2020: The year that wasn’t
After an optimistic start, nobody would deny 2020 was an incredibly challenging year for everyone, and it’s only right that we consider the lives – and livelihoods – lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But in a year like no other, the classic car world has also shown incredible resilience and mental strength to keep it moving forward. We’ve seen innovative online events, incredible acts of kindness, spikes in trade and a whole lot of dedication in keeping our hobby going. And it’s for that reason we’re looking back on 2020 here – a year that kept us apart, but also united us in so many ways.
JANUARY
THE FIRST – AND ONLY – SCRAMBLE
The year got off to a very positive start with the New Year’s Day Parade in London, an early Breakfast Meet at the Haynes Museum and the first Scramble of the year at Bicester Heritage on January 5. It was a bit grey and drizzly, but a huge variety of classics were out in force, spanning the decades. Little did we know it would be the only Scramble of the year…
TR REGISTER MARKS 50 YEARS
The TR Register car club got its golden anniversary celebrations off to a great start by returning to the venue of its first ever meet, the Holt Hotel in Hopcrofts Holt, 50 years to the weekend later. Some 93 TRs attended including the club’s very own TR2, better known by its TS2 commission number and the first right-hand drive TR to be built.
Other headlines in January:
• The early Mini Christine Keeler drove at the height of the Profumo Scandal went up for sale.• In a surprising move, the popular Chateau Impney Hill Climb was suddenly axed after five years.• The 1968 Ford Mustang from Bullitt sold for £2.88m at Mecum’s auction in Florida. It set a new Mustang record, but only until July, when a 1965 Shelby GT350R prototype• The Irish government drafted a climate plan that will stop the granting of a National Car Test (NCT) to cars powered by fossil fuels from 2045.
