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Lancaster Insurance Classic Motorshow 2023

Once again The 1100 Club will be at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motorshow at the NEC Birmingham, November 10-12.

Members can login to the website to find the club discount code and booking details.

Come and visit us on Stand 3-480.

2023 National Rally at Milestones Museum

Another successful National Rally! This year we were at Milestones Museum, Basingstoke over the weekend of July 29 and 30 with even more cars attending on the Sunday than we've had in recent times and a return to typical damp national rally weather.

2022 National Rally at Cogges Manor Farm

For 2022, the 1100 Club National Rally was, once again, a two day event held over the weekend of August 13 and 14 at Cogges Manor Farm, Witney, Oxfordshire.

The weather was sunny for both days because, like much of England, Oxfordshire was in the middle of a heatwave. Despite the scorching weather, sixteen ADO16s made the journey on the Saturday and more than 25 visited on the Sunday - some naturally stayed for both days!

Exhausts are available again!

We are very pleased to confirm that we are now able to supply exhausts for the ADO16 range once again.

These are made to the correct original specification and are available for single carb or twin carb models - although note that they are centre exit and are also not suitable for the three branch LCB setup. In the pictures you can see the rear section plus the two different front pipe options.

The exhausts are priced at £195 to non-members or at a superb discounted price of £135 to members, recognising the fact that it was 1100 Club members’ funds that went into the original product development a few years ago. Postage and packing is additional and charged at cost. You can also collect from a club representative in either the Midlands, Norfolk or West London to avoid the postage cost if you prefer.

Please contact the chairman to place an order if you are an 1100 Club member, or drop us a line on info@the1100club.com if you are not.

2021 National Rally at Epping Ongar Railway

Due to the prevailing social distancing restrictions, the National Rally was relocated to the Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) at North Weald, Essex, this year and was a one day only in-person event held on Saturday 31st July, with a virtual day on Sunday 1st August. Many members (in around 30 cars) took the chance to meet up again after so long, and the weather was favourable until the early afternoon.

We also had a Fish and Chip Meal Train in the evening, which we offered at the last rally here and was very popular. On this occasion, the Meal Train was open to general public as well, but the club secured a limited number of seats on our own carriage.

2020 National Rally at Home!

For 2020 the 1100 Club National Rally was unable to be held in the traditional manner due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Instead, over the weekend of August 1 and 2 we held a 'National Rally at Home' where we invited members to take photos of their cars and share them on our facebook page. It proved quite a success.

2019 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show

This year the 1100 Club features on one of the official Top Trumps cards at the NEC Classic Motor Show and this stunning Mk I Austin 1100 is on the stand to correspond with the card.

On display as well as the Austin 1100 is an MG, a 1300GT and the cutaway engine.

Sep-Oct issue of Idle Chatter

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National Rally 2019

The 1100 Club National Rally for 2019 was held at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon, on a damp Saturday 27th and not so damp Sunday 28th July.

This year we celebrated fifty years of the Austin and Morris 1300GT, and we mark the 50th anniversary of the final Riley 1300 version built so it was great to see a Riley 1300 and numerous GTs on display as well as good variety of other 1100s and visiting classics - over 30 cars made an appearance during the weekend.

2019 Spring Show

We had a brilliant turnout at our Spring Show at Kempton Steam Museum with thirty cars enjoying some sunshine!

2019 National Car Club Awards

This category considers our work on social media and also our club website, with its increasing technical content for members and of course its comprehensive set of Idle Chatter magazines with searchable database of content.

2019 Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show with Discovery

2018 Classic and Sportscar Club Awards

We are absolutely delighted, and would very much like to thank Classic & Sports Car magazine and Lancaster Insurance Services for the award, and of course all of our members who have supported Idle Chatter with articles and features large or small.

2018 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show

But our centrepiece will be something even more special still - you will have to visit us on Stand 485 in Hall 3 to find out what it is, but we can reveal that it will involve a chance to get 'up close and personal' with an A Series.

September-October issue of Idle Chatter

In this issue we have a full National Rally report, alongside a photographic celebration of all our concours prizewinners. Other highlights include details of our 2019 Calendar Competition in which existing members can win a free membership renewal (which will also be on Facebook this week), Dippy rides again (although sadly rather lop-sidedly this time), Phil Rixon visits Tanya Field's Cowley Display and archivist talk, and we tell the story of Terry Wells' against-the-odds police panda car restoration.

In our technical section, we look at clutch drag, Derek shares a simple tip for making bonnet rehanging much more straightforward, and our Aussie Tech Tip concerns the rather different door seals that were fitted to the Australian cars. As usual we have lots of news and views, area updates and five inspiring running reports profiling what our regular contributors have been doing with their cars in the last couple of months.

Not a member? It's never too late to join us (and we've saved you a copy).

2018 BL Autumn Rally

And thanks to The 1100 Club's ‘Tea-m Essex’ at least nine ADO16s were on display - even an Austin Apache - and all the usual fun and games! The show was impressive, with more cars than ever before - great work from organiser Tom Morley.

2018 National Rally

It was hard to keep track as many members took the chance to take their cars on a tour of the picturesque Essex countryside around Epping.

The Saturday evening meal aboard the Epping Fryer heritage train was enjoyed by around 100 members and their guests.

2018 Spring Show

A good turnout of members made the most of Drive It Day (April 22) to join us and enjoy the interesting venue.

It was a good chance for old friends to meet up for the first time in the new season, and also to welcome some new members into the fold - at least two of the cars present were driven by people who had never attended an 1100 Club event before!

Spare Parts Supply

We hope that this will allow us to continue to supply our members with high quality wings and hopefully move towards rear subframe remanufacture when the time is right.

UPDATE: We have sold recently five more wings from our stock!

2018 National Car Club Awards

This category considers our work on social media and also our club website, with its increasing technical content for members and of course its comprehensive set of Idle Chatter magazines with searchable database of content.

We are very pleased to say that we are ending 2017 with more members than we have had for many years - delighted to have you with us!

Don’t forget to renew your membership before 18th January 2018 to receive your Jan-Feb Idle Chatter on time.

You can do that using the details in the magazine or on this website.

Membership Renewal Time...

Our renewal rates for 2018 are now available and any renewals or new memberships received will ensure membership lasting until the end of 2018.

Overseas members: following a review of our overseas membership rates and changes to several of the factors that influence them, rates will be significantly reduced for 2018.

Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC

This year's show was hugely successful for the 1100 Club, with a number of new members joining on the spot, regalia (especially our unique books) selling well and, most importantly, a constant stream of visits from members from up and down the country.

We do hope you enjoyed our display if you visited us at the show - thank you for coming to say hello!

Classic & Sports Car Club Awards

We were delighted to get an honourable mention TWICE in the Classic and Sportscar Club Awards at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the weekend.

Idle Chatter was highly commended for the fourth year in a row, and for the first time our website and our social media presence were also recognised!

Congratulations must go to the winners in each category, of course, but it was still great to be noticed by the judges in both.

We have Wings!

Following feedback and suggestions from members, the 1100 Club has invested in twenty offside front wings from Earlpart.

Wings are incredibly difficult to make well, and since Earlpart is the only official source for these wings at the moment, we have decided to future-proof their supply. They are currently still in three parts, although if you were prepared to collect a wing rather than have it posted, we could probably arrange expert assembly for you.

The other plus of the process is that, having purchased in bulk, we can offer these offside wings to 1100 Club members at a very good price. If you're not a member, why not join us?
A wing purchase from us could save you more than the cost of a subscription. The 1100 Club also has significant stocks of nearside wings, so a pair can be supplied if required.
You can find out more from our Spares Advisor - contact details on page two of every Idle Chatter.

The September issue of Idle Chatter

In this biggest ever 48 page issue, we have news and reports from the National Rally, including this year's prizewinners, area updates from a busy summer and, as usual, a variety of interesting and inspiring running reports, with a couple of new faces to the feature.

We bring you Part II of the 'Model Answer' diecast 1100s article and explain in detail how your ignition timing works and how you can affix your GT side trim if you can't get hold of the proper trim clips!

BMC/BL Day - Best Club Stand Award

This year the Club had 15 cars on display at Peterborough and won the award for Best Club Stand for the second year running!

Another Successful National Rally Day