E21 35th Anniversary Event

Jon - how would this work at Gaydon as I believe the current planned focal display is the classic register which includes the E21...also from previous experience you need to be careful regards non members as registers have had burnt fingers in the past as members should have preference....but if you can get 35 members and get a good display area it should be impressive - if you can send each registered member with an E21 a letter then you will soon find out the level of attendance and interest...Good luck Neil

I must have been told the wrong information regards Gaydon...whilst I agree with you saying that events should be inclusive - speaking as a person who has regularly involved other clubs, forums etc and also have an open door policy for our local branch meet - I am aware of the need for people to be paid up members for shows like Gaydon as it can cause offence if people dont pay to be a member and then show their car, whilst paid up members are told there is no space on their region or register display etc....so its not coteries but in any club unfortunately there will be politics and the club dont wish to lose members - so all I was saying was to be aware - good luck

Mark - if he wants to come along I am sure he would be welcome...see what he says and let us know what you find out ;-)

I've contacted Tiff and should be speaking to him next week hopefully.

Glad to read both John and Mark are fully committed to the e21 register and will keep an eye on the timely growth of comms on here due to their enthusiasm / commitment to the cause.

If I'm honest, I think you are going to struggle to get 35 cars to commit to Gaydon and non members are only going to join the Club if they are going to benefit from doing so. The majority of UK e21 enthusiasts are to be found on e21.net or, more recently, e21.ownforum and in recent months interest has started to grow. However, it is early days and it might be prudent to take things slowly. The fact is, there are many, many more e30's on the roads and so they are more likely to achieve recognition in the media. They are also the model that the majority of 'Jo Public' attach to the BMW boom years back in the 80's, along with stripe shirts and the filofax. I feel personally, that for the time being anyway, the e21 would benefit from nailing it's flag to the 02 or e30 mast, as a way of gaining recognition. Once there are enough active e21 enthusiasts to warrant it, maybe then the e21 could then stand alone?

Obviously, this is my own personal view and nothing more.

Edited by Mark Brown - 06 Jan 2010 at 6:26pm

Hi, I would have been happy to lend a hand when, for whatever reason, you couldn't be contacted, as I felt it was important that there were someone as a point of contact, but now that your at the helm again, I don't really have the time to commit. I'm happy to help you contact other owners etc, although you can probably do just as well via other forums. I shall continue to do what I can to champion the e21 cause and have recently written some magazine features that should be in print soon.

As for 'promoting' of other forums, I was merely pointing out that the majority of the more 'enthusiastic' e21 owners frequent these sites and as such, it would be an uphill battle to encourage them to come here. I don't say that to put the car club down, I just feel that is the reality unless there is something to attract them. I would suggest you PM the UK e21 owners, that can be contacted online, and ask for their input / feedback.

Despite the 57 registered e21 owners in the BMWCC e21's are seldom represented at any of the National shows. Gaydon last year had 3 or 4 I think. Hopefully, those CC members that do own an e21 can be encouraged to attend more events in 2010 so that more e21's are actually present at events.

Good luck with it all anyway.

Any news?

Any more news on the E21 35th Anniversary Event ???

Last visited the site on the 1st March.

All a bit odd really.

There are loads of E21 owners in the UK, most hang out on Jeroens forum.

 I have a baur mid resto - may be working in a month or two, plus the famous track slug (ex Nick Wright) I have had 3 other e21's, a green 1977 320 when I lived in Australia, a 316 that got scrapped and a 1983 316 that is somewhere in the Manchester area having been sold on by the guy I sold it to. I quite like the things.

I tried to contact the E21 register man about 4 years ago, got no reply.

Someone claiming to be him popped up recently, but has gone quiet again.

He wanted to buy some wheels I have, but I haven't managed to sort the tyre removal yet, so haven't been able to sort that deal. My fault.

Last I heard he was going on holiday for a week, but that was last year i think.

I'll gladly find a way to bring my track e21 to a show - if Nick does Harewood to coincide with Croft again that's guaranteed, going to Gaydon is a bit far, I may end up taking a scruffy track car to Tatton if Jeff will have it. But could the e21 register LEADER please come back out of the woodwork. It's an important anniversary and it needs something to happen.

Jim

Anything?

Me? I thought it was down to you. Have you got him trussed up under the stairs?

Maybe he's bought a Vauxhall?

From what I am told he should be back soon...has anyone tried to call him