The Vintage Sports-Car Club

The VSCC is primarily concerned with the preservation and competition of sports cars built pre-1931, and selected Post Vintage Thoroughbreds (PVT) sports cars built prior to 1941. We are a large and growing Club who organise more than thirty competitive events every year. The current membership is over 7,500 members worldwide.The Vintage Sports Car Club was founded in 1934 by a group of young men following a proposition in the now defunct magazine “The Light Car” that a ‘club for the not so rich’ be formed. The main concern was that the heyday of historic motoring was coming to an end. The original ethos still stands in that the VSCC is about actively enjoying our motoring heritage. The membership spans a wide variety of people from all walks of life, and is currently topping an all time high of 7,500 members. The movement has a strong population of young, female and overseas members. The entire membership is extremely social which contributes to an atmosphere where an interest in the cars supersedes any concern for personal wealth or status. When the VSCC was formed in 1934 its founding members felt that the adoption of mass production was signaling the end of proper ‘vintage’ car building. They set a cut-off date of 193I. Today you will see many fine vintage cars at all of our meetings. You will also see a lot of post-vintage thoroughbreds - cars built between 1931 and 1940 but adhering to earlier standards - plus the best post-war cars such as the Grand Prix and sports racing cars of the I950s. Imagine anything from Edwardian racing cars through Bentleys, Bugattis, Frazer Nashes, Morgans (mostly three-wheeled), Rileys to Alfa Romeos, Cooper-Bristol 5, ERAs, D-type Jaguars and Maseratis. Every one with a story to tell and every one raced for real. VSCC Events range from anything from a ‘noggin and natter’ at a pub to the world’s best historic racing. Along the way the programme includes reliability trials, road rallies (with provision for all levels of navigational skill), driving tests, sprints, speed hill climbs and a host of social occasions. Examples of all of these events can be found in virtually all areas of the country. The Club’s ethos has always been one of friendly competition and nowadays all events are held under the auspices of The Motor Sports Association. Particular emphasis is placed on encouraging younger drivers, with special awards for under-23s.
 

For further information on the VSCC visit www.vscc.co.uk or contact us at The Old Post Office West Street Chipping Norton
Oxon. OX7 5EL  Tel: 01608 644 777 Fax: 01608 644 888
Email: info@vscc.co.uk
Office hours: 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday

 

Photographs are from the VSCC Archive