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AoHE invited to Parliament – ‘Fuelling the Future’ round table
Thank you to Karl McCartney MP for the invitation to take part in the Transport select committee round table on
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Adwell show
Again another spectacular local show, raising money for local charities. AoHE were there supporting trade members Classic Performance Engineering and
Stadhampton Show
Small local shows are the lifeblood of the classic vehicle community and when a local resident happens to be an
Bloxham steam and country fayre
Traditional and all the better for it, every thing from traditional craft displays to owls to Scammells , some really
AOHE ‘Forward thinking’ seminar
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Greg Smith MP – Zero Petroleum Visit
Summer Solstice ’23 ‘Sundowner’ Meet
Brooklands Museum – Trust ‘Re-lived’
The Napier-Railton The first car to complete a lap of the Brooklands circuit Members concours
The “Flywheel’ at Bicester Heritage .
Heritage skills Academy and the magnificent and unique Felday II hillclimb car Mclaren F1 designer Peter Stevens in his Model
Bromley Pageant of Motoring 2023
Wallingford Vehicle Rally & Parade
It is a real privilege to have been involved with WVRP for more years than I care to remember, This
London Concours at the HAC ’23
It might have been overcast but the cars were amazing, thanks to Kieron Maughan for the invite, an amazing venue
Coventry Concours 2023 – Motofest
A unique venue, awesome people, stunning cars and a total event footfall of over 200,000 . As the co-host of
Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb
The second day of the Hagerty hillclimb with some superb machinery and star driver , AoHE sustainable skills ambassador and
Prescott ‘Historique’ 2023
Another fantastic day at Prescott for the ‘Historique’ event, with our AoHE engineering village, supported by Westfield and a cast
Savile Row Concours 2023
An absolute privilege to be involved with this amazing event again for 2023. I embedded a number of craftspeople/artisans in
Retrorides gathering at Goodwood circuit
One of my favourite events of the summer, such an eclectic mix of cars and people, welcoming and inclusive and
The ‘Time Machines’ meet at the Bremont factory, Shiplake.
My first trip to ‘The Wing’ and it didn’t disappoint, from the cars out side to the stunning production facility.
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Wallingford Car Rally 2023
I was part of this event (very local to me) with Sporting Bears , amazing weather and a record turnout
PAAA – British Motor Museum
Thanks to Paul Cowland for inviting me along to speak at the PAAA symposium at Gaydon. Talking to it’s members
Goodwood 80th Members Meeting
‘When the sun is out, there is no better place to be’ A huge turnout of cars and people for
Brooklands Museum – Easter Gathering
A full house for a beautiful ‘easter gathering’ at AoHE museum members Brooklands. A simply stunning array of machinery on
First trip out to Classic Motor Hub in ’23 for C&C
Its a lovely drive out to the Cotswold from me to the CMH at what was RAF Bibury, always an
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James Wood & Sennan Fielding AUDI leman series car launch
Thanks to the drivers and Steller Motorsport for the invite to the unveiling of the newly prepared Audi R8 that
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Classic Car Garage – new series
Congratulations to Colin Denton, AoHE Ambassador Nick McKenzie and the team for a new classic car show ‘Classic car garage’
Practical Restoration Classics Show 2023
Always a great show and this years didn’t disappoint, thanks to #aohe sustainable skills network ambassadors Sarah Crabtree and Craig
My first trip to ‘Duke of London’
I took the Merc to my first trip to the Duke of London venue, an amazing turnout, grabbed a quick
My first ‘Southside Hustle’ at Wimbledon Common
I took the MGA coupe across to south London Town early one Sunday for the Southside hustle, some stunning cars
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A trip out to Weedon-Bec.
Always great news when classic vehicle venues thrive, especially when they are on iconic architectural sites. #Gasoline&Juice
Jay Blades MBE – The Inauguration.
It was a pleasure to be invited along to the Swan Theatre in High Wycombe to be inauguration of Jay
The Inaugural ‘Paddock Club’ event at Thruxton Circuit
An excuse to take my ’57 MGA coupe out for a run, congratulation to Shan Bloxham for a splendid event,
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London Classic Car Show ’23 Olympia
Thanks to #AoHE insurance partners Aston Lark Classic for their hospitality, many cars, many conversations and a great return for
Race Retro ’23. Its Back !
Its been a while but Race Retro is back with some great cars, great people and great conversations.
An amazing couple of hours at Girardo & Co.
Ferraris ……… Siata GTA Prototype Porsche 959 S
Not one to miss – Shuttleworth Open Workshop days
de Havilland DH.88 Comet
Autosport ’23 with Rowe oils and PAAA
Karl McCartney MP, Paul Cowland, Nicholas Counsell on the PAAA stand Sarah Greene with Simeon Cattle Team ROWE
First Scramble at Bicester Heritage for 2023
Great to able to team up with the Heritage Skills Academy for the first Scramble of the year and a
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New Years Day ’23 meet at Brooklands Museum Trust
Always a stunning event and this one to kick of 2023 didn’t disappoint at AoHE founder members Brooklands Museum Trust
Brackley Classic Car Show – 27th December 2022
Conditions very much ‘winter’ but an great turn out as always in the post Christmas haze ……
A trip Tyrrell’s classic workshop
My first time visiting AoHE Sustainable Skills Network ambassador Iain Tyrrell at his workshop in Cheshire – what an amazing
VSCC winter trial at Bicester Heritage
Always an amazing selection of cars for all the AoHE founder member VSCC trials events
‘Takona’ Cars and Coffee at the CHM Bibury
Another of the great Takona car and coffee events supporting mental health. Here at the Classic Motor Hub. Details of
Iain Tyrrell visits the Heritage Skills Academy for ‘Iain Tyrrell’s Classic Workshop’
Huge thanks to AoHE sustainable skills network ambassador Iain Tyrrell for taking the time to come along to The Heritage
A amazing evening at the Historic Motoring awards – supported by Aston Lark Insurance
Huge thanks to ALC and Tim Phelps and the team for allowing me to put a great table together including
NEC Classic Car Show ’22
Another great show, AoHE sharing a stand with our friends and collaborators at Coventry Motofest . AoHE founder partners Aston
Rally Day ’22 at Prescott Hillclimb.
Fabulous, if a little damp day at Prescott. AoHE sustainable skills network ambassador Sarah Crabtree was taking part with the
And now for something completely different – ’22 UK Hedge-laying Championship
Local farmer Philip Chamberlin provided the hedges for the ’22 HLC, you may have recently seen the ’21 event on
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Historic racing at Silverstone with AoHE founder members CKL
As always, some stunning machinery on display and wonder access around the circuit, thanks to CKL for hosting.
AoHE invited to the APPG Historic Vehicles Dinner at Westminster
A privilege to have been asked to attend the All Party Parliamentary Group dinner by Sir Greg Knight MP, a
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Bicester Heritage Scramble
Having met Mr Tolman of Tolman Engineering and the guys from the Honda UK heritage collection at Dunsfold earlier in the
A trip to the intro filming of TopGear at Television Centre
My Clio Williams having featured in the TV show, I got an invite to watch the intros and links being
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Shuttleworth Collection do it again !
Its always a fantastic opportunity to visit our friends at the Shuttleworth Collection . Race day featured some really rather splendid
Another fabulous day at Prescott
Great day at Prescott HillClimb with AoHE founder Members The Bugatti Trust and the Bugatti Owners Club.
Goodwood Revival ’22 , supporting our Insurance partner Aston Lark Classic
Thanks to all our friends, supporters and our Sustainable Skills Network ambassadors who came by to say hello ! Thanks
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Salon Prive Blenheim Palace ’22
Thank you to Aston Lark Classic for the invite – an amazing day with some a amazing cars and
Ewelme Village Show ! (The one I help organise)
A huge thanks to all those who bring along cars to support our local village show.
AoHE host the APPG Motorsport at Brooklands
A huge thank you to all those members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for motorsport who joined me at
AoHE at the Hagerty RADwood gathering !
Thanks to all those involved, I took along my Clio Williams to display as a part of the ‘Piston broke
AoHE members Classic Project shop – Display Chassis
Thanks to Sim and the team at AoHE members Classic Project Shop for doing a proper fettle on the AoHE Triumph
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Beautiful Broadway – stunning display.
Always a joy to be able to support AoHE founder member, the Bugatti Trust & Museum. An amazing line-up of
Local meets do excel – Warbourgh summer monthly meet
Just a few of nearly 300 vehicles that attended this month. Great to chat with engineering legend Ivor Dutton. Pictured.
AoHE founder members VSCC ‘short course’ 2022
Always a joy to support AoHE founder members VSCC at these superb events, here held at Prescott Hill, Gotherington, Gloucestershire.
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Festival of the Unexceptional 2022
A great day with friends at Grimsthorpe castle for the Hagerty FOTU 2022, some amazing survivors, and some great cars
Nuffield & Stoke Row Motorsport day 2022
An amazing turnout for a local show despite the heat. Details of the event can be found HERE
Supporting AoHE members The Vintage Sports Car Club at Silverstone
Always a stunning event at Silverstone circuit, and this one didn’t disappoint. Some amazingly diverse machinery on display and being
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Warborough six bells summer monthly meet
A new attendance record with over 220 vehicles Details HERE
Henley Traditional Boat Festival 2022
Always a joy to pop along to a local event, unique in its offering. Organised by AoHE HVP Lady Judy
AoHE members Projectshop open morning
A beautiful morning to spend with AoHE specialist engineering company members Project shop at their Bicester premises. An amazing selection
Brooklands ‘Years Relived’ Festival
Yet another fanatic event from #AoHE founder members Brooklands Museum . Brooklands ‘Relived’ featured period dress, period vehicles and a full
Local meets are the lifeblood of the community – Millets Farm
A great local Sunday morning meet bringing out a huge range of driven heritage and classic cars.
AoHE supporting Specialist engineering company members Fiennes Group
An amazing venue and some amazing metal on show at the RREC annual rally and concours amongst the stunning setting
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AoHE at Goodwood Festival of Speed
AoHE were invited by our insurance partners Aston Lark, hosted by GVE London. I was supported by #aohe sustainable skills
Magneto – London Concours #AoHE article
The link to the article can be found HERE
#AoHE at the Bicester Scramble
Cropredy Bridge – Jensen. open day.
Supporting #AoHE #SSN ambassador Leah Guillard-Watts and the business she runs with here husband Matt.
The Inaugural Savile Row Concours by Magneto Magazine
Hugely honoured for the #AoHE to be a part of this extraordinary event. A combination of cars , tailoring, bespoke
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Bromley Pageant of Motoring
Fabulous to finally get to this event, #AoHE was originally invited in 2019 ! An amazing show in every way
Classic Stoney ’22 – Supporting #AoHE members Classic Project Shop
Always a great event, if a little quieter this year. CPS had a magnificent Humber Hawk on display and I
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Pangbourne College classic car show ’22
#AoHE supporting this great event and the work their classic car club does – currently rebuilding a a Bond Equipe
#AoHE collaborate with the Bugatti Owners Club for the Historique
Our first collaboration with our fiends at Prescott and #AoHE founder members the Bugatti Trust museum. We were joined by
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Retro Rides Weekender ’22 – Goodwood
One of my favourite events of the year for its atmosphere, diversity and of course an amazing venue. Lots of
Jaguar Centenary at #AoHE members Brooklands Museum
A tad moist but a brilliant turn out with some amazing works cars, competition cars and many, many Jaguars on
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Collecting Cars meet at Bicester Heritage 2022
Always a fantastic venue and some amazing vehicles See just how amazing by clicking HERE
Wallingford Car Rally 2022
A great day as always for my local show, I took my early Toyota Celica along to drive with the
Coventry MotoFest ‘Shakespeare Run’ 2022
Another sold out event from #AoHE friends and collaborators at Motofest. Want to know all that is going on at
Bicester Scramble supporting #AoHE members
A superb event to which the #AoHE brought along the 2000HP ‘Spirit of lePatron’ built by Robin Read racing, fuel
Salon Prive – Chelsea Hospital
Some utterly amazing cars, an iconic venue – a huge thank you to the team at Octane for the invitation
#AoHE members Brooklands Museum – New Years day meet ( deferred )
An amazing day, an amazing selection of vehicles and an iconic venue. Brooklands are founder members of the #AoHE and
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Goodwood Members Meeting 2022
Always a pleasure to attend this magnificent event ( especially when the sun is out ) talking to #AoHE members
Meet at the Classic Motor Hub
Always a great selection of vehicle at CMH meets and this was no exception !
#AoHE Insurance partners Aston Lark Cars and Coffee at Barkaways Ferrari
Some beautiful cars and some rather good coffee as #AoHE supported Tim Phelps and the brilliant Aston Lark classic insurance
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AoHE members Frost combine forces with Auto Lass
‘AutoLass’ Jodie, an #AoHE #SSN ambassador an #AoHE member company Frost have joined forces for Jodie’s charity car project that
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Gilks Cafe ‘Weird car twitter’ meet with a few familiar faces
Gilks Cafe is always a wonderfully welcoming venue and it didn’t disappoint. Wheeler Dealers’s Mike Brewer was on hand along
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Joining our friends at Heritage Crafts – Drapers Hall Coventry
AoHE were invited to take part, with our friends at Heritage Craft and Motofest, in the HC ‘Makers’ event. Dominic
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Great trip down to visit AoHE museum members Haynes Motor Museum
Great trip down to Sparkford to see the newly refurbished museum – its superb(er)
AoHE Apprentice team compete in the VSCC & Toyota UK ‘Parallel Pomery’
With a huge thank you to Kelsey publishing who leant us the mighty Avensis auto CDX to enter an apprentice
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NEC Practical classics show 2022
We combined forces with the Heritage Skills Academy and some of their amazing trainees , as well as skilled craftspeople
First Coventry Motofest breakfast meet of the season.
Supporting our friends and partners for the coventry concours
Open workshop weekend at AoHE members, Fiennes Group
Celebrating the engineering of the Robin Read Racing ‘Spirit of Le Patron IMG_2758
First Scramble! event of the year at Bicester Heritage
A huge thanks to AoHE sustainable skills ambassadors Sarah Crabtree and Dom Chinea for coming along to support AoHE and
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Historic Motoring Awards success for AoHE
AoHE Founder Dominic Taylor-Lane wins the prestigous Historic Motoring Awards Classic Car Ambassador 2021 award, thanks to AoHE Insurance partners
AoHE at the NEC Classic car show 11/21
Its always great to be back amongst friends at the NEC, thanks to all the members and supporters who dropped
A simply fabulous Goodwood Revival 2021
Thanks to AoHE insurance partners Aston Lark and Hagerty for the chance to attend this event and meet up with
Late Brake Show 2
A fantastic day meeting up wit AoHE sustainable skills ambassador Sarah Crabtree along with Paul Cowland, Adam Gompertz, Mr PopBang
Hampton Court Concours d’elegance 2021
An amazing day for the AoHE at the Concours d’elgance at Hampton court palace Our attendance supported by AoHE Insurance
The AoHE announced as a finalist in the Historic motoring awards 2021
The AoHE’s founder Dominic Taylor-Lane has been announced as a finalist in the 2021 awards in the classic car ambassador
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The Traditional Boat Rally ‘The Trad’ at Henley 2021
Organised by AoHE HVP Lady Judy MacAlpine there was an amazing mixture of boats, cars. boat/cars and even aeroplanes. Fantastic
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Mission Motorsport – Armed forces covenant signing at Bicester Heritage
AoHE were extremely privileged to be invited to the signing at the Morgan Motor Company building.
Sporting Bears at Carfest South 2021
Sporting bears raised an amazing £75000 for charity at carfest south #drivenheritage
The British Motorshow 2021
AoHE Supporting Heritage Skills Academy at Broadway
AoHEs first attendance at the the Broadway show, what an amazing ‘village’ event. HSA were there with Janice Pitchforth showcasing
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Memorial meet at Gaydon for AoHE member James Davis
It is with much sadness that many gathered at Gaydon motor museum to celebrate the life and generosity of James
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The last weekend of a memorable Coventry Motofest 2021
Great to be back with our friends in Coventry for the final weekend for this years event. Huge congratulations to
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VSCC – yet another amazing event form the Vintage Sports Car Club
Tania Brown and the VSCC team put together an amazing event despite the issues. AoHE members VSCC had some amazing
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Great to be back at the Bugatti Trust, Prescott
A huge thanks to Angela Hucke and the wonderful team of volunteers at the Bugatti Trust and great to see
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Filming with AoHE SSN ambassador Sarah Crabtree at AoHE members, Brooklands Museum.
Following a conversation with Middlechild Productions, makers of ‘Secrets of the transport museum’ at Brooklands. I met the lovely Sarah
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2021 Silverstone Classic
AoHE teamed up with the legendary Motorsport Magazine, with a car loaned and delivered by AoHE members Classic Performance Engineering.
The Inaugural Coventry Concours 2021
It was fantastic to hold this ‘actual’ event in 2021, in association with MotoFest, JLR classic and Car and Bike
Supporting member companies and HSA at Bicester ‘Super Scramble”
Well what an amazing weekend, with the help and support of some amazing people, all passionate about promoting and encouraging
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Classic Car Weekly Article – Insurance on classics for younger drivers.
Many thanks to Classic Car Weekly and Jon Burgess for their continued support, this is a great piece the AoHE
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Billy Strutt of P&A Wood and HSA wins apprentice of the year
Congratulations to Billy Strutt who has won the Octane – classic motoring wards ‘apprentice of the year’ . Short listed
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Revs-Limiter wins awards !
With the start of Lockdown came an idea fro the Rev Adam Gompertz, suitably nudged by his wife Charlotte a
Apprentice of the Year – Full Historic Motoring Awards 2020
A huge thank you to James Elliott, Sanjay Seetanah and Octane magazine for including the new category of Apprentice of
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Project VW SuperVee
A 1974 Royale RP18A originally delivered to the USA and which has been modified to SCCA auto solo spec has
Coventry Motofest revives run for 2020
Club motorist yesterday ran a revived, covid safe ‘Shakespeare run’ with a rolling start and finish. Great weather, great weather,
Our latest SEC member not only wins awards, but makes them.
Established in 1946, New Pro Foundries is a family run business specialising in medium volume non-ferrous sand casting. As specialists
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AoHE supports member companies at Classic Drive In
Congratulations to Brand Events for a great finale to the season at the Classic Drive-in held at Bicester Heritage. We
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RHEL first to offer AoHE Accredited training courses
Chartered engineer and TV host of amongst others Mission Ignition and Scrapyard Supercar Ralph Hosier has hosted his first classic
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AoHE launches training framework for Businesses and craftspeople
The Association of Heritage engineers are launching their own accredited training framework to allow small specialists , craftspeople and specialist
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AoHE announced as a partner with the AA810 Spitfire project
‘Project AA810 is particularly pleased to announce that the Association of Heritage Engineers has joined the Sandy Gunn Aerospace Careers
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AoHE becomes UK ambassador for the American Piston Foundation
The Founder and MD of Association of Heritage Engineers Dominic Taylor-Lane is extremely privileged to have been asked
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