Classic & Historic Motor Club
- Classic & Historic Motor Club Ltd Registered Office: Butterworth Jones Chartered Accountants Paulton Office, Old Bank, The Triangle, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7LE.
A member of the Federation of British Historic Vehicles Clubs (FBHVC) and recognised by the Motor Sports Association (MSA), the club aims to encourage the use and preservation of our vehicles.
Each month members receive a copy of the club magazine (Classix) which provides among other things news of forthcoming events, reports and photos of recently held events.
The club actively promotes events that provide interest for wives and partners, including regular social club nights. Social life continues in the winter with monthly Sunday Lunch gatherings at hostelries across the area, giving members the chance to continue contact and form new friendships. Once or twice a year there are weekends away and the occasional continental ‘jaunt’.
Our membership is drawn from a wide area covering Somerset, Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Devon.
The Classic & Historic Motor Club has existed since 1977 and provides an interesting calendar running from April to September inclusive, covering a wide variety of social and mildly competitive events, allowing members many opportunities to enjoy using their vehicles in good company.
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In A Bit More Detail
The club was founded in 1977 with the stated aim of catering for and promoting, an interest in classic and historic vehicles.
The C&H Motor Club has supported the Bristol Classic Car Show since its inception.
The club currently has over 350 members.
A range of events including social and competitive runs, weekends away, visits to places of interest and occasional trips abroad are organised from April to September every year. (See Calendar page)
Pre-booked monthly ‘Icebreaker’ lunches are arranged in a selection of country inns from October to March every winter including a ‘New Year Trundle’ in January.
Typical C&H events attract at least 25 cars (50 people).
The club’s major event of the year is the Mendip Tour in May (see Mendip Tour page). This is an open event with detailed route instructions catering for 150 cars. The event includes a formal start venue, a lunch stop en route and a finish on the Cathedral Green at Wells complete with a traditional cream tea followed by prize giving for those cars judged to be best in class.
Eligibility for club events (other than the Mendip Tour) requires that a vehicle must be at least 30 years old as at Jan. 1st of the current year. (ie 1981 for anyone wishing to join this year).
The club has a mix of pre and post war cars and a good selection of modern classics.
Annual membership costs £21 per couple and includes receipt of the clubs monthly magazine ‘Classix’ which contains among other things, articles on past and present events and information and entry forms for future events. Also, readers letters and technical topics.
The C&H Motor Club is affiliated to the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) which represents the classic vehicle movement at national and international levels.
The club is run by an elected committee which meets once a month and holds an AGM every March.
We believe that the C&H offers a wider range of events throughout the year than any other comparable club.