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Posted by admin on May 31, 2023

Cars and coffee…. and a bacon bap!!

Judging by the weather summer time is trying to make an appearance and what better excuse do you need than some sunshine for another Cars and Coffee gathering of tasty cars and the opportunity to exchange stories about them with their owners. The venue this time was the Kingfisher Hotel (I didn’t know the Hilton Templepatrick had undergone a re-brand) and by the time I arrived an interesting...

Posted by admin on May 21, 2023

Modern Tyres – stunning cars – fresh coffee!!

It was a sunny Sunday morning so what better way to spend it than to head down to Modern Tyres on Duncrue Street to feast our eyes on an eclectic mix of cars with a mandatory shot of fresh coffee to enhance the experience. The Cars and Coffee events have become part of the staple diet for those who like their cars – the concept is simple with car loving folk bringing their cars along to park them up,...

Posted by admin on May 4, 2023

Auto Italia – 5 star rating from NIIMC members

The May Day Bank Holiday weekend saw a small gathering of club members embark on an early morning flight to Gatwick for the annual Auto Italia show, held at the old Brooklands circuit in Weybridge, Surrey. Once the world’s first purpose-built ‘banked’ motor circuits, and site of Britain’s biggest pre-war aircraft manufacturing arena, Brooklands now operates as an expansive museum featuring an...

Posted by admin on Apr 27, 2023

Italian style at Glenarm Castle

Following on from the success of the Ards peninsula run NIIMC members gathered in the carpark beside Carrickfergus Castle on Sunday 23 April 2023 for a drive to Glenarm Castle. After the optional coffee stop at McDonalds club members set off in convoy from Carrickfergus on our journey to Glenarm to meet up with members of the NI Vauxhall Club, who courtesy of Ken Smith had invited us to join them and...

Posted by admin on Mar 27, 2023

Ards Peninsula run gets season off to a flying start

The clocks went forward an hour at the weekend and this heralded the start of British Summer Time so it was apt that this coincided with our first club run of the season. The weather forecast wasn’t great but that did not deter club members from getting their cars out to embark on a route which would take in some of the sights of the Ards Peninsula, including a short section of the famous Ards TT...

Posted by admin on Aug 23, 2022

NIIMC cars impress at Motorfest NI

It’s been a few years since NIIMC members attended a car show at Ballee Playing fields at Harryville in Ballymena (remember Ballymena Fest?) but it was back to Ballee on Sunday 21 August for the inaugural Motorfest NI, a charity fundraiser for Community Rescue Service NI. The event promised supercars, trucks and rally cars and although there were some cars that fell into this category the numbers...

Posted by admin on Jun 11, 2022

Stormont is stunning backdrop for classic car show

The scene was set for what promised to be an impressive turnout of all kinds of motoring magic in the grounds of the Stormont Estate, thanks to the organisers from the Dollingstown Classic Car Club. This was the first time that the club had secured the use of the Stormont Estate for a charity event that will hopefully be an annual fixture in the motoring calendar. The proceeds from today’s show were...

Posted by admin on May 29, 2022

Sunday equals fun day

Another sunny Sunday so what else would club members do but organise a club run to give the cars an opportunity to tackle some of the twistier B roads in County Antrim. Meeting point this time was McDonalds at Junction One. Dave and Chris were early arrivals and even though Dave couldn’t join us for the drive Chris insisted that he came along at the start to buy him his breakfast!! When I arrived I...