Glamis 2024 Report        View Photos

The annual Glamis Extravaganza is generally accepted as the best car show held in Scotland, and the 2024 Extravaganza did not fail to impress the thousands who attended over the weekend in the middle of July 2024. Although the main show is on Sunday, over the past two years the footfall for Saturday has greatly increased, to the point where it is almost as busy the Sunday.

Following a couple of years on an alternative site, the Caledonian Centre returned to their old stand site this year, and on the Thursday before this year’s Show, a lonely figure with a lawnmower could be seen cutting the grass prior to the gazebos being erected on Friday, before showtime on Saturday. Finally, the grass was cut, the gazebos erected, the CarBQ delivered – and the sun was out. The Show Stand was ready!

Around half the cars expected for the whole weekend were on the stand for Saturday, where final preparations were made for the main event on Sunday. The weather forecast for Sunday was ‘overcast with maybe a light shower or two’, but someone at the Meteorological Office must have got it wrong because the sun was out and beaming down on the cars on the stand. I also had a few comments from members saying that this year the MGs on our stand were particularly well presented, and of a high quality too! The cars were laid out in a simple ‘chevron’ style, and boy, did they look good! On one side we had MGFun displaying the F and TFs, the other side showed the other various MGs, all parked with military precision – and allowing for some really good photographs.

The Centre had three prizes to award. First up was the ‘Furthest Travelled’, and this went to Karen and Ken Lees, who travelled 140 miles with two TFs. Second was the ‘Best Presented Other MG’ (not F or TF); the judge had a very tough call to make between a nice MGB and an RV8. The award, an engraved tankard “Glamis 2024”, donated by the Chairman, went to the infamous Peter Jung for the presentation of his lovely Black RV8. Well deserved, Peter! Third prize was a new one – a trophy gifted by Bill and Merlyn Smith, who have asked that the trophy is given out each year at Glamis for the ‘Best Presented MG’. This was an extremely difficult decision for the judge, as there were two competing TFs that sat together on the stand: Armando Ross’s ‘Firefrost’ and Ken Lees’ ‘Nightfire’. Both were amazing-looking cars, and really well presented, with their very similar colours popping in the strong sunshine. The award finally went to Armando Ross, who has become the first custodian of the Glamis Cup. Well done, Armando (aka Aldo).

Our thanks go to Karen Lees and Nancy Crichton for the cakes, to Paul Snee, Mike Pelling and Stewart Macartney for sorting the gazebos, and to Peter Jung for delivery of the CarBQ, burgers and rolls. Thanks are also due to not only, MGFun members for attending, but to all the MG Car Club Caledonian Centre members for attending and supporting the MG Car Club, Caledonian Centre. If you missed the Glamis Extravaganza this year, you missed an excellent Show, but we would love to see you next year, and at the rest of the 2024 events and into 2025.

Glenn Neilson
MGF Register Representative
Scotland Region (South)     

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