Return of ‘Old Number One’ to the Land’s End Trial in April 2025

The MG Car Club
Devon & Cornwall Centre
Vintage Register

Event information - flyer

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The programme alongside now appears on the MG Car Club website at link and will be updated as the detailed timings are confirmed, with updates being issued via the MG Car Club social media platforms and published in the April 2025 edition of Safety Fast!

Rob Constant says "please ‘save the date’, explore local accommodation in the area and start looking forward to a few days – or indeed, an Easter break in Cornwall to join in with the occasion . . ."

Event entry enquiries, and to receive the ‘menu based’ event entry form please contact Rob Constant on email who is collating numbers for the stages of the programme.

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Event Programme
‘Old Number One’, perhaps more accurately referred to as ‘Kimber’s Special’, will be visiting Cornwall once again over the Easter trial weekend!

Friday 18th April 2025
‘Good Friday’
PM: Scenic Road run from Launceston area to Hawkins MG, Blackwater (avoiding spine
roads).
Eve: Drinks & Canepes at Hawkins MG, Blackwater - Official Arrival of ‘Old Number One’ in the Devon & Cornwall Centre in Celebration of its Centenary.

Saturday 19th April 2025
‘Easter Saturday’
AM: Re-enactment(s) of ‘Old Number One’ climbing 'Old Bluehills' - photos/videos and
spectator opportunity pre-main-trial arrival
Pre 11.00 hrs – ‘Old Number One’ & MG Marque Display in Football Lane (western side of Bluehills valley) - MCC Event Spectator Parking.
Spectating of the Modern Trials Hill available for All.
Eve: ‘Old Number One’ Centenary Event Meal with ‘Kimber’s Special’ displayed outside the
Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro.

See the event flyer for more information
Link


The Collaboration between The MG Car Club, The British Motor Museum & The Motorcycling Club to Return . . . .
‘Old Number One’ to the MCC Land’s End Trial in 2025 – the Centenary of the car’s first running in the hands of Cecil Kimber.

Kimber at the wheel of his Morris Garage's ‘special’ back in Oxford after the trial. It seems the car had lost a rear wing en-route!

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