Up to and during the 1960's, the main sports car focus in the Wilmington, NC area racing and rallying. The SCCA was the only game in town and eventually even that outlet became almost non existent. In order to hang out with other car nuts who liked to tinker with SU carburetors and Lucas electrics you pretty much had to drive at least a hundred miles. Finally a small but tenacious group of British car enthusiasts got tired of watching the hot rodders and Saturday night cruisers have all the fun and began to scour the area for known British car owners. They even went so far as to chase people down who were seen driving a British car and do a little arm twisting in the name of the hobby. After a few sputtering starts, in 1998 a solid core of around fifteen people founded the club and chose the first slate of officers. The club has grown slowly but steadily since then with a current roster of one hundred and fifteen enthusiastic family members. Monthly gatherings are held on the third Thursday of each month in order to take care of club business and planning. Currently, meetings are held at Temptations Restaurant & Deli, Oleander Dr., Wilmington, NC at 6:00 pm if you wish to eat with us. The official proceedings begin at 7:00pm. Be sure to check our current newsletter to see if the location has changed for the month. The BMCCF covers all of coastal and southeastern North Carolina and parts of South Carolina as well. We welcome members with any marque or make of car but our emphasis is on the preservation of classic British sports cars.