Boston Classic Car Club, of which I am a member, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Today 22nd June there was a gathering for members only at Kirton Park. Lots of varied cars attended including my Midas with an arty photo above. Many more cars arrived after I took these photos. There was a nice Pimlico Mini in red parked near me.

A panorama photo of the early cars at the venue.

Sunday 15th June 2025 Heckington Auto Club had their monthly meeting at The Pavilion, Heckington. A lovely sunny windy day with a very light sprinkle of rain the moment I arrived with the top down, luckily it lasted for only a minute. Over 60 cars of all sorts there today. Had an interesting chat with the owner of a 15000 mile from new pristine XR3i and also with the owner of a Triumph Herald based Midge 30’s replica similar to George’s Burlington.

On Saturday 14th June 2025 the MG Car Club had a car event at the Red House in Bourne. There were about 80 cars of all types and ages there. Sue and I were both in our Midas convertibles, I took a chance and went ‘topless’ Sue still had her hardtop in place. The Nissan Micra engined classic Mini’s give me food for thought, but a lot of work and wiring to do.

Boston Classic Car Club held its usual summer evening event at The Ivy’s, Swineshead on Thursday 12th June 2025. A large number of cars for a nice summer evening.

In early 1985, having bought my Midas MK2 Bronze spec kit at the Olympia Motor Show in 1984, after discussions with Harold Dermott I started the Midas Owners club. I ran the club for the first few years as a one man band of Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Newsletter editor. Luckily there were some early volunteers to help me and the club grew in number both in the UK and overseas. As the club is 40 years old this year the MOC committee decided that it was appropriate to hold a 40th Anniversary event. After much discussion the date of Sunday the 1st June was agreed at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire. There was also a Mini and Metro day planned for the same day and it was felt that this would be a good event for the anniversary MOC event.

There were 13 cars in attendance on the day and represented the majority of models made over the years as well as one Mini Marcos. The Bangers and Cash Restoring Classics TV program had recently purchased a Midas from Mathewsons Classic Auctions and so they were also invited to attend which they did and filmed the cars and interviewed 3 of the members for a future television program. It was a very busy windy day. It was the first long trip for me in my Midas Gaydon being some 106 miles from home. I am glad to say the Midas ran fine all the way there and back with the hood down both ways. I thought I might have to stop to put it up on the way back when there was a small sprinkle of rain. The only issue was the car ran a bit hot according to the temperature gauge but I am not sure I believe that as it is an after market gauge and the sender may not be the correct one for the gauge.

Here are some photos and links to videos of the day.

I was lucky enough to be presented with a 40th Anniversary cap by Colin on behalf of the club. Thank you to the club members for remembering me in this way.

There are some videos on YouTube about the event and the links below take you to the place in the videos that show the Midas area at the show.

Today there was a breakfast meeting for the Boston Classic Car Club at Ivy’s Farm Shop near Boston. Lots of different cars.

Today was the annual Boston Classic Car Club show. I reckon that there were about 500 vehicles there on show to the public. A sample of some of the vehicles on show are in the gallery below.

This afternoon I gave the Midas as wash and a polish. I had a good hunt around inside and found the missing switch cap from yesterday and refitted it.

I then went to a local cafe to a Classic and Custom Car meeting that is held once a month in the summer and these are some photos of the cars there. There was a fabulous Jaguar C type replica built on an XK120 donor with a custom chassis. It was a beautiful £200k+ car.

As it was dry this morning, not as per the forecast, I took the Midas to the Newark Kit Car Show in Newark. I had a nice steady run there along the A17 at a steady 50-55mph. The brakes were fine with no problems at all but the car does run a bit hot at a steady 100 degrees which is a bit hotter than I would like and the heater was on all the time. So over the winter when I have the dashboard out and I will take a look at the new heater that has been fitted to see whether the flow can be adjusted to the heater.

It was good to meet up with 5 other Midas cars at the show along with two owners who were there without their cars. It gave me chance to look at another convertible and the rear half tonneau cover  was something that I intend to copy for when the roof is off.

Photos of the show