil on the progress of his race car. read more

Piece Hall and Myerscough College 6 April 10

I've just added another event to the calendar for May 23rd. This is a TVR meet organised by West Yorkshire region held at Piece Hall in Halifax. This is the second time this has been arranged. Some photo's from the last meet : photos

The 23rd is a popular day in our calendar, as there is S Club Heaven, Blackpool Vehicle Preservation Group and now Piece Hall.

We have also been invited by Myerscough College to attend their open day along with other car clubs. Again this is a popular day as it clashes with Tatton and the BTCC racing @ Oulton Park.

Both of these events will be discussed at the next club meet.

ROAR 2010 1 April 10

ROAR, the annual Chimaera get together are opening their doors to all TVR models this year.

          The event is taking place over the weekend of 25th-27th June at the Moorside Grange Hotel in Stockport. Click the following link for the Event schedule

One of the events they are having is a team event called the 'ROAR Challenge'. This is a event where teams of like minded TVRCC members from the regions (7 per team), get together for the duration of the weekend to participate in a number of light hearted events and challenges. These events will involve driving, shooting, strength, accuracy, team working, problem solving and TVR related activities. The team who collects the highest combined score will have the honour of lifting the first ROAR CHALLENGE trophy!

At the April club meet we will be asking if there are any members interested in forming a Blackpool Region team. If you are interested drop me an email