The Paradise British Car Club was formed over 30 years ago when a group of enthusiasts decided to join together to provide a place and forum for enjoying the British car hobby, and to meet others on the California Central Coast who shared our interests. Our members own a wide variety of vintage, classic and modern British cars from the 1920’s to the modern era.
What has evolved over the years is a group of British car owners and fans who have fun enjoying our cars and the company of members and friends. Our emphasis is on “fun” with a minimum of business organization. We publish a bi-monthly newsletter, distributed to membership and online, and host monthly outings: country drives on scenic roads, wine tasting, tech forums, garage tours, British car shows, local parades and music venues.
The club has many members who are experienced hobbyists and have restored (or are restoring) virtually every type of British car. This provides a wealth of advice, experience, information and parts sourcing to old hands as well as to those new to the hobby. We always enjoy the company of people who drive or are enthusiasts of British cars, and we welcome you to join us. Join the club and receive our bi-monthly newsletter to see what events are planned, or check our website for our latest newsletter and events calendar.
History
The club was originally formed in 1986 as a club for the “A” model MG sports car, produced between 1955-1962. The club was affiliated as a regional chapter of the North American MGA Register, a national club promoting the restoration and use of these sports cars. The club was first known as the Paradise MGA’s.
In 1990 the club changed its name to Paradise MG’s, a club for all models of MG cars. At that time the club also affiliated as a chapter of the North American MGB Register (NAMGBR). Then, in 1995, the final decision was made to include all makes and models of British cars. Today the club has about 100 cars belonging to club members, with our membership primarily consisting of people in two California Central Coast counties; San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.
Car makes and models include Austin-Healey and Austin-Healey Sprite, MGs (MGNB, MGTD, MGTF, MGA including Deluxe and Twin-Cam, MGB and MGB-GT, MGC-GT and MG Midget), Triumphs (TR-3, Spitfire, TR-4, TR-6 and Triumph Stag), several classic Roll Royce saloons, a Morgan, several varieties of Morris Minors, Jaguars (XK 140, XKE, XK8, XKR and several sedans), Jensen-Healey, and other British makes and models. We’re always looking for new members with “new-old” British cars - - running or not!
Membership
Dues for the Paradise British Car Club are a real bargain- only $20.00 per year per family- no matter how many cars you have. Membership benefits include electronic copies of our newsletter, which is issued on a bi-monthly basis. You will also receive e-mail notifications of our upcoming events or events that would be of general interest to all British Car Club members.
Paradise British Car Club is an active organization with scheduled monthly fun events hosted by members of the club. Please browse our newsletters to see reports of our many varied activities. We also participate in many local car shows as well as two Christmas Parades.
For more information, please call our Membership Chair, Carolynne Palmer, at (805) 704-6335
You can also click HERE to download a membership application.
We hope to see you soon!