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2012 VSCC New Year Driving Tests

Posted on 29/01/2012 by Nicholas Froome

The VSCC New Year Driving Tests are the season-opener for the Vintage Club and are traditionally held at Brooklands. It’s a rare treat to see cars on the banking and the steep mossy concrete makes an unusual backdrop

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2011 Montlhery Vintage Revival Photo Gallery

Posted on 18/05/2011 by Nicholas Froome

Courtesy of Woolf Barnato we have a gallery of images from the 2011 Vintage Revival at Montlhery. It features a similar turnout of fabulous unrestored French classics to that seen ten years ago – a great antidote to the over-restored … Continue reading →

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2001 Vintage Montlhery Photo Gallery

Posted on 18/12/2010 by Nicholas Froome

Vintage Montlhery was one of my favourite old-car events. In 2001 a bar was set up in the pits on Saturday night and a band played while we danced on the start-finish line. It was charming, somewhat surreal and very Gallic. … Continue reading →

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2001 Vintage Montlhery

Posted on 25/04/2001 by Nicholas Froome

In 2001 Jacques Potherat organised an annual vintage meeting at l’Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery just south of Paris. Known as Vintage Montlhery this, for me, set the standard by which all old-car events must be measured