Lancia Motor Club

This was discussed at the last Committee meeting.

One idea that we could do is regionally organise a small event local to members be it a drive to a pub for Sunday lunch or a local tour (to a pub....). Please get involved.

Below is the FHBVC press release:

Sunday 26 April 2015 is Drive It Day!

As the dust settles on the Classic Motor Show, traditionally the unofficial close to the historic vehicle ‘season’, clubs will be turning their thoughts to the coming year and will be scheduling events in their calendars... if they haven’t already done so!

The time is therefore ripe to ensure you have the dates for the annual FBHVC Drive It Day in your events diary. This is the day where historic vehicles of all sorts are rescued from their winter hibernation, thoroughly checked and cleaned, and taken out on the road. It’s a fun day and much enjoyed by the general public who have a real affection for these important parts of our motoring heritage.

There is however a serious purpose behind Drive It Day. The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, which devised and continues to promote the event, exists to protect historic vehicle owners’ rights to use the public highway and Drive It Day is a tangible and thankfully peaceful demonstration of enthusiasts exercising that right.

It has been estimated that something like a quarter of a million historic vehicles take to the roads on Drive It Day and clubs traditionally hold meetings and ‘scenic runs’, very often as their season opener. Given the purpose of the event the more the merrier! This year the event reverts to its original format where FBHVC promotes the event nationally and clubs are free to select routes and venues to suit their particular requirements.

“Drive It Day seems to gain in popularity each year”, says national co-ordinator, Ken Coad, “We get all types of vehicles, four, two and three wheelers, trucks, buses, tractors and even former military vehicles. The variety is endless and probably the only common factor is their age. To be classed as historic, a vehicle must be 30 years old or more.”


Tim

Good idea ... added onto the website calendar as an event so we won't forget :)

The S.E. Italian group will be taking part  ;), I know a nice little bar overlooking the harbour
at Villanova - hope to see you all there  ;D.

I've booked to attend Drive it Day at Bicester Heritage, looks like a good day.

Cost including booking fee is £5.50.
See below for details.

http://bicesterheritage.co.uk/events/

Scramble

Our 5th Sunday Brunch Scramble will coincide with FBHVC’s International Drive It Day on the 26th April.  The gates to Bicester Heritage’s airfield and Technical Site will open to welcome the public once more, with a hearty breakfast and an abundance of vintage and classic vehicles and aircraft on display. The 48-acre Technical Site will host a display of visitors’ vehicles which, in a similar fashion to January’s event, will fill the tree-lined avenues of the UK’s most complete WW2 bomber station.

The Specialists based at Bicester Heritage will open the doors to their freshly restored 1920s and ‘30s buildings, allowing behind the scenes access to their showrooms and workshops (specialising in upholstery, vintage Bentley engineering, specialist storage, vintage, classic and racing car and bike sales, plus much more) on a site that is normally accessible by appointment only. Visitors who arrive in and on their cherished vehicles are encouraged to park their pride and joy around the base, adding to a display of machines from all ages. Elsewhere on the Technical Site Brooklands Museum are planning a display, whilst the former RAF Motor Transport Yard will fill with automobilia stands and food stalls.  We are delighted to welcome the following traders:

Sue Scott, Shot by Products, Graeme Simpson, Terry Smith, the VSCC, Colin Warrington, Richard Wade along with our own Bicester Heritage stand.  We will also welcome students and staff from the Classic Vehicle Restoration apprenticeship at Banbury & Bicester College.

Vintage aircraft are expected to land in the morning and form a static display on the edge of the airfield’s perimeter track where, by popular demand, the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust will start up and run their magnificent RAF BE2e biplane. Also on the airfield The Bicester Gliding Centre will be offering glider flights and a chance to try their gliding simulator.  Please contact Tiggy Atkinson on 01869 327928 to book a glider flight at the Brunch and receive 10% off the normal booking price as a Brunch guest.

Entry for historic vehicles, motorbikes and sports cars will be offered at a discounted price of £5 per vehicle, £10 for modern vehicles.  Gates will open from 9am (for historic vehicles), 10.30am for modern cars and close at 2pm.  Strictly no dogs please
- See more at: http://bicesterheritage.co.uk/events/#sthash.oi1FmKUa.dpuf

Brian
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Looks good.  ;D

It's a very interesting place if you like old cars! I just hope the catering facilities are improved. The VSCC held their December driving tests there and everyone enjoyed it.
Regards, John

 .... and it is raining!!!!! Murphy's law has no exceptions!!

However, it is forecast to brighten up later so there is hope. I hope get the Appia out, I started it last week to shuffle things around, but that is another story!!!

Good luck and have fun everyone who goes out.

                        Andy

Drove all the way to Bristol on Friday didnt see another classic car let alone another Lancia. Then today we drove back from Ben Courage's 180 miles to Colchester - again did not see another classic car on the Road. Admittedly, most was motorway but never the less.....hope the organised stuff happened. pics for the forum and VL?
 

Pleased to report a 100% turn out for the Ostuni Appia club.......me!

Lovely...

Yes , Lovely !

I went out in Juliet's Appia , 120 kms and not a single classic ! A few R4's and 2CV's, but they are used everyday so don't count ......

I didn't take the Aurelia out today, as i did 90+ miles in it yesterday attending the Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival, but I did go for a quick drive in an early Lamborghini.  see photo!

Lots of classics in Surrey (and not just Lancias...).

Here is the full contingent of Ecurie Haute Marne. Have to admit I didn't know it was Drive It day but as I'd been cleaning and polishing it I thought I'd take it out for a run anyway. This is my 1.3S.

Nice one Stan
Brian
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Agreed!

What is it with Rape oilseed fields and Fulvias???

Good to see you in Bicester on Sunday Brian - a reasonable Fulvia turnout with your berlina and two coupes. Alas my Flaminia was the only other Lancia I spotted.

My son found his 'drive':

Superb - is that a RE8?

 

Good spot - yes an RE8

Fond memories as a kid of my Airfix 'Dogfight Double' - a RE8 and a Roland CIII in the same box.

Hi Dave,
Nice to see you too but I didn't find your Flaminia! also spotted Flavia 2000 Berlina, A Beta Spider but it's not registered with the LMC, I was told there was also an Aurelia, but I didn't spot that either during my two complete laps around the various buildings and parking places, must admit I didn't get out to the aeroplanes or the cars out there.
My car of the day was the achingly beautiful Bristol Teardrop, followed by the one off imp powered 3 wheeler, spoke to the owners wife, he was some sort of design engineer and it was his retirement project, workmanship was amazing, as it was only a tiny windscreen he'd made the wiper operate vertically rather than side to side, the canopy was electrically opened and closed, and it hadn't been built with speed in mind, more for touring, the fuel consumption while cruising was heading towards 100mpg, they had also been down to the South of France with it travelling over the Pyrenees, it had also been to Germany as well as a number of other places on the Continent.
Here are my photos, mostly not Lancia as there was only the handful mentioned, but it was a fantastic event.

Brian
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Fantastic Paintwork

 I'm running out of superlatives but this Bristol Teardrop is probably my most desirable car ever, besides which I love it in this colour :-* :-* (that is of course except for one of everything in Lancia) ;D

Brian
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Some lovely stuff there Brian. The Bristol is beautiful - I'd never have guessed it was a Bristol. Usually these teardrops are Delage etc. I love that whole look, like the Bugatti Atalantic etc.  I also noticed the BMW 3.0 CSL. Always fancied one of those when they were 'cheap' but always read about head gasket problems with them so that put me off. The Vauxhall Viva was a shock - I literally can't remember that last time I saw one of those.

I can't stop thinking about the Bristol it was so lovely, Back in the 1950's I remember seeing a Bugatti Atlantic coming from London Colney around St Albans in the direction of Watford, quite a surprise.
Ha Viva's, I started at Vauxhall Motors in 1963 a couple of months before the model was announced, it nearly didn't make it as we had a massive fire in the trim shop! a quite nice one is up at Brightwell's Auction, ( I think this week) without reserve as part of the sell off of the Stondon Motor Museum Collection.
Only problem with Bicester was getting in and parking, it was very slow getting in and I believe some had to wait on the main road, this was due to the number of cars, and very slow in finding them somewhere to park amongst all the buildings as cars were scattered everywhere, something they need to sort out for next time.

Brian
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The rear lights on the Bristol look like they've been sourced from a Porsche 356.

I can't help thinking that Drive-it-Day has lost the plot. It was instigated to encourage classic car owners to get their cars out and drive them, and be seen by the general public, on the open roads; now it's being used as an excuse to hold events off the public highway, just like every other weekend through the summer.
I took my Appia out, and did nearly 100 miles without seeing another classic car; presumably everyone locally was holed-up in a field somewhere...

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Oh, and that Bristol is just beautiful; it's based on a Talbot 150S with Figoni & Falaschi coachwork, which is probably my most lusted-after car of all time:

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Mike,
It seems to be one of those odd things, I drove to the Bicester Heritage meeting a distance of about 40 miles and didn't see another Classic until I got to the event, where there 1000+ vehicles!
On the way home after leaving the event, once I was a couple of miles down the road I only spotted another 3 during the 40 miles home, I think that while gathered together in significant numbers once everyone goes there own way the number becomes insignificant.
The same goes for Saturday when I'm off to Brooklands a journey of about 65 miles down the M1 and around the M25, but usually it's very unlikely I'll spot any at all until I'm past the M4 Junction, and even then nothing much until I'm on top of Brooklands.


Brian
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