All-British car show hosted by the Keystone Region MG Club
STILL ONLY $10 PER CAR IF YOU PRE-REGISTER!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Reservoir Park, Hellertown, Pa. • Field opens at 9 a.m.
RAIN or SHINE
Popular vote judging • Awards and door prizes • Food and music • Picnic grounds • Kids' activities
⇒Directions ⇒Lodging suggestions
⇒Reports from Past Shows
DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM HERE
FILL IT IN ON YOUR COMPUTER and MAIL IT IN
Register in advance to ensure your class.
• SHOW CLASSES WILL BE DETERMINED BY PRE-REGISTERED CARS •
Scenes from last year's show
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More than 200 vintage British sports cars will be on display when the British Motorcar Gathering is staged at Hellertown Reservoir Park,
just south of Bethlehem, in eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. This will be the 15th anniversary of the show, and we'll be planning something special.
The annual show features finely restored MGs, Triumphs, Jaguars, Austin-Healeys, Morgans and Mini-Coopers from every mid-Atlantic state. Classic British sports cars and sedans dating from the 1930s to present day will be displayed in a wooded setting, with separate areas for each make of car.
Those registered will choose the top three examples of each class and model of car, with more than 50 awards to be made. There will also be a "Best of Show" award for the favorite car of the day, and a "Diamond in the Rough" award, given to a car which is still on its way to complete restoration.
All makes of British cars and motorcycles, old and new, are welcome. Show classes will be detemined by number of cars of each marque and model which pre-registered by May 31.
The field opens at 9 a.m., with judging from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Catered food and drinks are available in a large picnic pavilion, or bring your own picnic, with events for children and music provided all day.
The British Motorcar Gathering will be held rain or shine, with no rain date.
Spectators: The general public is welcome at the show for a $2 donation to the club. Family admission is $5.
Registration: $10 by May 31, $15 thereafter or at the gate. Show classes will be determined by the cars which were pre-registered as of May 31. The registration form will be available online by March 2007.
Show or vendor information: Contact Mike Jones at (610) 865-3419 or
HOW TO GET THERE
Click below to download printable map with directions
From the east, west or north (Interstate 78): For those needing overnight accommodations convenient to the show, here are some suggestions. See reports, winners, photos from our past shows:
• Interstate 78 Exit 67 (Hellertown/Route 412 S).
• Turn LEFT off the exit ramp, following Route 412 south (Main Street) through Hellertown.
• After two miles on Route 412, look for McDonald's on the right. A strip shopping center called "The Shoppes at Hellertown" and a Bank of America branch will be on the left.
• Turn LEFT onto Polk Valley Road (also known as McAdoo Avenue) immediately after the shopping center.
• Turn RIGHT at the stop sign (0.6 mi), continuing on Polk Valley Road at the Saucon Valley school complex
• Turn RIGHT on Reservoir Road near top of the hill (0.4 mi), past the "No Outlet" sign.
• Follow British car show signs into Reservoir Park, which you'll enter on the left after crossing the small bridge.
From the south (Route 412):
• Follow Route 412 N toward Hellertown.
• Look for the Giant Market shopping plaza on your left, just south of town.
• After the traffic light at the Giant Market plaza, look for the large tan and brown Family Thrift Shoppe on your left. (0.3 mi.)
• Turn RIGHT on Polk Valley Road / McAdoo Avenue, before the Bank of America branch. (If you pass McDonald's on your left, you've gone too far.
• Turn RIGHT at the stop sign (0.6 mi), continuing on Polk Valley Road at the Saucon Valley school complex
• Turn RIGHT on Reservoir Road near top of the hill (0.4 mi), past "No Outlet" sign.
• Follow British car show signs into Reservoir Park, which you'll enter on the left after crossing the small bridge.
Note: The club is neither endorsing nor recommending any of these hotels. The list is offered solely as a convenience to show goers. Discount offers were made to us, we did not solicit or negotiate them.
• Closest hotel to show • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites/Bethlehem
Interstate 78 Exit 67 (Hellertown). (610) 838-6110.
Other franchise hotels convenient to the show, all west of Hellertown:
ON ROUTE 22
— Days Inn Allentown Conference Center, Route 22/Route 309, Allentown
Offering discounted flate rate of $69 plus tax to 2008 show goers. Must call hotel directly during the day and ask for Donna Plunkett in the sales department: 610-398-1629. State that you are attending the British Motorcar Gathering on June 8. NOTE: This is the Days Inn on Route 22, not the Days Inn on I-78.
— Allentown Quality Inn & Suites, Route 22/15th St., Allentown.
Offering a 15 percent discount to 2008 show goers. Mention the Keystone MG Club when making reservation.(610) 435-7880.
ON INTERSTATE 78
• Exit 57 (Lehigh St/Allentown)
Days Inn Allentown (610) 797-1234.
•Exit 54 (Hamilton Blvd/US Rt 222/Allentown)
Comfort Suites Allentown (610) 437-9100.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Allentown/Dorney Park Area (610) 437-9255.
Howard Johnson's Inn & Suites Allentown (610) 439-4000.
Wingate Inn Allentown (610) 366-1600.
• Exit 49A (Rt 100/Trexlertown)
Sleep Inn Allentown (610) 395-6603
Staybridge Suites Allentown West (610) 841-5100.
Holiday Inn Allentown I-78 (Lehigh Valley) (610) 391-1000.
Hilton Garden Inn Allentown West (610) 398-6686.
Hampton Inn Allentown (610) 391-1500.
• Exit 49B (Rt 100/Fogelsville)
Comfort Inn Lehigh Valley West (610) 391-0344.
2007 show
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2004 show
The Keystone Region MG Club, Inc., is incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a non-profit organization run solely by volunteers to promote interest in and help foster the preservation of MGs and other British motor cars.
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