Morris Minor Owners Club

Some of you may have seen the thread emerging in the Custom & Modified section about organsing a custom stand at the National or a new custom Morris show. This isn't meant in any way to exclude anyone but we (as a group of custom mog owners) would like to represent our cars and give them more exposure than they are currently getting. So the idea is to either have a custom stand at the next National or to organise a complete custom Morris show.
So my question is
1. How can we put together a stand at th next National &
2. Does anyone know how to start organising a show?

There has been a lot of interest about this subject and the numbers of custom & modified Minors coming out of the woodwork has been huge recently so lets get this thing sorted. We would idealy like to hold the show somewhere with a track of some sort (hillclimb or circuit) or if the next National Rally could be somewhere with a track again that would be great.
Cheers guys & girls

Contact Andrew Stone as he organises the Nationals and should be able to offer some advice.

Hi ratrodmog,
Custom & Modified at the National is a great idea !!!!!
" YOUR NATIONAL NEEDS YOU "
It might help bring more young people into Morris Minors "" mmm nothing wrong with old people
I am one
Good luck with it
Brian.

yes i think it would be good with a custom morris minor stand

It might be worth contacting Julian (julesgti) who runs the Custom & Modified Register as he has previously asked for suggestions about rallies but didn't get much of a response. See this previous thread: http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=28815

I'm not sure how active the Custom & Modified Register is at the moment but Club Registers are offered a spot on 'Branch Avenue' at the National so I'm sure the Register would be able to get a stand if there is enough support for one. By the way, there are always plenty of custom & modified cars at the National (and half of the cars on the website stand were modified or custom) so they do get a fair amount of exposure

ratrodmog wrote:-snip-
So my question is
1. How can we put together a stand at th next National &
2. Does anyone know how to start organising a show?

-snip-

Yes, I know how to organise a show having been on the Kent Branches Hop rally committee for several years now. If you want to learn what is involved in a car show, then via your local branch, volunteer to help on the area rally committee. You will learn all you need to know and there is a surprising amount, not least finding the venue and negotiating price and terms and what is and is not allowed etc...

How about having a basic 948cc or 1098cc car that has been referbished cheaply so 17year olds can see you have a cheap car with cheap Insurance that roadworthy.

There was a Younger member's stand in Branch Avenue at this year's National at Harewood House. All under 25yr olds + their car's some standard - some modified.

regaliaqueen wrote:There was a Younger member's stand in Branch Avenue at this year's National at Harewood House. All under 25yr olds + their car's some standard - some modified.

And on the back of it the Young Owner's Registry was formed

Though next year it'll be open to the under 30s

radrodmog, ive spoken to jlh today and we got speaking about a track day, he told me that he does quiet a few and the orgisners are trying to get more modded minors there, he also told me he can help organise it, ring him to find out more

Thanks for all the positive imput from everyone, it's good to know people are thinking along the same lines. In my head I have an image of a show that I would like to see and people lining up the modded cars would just be part of it. We need things like....
A race track to show what your car can do.
Various awards - show 'n' shine, fastest, best daily etc etc.
Trade stands from companies supplying custom parts and upgrades not just the standard stuff.

hotrodder13 - I will definately speak to Jono, cheers for that.
chickenjohn - I am part of my local branch (Dorsetmmoc) and will get in contact with them about this topic.
louiseM - I have spoken to Julian about this when I first had the idea a while ago so will contact him again and try and push this for the 2011 National.
Kevin - How do I get in contact with Andrew Stone as this could be a good way of letting them know what the plan is?

Cheers all

gud, jono seemed keen when i was speaking to him, says it would cost us about 100 quid for a full days racing

All Andrew Stone's details are in MM under National Rally Team Organising Leader

Have you got a link to his details please regaliaqueen?

Hi Ratrod,
we have just started organising next years Hop rally, we have prize categories for "furthest travelled " and "best modified", we'd welcome a contingent of modified cars at our rally.

Any questions you have on organising a rally, feel free to PM me.

cheers
John

HI,

Your idea would fit in well with some of the things that we want to try at this years National Rally , can you send me an email to my MMOC address and I will call you shortly to discuss.

Many thanks

Andrew
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