The old railway station at Glamis has ushered in a new era for the group behind Scotland’s biggest annual gathering of vintage vehicles.
With perfect timing, the Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club has officially moved into a new home on the site of the old village stop, a short hop away from the traditional Glamis Castle venue for the Scottish Transport Extravaganza.
Their realisation of a near 20-year dream to develop a permanent base comes as the countdown gets under way for the July 10-11 gathering which will see more than 1300 vehicles flock to Angus from all over the country.
Extravaganza regulars are already dropping in on the new £150,000 base, which SVVC officials hope will become a mecca for fellow enthusiasts.
In 1991 a feasibility study was completed for a club HQ but the project did not get off the ground until late 2008 when the operation began to clear the old station site, just north of Glamis.
Contractors were involved in aspects of the project but countless hours of hard work by the SVVC committee and club members have helped the scheme to its conclusion.
Club administrator Lesley Munro is pulling together the many threads for the Extravaganza and said the new base was a major step forward.
“It is a fantastic position just along the road from Glamis and makes things so much simpler for us,” Lesley said.
“Equipment which would previously have had to be transported to the Extravaganza can all be kept in one place and we have had more people dropping in here in a couple of months than we did in the many years at our former office in Forfar.
“We now have workshops here where members can work on vehicle projects and eventually we hope that like minded groups will be able to hire out the facilities.”
A late surge of vehicles has boosted the entry and Glamis will also be looking forward to welcoming James Dylan’s motorcycle show to the main ring, almost 20 years after the stuntman first wowed the crowd.