Tatton Park and Cars in the park events 30 March 10

Tatton Park - 5th-6th June

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

Download the booking form - Word Format or PDF Format

Cars in the Park 9th May

Due to limited space you must purchase tickets in advance. Please visit their web site for further information and to purchase tickets. 'Cars In The Park'

Aintree "55/55" Classic Sprint and Speed Trials 30 March 10

For the first time since 1964, the start/finish straight of the historic Grand Prix circuit at Aintree will witness racing cars competing in a speed event…the Aintree “55/55″G.P. Classic Sprint & Speed Trials. For more information visit the Official site here

We will probably be having a run out to watch this.

Visit to Ginetta 29 March 10

As part of our visits to various businesses regarding the BNG / Back Home we recently visited L.N.T Ginetta cars at their Leeds factory. Lawrence Tomlinson devoted a whole morning from his busy schedule to show us round the factory and discuss the BNG event with us. read more

2011 Calendar 28 March 10

Dave Cahill has kindly offered to put the 2011 club calendar together which he plans to start doing at the end of September. So don't forget to do some calendar type pictures at this years events or on any of your own trips. The higher quality/resolution/size of the picture the better.

He is looking for

1. Car shots (single or groups) suitable for use as the main monthly picture.

2. Shots of parts, items or interesting angles for a montage or insertion into larger pictures.

Club meeting this Sunday 25 March 10

Just a reminder that it is club meeting this Sunday morning. Also don't forget to put your clocks forward Saturday night/Sunday morning, you don't want to be late. report

Top Gear @ TVR Factory 25 March 10

Yesterday (24/3/10) Top Gear were at the TVR Factory site filming one of their challenges. It features a TVR S2, Lotus Elan SE and a Healey 2000. Presumably the challenge was to show that a classic British sports car is not very practical for going to the local garden center in (they were apparently filming at Dobbies Garden Center near Preston earlier in the day), the Healey had a tree in it, the Elan a collection of garden ornaments and the S2 a shed on the roof. For more pictures visit the TVRmonster web site.

Bloodhound SSC Evening 15 Feb 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 to be by Richard Noble. The free Event will be held a the Canberra Sports and Social Club on Myerscough Smithy Road (A59) BAE Systems Samlesbury on Tuesday 25th of May at 19:30

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/

Silverstone Classic 9 Feb 10

Find below some information from Paul Wilson

Extensive changes have been made to the Silverstone circuit to accommodate the Moto Grand Prix and the F1 Grand Prix in 2010. For example, the footbridge across the start straight into the paddock has gone. These changes have reduced the availability of space for car club stands. Add to this a 50% increase in the number of car clubs wanting to attend and we have a serious space problem. The Buy One Get One Free ticket offer may be withdrawn at the end of March. Indeed, all the available display areas may be sold out by the end of March. 

My advice is: If you want to go, BOOK NOW!

Silverstone Classic 2-4-1 Early Bird Offer

Silverstone Classic Flyer

Lakeland Motor Museum 9 Feb 10

On Sunday 30th May we plan on visiting the Lakeland Motor Museum in Backbarrow.

Cholmondeley Pageant Of Power 8 Feb 10

This years Cholmondeley Pageant of Power takes place over the weekend of 17th-18th July 2010.

This will be the third festival at Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire that blends high-octane action on track, water and air – a celebration of speed, nerve and flair with exceptional design and engineering.  

A single day ticket is £15 for pre-booked club members (normally £25). The ticket includes paddock entry.

Camping is available if you want to make a weekend of it.

For information about pre-booking and displaying your car on the TVRCC stand please download and read this document file

For a review of the 2009 event download the following PDF file.

Tatton Classic and Performance Car Spectacular - 3 Feb 10

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

Download the booking form - Word Format or PDF Format

Cars In The Park 3 Feb 10

Tickets are now on sale for 'Cars In The Park' which is again taking place at Newby Hall on the 9th May. This is the second time that the event has been based at Newby Hall and is sharing the day with the flower show.

Due to limited space you must purchase tickets in advance. Please visit their web site for further information and to purchase tickets.

ROAR 2010 3 Feb 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

February Club Meeting 28 Feb 10

Notes from today's meeting have been uploaded. read more

Buffalo Joe B's Breakfast Club meet 28 Feb 10

The end of this month saw our first event of the year which was the breakfast meeting at 'Great Birchwood Country Park', in Warton. The event was organised with the intention of holding a regular breakfast meeting for all makes of cars in the North West of England. read more

TVR Reborn? 22 Feb 10

Reports on the main TVR Car Club site and PistonHeads both mention rumours about a new TVR launch at Goodwood later this year. Rumoured to be powered by an American V8 with 500+hp and costing approx. £70k and to be built in Germany.

This follows on from an update to the official TVR web site in the last couple of weeks which has a message about a new web site launching soon.

Toys or Scale Models 7 Feb 10

Do you ever wish there was a scale model of your TVR? If so this page has details about all the scale model TVR's that have been produced by various companies.

Visit the site

Barbon Hill Climb 4 Feb 10

I've just added another motor sport event to the calendar. The information is from Bob Cuthbertson :

The event - Barbon Hill Climb - on Sat 08th May 2010.
This is a "National A" event - attended by the serious hill-climbers.
(But I'm sure Welly and Jim W could enter the Tas??)

Barbon is just north of Kirkby Lonsdale - off the Sedburgh road.
The track is @ 1/2 mile long, and viewing from the top of the climb is pretty good, for 90% of the track.
One problem when I last went in wettish weather - public parking is in a roughish field, and it may be better suited to my Volvo estate than the TVR.

Take a picnic, plus chair ...... a good day out.

Details are on Westmorland Motor Club web-site. There will be more info nearer the time.
http://www.westmorlandmotorclub.co.uk/events_hill_climbs.php

January Club Meeting 31 Jan 10

Notes from today's meeting have been uploaded. read more

Neil's Support Vehicle 29 Jan 10

Neil has now had his support vehicle sprayed in its new colours. Click the picture for a few more images.

Back Home / BNG 2010 - Hotel Details 26 Jan 10

The hotel booking information for Back Home/BNG 2010 is now available. Click here to download the file, or here for the main web page for the event.

Blackpool Vehicle Preservation Group 24 Jan 10

Autosport Show 15 Jan 10

How many TVR's passed/failed MOT's 13 Jan 10

For anyone that is interested VOSA have released data (for 2007 by make/model/year) of passed/failed MOT's. 2008 and 2009 will be released later in the year. This has been done due to FOI request by the BBC. You can also see what they were failing on, lights ,brakes etc

From the data it looks like the following had passed in 2007 : Cerbera - 753, Chimaera - 3199, Griffith - 1124, S's - 549, Sagaris - 2, T350 - 258, T400R - 9, Tamora - 192, Tasmin - 285, Tuscan - 910

BBC Report

Data as an Excel file

VOSA web page information

Back Home/BNG 2010 11 Jan 10

As we are now in full flow in organising Back home / BNG 2010 which is being held in Blackpool over the weekend of September 3rd - 5th I've added a link to the menu, which will give you information about the weekend. Information will also be posted on the TVRCC web site and PH

National Event Dates released 4 Jan 10

The dates for the national TVRCC events have been released. I've added them to the Events Calendar. So you can now plan for Chatsworth, S-Club Heaven, ROAR, Griff Growl, Pre-80's.

There are also 2 new national events - Big Southern Gathering, the southerners obviously felt left out because we have the BNG. The 2nd event is Rumble in the Jungle at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, St.Austell, Cornwall. No information as yet to what this entails.

Autosport International and Pistonheads Show @ NEC 2 Jan 10

If anyone is going to the Autosport/Pistonheads show @ the NEC, keep an eye out for club member Paul Taylor who has 2 cars in the PistonHeads car display area. There will be his blue V8S after its recent chassis work and also his Gray Mini Cooper Sport.