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.

The Club stand at the NEC Classic Car Show 13th - 15th November 2015

 

 Colin Poland - just chuffed to be there obviously!

 

Anton's Police 6/80 attracted a lot of attention

Annual Rally with MVA a big success!

Our annual rally this year was held at Thoresby Hall in conjunction with the Morris Vehicles Association, & overall was a great success.  We had a good turnout of our own cars, & there were plenty of others to see from the Morris Register who kindly organised the event, MMOC, Wolseley Register, & several other Morris-related clubs.  The icing on the cake for us was our Vice Chairman Ken Kefford winning the Best Car in Show award at the end of the weekend for his lovely Morris Oxford - a fitting tribute to all the work he has put in on it with Chairman Nev Holmes.  Next year we're back at one of our old haunts, Hatton Country World in Warwickshire.

 

Ken also won our own 'Masterclass' award, so was doubly delighted - well done Ken!

My Wolseley 4/50 emerges from hibernation!

After 4 long months of being trapped in it's garage, the new extension & kitchen are complete, the builders have gone, their skip has been taken away from in front of the garage doors, & the 4/50 can emerge blinking & VERY dusty into the April sun for a good wash & checkover!  Unfortunately it wasn't quite in time for 'Drive It Day', but I hope you managed to join your fellow classic car enthusiasts on the road last Sunday.
A drive round the block shows that everything appears to be in fine fettle, as I did carry out a service just before its incarceration, but inevitably it feels like one of the front brake cylinders is a bit sticky.  Hopefully a bit of use will free it up, otherwise it's off with that brake drum to have a look.  I'm now looking forward to getting it out on the road, and to our next local pub meet on Thursday 7th May.
Best wishes, & Happy Motoring,
Patrick Carroll
Club President

DRIVE-IT-DAY 26TH APRIL 2015

Spring must really be here, as 'Drive it Day' is just around the corner on Sunday 26th April, so this is definitely the time to be giving your classic a spruce up & check over, & get out & about in it on the 26th to show just how many classic cars there are on the road in the UK.  Let's hope for some proper Spring-like weather to encourage us all out.
Best wishes,
Pat Carroll