What events and community resources does The 1100 Club run for ADO16 owners?
The 1100 Club serves BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16) owners through a mix of in-person events, a bi-monthly magazine, member-only classifieds, and direct contact channels. The main event named on the site is the National Rally; the main ongoing community resource is Idle Chatter, published six times a year, with back issues available to members online. If you own or are restoring any ADO16 variant and want parts leads, technical help, or contact with other owners, these are the channels to use.
Events
National Rally
The club website lists National Rally as a top-level section alongside Club News, Membership, and For Sale / Wanted. That makes it the club's flagship gathering for members to meet other owners and see cars in person.
The site does not publish the rally's date, venue, or entry requirements in the material available here. For current details, check the National Rally page directly or contact the club by email.
Community resources
Idle Chatter magazine
The club produces a bi-monthly magazine, Idle Chatter, six times a year. It is the club's main way of keeping members informed between events.
Members can log into the Members' Area to access every back issue. That archive is useful if you have just bought an ADO16 and want years of owner experience, technical notes, and model history in one place.
For Sale / Wanted and classified adverts
The site runs a For Sale / Wanted section. The latest classified adverts are available to members exclusively in the Members' Area for the first two weeks of posting — so members see new listings before they go public.
This matters most for ADO16 ownership because parts are model-specific and supply is thin. Early sight of a listing can be the difference between finding a panel or missing it.
Technical information and document archive
Beyond the magazine, members get:
- A searchable database of technical information
- PDFs of key 1100-related documents
These sit alongside the magazine archive in the Members' Area and are aimed at keeping cars on the road — the club's stated purpose.
Insurance contacts
The club carries advertising from insurance companies that it describes as worth calling when insuring an ADO16 or any other classic in your garage. Treat these as advertiser contacts rather than a club-endorsed scheme; compare quotes yourself.
How to reach the club
- Email: [email protected] — the site invites enquiries at this address, including about the front wing panels.
- Club News section: the place to check for updates, including magazine publication news (the site notes the July–Aug issue has been published).
- Members' Area: login required for back issues, the technical database, PDFs, and early access to classifieds.
What this means in practice
If your goal is meeting other owners, the National Rally is the event to watch. If your goal is ongoing support — technical answers, parts leads, model history — membership plus the Members' Area is where the value sits, because the classifieds head start and the full magazine archive are member-only.
The club was formed in the UK in 1985 and now has members in Europe, the USA, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia, so the community extends well beyond the UK even though the club is UK-based.