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Sorry for the late reply but I was hoping that Kev would see your post and reply himself. However, I asked Kev this question myself yesterday as I'm also a PoL first-timer. His reply was along the lines of:

The show opens at 10 which officially means arrive anytime after that. But folks tend to start arriving from 8:30ish onwards, especially the key members of the various clubs attending if they've stands to erect or need to organise their club members' cars into areas reserved for members of their particular club. Don't be surprised if there's a queue if you arrive after 9.

I hope that helps.

A great day out today at the Pride of longbridge show.

malc65apollo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 3:37 pm A great day out today at the Pride of longbridge show.

And the 4 cars closest to your camera are all Series 2 cars.

Some facts & figures:
There were 26 Tommys in the Club lineup plus at least one more that I found elsewhere on site, I was told that there was a 28th, but I think it had gone by the time I went looking for it. Excluding the 2 non-UK registered cars, 1 from Holland and 1 from Germany, that represented 10% of the 259 Tommys taxed and registered in the UK at the end of 2025.

Of the 27 cars that I did see there were 9 Series 2 cars of which 5 were VVCs, leaving 4 K-engined 1.6s of which 1 was a very early May '96 "N" reg (query a pre-production car?). and another had the CVT automatic box.

When it came to colours there were:
8 Nightfire Red (another victory for team Pearlescent Red)
6 Tahiti Blue
4 Flame Red
3 Polynesian Turquoise
2 Charcoal
1 Amaranth
1 Antthracite (think I got that right, apologies if I didn't)
1 British Racing Green
1 Platinum Silver

3 cars had the rear window spoiler.

Of the 3 Honda D-engined 216/1.6 cars, 2 had had the boot spoiler added.

2 cars were 220/2.0 NASPs.

It was a lovely day! Nice to see so many Coupes and connect some faces to names.
The Coupe did very well and in total almost 1500 km / 937 miles in one weekend. Hope to be there again next year

A superb effort if your coming next year give us a heads up.

My dad and I are planning to come over from the Netherlands again with the Coupe.

Only uncertainty is some recent family health issues, but hoping everything will be fine in a few weeks!

1. Fathercarl - 220 Turbo Coupe
2. Kevin willis
3. 961tat vvc coupe
4. John Murphy
5. Calvert87 vvc coupe
6. OnlySixteen (Keith) 1.6 SE CVT Tommy. Never been to PoL before.
7. Conductor womble
8.H Turbo
9. Malc Rees. (malc65aopllo)
10. Kieran Morris - 220 Turbo Coupe. Not been before. Hoping this isn't too late notice!?
11. MXM. First time coming to an event with the club, hoping for another MOT pass to allow us to join