HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

To all you classic car fans out there, have a very happy 2017, & I hope that you enjoy getting out & about in your classic vehicle during the year.

 For information about our club, please click on the logo on the right to go to our web site.

 Best wishes,

Patrick Carroll,

Club President

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

SUCCESSFUL 2016 UK NATIONAL RALLY AT HATTON COUNTRY WORLD

The Club held it's UK 2016 annual rally over the weekend of 10th - 12th June with a welcome return to Hatton Country World in Warwickshire, & despite some changeable weather, it was dry enough at the right times to enable us to enjoy the Saturday afternoon road run, & have a get together around the display of cars on Sunday afternoon & make the usual awards to the best of each class at the show. Enjoy the rest of the summer - here's some photos from the rally.
Pat Carroll, President

 Grey skies, but quality cars on Sunday

 Saturday afternoon arrivals for the road run

 Back to The Navigation Inn for our road run stop

New radial tyres on my 4/50

On a personal note, driving up to Hatton on damp roads was enough to persuade me to at last give up on my cross ply tyres, & get a modern set of radials.  Looking around & asking Club members, the Vredestein Sport Classics came out well on looks compared to the tall cross plies, & the equivalent size to my old 5.50 x 15's seemed to be 165/R15, so I've now got a full set on all 5 wheels plus brand new inner tubes, & I'm looking forward to a more compliant ride, & to NOT sliding the back end of the car out on wet roundabouts!

CLUB'S 2016 ANNUAL UK RALLY 10th - 12th JUNE

The 6/80 & MO Club is looking forward to our 2016 UK annual rally with a welcome return to Hatton Country World in Warwickshire over the weekend of 10th - 12th June - see details on the club's website at:
http://www.680mo.org.uk/scripts/events.php?parent=The%20Club&banner=Diary%20&%20Events
or visit the Hatton Country World site at: http://hattonworld.com/

Some members will be arriving on the Friday, then on Saturday there will be a road run through the local countryside, & then the main gathering, judging & award presentations will be on Sunday.  Do come if you can, with or without your club car - we look forward to seeing you there.

Photos from our last visit to Hatton in 2014

 Cars leave the rally field for the road run

 

 Mid-way stop on the road run at the Navigation Inn

6/80 & MO Club announces death of Public Relations Officer, Colin Poland

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of our irrepressible Public Relations Officer, Colin Poland, on Good Friday 25th March 2016, after an 18 month battle with cancer.  Colin bounced on to our Club committee at the 2010 AGM, & brought with him an infectious energy, enthusiasm & can-do attitude, and committee meetings were never quite the same – and now can never be the same again.  Colin was just bursting with ideas, & the best bit was that he was ready willing & able to work hard himself to bring those ideas to life. He was just so enthusiastic about promoting our Club, & was forever coming up with new ideas for us to discuss, chew over, & accept or reject.  He will be greatly missed by all his friends in the 6/80 & MO Club & the wider classic car world.  Colin was the driving force behind our Club stand at the NEC shows, & here he is at the show last November - quite poorly by this stage, but just chuffed to bits to be there on the Club stand.  Goodbye Colin, & thanks for enriching our lives.