Stafford show

mapper · #1 27th January 2006, 16:27

Hi all,

Just read that the Stafford show is off, no reason given.

Ex-Biker · #2 27th January 2006, 19:43

Not heard this.

I wonder if it is because there is too much competition with Totalkitcar Live?

mapper · #3 28th January 2006, 07:34

I have been going to this for years not being too far from it, and must say it has been getting less supported each year. Visitors and exhibitors. And I think you are probably right TKC live a couple of weeks later will not help.

Mark

kitcarman · #4 31st January 2006, 17:36

Emmm.....

Shame.....

Den

Purple Ak · #5 1st February 2006, 20:18

I take it you didn't have a stand booked then Den?

kitcarman · #6 2nd February 2006, 08:10

Nope…
It would have been my eighth year of being barred

.

A lot has happened over the past 7 years...

The parent magazine is looking decidedly ill too

!

One gains the impression that years of shouting are nearly over

.

Den

JG · #7 2nd February 2006, 08:31

I know you have your reasons Den and it's well documented and understandable but putting all that aside I think it would be a sad day if Which Kit disappeared (not saying it is going to of course)

I grew up and got into kitcars reading both magazines (and kit cars international) and have always liked which kits articles and layout (and still do). I've never had a preference for one or the other, I just regard them as a good read on a subject I'm in to. Maybe I'm being sentimental but I'd rather Which Kit (car) stayed on the scene.

John

Madabout Kitcars

kitcarman · #8 2nd February 2006, 10:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG

I know you have your reasons Den…..

I do indeed and they’re bang up-to-date! Even the January 2006 issue of WKC accuses me of printing “desperate lies

” and “untruths

”.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG

I think it would be a sad day if Which Kit disappeared…..

Well, I’m planning a party

!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG

I have always liked which kits articles and layout (and still do).

I think you’re out-of-date

.

Den

.

Ex-Biker · #9 2nd February 2006, 11:18

Den,
Don't go there.

There is critism that can be aired against both mags.

I am guessing that with Stafford show being less and less supported each year and the TKC event being within a few weeks of it, most manufacturers will only want to attend one show.

Most manufacturers find the costs of attending shows too much at the best of times.

If you were a manufacturer, which would you attend?

kitcarman · #10 2nd February 2006, 15:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ex-Biker

Den,
If you were a manufacturer, which would you attend?

Well Mark,
In view of the history

, that’s a truly astonishing question to put to me

.

Ex-Biker · #11 3rd February 2006, 09:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitcarman

Well Mark,
In view of the history

, that’s a truly astonishing question to put to me

.

It was a general statement Den.

The point being, that there is much more interest from owners in the TKC event, so any manufacturer would be daft to chose Stafford over this. As most could only afford one event, it's a no-brainer!

Ferg · #12 3rd February 2006, 16:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitcarman

Well, I’m planning a party

!!!

Can I come.

kitcarman · #13 4th February 2006, 15:42

Sure you can Ferg,

When the time’s right - I’m going to hold it at the Stafford showground

! (or possibly at Donnington

?)

Den

.

Purple Ak · #14 9th February 2006, 18:32

Put us down for a ticket

kitcarman · #15 9th February 2006, 22:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ex-Biker

Den,
There is criticism that can be aired against both mags.

Mark,
I realise that both magazines are equal: but I think that one is more equal than the other

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Ak

Put us down for a ticket

You’re on

!

JG · #16 10th February 2006, 08:54

Oh go on then, if there's free booze put me down for 2 tickets

John

kitcarman · #17 10th February 2006, 21:51

I could be on to something here!!!

Den

kartman · #18 12th February 2006, 14:40

Put me down for a couple of tickets Den.....

If it got to be a big get together perhaps you could invite a few manufacturers along to exhibit their goods?

kitcarman · #19 17th February 2006, 00:22

Hi Folks,
I’ve updated my events page ( http://www.kit-cars.com/Kitcarhtml/kitcarsite.html ) to let the world know that it’s been cancelled.

Strange though

; inasmuch as Stafford would normally have had what? 20 pages of publicity in WKC

? between October 2005 and Now (February 2006).

What’s strange is that it wasn’t advertised until the February issue

and was then cancelled a week after that issue came out.

One wonders if it ever was going to be run

? In which case why just one advertisement at such at late stage? Strange indeed!

Den.