British Car Week
Welcome to British Car Week
British Car Awareness Week
May 31 - June 8, 2008
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This Month's Featured Car 1957 Austin-Healey 100-6
During the past decade, there has been a good deal of speculation about the future of the British car hobby. As the median age of older model British car owners steadily increases, and the different types of interests among the next generation, any level-headed person speculating about this subject ten years ago would have assumed the hobby would begin to diminish sharply.
There is no public database available for calculating the number of older model British cars licensed for the road today, but based on tale-tale signs on the Internet, the British car hobby seems to be doing quite well these days. Take a look at the Activities section of this website, and you will find an abundance of activities taking place all over the world throughout the summer months ahead. You will find some newly formed events, and some that have been taking place on an annual basis without fail for over thirty years, with reportedly very strong interest. Based on these signs, there doesn't seem to be much, if any, drop in enthusiasm for these beloved old cars.
Perhaps while the world's population continues to grow, and the popularity of the Internet continues pulling people together to share common interests, the decades ahead will prove very favorable for the British car hobby.
At any given moment, we have the capability to connect with others to learn about things like driving events, contact information, repair tips for keeping your car safely on the road, reliable parts sources, available books and magazines for reading about your favorite cars, local club information, regalia, and even selecting the best route for an exciting back roads driving excursion. Access to a vast number of other car owners and information is just a click of a mouse button away.
While we continue to appreciate the availability of the Internet, we can pay tribute to the likes of Mr. Al Gore for his legal work, and English-born inventor Sir Timothy Berners-Lee for his invention of HTML and the World Wide Web for which this web page has been made possible. They each played an important role in keeping the current health of the antique British car hobby going strong as we know it today.
So grab your goggles and driving gloves, and top-off your dash pots, it's time to have some fun!
See you on the road......
There is no public database available for calculating the number of older model British cars licensed for the road today, but based on tale-tale signs on the Internet, the British car hobby seems to be doing quite well these days. Take a look at the Activities section of this website, and you will find an abundance of activities taking place all over the world throughout the summer months ahead. You will find some newly formed events, and some that have been taking place on an annual basis without fail for over thirty years, with reportedly very strong interest. Based on these signs, there doesn't seem to be much, if any, drop in enthusiasm for these beloved old cars.
Perhaps while the world's population continues to grow, and the popularity of the Internet continues pulling people together to share common interests, the decades ahead will prove very favorable for the British car hobby.
At any given moment, we have the capability to connect with others to learn about things like driving events, contact information, repair tips for keeping your car safely on the road, reliable parts sources, available books and magazines for reading about your favorite cars, local club information, regalia, and even selecting the best route for an exciting back roads driving excursion. Access to a vast number of other car owners and information is just a click of a mouse button away.
While we continue to appreciate the availability of the Internet, we can pay tribute to the likes of Mr. Al Gore for his legal work, and English-born inventor Sir Timothy Berners-Lee for his invention of HTML and the World Wide Web for which this web page has been made possible. They each played an important role in keeping the current health of the antique British car hobby going strong as we know it today.
So grab your goggles and driving gloves, and top-off your dash pots, it's time to have some fun!
See you on the road......
Modern Technology - Good for Old British Cars?
(Restored by Scott Helms)
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