Classic diary
All the shows, festivals, tours, meets and races that matter DECEMBER JANUARY 2019
8-11 Le Jog Tough rally from Land’s End to John O’groats, for pre-1986 cars 01656 740275; heroevents.eu
9 The Black Swan Classic Car and Motorcycle Meet Local get-together. Ockham, Surrey www.facebook.com/ Blackswanclassiccarmeet
9 ’Normous Newark Autojumble One of the UK’S biggest ’jumbles, Nottinghamshire 01507 529430; www.newarkautojumble.co.uk
9 Classics at The Mill Regular charity meet at the pub. Preston, Lancs 01772 695277; www. themillatstcatherinespark.co.uk
14-27/1 Porsche 70 Years Exhibition at Belgium’s Autoworld museum, Brussels 0032 2 736 41 65; www.autoworld.be
30 Enfield New Year Autojumble At The Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, Enfield 020 8367 1898; www.whitewebbsmuseum.co.uk 1 New Year’s Day Classic Gathering See Pick of the month
1 Vintage Stony
See Pick of the month
1 Yeovil Car Club New Year’s Day Meet 2019 Popular gathering at Haselbury Mill, Somerset 01935 429806; www.yeovilcarclub.com
1 New Year’s Day Charity Meet at the Classic Motor Hub Special ‘Coffee and Classics’ event to raise money for Kate’s Home Nursing in the Cotswolds. Bibury, Glos 01242 384092; classicmotorhub.com
1 Phoenix Inn New Year’s Day Meet Informal gathering of classics around the pretty country pub in Hartley Wintney, Hants 01252 842484; www.phoenixinn.co.uk
1 Classic Cars on the Prom Seaside gathering for pre-1983 classics in Bournemouth, Dorset 07885 792711; www.classiccarsontheprom.com 4-5 Exeter Trial Long-running car and ’bike rally in Devon 07941 328613; www.themotorcyclingclub.org.uk
6 Sunday Scramble See Pick of the month
6 Mid Kent’s Auto and Bike Jumble Maidstone, Kent 01732 840787; www.midkentsautojumble.co.uk
10-13 Autosport International Everything from WRC to F1 to BTCC covered in this huge show at the NEC, Birmingham 03333 003010; www.autosportinternational.com
10-13 Interclassics Maastricht Benelux classic show celebrates its 25th with the usual mix of clubs, dealers and an auction. Maastricht, The Netherlands 0031 43 38 38 333; interclassicsmaastricht.nl
11-13 Romania Historic Winter Rally 2019 Retrospective in the heart of the Carpathian mountains. Brasov, Romania 0040 4 90 28 79 01; www.romania-historic-rally.com 12-20 The Scottsdale auctions Curtain-raiser to the 2019 auction season features all of the big players including Barrett-jackson (12-20), Worldwide (16), Russo and Steele (16-20), Gooding & Co (17-18), RM Sotheby’s (17-18) and Bonhams (18). Various locations, Arizona, USA
23-27 Palm Beach Cavallino Classic Track days, a concours and classic sports cars on display at glitzy show in Florida, USA 001 561 994 1345; www.cavallinoclassic.com
24-27 Winter Marathon Tricky and well-regarded rally through the Dolomites. Madonna di Campiglio, Italy 0039 030 827095; www.wintermarathon.it
27 Mini Fair 2019 Everything Mini: club stands, awards, concours, autojumble and more. Bingley Hall near Stafford, Staffs 01384 897779; britishminiclub.co.uk