2012 ABFM

Enter the Field Meet using our online form, or download, print and mail the 2012 Entry Form (pdf file).

Please scroll the page for an overview of new and exciting changes for 2012!

The 2012 Western Washington All British Field Meet is proud to honor one of the more under appreciated and under-loved members of our British Car Community – the Morris Minor. In all of its forms, the Morris Minor was the first British automobile to sell in excess of one million automobiles!

With the gracious assistance of the Northwest Minor Owners Association, we hope to have the largest display of these wonderful vehicles on the West Coast. If you are fortunate enough to own one of these great cars, “show car” or not, please bring it out for all of us to enjoy.

New Ideas for the 2012 ABFM

Plans are well underway for this year’s event, and in response to requests and suggestions made by participants, there are a great number of changes planned for 2012.

The featured Marque this year is: The Morris Minor (not so minor – the first British car to sell over 1 million cars!), And we will also be celebrating several significant automotive milestones, including the 60th anniversary of the introduction of Lotus by Colin Chapman and the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the iconic MGB.

We will be trying out a new venue for the Friday Cocktail Party. This year, we will have moved the party to Club Auto Kirkland, an affiliate of the LeMay/America’s Car Museum. Club Auto brings a premier collector car storage and clubhouse facility to the greater Seattle metro area – and a very attractive location for our event. For more details and directions to the event, click here.

There will be live music to go along with a revamped menu by our food vendors to provide a lighter and healthier offering of goodies – to include ICE CREAM (if the weather cooperates…)

Voting

We will be simplifying the balloting process so that each entrant will not be asked to vote for every class of car on the field, this should free up time to enjoy with friends, visit vendors and promote your own car. Entrants will not be able to vote on cars in their own class. This system will be very similar to that used at the Vancouver BC ABFM. For more info, click here.

Food Lifeline

We will be partnering with Food Lifeline to host a canned food and cash donation collection contest amongst the marques. The “winner” of which will receive a $100 donation to either their club treasury or a charity of their choice in the club’s name. For more details, click here.

Youth Involvement

We will also be partnering with the Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs of America to recruit and train a committee of youngsters between 13 and 15 to judge and award trophies for their top choice in the two classes of cars that are celebrating significant anniversaries this year: 60 years of Lotus and 50 years of the MGB. For more information, click here.

We will once again have a special award for the ”Young Enthusiast”, an owner or worker under 30 (the enthusiast… not the car!). For details, click here.

Awards!

In partnership with Griot’s Garage, we will also be giving an award to the “Survivor”, a car that is over 30 years of age with no restoration or refurbishment, still with us exclusively through love and proper maintenance.

In addition to the regular class awards, best of show and the President’s Choice award, there will also be an award given to recognize the best debuting restoration. This is for any car that has recently emerged from restoration or refurbishment and is being presented for the first public judged display.

There will also be recognition for the enthusiast who is attending the Western Washington All British Field Meet for the first time.

We will also see a return of the drawing to win the use of a Jaguar for the weekend, courtesy of our faithful and honored sponsor, Jaguar/Land Rover of Tacoma. Tickets will be available at the Cocktail Party.

We will also be continuing the tradition of holding a drawing for the Early Entrant Prize. This is a cash prize of $250 to the enthusiast who enters a vehicle in the show prior to June 1st, 2012.

We Look Forward to an Exciting 2012 Show

We are very excited about these changes and hope that they will help bring the show to a higher level of enjoyment for the folks who participate and attend as spectators.

As always, comments and suggestions are welcomed. Please contact: Steve Hanegan (206) 365-5807 or steve@abfm.com

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