An opportunity to exhibit your car at NEC Classic Motor Show (Birmingham): 8-10 Nov 2024

[Casey]

Since 1984, hundreds of the UK’s best known classic car dealers, car clubs, service providers and traders have chosen the Classic Motor Show as their annual ‘showroom’ to reach the thousands of classic car and bike enthusiasts that attend this prestigious event.

https://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/

As the season finale, this huge event is a celebration of all things classic motoring, including everyday classics, thoroughbreds and prestige marques.

Dean Bayley, under an FD Owners Club banner, organised (superb!) small Mazda Rotary car stands at the 2021, 2022 and 2023 events, but he no longer owns a rotary, so the MRC are going to apply for a stand on behalf of the rotary community this year.

If you have a show-worthy Mazda rotary (any model through to the RX-8) then post up your interest in here. NO commitment (or guarantee) of a place at this stage, but we need to know by 3 April to be able to know potential numbers to formally submit a stand request.

The good news is, a place on the stand is COMPLETELY FREE to all exhibitors, plus you’ll get a few “friends and family” complementary entry tickets too. Ticket prices have not yet been announced, but I believe they are typically about £40/day!

Note that your car HAS to remain on the stand from Thursday 7 Nov to Sunday 10 November. But don’t worry, you don’t need to be there throughout the whole period. There will be members on the stand throughout to keep a watchful eye on your pride and joy!

Here are a few pictures of the stand Dean organised in 2022 and 2023. The giant rotor was designed and constructed by him! The The aim this year is to have larger stand and it would be awesome to be able to display a good range of Mazda rotary models.

So, not a lot of time to decide, but if you are interested, post a picture of your rotary below to get your request in to grab a place on the stand.

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[Casey]

Gosh, no takers? I know the 4 day commitment is a barrier, but free admission to the show, for the exhibitor and guests, is attractive.

I'm seriously working on the logistics of taking along my FB.

[Victorsanders]

Is it easy enough to cancel the spot at short notice ?

I only ask as my job is emergency callout based .. so if I get no call then I can attend.. but if I get a call then I’d have to cancel.. possibly last minute

[gt_james]

I don't think any of my cars are show worthy like that!

[Casey]

Is it easy enough to cancel the spot at short notice ?

I only ask as my job is emergency callout based .. so if I get no call then I can attend.. but if I get a call then I’d have to cancel.. possibly last minute

I don't know the answer to that yet Victor. We'll see nearer the date, if we succeed in our request for a stand, what restrictions there are on last minute changes. For the moment, I'll pencil you in as a "maybe"

[Casey]

I don't think any of my cars are show worthy like that!

I dunno James, a bit of wax and elbow grease does wonders

Again, I'll put you down as a "maybe" until we know more about our stand and the capacity granted.

At this early stage, I'm just interested in owners who would like to exhibit (bearing in mind the 4 day on-stand requirement for your vehicle - you don't need to be there for 4 days), with vehicles that are of a "reasonable" show standard.

[Threesevens]

Hi Malcom. Might consider taking mine but the logistics could be challenging

[Hobbawobba]

Mine would probably be a bit modded for what they're after by the looks of it. But mine needs a new motor still anyway

[Casey]

Update.

The MRC have been granted a stand at the show, but demand for space has been so overwhelming that the organisers have reduced the size of the MRC stand to half of what was requested. This means we can only exhibit 4 cars, rather than the planned 8 . With myself and Lynne Edmonds doing the organising, that means we already have her FD and my FB taking 2 spaces . It's likely we will opt to add 2 older rotaries to showcase the heritage of the Mazda Rotary model range. Sadly, a much scaled down display than we were aiming for. The RX-8 OC have been granted a 4 car area (also much reduced from their request) and their stand will be adjacent to the MRC stand - something both clubs requested.

On to better news, the MRC have received details of how to obtain discounted tickets to attend the show. I will post up details in a new topic in the next few days and post a link in here.

[Casey]

Discounted tickets topic now up: http://www.rx7fb.com/viewtopic.php?t=4930