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Eligible cars
Only cars built before 1 January 1905 are eligible to take part, with the option for the organisers to invite a small number of vehicles out of period.
From the list of cars there are some without a year stated, these come in two categories - "Entries with Grandfather Rights" and "Invited Entries".
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Entries with Grandfather Rights - The car has taken part on the Run on many occasions as a pre 31st December 1904 car but with new information on the car coming in resent years it has been found that the car was in fact later.
Invited Entries - These entries have only taken part in one or two Runs before but have, like the above, been redated or the car is of outstanding interest.
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The Run attracts entrants from all over the world, with the biggest overseas entry coming from the United States, followed by France.
The oldest car to partake in recent years (2000) was the steam "car" belonging to the Bristol Industrial Museum, the "1875 Grenville Steam Carriage", it completed the run in pouring rain, in approx. 9 hours. Now on loan to The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
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Veteran car owners are rightly furious if these fine old vehicles are referred to as 'old crocks'.
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