23rd Annual Williamsburg British Car Club British & European Car Show
Benefits The ARC of Greater Williamsburg
Saturday April 22rd, 2023
The Shops at High St.
High Street, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Schedule: 10:00am show field opens – 11:00 am show field closes
Show: 11:00am to 2:00pm, food from on-site restaurants available
12:00 balloting closes, awards at 2:00pm or earlier if ready
Preregistration Guidelines:
Preregistration must be received by April 8th, 2023. All registered cars will be placed in a class for judging and award purposes. Cars must be parked with their assigned class to be eligible for awards. Trailer parking available nearby. All cars must be driven onto the show field under their own power. Classes will be determined by preregistered entries. This is a popular vote car show. Balloting for best in class will be conducted by the registrants; judging for The Chairman’s Best will be judged by three WBCC members. This is a rain or shine show -since the parking lot is a two-story structure, the bottom lot is dry.
A portion of the proceeds will be given to The Arc of Greater Williamsburg. Door prizes will be awarded and there will be a 50-50 raffle. Email: [email protected], contact: Jerald Jacobs 757-319-2223 or [email protected]. Car show dash plaques will be distributed to all preregistered vehicles. Kit cars and motorcycles allowed for display only.
Featured Marque
This year, our featured Marque are MG automobiles. MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, and M.G. Car Company Limited was the British sports car manufacturer that made the marque famous. Best known for its open two-seater sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés, with engines up to three litres in size and 3.5L in the case of the MGB GT V8. The marque is now owned by Chinese state-owned automaker SAIC Motor Corporation Limited.
MG cars had their roots in a 1920s sales promotion sideline of Morris Garages, a retail sales and service centre in Oxford belonging to William Morris. The business’s manager, Cecil Kimber, modified standard production Morris Oxfords and added MG Super Sports to the plate at the nose of the car. A separate M.G. Car Company Limited was incorporated in July 1930. It remained Morris’s personal property until 1 July 1935, when he sold it to his holding company, Morris Motors Limited.