The Oily Rag - British Saloon Car Club

The View from Burlington
By Tony Fox
Niagara on The Lake
The Shaw Festival Theatre, Niagara British Car Club, Ontario MG -T Register and the British Saloon Club of Canada
invite their members to join in for a 'Picnic, Car Display and Theatre Performance' on Sat. Aug 16th. 100 tickets have
been set aside for the Saturday Matinee performance of 'An Inspector Calls', this seasons Murder Mystery on the Main
Stage! Parking is being arranged on the East Lawn, with overflow on the Commons. Security provided. Check out their
web site and download an application form;
http://www.niagarabritishcarclub.org/events08/shaw/shaw.html
Mystery photo
Are all Triumph owners bent like this? Are
these people mad?
To remind all our Triumph owners, the
vintage Triumph Register (VTR) is holding
it’s annual convention between Aug 4th and
8th in Ypsilanti Michigan; this will be the
closest this event is likely to be to our
Southern Ontario and New York members.
So, if you have always wanted to attend
this great event, fill up the Triumph and
head into Michigan. The Ypsilanti and Ann
Arbor areas just west of Detroit are a nice
place to visit and shop. Join us there and
find out why some Triumph owners are
bent.
Classic Car Insurance
A new insurance company has made it’s presence known for our classic car needs, Young’s Insurance Brokers,
Burlington.
They appear to offer a range of competitive prices so check them out at www.youngsins.com or contact Heather
Malcolmson at (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Classic car scene in Europe
The World Forum for Motor Museums held last year in England reported the following summary with respect to the old
car hobby,
- Historic vehicle activity is worth 11.7 billion pounds annually in the EU, 3 billion in the UK
- People employed in old car activities number 55,000 in the EU and 27,000 in the UK
- Roadworthy historic vehicles number 15 million in the EU, 400,000 in the UK
- Export trade in such vehicles amounts to 2.2 billion pounds in the EU, 300 million in the UK
- Seventy percent of these vehicles travel less than 1,000 miles per year
- Historic vehicles account for only 1 percent of total mileage in the EU
- Historic vehicles make up 13 percent of the 35 million registered vehicles in the UK
- A third of historic vehicle families have an annual income of less than 20,000 pounds
- Seventy percent of historic vehicles are valued at less than 10,000 pounds
- There are 786,000 historic vehicle enthusiasts and 2,000 clubs in Europe
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