On the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Riley Museum & Archive, OUMF was delighted to be invited to showcase our recently completed Riley Kestrel. Only three weeks prior to this, the Kestrel was one of the centres of attention at the 2024 National Classic Car and Restoration Show at the NEC in Birmingham, where it was far from being able to run on its own steam. The lights, doors, trim and interior were worked on throughout the show, which gained OUMF’s Kestrel a photo in the subsequent Practical Classics magazine. In this short time between events, great progress was made in

​I’d like to begin my report with a big thank you to our fuel sponsor, MOTOR SPIRIT, for inviting us to exhibit our OUMF practical project cars at their headquarters at Bicester Heritage, and so play a part in the ever-more popular ‘Scrambles’ that are regularly held there.
Also I’d like to mention all the members whose great team-working and sense of fun got the
cars beautifully prepped and made sure we all made the most of this great opportunity.