The LAC is back at Mytton Fold Hotel, Whalley Road, Langho, BB6 8AB on Thursday 7th November for it’s monthly Noggin and Natter. Anthony and Carolyn will be there as usual from around 7.30pm to join you and share a few motoring memories, discuss the recent Cheshire Lanes Run which finished at Adam Sykes Showrooms and the exploits of Team Taylor with a race win at the Silverstone Classic.
So, do come along and meet up with fellow members and motoring enthusiasts, have a Natter and a bit of a Noggin.
The December Noggin will have a Christmas Hamper to be won and everyone will be given a free ticket.
As we have quite a number of new members, Carolyn or Anthony would be pleased to chat to anyone with ideas of what they might like to see happen in 2025. A full list of Motoring 2025 events will be published in the next All Torque magazine.
Why not come in your Vintage, Classic or Cherished car for others to enjoy? Weather permitting!
Hotel Suggestions: Please park on the drive to the Hotel, on the right facing the large Function Room Window, leaving the car park outside Reception for the Hotel Guests. Inside, the Club space will be at the rear of the Hotel Bar.
Adam Sykes offered LAC members the opportunity to visit his showrooms just outside Warrington. Now I’ve been before and I know what a privilege that is as the showrooms are definitely not open to the general public and contain a fantastic assortment of classic racing cars, sports cars motor bikes and memorabilia.
We realised that travelling all the way to Warrington might seem a bit far for some people so to add an extra incitement we organised a 22mile social run from just south of Warrington through the Cheshire lanes to Adam’s.
So on the 19th October cars started arriving at The Thorn Tree in Appleton Thorn where we were joined by members of North West Casual Classics who were also having a run to Adam’s. The Thorn Tree opened up early for us and tea/coffee was available.
The run itself started at 10.00 with the route going east towards Daresbury and the Lewis Carol Centre which is next to the church where Lewis Carol’s father was the vicar. There had been heavy rain the week before and the receding floods had left quite a bit of best quality Cheshire crud on the roads. The route then sung south to pass Lewis Carrol’s birthplace. None of the entrants reported spotting Cheshire Cats though – perhaps another time!
Down towards Northwich then east to pass the Anderton Boat Lift and out through the pretty village of Great Budworth towards Arley Hall and back north to Adam’s.
The first cars arrived just after 11.00 sporting new colour schemes i.e. brown from the waist down. Adam had kindly laid on tea, coffee, soft drinks and cakes for all the entrants and we then spent a couple of hours admiring both Adam’s cars and our fellow entrants cars.
It was interesting for both clubs because many of the cars were ‘new’ for all of us and it made a great sight with many friendly chats.
Many thanks to Mike Wood for the pictures and here’s to another visit in the future.
Following on from the Fellsman we had the Kendal 100 and it was great to see so many smiling faces despite the somewhat damp conditions at the start. The weather soon improved greatly and the entrants enjoyed some brilliant roads and pleasant weather as they followed in the steps of their forebears 120 years ago.
Mike Wood, David Williams, Glyn Hughes and DW Motorsport Photography were out on the event with their cameras close to hand. You will be please to hear that Jeff Chambers is continueing his recovery and has produced a video of the day.
We hope you will enjoy the video and look forward to seeing you on our 2025 events.
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We have loaded the latest All Torque onto our website if you wish to read it click on link below and then click on ‘pdf’ just below the photo of the front cover.
https://lancsautoclub.com/all-torque/
As always Anrew Ogden has served up a feast of reports on LAC events plus some very interesting articles submitted by LAC members from the restoring and maintenance of their cars to the goings on at the Goodwood Mabers Meeting and Festival of Speed.
There’s something for everyone who loves their motor cars.
The Lancashire Automobile Clubs Mike Wood looks back at his film of his entry in the 1973 Avon tour of Britain a unique event, involving a gruelling 1,000-mile journey around Britain, on race tracks and rally stages, showcasing the skills of some of the greatest racing drivers and rally stars of the time, enjoy the nostalgia.
Mike navigated for Tony Fall in the works Datsun 180B SSS coming a creditable 25th immediately behind Roger Clarke and Tony Mason in the works Ford Capri 3000. The winner was James Hunt and Robert Fearnall in the mighty Chevrolet Camaro Z28.
The format of the event meant Mike could film on track action for the ‘race’ sections. Watch out for the Oulton Park race. I along with several other LAC mambers officiated for that event.
To watch the video simply click on the link beow.
Jeff Chambers has produced this excellent video of the cars out on this years Fellsman. The video includes photos taken by Mike Wood and Glyn Hughes – many thanks.
It’s great that Jeff is on the path to a full recovery from his recent operation and I’m sure you would like me to pass on your thanks for all his work.
Please click on the link below to view the video.
We now have a slideshow from this years Coast to Coast Classic Car Run.
To view the slideshow simply click on the link below:
https://lancsautoclub.com/gallery/
We have placed photos from this years St George’s Day Run and the Fellsman Tour into our Gellery.
Simply click on Gellery on the headline banner and it will take you to photos of aall our events.
