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Book Now To Exhibit Or Get Your Visitor Ticket for The 50th Historic Vehicle Gathering!

May 20, 2025

Do you want to be part of the 50th Historic Vehicle Gathering?  Then you need to book now as exhibitor spaces and visitor tickets are selling fast! It’s at Powderham Castle Estate (Kenton near Exeter, Devon)  on the 12th and 13th July. We have so much happening at this show…

Fifty Years Of The Historic Vehicle Gathering, Powderham Castle 12-13th July 2025

May 2, 2025

This year we celebrate fifty years of the South West’s premier historic and classic vehicle event, which plays host to 1500-2000 exhibits over two days. First held in 1975, the award winning Historic Vehicle Gathering is organised entirely by unpaid volunteers of the Crash Box & Classic Car Club, and…

1967 MGB

September 14, 2024

With a peace of mind MOT to September 2025, garaged and dry run only, overdrive, wire wheels, leather seats, hood, tonneau, many spares including new carpets, electric fan, stainless steel exhaust and pictured at Stoke Gabriel! £8,000 Andrew Fiderkiewicz (but you can call me Andrew) Tel. 07919 137604 Email: fiderkiewicz@icloud.com

Gearing Up for The 49th Historic Vehicle Gathering at Powderham Castle Estate

June 28, 2024

Exhibitors have been booking in their hundreds to be at the 49th Historic Vehicle Gathering. Several hundred cars will be joined by over sixty clubs with their own displays, around fifty steamers, both full sized and miniature, about seventy motorcycles from across the decades, commercials, buses, tractors and  military vehicles.…

Historic Vehicle Gathering 13th-14th July 2024

November 29, 2022

The dates for the 49th Historic Vehicle Gathering 2023 are 13-14 July 2024. Advanced ticket sales are available via the Historic Vehicle  Gathering website

Crash Box and Classic Car Club Arrange New Events in Devon and Somerset For July, August and September

July 1, 2021

Several new events have been arranged, details of which are in our Events section.  These include member Club Nights as well as four Roadshows in the region. These are already proving popular and being booked up so don’t forget to get in contact with the organiser if you’d like to…

The Historic Vehicle Gathering at Powderham Castle 2021 is postponed until 2022

March 5, 2021

Owing to the ongoing uncertainty and restrictions due to the Corona Virus/COVID 19 pandemic, the Crash Box & Classic Car Club has decided it has no choice but for the second year in a row to postpone our annual classic car show. This difficult decision has not been taken lightly…

Charitable Donations Update

May 11, 2020

On behalf of the Club I am delighted to be able to tell you that we have received two thousand and twenty pounds in donations, so with the club matching the donations, the total we will be passing on to the nominated charities is £4,040. There was a total of nine charities…

Charitable Donations to local charities

May 10, 2020

Even in these difficult times because of the generosity of our club members we have still been able to make donations to local charities which continues the tradition of the club making donations to local good causes and over the years we have donated over £200.000. Thank you Mike Lavers…

NEW Historic Vehicle Gathering website launched

January 18, 2020

A completely new website for our premier event, the Historic Vehicle Gathering at Powderham in July, was published early January. Everything you might need to know about the show can be found in the new website. Visit the site HERE

2019 Charity Cheque Presentation

September 10, 2019

The CBCCC were delighted to present donations at the September Club Night at The Ruffwell, Thorverton. The three main charities we supported at our Historic Vehicle Gathering in July were in attendance. A record amount was donated this year to our headline charities, other charities at the show and the…

August / September 2019

August 28, 2019

There is quite a lot to tell you about. For our recent new member’s information this Newsletter is sent ‘electronically’ every two months ‘between’ the magazines. And as usual can I ask you contact the organizers mentioned below if you wish to book an event. Should you wish to contact…

Quay, 11th August 2019 (Now fully booked)

August 11, 2019

A chance to spend an interesting afternoon exploring Exeter Quay. Vehicles will be parked in Piazza Terracina overlooking the canal basin opposite the Quay. There will be the opportunity to join a private and very interesting Exeter Redcoat guided walk around the canal and quay area. (One and a half…

Exeter Quay 2019 Success!

August 10, 2019

A different sort of Club Stand event was heald at Exeter Quay on Sunday 11th August from 1pm to 5pm, organised by Club Member, Jon Bell. Two conducted tours of the Quay area were made by Jon and one of his Exeter Redcoats Tour Guide collegues. And apart from dodging…

 
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