Last weekend saw Birmingham hosting the Annual Footman James Classic Car show, held in the National Exhibition Centre, which drew more than 1200 exhibits for the vintage spectacle. The show also witnessed six Morris classic cars dating back to the 1930s, which were recently discovered by 14 members of a classic car club that participated in the event.
On the other hand, after basking in the limelight of being in the Olympic Torch Route for the 2012 London Games, Bexhill has been put on the map again, courtesy the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club.
Coming back to the Annual Footman James Classic Car show, the Bexhill club made its 3rd consecutive appearance at the classic car event. Bob Wilkinson, spokesperson for the club revealed that the Morris classic cars, which had been stellar hits at the show, were from the members of the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club and they had been discovered in ramshackle garages from a garden in Kent. He also went on to say that the cars had been the talk of the show due to their unique appearance and vintage beauty. Finally, he said that the 40,000 strong crowd that attended the event would be likely to remember the Morris classic cars for a long time to come.
“I was amazed to see people walking past gleaming Ferraris and Porsches but stopping to chat about our Morris display, which we arranged in a ‘barn find’ scenario to highlight how old vehicles are still turning up years after their heyday,” said Bob.
“A top executive from a leading European car manufacturer asked how much it had cost to create out stand when I told him a couple of bags of leaves and £40 for printing was all it took, he was amazed,“ Bob continued, “He told me it was better than professionally arranged displays costing six-figure sums.”
Cars like the Morris rest at the top of the food chain in terms of insurance quotes and premiums. Since it is a foregone conclusion that the owners of such classic cars will do everything possible to ensure that they remain in mint condition, classic car insurance is usually just a matter of a couple of signatures here and there.
Meanwhile, it has been echoed in many prominent classic car circles that vehicle security for classic cars is a fretting matter for them. A prominent security gadgets company, Tracker, has devised a new product that may bring an end to their woes.
The device in question is a self-contained, battery-powered mechanism, operating through VHF technology and gets activated in the event that the vehicle is stolen. As a transponder device, the signal emitted by it will enable the police to easily track the car.
Also, the device is not connected to internal wirings or the engine so the owners need not worry about hampering the style or performance of their classic car as a result of the fitting.
