AUSTIN COUNTIES CAR CLUB

Please note – Potts’ Parts will be closed from the 24th of December 2026 until the 24th of April 2027.

Anyone needing parts from Graham should order them as soon as possible in order to ensure delivery before the break.

The Club’s members have been invited to a couple of car shows in July :

Firstly, The Best of British Car Show on the 19th July in Hastings – this clashes with the Club’s Annual Rally unfortunately, but if you are not going to our rally you may wish to attend.

Secondly, Crowborough Car Meet on 12th July.

For further details of each, please click on the relevant link for a flyer.

Following a replacement of the previous software used to allow for a photo gallery of members’ and visitors ‘Counties’-related cars we now have a new Photo Gallery.

You can now upload your photos for general viewing. These uploads are subject to admin approval, so please be patient as there may be a delay before your pictures appear on the site.

We now have a supplier of official Austin Counties Car Club clothing. The items available are:

Sweatshirts; Polo Shirts; Hoodies and Baseball Caps

~As can be seen all items are available with either a ‘Flying A’ logo, or an Austin ‘Winged Wheel’ logo.

Further details are here

All of the photos and the video taken by official photographer David Clarke have now been added to the site. You can view them here:

The Club is very grateful to David for his efforts over the weekend, and for his generosity in allowing his work to be shared freely.

The Club will be present once again at the show with a stand – please do come and see us. You can obtain a discount on tickets using the code CCCNOV5419 .
Tickets are available here

Members who access the archive of ‘County Counsel‘ issues online will be pleased to know that another year’s worth of magazines has now been added to the archive. You can now access all issues up to and including issue 290 (Nov/Dec 2023).

If you’re a current member and would like access to the archive, please email the editor and you will be issued a password.

Well-known club member and restorer David Whyley has clinched the 2024 RAC Motoring Book of the Year Award, with his book ‘The Austin Pedal Car Story’, which details the history of the famous pedal cars produced by Austin at its specially-created factory at Bargoed in Wales.

David has this to say about the book, which was produced and published in conjunction with Austin Pedal Cars Ltd :
“On Wednesday night at the RAC club in Pall Mall ‘The Austin Pedal Car Story’ was voted overall Motoring book of the year for 2024. My name joined the others engraved on the award including the late John Surtees, Damon Hill and Adrian Newey.

The RAC Motoring Book Awards are like the Motoring Oscars, and I am proud to have been awarded this overall Award. This is a great honour for me personally, and for the team at Austin Pedal Cars Ltd and Porter Press.

It is recognition of the importance of the ‘little’ Austin J40 pedal car that is now such an important and integral part of the Goodwood Revival via the Settrington Cup race”.

The Austin Pedal Car Story is still available, with an RRP of £85, from its publisher and other booksellers.
Many congratulations to David on his success, which is the culmination of many years of dedicated research into the topic. You can also read the full press release from the RAC and watch a short YouTube video of the presentation.

Member Peter Harrison has kindly sent some video footage of some of our cars leaving the Makeney Hall Hotel during the Rally weekend, with some footage of them in situ at the Crich Tramway Village.

You can view the footage here .

As members will be aware, the club has made new arrangements for the supply of new and used spares.

These are detailed here or can be found by looking under the ‘Spares’ menu link