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2019 Round Up
2019 started with another visit to the NEC in March for the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show. We were blessed with our largest stand yet and managed to find five excellent examples of the Midas marque to fill … Continue reading
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2018 Round Up
2018 was a bumper year for the Midas Owners Club. Events kicked off in March with our first visit to the Practical Classics Restoration Show at the NEC. Whilst this is a smaller show than November’s Classic Motor Show, it … Continue reading
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2017 Round Up
2017 was another successful year and the momentum looks to be carrying us into 2018 at full tilt. The show season started with the National Kit Car Show, AKA “STONELEIGH, the biggest kit car show in the world”. Once again … Continue reading
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2016 Round-up
2016 was a busy year for the club. So busy that we didn’t get much chance to update the website. So by way of catching up here is a round-up of what we got up to: May 2016 – The … Continue reading
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Bristol Classic Car Show June 2016
A new event for the club and another important step into the classic car arena. We shared a stand with our friends, the Mini Marcos Owners Club and greeted many interested visitors over the weekend. Two years ago the club … Continue reading
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Stoneleigh 2016
After the success of the club’s 30th anniversary celebration in 2015, we wondered whether 2016 might be a bit of a come down. We were down by a couple of cars on Sunday with around 17 cars present, but on … Continue reading
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Midas Cars featured in Kit Car and TKC Magazines
November has brought along two Midas magazine features: Kit Car magazine has an eight page feature on Richard Streets’ kit car history, telling the story of his Mk2 Bronze, a brief flirtation with a Robin Hood and how he has … Continue reading
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The Footman James Classic Vehicle Restoration Show, 7th & 8th November 2015, Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet.
For our first venture for the club into classic car shows we could not have dreamed of a better show. The club members rallied round and we ended up with more cars than we could fit on our stand! Fortunately, the … Continue reading
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Mini Action Day 2015, Castle Combe Circuit, September 26th 2015
Once again we were blessed with good weather and the sun shone down on Castle Combe for the last outdoor event of 2015. As usual our members took full advantage of the activities. Some ventured out on track for the … Continue reading
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National Mini Day, Stanford Hall, September 13th 2015
This proved to be a really great show and the Mini fans couldn’t have been more welcoming. Held at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, just a few miles from where the M1 meets the M6 and A14, so it would be … Continue reading
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