Fun facts about your favourite car group (that's us)

by Admin

• Our group is a little over 7 years old now and has gained a loyal following of over 28,000 members worldwide

• The Admin team consists of 6 - three based in the UK, one in the USA, one in New Zealand and 1 in the Netherlands.
• Of the 4 original founding members only one remains and that's our chairman John Simpson, now-retired writer and mechanic for Practical Classics magazine.
• Unusually for a Facebook group we also have our very own dot.com website, designed, built and maintained by Head of Admin Paul Sweeney. It is filled with photos of past shows and tours, blogs, latest news and our online shop, check it out at www.britishmotorvehicles.com
• This group has a number of '1sts' to it's name; 
  • we were the first non subscription Facebook group to hold a show on the public area outside Coventry museum
  • also the first Facebook group to book a full rally at Gaydon museum. We were due to share the display area with the Rolls Royce owners club who had booked the same day, however they were horrified at the idea of sharing with a free to all Facebook group and promptly cancelled their show
• We are proud to say that in the last 5 years we have attended and displayed a stand at the NEC no less than 6 times - 3 times at the Restoration Show and 3 times at the main Classic Motor Show held in November
• The group has been shortlisted 3 times in the National Car Club Awards and in 2019 we won a Judges' Trophy for the desirability of the vehicles on our stand
• The group tours on average 6 times a year, driving on some of the best scenic roads the UK has to offer. Our tours are infamous for attracting bad weather; we have braved windswept campsites during record-breaking downpours which collapsed our group shelter, gale force winds and flooded pitches, but we always have a fantastic time
• The group is widely recognised as a 'safe haven' for car enthusiasts of all models. Group rules are strictly enforced and trolling and disrespect happen only rarely, so much so that admin Mike Peake was invited to give a talk on the Live Stage at the NEC on how best to run and maintain a happy and safe social media group
• The group has members right around the globe, interestingly outside of the UK the 4 countries with the most members are the USA, Australia, India and Malta
• The group name ' EBMVBB1985 Car Club ' is etched onto a plaque on the bomb bay doors of the Vulcan bomber at Doncaster airport
• The group shop once offered baseball caps for sale branded with the group logo. We sold a grand total of seven!
• We are lucky to have 3 sponsors; Lancaster Insurance Services, Richard Edmonds Auctions and Alvaston Press - big thanks to all 3

Here's to 2021 and making new memories with the great members of Enthusiasts of British motor vehicles built before 1985.