Cars are built to be driven, and the Saskatchewan British Car Club takes that seriously with an annual road trip in their British classics. This year, that means a trip to Brandon, MB to the Commonwealth Air Museum, and a stop in Yorkton to meet with Yorkton’s Antique Auto Association at Westview United Church.
Terry Yuzik with the Saskatchewan British Car Club said they have fun driving their cars, whether it’s something rare like a Triumph Stag or something a bit easier to find, like an MGB.
“They’re good looking, they’re colourful, they’re easy to work on,” Yuzik said.
While the Yorkton club primarily drives American vehicles, Yuzik sees them as the same as the British club, just with a different focus. They’re all enthusiasts who love driving old cars and the work that goes into keeping them running well.
“The guys in Yorkton would be scared of British cars, they wouldn’t know where to get parts!”
The club does a road trip every year, alternating between longer trips and shorter ones. Yuzik notes that while the British might not have a reputation for reliability, their cars were made to run and run well. He can’t help but declare the superiority of his preferred automakers.
“The British were way advanced on North America back in the ‘60s. These cars had disc brakes, North American cars had no such thing as disc brakes, they were all drums. These cars had 1:1 rack and pinion steering, [Americans] were using worm gears and cranks.”
