13-06-2019, 10:32 PM
At the risk of offending some people, for which I apologise, I believe, as an event, Autokarna has run its course. I don’t say this lightly, but feel my involvement over the years gives me some right to say what I think. Years ago, it was an event run by the PWA7C for Austin 7 owners. It is no longer. It’s become an event organised by a few stalwarts of the Pwa7c for other makes of car, which outnumber 7s by at least 5to1 and for the general public of Nottingham. As far as the Austin7 world is concerned it’s a waste of resource, made worse by the fact that Nottingham Corporation take the lions share of the profits. That resource could be spent elsewhere- like an Austin 7 focussed event, somewhat smaller, but with A7 activities, maybe a road run, technical seminars, judging and the like. I know people go for the auto jumble, but the main A7 crowd would still attend. After all, how much A7 stuff does a mk10 jaguar exhibitor buy?
Alan Fairless