AUSTIN COUNTIES CAR CLUB LTD

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

Members can now access every copy of ‘County Counsel’ from Issue 1, back in August 1975, through to Issue 278 (Nov-Dec 2021). Further issues will be added to the archive from time to time. Members can also get an email copy of each magazine, as well as their printed copy. Please let me know if you’re not currently getting your emailed copy but would like to.

In order to gain access, members will need to be given a password to the pages containing the archive – please email me here if you’d like a password.

The link to the list of available magazines is here. You can also access it via the ‘Members Only Page’ link in the menu above.

We hope members enjoy this new facility – there’s a wealth of club history there for you to see!

ACCC are pleased to announce a new recommended Insurer for Members’ Cars.
Club members will benefit from discounted policies and no agreed value fee.
Plus, if your car is valued at less than £20k, no photographs are required.

HAGERTY PHONE NUMBER IS  0333 323 1138 AND QUOTE ‘ACCC15’

Or use the following link to request a quote online:
https://portal.hagerty.co.uk/journey/Vehicle/assumptions?affiliateId=288

The club’s new Membership Secretary, Alan Wood, has now taken up his role.

Alan’s full contact details can be found on our Membership page .

The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs has sent a press release announcing a partnership with heritage digitisation specialists Genus.

Details of the partnership can be viewed here .

You might also be interested to know that the club maintains an archive of every issue of ‘County Counsel’ magazine, which is fully searchable.

If you’re looking for an old article you remember from years ago, please email editor@austincounties.org.uk including your membership no. if possible and we’ll do our best to find it for you!