VR6OC V-Festival @ Brooklands Museum 26th October 2013

[VR6Pete 0]

Location: Brooklands Museum, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0SL

 

 

When: 26th October 2013

 

 

Costs:

 

 

Adult £10.00

Senior Citizen/Student £9.00

Children (5-16) £5.50

Children under 5 FREE

Family ticket £27.00

 

 

The VR6 Owners Club have organised a day to the historic home of motorsport, Brooklands!

 

 

BROOKLANDS - the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit, constructed at Weybridge, Surrey in 1907 - was more than a great sporting arena. Brooklands was the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, home of Concorde and the site of many engineering and technological achievements throughout eight decades of the 20th century.

 

 

The Museum displays a wide range of Brooklands-related motoring and aviation exhibits ranging from giant racing cars, motorcycles and bicycles to an unparalleled collection of Hawker and Vickers/ BAC-built aircraft, including the Second World War Wellington Bomber, Viking, Varsity, Viscount, Vanguard, VC10, BAC One-Eleven and the only Concorde with public access in South East England.

 

 

Brooklands Museum Trust is an independent charitable trust whose aims are to preserve and interpret the heritage of Brooklands and to use that heritage to inspire and educate future generations.

 

 

 

 

There will be an opportunity to park your VR6 / R32 on the famous banked track of the Brooklands circuit for a great photo opportunity at an additional cost of £10 per car.

 

 

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NOTE: This is subject to weather conditions and if it is raining then unfortunately the circuit will not be open for us use.

 

 

Activities

 

 

VR6OC Show & Shine

 

 

We will be running a Show and Shine Event on the day of the event with trophies up for grabs in the following categories**;

 

 

* Best Standard Vehicle

* Best Modified Vehicle

* Best Wheels

* Best Interior

* Best Engine Bay

 

 

** more to be added

 

 

Concorde Experience

 

 

The 30 minute visit on board Concorde includes an exhibition in the rear cabin about how the aircraft was built and its connection with Brooklands. After passing through a display of Concorde interiors through the decades, take your seat in the front cabin for a virtual flight, piloted by Captain Mike Bannister. The flight deck may be photographed before you leave the aircraft.

 

 

Boarding passes for timed flights are available at the following prices:

 

 

Adults - £4

Children aged 5-16 - £2

 

 

London Bus Museum

 

 

The London Bus Preservation Trust is a Charitable Trust dedicated to preserving and restoring its collection of historic London buses and its new home in Cobham Hall at Brooklands Museum opened on the 1st August 2011.

 

 

The London Bus Museum houses a remarkable collection of around 35 buses and coaches, the largest collection of working historic London buses in the world. About two thirds are owned by the Trust and the remainder by individual members. Some buses have been fully restored and have won many awards, while others will be restored in the restoration workshops in the new building.

 

 

The vehicles are all of London origin and date from about 1875 to 1979 and are arranged in a timeline from the early horse bus to more modern buses similar to those on London’s streets today. Items of street furniture and other artefacts and memorabilia related to bus operations in London are also on display, from uniforms to ticket machines, medals, signs and examples of works of art for which London Transport received many awards.

 

 

The new London Bus Museum is a must for enthusiasts and families alike and has been incorporated into the well-established Brooklands Education Programme. There will also be the opportunity to ride on vintage bus services at special events through the year.

 

 

There is no separate entry fee to see the London Bus Museum - follow brown signs to Brooklands Museum, which will lead to the main visitor car park at Mercedes-Benz World and once you have paid your entry fee at the Brooklands Shop & Ticket Office, you have access to all the Brooklands displays and aircraft (apart from Concorde, for which an additional charge is made for the Concorde Experience) together with the new Bus Museum, which is open seven days a week (apart from a few days at Christmas).

 

 

See the London Bus Museum website at www.londonbusmuseum.com for more information.

 

 

Catering

 

 

The Sunbeam Tearooms will be open on the day of your event at 1000 hours. Hot lunches are served from 12 noon until 1400 hours. Barbecues are NOT permitted on the Museum Site.

 

 

Where To Stay

 

 

Due to distances, some people may wish to stay the night before / after the event, or turn it into a full weekend break, there are number of local hotels, you can stay, click the following link to view available hotels: http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/your-visit/where-to-stay/

 

 

How to Get Here

 

 

The Museum is between Weybridge and Byfleet, just a few minutes from Junction 10 of the M25 and the A3 London-Portsmouth trunk road. Leave the A3 at the Painshill junction and follow the A245 towards Byfleet - look out for the brown ‘Brooklands Museum’ signs. The main visitor entrance is reached via Brooklands Drive and Mercedes-Benz World. The postcode for satnavs is KT13 0SL and it is Entrance 1 on the map below.

 

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PLEASE USE THE CAMPBELL ENTRANCE OFF BROOKLANDS ROAD

 

 

Register For Event

 

 

You can register for this event using our event registration system. Please click the below link to register for the event

 

http://form.jotformeu.com/form/32451781767361

Edited September 3, 2013 by VR6Pete

[Portent 0]

I enjoyed this when the ccgb did it so will probably go to this too. It's only 15 minutes drive for me too :) I love Brooklands as it had a real motoring and aviation feel and smell through the whole place.

[VR6Pete 0]

I am really looking forward to this one :) I've also booked up a date in September for 2014 and that was the earliest date they could do for 2014! LOL Cant wait to get a sense of the history, and the smells, im sure it will have the hairs on my neck standing up!

[VR6Pete 0]

We are extending this event to other clubs, and anything V6 related, possibly looking to rename the event "VEE-FEST" or something of the like :)

 

we've started to knock up some promotional material too....

 

VR6OC will be celebrating 10 years of existence this year so timing is perfect!

 

[VAG-hag 0]

so 2012!! :lol:

 

only kidding, im sure it will be ace. one of my fave locations to date :)

[VR6Pete 0]

LOL We have been running 9 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes, 47 seconds as the time of this reply :) So not doing too bad!

 

Will be a great day, hoping to team up with some other forums to get some big numbers, like R32OC and any other VW V6 variants...

 

really looking forward to this.

[Billzeebub 1]

Sounds good, will hopefully make it along

[VR6Pete 0]

Flyers are done, will be handing them about this Sunday at RR day.

 

 

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More promo material.

[VR6 Lee 0]

L88king forward to this

[Portent 0]

I'm in. Just registered.

[VR6Pete 0]

Got some exciting news to share very soon regarding this event very soon !

 

If you want to get involved helping us organise / promote or if you are wishing to sponsor the event please let us know :)

[Portent 0]

I don't have a huge amount of time but I'm happy to do what I can to help organise or promote it. I live about 15 mins drive away from Brooklands if that helps. I'll pm my details.

[VR6Pete 0]

Cheers matey! That's handy to know your so close!

 

R32OC will be also supporting the event.

 

The event has been renamed to V6 Festival :)

 

Also inviting other V6 variants from other clubs etc... Including TTOC 24v's.

 

We will be having some friendly face-off's, categories that puts all variants head to head, and also put up the best if the best from each club and see how old compares to new in looks, tunability, performance etc... to determine the best car if the day ;) or something like that anyway :)

 

Please feel free to share, invite your friends etc...

 

 

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[VR6Pete 0]

Kleenfreaks have confirmed and TTOC attendance.

 

Going be a great day with a good range of cars at an awesome location!

[scarlet_vr6 0]

This sounds like a great day out. Brooklands isn't a million miles away from me so I hope to be there, esp since my rado was at the bodyshop during the National Day last year!

[VR6Pete 0]

Hi Everyone!

 

We have had some issues with our registration system, so have created a new link:

 

If you are attending please complete the below form ASAP so we can start firming up some numbers here :)

 

http://form.jotformeu.com/form/32451781767361

 

Cheers,

 

Pete

[VR6Pete 0]

A quick morning bump for this event :)

 

Really looking forward to this, will make a change from all the standard shows and a great finale to the year before you tuck up those corrados for winter :)

[jscVR6 0]

I've registered, quite a local meet for me so I'll be there.

[VR6Pete 0]

Cool :) there's some of us staying over night before for beers / food if anyone is up for it?

[JEZR 10]

I've just registered and hope to make it up from Dorset if there are any others - get in touch either through here or FB -https://www.facebook.com/dorsetcorrado?ref=hl

[Harrier 1]

I've just registered and hope to make it up from Dorset if there are any others - get in touch eithe:r through here or FB -https://www.facebook.com/dorsetcorrado?ref=hl

 

I will be going Jez, will be travelling up A3 (including Hindhead tunnel ) !!! Are you planning to use that route. ?

[VR6Pete 0]

We've got one guy off from r32oc travelling from John o groats ! And looks like there's a few up for food / drink the night before! Bring it on!

[seanl82 23]

Just registered! Bringing the wife and kids so should hopefully be an enjoyable day out for them too.

[Harrier 1]

Our boys really enjoy it there,it's a great place

[VR6Pete 0]

Excellent! Shaping out to be a an excellent day. Is anyone staying over the night before?