Classic motor vehicle owners who purchase new and used parts online in order to keep their pride and joy roadworthy have now been hit with the further expense. Vintage car owners hoping to display their car to the public will now have to pay out the portly sum of two pounds if they wish to display their car at a Stafford car show.

For the past 5 years the Stafford car show has been a free event, but organizers now claim that a charge is necessary to cover the costs of running the event.

Michael Rutty, who owns a 1938 Austin Seven has expressed his dissatisfaction with these changes seeing it as a bit of a cheek to ask for money from the very people who bring the cars that are the main attraction:

 “Without us, there wouldn’t be a car show. We spend hundreds of pounds maintaining our cars, and now they are telling us we have to pay to display our cars.

 ”We don’t pay to get into other shows at all. It’s not the amount they are asking for – it is the principle. I understand a lot of local drivers are going to boycott it because of the charge.”

Despite such objections, Stafford Borough Council claim they have received 100 entries despite the charge and the show will not be cancelled.

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