TIME is running out for veterans of the road to register for an annual celebration of motoring nostalgia.

Entries are still being taken for next month’s 46th Beamish Run, for vintage and classic cars and motorcycles, over mainly rural roads of the North-East and North Yorkshire.

But available places are rapidly diminishing to take part in the 155-mile test of reliability and endurance, starting and finishing on the events field at Beamish Museum, County Durham, on Sunday, June 19.

Organiser George Jolley said he plans to limit the total number of entries at 150, with 132 loving owners already registered to take part in the colourful, but competitive event.

In keeping with run tradition, it is held on the third Sunday in June, coinciding with Father’s Day, when there is maximum light, being the nearest weekend to the summer solstice.

“We ended with 160 entries last year, but there were 27 ‘no shows’ on the day, for one reason or another, which is frustrating, as other potential entrants were turned away,” said Mr Jolley.

“The limiting factor, as ever, is the available space round the village green in Bainbridge, in North Yorkshire, for the lunch stop."

Among the vehicles already scheduled to take part are several examples of rare Allards, low-volume produced cars built in London by Sydney Allard in the immediate post-war years, including a Palm Beach, aimed specifically at the US market.

Other rarities include a pre-war NSU motorcycle and a 250CC BMW shaft drive from 1959, priced, at the time, at the top end of the market.

There is a cut-off point of the last week in May for regular entrants, and the first week in June for newcomers.

Applications should be made to Mr Jolley, at 12 Celtic Crescent, Cleadon Village, Tyne and Wear, SR6 7RZ, with further information on 0191-536 0929.