Greetings Club Secretary
Forty years ago we launched the greatest Classic Car event in the country. Join us to celebrate the epic journey!
Forty years is a milestone in anyone’s life. And what better way for us to celebrate than look back at the cars, competitions and characters that made the Intermarque NZ’s premier car show over 40 fabulous years?
Now we invite your club to join us and show the world “Forty Years of Fabulous” highlighting your marque, members and milestones over the past 40 years (or longer if you wish). Enter the Classic Cover Insurance “Best Club Display” and you could win a great cash prize for your club. You don’t have to be big or even long established – it’s the idea that counts (just like it did when imaginative club members started this event 40 years ago).
And for 2013, consider entering your best car restorations into the Concours or Team event competition – again it’s not club size that counts. It’s the cars. If your club is small and wins to become show host 2014 – you’ll be supported by an experienced “hands on” committee and the manpower of other clubs to help stage the event. That’s been the way of it for years.
The deadline for entries is Friday December 14 2012. Do it online!
We will not accept January registrations regardless of the excuse! We expect clubs to be organised just as we have to be. So please don‘t leave it until the last minute. Site allocation and map are finalised by end of December. The “volunteer” Committee does not need the extra work that late or “forgotten” entries create especially given the likely size of this “40th” event. PLEASE get the paperwork in anytime from now! You can do it online.
If we do not receive your registration by December 14 your club may miss out on being part of the show. As before we’ll continue to relocate clubs to avoid frequent criticism that it’s “the same old show every year,” so you may also find your club sited in a fresh location. You can do it online – just visit our website: http://www.concours.org.nz
For this “premier” event, the Host Club is Early Holden!
They’re leading a strong and experienced organising and business committee, backed by New Zealand Classic Car magazine, Meguiar’s, Classic Cover Insurance, Personalised Plates, and an increasing number of commercial exhibitors.
Marketing & promotion befitting a “40th” celebration
You’ll see advertising in more magazines, newspapers and on radio – around and beyond Auckland. Our website will again be a marketing tool - watch for updates on http://www.concours.org.nz
Please register early for the following:
Saturday 9thth Feb morning: the MG Car Club organised Fun Run. Departing from destinations around Auckland…for a spectacular site!
Sunday 10th Feb: the NZ Classic Car Magazine Intermarque Concours d’Elegance competitions; the Classic Cover best club display competition; and a spectacular display of past Concours winners. There’s also the MG Car Club staged Personalised Plates Intermarque Club Motorkhana and more. (Make a two-car Motorkhana team and be part the action!)
What part will your club play? If you are participating in activities such as the fun run, we need to know Dec/ early January, not the day before!
Accompanying is information about entering and who to contact. The earlier you send in your response, the easier it is! Mail forms or do it online.
To participate, enter competitions; or see rules and information visit our website http://www.concours.org.nz
OpelForum member Paul Graham in Auckland has stepped up to the mark, and has offered to run an OpelForum stand at the event, and members are invited to coordinate with Paul to display their cars. All we ask is that they are clean, in good condition (not necessary to be concours) and roadlegal to present the club in a good light. This is the first official OpelForum club stand at a show in the North Island, so we hope you will take the chance to display a wide range of club cars.
There will potentially be some overlap with the VOSNZ club, but it is time our club promoted itself on our wide range of eligible cars and enthusiasts.
