DRIVE IT DAY 2016 IS NEARLY HERE!

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With only a matter of 24 hours before Drive-It Day 2016 kicks off, CCFS get the opinion of the Classic Car Weekly team and run down our top picks for this year’s event. Want your car in print? We can help with that, too.

Drive-It Day 2016 is nearly here!

Drive-It Day 2016 is nearly here!

It’s claimed that at least 450 enthusiasts’ clubs will be uniting for the British Historic Vehicle Clubs organized Drive-It Day 2016 this Sunday, with a minimum of 250,000 people taking part up and down the country. Now celebrating its 11thevent, the original intention was to inspire owners to dust off their pride and joy and celebrate the classic car movement - and it seems to have worked, with various milestone events taking place to also mark historical events. A commemorative run to mark the 1000-mile Trial of 1900 is running from London to Edinburgh and back, and then there is the Jaguar E-Type event. 

ClassicCarsForSale.co.uk will be present at the Bicester Heritage event in Oxfordshire tomorrow, in partnership with Hagerty Classic Car Insurance. Hagerty will be valuing several classic cars in their arena, while Jayne Godfrey and Calum Brown will be there - depending on whether Calum’s Range Rover makes it - to talk all things cars and bribe you with goody bags, mainly to help push the Range Rover home again. But there are various other events you can attend depending on whereabouts you are in the country. Here’s our top pick:

 

Our Favourite Events
 

HAGERTY ROAD RUN

Towcester Racecourse,

Northamptonshire NN12 6LB

80-mile run from Towcester

Racecourse to Bicester Heritage,

via a hill climb or two! Each

entrant will receive a ‘tulip’-style

road book with points of interest

en route. Rally plaques will

provided by the organiser.

■ www.hagertyinsurance.co.uk

 

CLASSIC CAR TOURS’ RUN

Deanston Distillery, Doune,

Scotland FK16 6A

Braco, St Fillans, Loch Earn,

Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Glen Orchy,

Dalmally Loch Awe, The Rest

& Be Thankful. From there to

Inveraray Castle, where the Old

Kitchen has been reserved for

entrants to enjoy a private lunch.

■ www.classic-car-tours.com



NATIONAL MEMORIAL

ARBORETUM MEET

Staffordshire DE13 7AR

The National Memorial

Arboretum is the UK’s centre of

Remembrance and is part of The

Royal British Legion family of

charities. The venue will provide

a stunning backdrop to a wide

display of classic vehicles.

■ www.thenma.org.uk



KERSEY MILL DAY

Kersey, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 6DP

An 1899 Panhard 6hp owned

by Charles Rolls and one of the

earliest Rolls-Royce Silver Dawns

star at this meet. Rolls drove

a Panhard in the original RAC

1000-Mile Trial. The Panhard is

on loan from Norfolk Museums'

Gressenhall Farm.

■ www.kerseymill.net



BROOKLANDS DAY

Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QN

Parking on the museum site is

restricted to pre-1983 vehicles.

Several classic car clubs plan to

end their tours here, so there’s

plenty to see, with the banking

and paddock well worth a visit.

Gates open at 10am, while

Brooklands closes at 5pm.

■ www.brooklandsmuseum.com

 

BICESTER HERITAGE

SUNDAY SCRAMBLE

Bicester, Oxon, OX26 5HA

This Scramble will see the launch

of a fresh section – The Motor

Market, enabling individuals

wishing to sell their treasured pre-

1990 vintage, classic or modern

classic. An instant audience

of thousands of like-minded

motoring enthusiasts on the day.

■ www.bicesterheritage.co.uk

 

STANDARD MOTOR CLUB

CHARITY CAR DRIVE

The Bear & Ragged Staff,

Stonymarsh, Hants SO51 0LB

Assemble at 10am at the Bear

and Ragged Staff, Romsey. The

day will comprise a leisurely drive

through Hampshire and Wiltshire

villages before returning to the

Bear and Ragged Staff for lunch.

■ press.standardmotorclub@

gmail.com

 

NORTH NORFOLK SAINT

GEORGE’S DAY RUN

Station Road car park,

Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8RE

Two routes through north

Norfolk, finishing at the royal

estate at Sandringham via

a special entrance at West

Newton Gate. In aid of the East

Anglian Air Ambulance. Light

refreshments will be available.

■ stgeorgesrun@nncvc.org.uk

 

ATWELL WILSON MOTOR

MUSEUM MEET

Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0NF

A meet set in the idyllic Wiltshire

countryside. Two clubs have

already confirmed attendance –

the Barkham and District Classic

Car Club and the Wartburg

Trabant IFA Club UK. So there’s

bound to be something for

everyone at this event!

■ www.atwellwilson.org.uk

 


Gervais Seymour of Classic Car Weekly:

I was unimpressed by the first few Drive-It Days, seeing them as half-hearted attempts to coax a handful of cherished classics out of their cotton wool-cocooned winter hibernation – if the weather was kind enough on the chromework. A classic should be out and about all year, and every opportunity should be a Drive-It Day, I reasoned. But the event is now in its 11th year, and I’ve performed a U-turn. Yes, for some, this is the annual wake-up call.

However, for many thousands of UK classic car owners and enthusiasts – more than 250,000 according to FBHVC estimates – it’s a rallying cry for a rapidly growing force that has its roots in Britain and is growing in stature internationally. I’m proud to be a tiny cog in this movement: we’re showing the world what can be done and how to do it properly. So you don’t need me to tell you what you should be doing next Sunday. You’ll be doing it anyway. The least I can do, as a reformed doubter, is to play

my part in ensuring CCW publishes as many of your Drive-It Day photos as possible. You’ve earned it. Here's how to get involved.  

 

HERE’S HOW TO GET INVOLVED

1. Get a friend to take a picture of you with your classic

(or classics, if you’ve got more than one) on Drive-It

Day and send it to us by email, or by leaving a message on

our Facebook page or via CCW’s Twitter account.

 

2. All pictures must be high-resolution JPEG images

which are suitable for publication in print – and don’t

forget to smile for the camera! In other words, modern

phones (ie – iPhones, Samsungs, etc) will be good enough.

You do niot need a big expensive camera.

 

3. Send us your picture and tell us the year, make and

model of your classic, your name and home town, and

where you took your classic for this year’s Drive-It Day.

All pictures must be sent in by 10.30am on Monday,

24 April, so make sure you don’t miss out on getting your

classic into CCW’s 27 April pages.

■ Send an email, titled Drive-It Day, to

editorial@classiccarweekly.co.uk

■ Message us on Facebook by going to

www.facebook.com/classiccarweekly

■ Tweet us your picture by linking to @ClassicCarWkly

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