Organised by the very active microcar club "The Micro Maniacs", the National MicroCar Rally 2014 was based at Wetherby Racecourse, with road runs to the National Railway Museum in York, and out into the Yorkshire Dales.

The rally ran from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 September, with the road runs on the Friday and Saturday, Sunday being "show day", with all the cars on public display at the racecourse.

The photos below show many of the cars attending.

Can you help with more photos??

As usual, we'll have missed many of the cars which attended.  If you have photos of the cars we've missed, or any of the cars out in action on the road runs (all taken during the rally, please) -  let us know by sending them to MicrocarRally@virginmedia.com

(And if you have uploaded videos from the Rally to YouTube, or anywhere else on the web, let us know, and we'll publish links to those.)

Some cars aren't named - and others may be misnamed!  If you can fill in or correct the details then, again, do let us know!

Micronauts showing us just how light a Peel Trident is!
 

Scenes from the road runs

This year was the fortieth National MicroCar Rally, and the programme included a foreword from the organiser of the very first event, Tony Marshall:

"Good grief, the fortieth National Microcar Rally.  Can it really be so long ago that I, with a great deal of assistance from a small group of friends, nervously took the first steps to initiate an annual event specifically for owners of microcars?  Not that it has lasted this long without change.

That first rally was billed as a "Multi-Make Three Wheeler Rally" because I honestly didn't know how else I could describe the planned event.  I honestly didn't take into account the wishes of owners of the four-wheeled Frisky, Isetta, Tg500, Berkeley and other types.  To overlook such vehicles must rank right up at the top of the list of regrets and if I didn't apologise enough at the time, I would like to rectify that omission here and now.  I also confess that I never expected visitors from overseas -  another apology.  Subsequent rallies have introduced us to an unbelievable selection of wondrous vehicles that render the present day offerings of many car makers somewhat lacking in the Fun Quotient.

I have been singularly lucky to have actually owned some of the rarest (if not necessarily most desirable) types, and although there are but a couple left now (and they are scheduled to move on soon), I will always value the memories.

But this shouldn't be just about the cars.  What we should be doing is celebrating the people.  I am so proud to be associated with an amazingly caring and genuinely nice body of people.  Their motoring ambitions may be small but their hearts are not.

It was my intention to be with you all at the Rally this weekend but circumstances prevent this.  But I will be with you in my thoughts and extend my thanks and admiration for all of those who have picked up the baton and run with it year after year to keep the National Rally running, to keep on building up a wealth of knowledge through the publication of magazines and running of clubs, to spend so much time and effort to keep the microcar movement alive and thriving and to maintain the bright future that seems assured every September when the National Rally weekend arrives.

To you all, my thanks and appreciation.

Tony Marshall"

A smart 700 Coupe

A couple of Copens

You can see Andreas's pictures, and the story of his travel from Germany to the Rally, at:

http://silberweg.de/treffen--events/nmcr-2014/

And this Goggomobil TL401 Van did well, too, winning first prize in the "Metal" Class, and the prize for furthest driven to the event.

Pictured here is the owner Christian Fuss, who drove the van 580 miles to the Rally!

Well done the Goggos!

Messerschmitt Tiger
(the 4-wheel, 500cc version of the Messerschmitt))

Two Schmitts show how to
use just one parking space!

?? - let us know what this is, please!

The delicious (and expensive!) Ecomobile

(Most of) a Mochet

A lovely Renault

The "Plastics" class

Nobel

Solyto

Scootacar and ...

... interior

(Above) NSU Prinz Saloon and (centre, right) Coupe

Assorted Reliants, including ...

 ... a "chopper"!

William Van

... but great fun!  The rally was visited this year by a selection of vehicles that don't count as microcars, but certainly drew attention:

(Left) Classic Commer Campers, and

(Above) a micro caravan that you don't argue with!

2014

Prize
 

You can see more Rally photos at:  

http://www.micromaniacsclub.co.uk/september 2014 nmcr 40th photos rally.htm

or (same photos):

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152558937638961.1073741831.68384248960&type=3

Some of those photos have been used above, and are credited as "Images created by Simon GP Geoghegan".

We'll be adding more photos and details here, as they come in - pop back and check on progress!

Do you have pictures of missing cars, or pictures from the Road Runs???

Do let us know!