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Vintage appointment for removals firm
A Brandon-based movers firm is set to play its part in the world's longest running motoring event.
Participants in the London to Brighton Car Run will be making the 60-mile journey in cars whose suspension hails from the horse and carriage era, but their personal belongings will get a smooth ride as they are transported by Abels Moving Services.
The firm has been appointed official luggage transfer/logistics partner for the November event.
Philip Pertoldi, Abels managing director, said: "We are delighted to be part of such a famous and historic event.
"It is a prestigious occasion and is a perfect fit with Abels' own traditional and cultural values."
Most of the 550 pre-1905 cars registered to take part in this year's run are not equipped to carry luggage, so a fleet of Abels' modern pantechnicons will collect participants' luggage from their London hotels or the Hyde Park starting line and deliver it to the finishing line and hotels in Brighton.
"Whatever the bumps and bruises participants may have to endure, we can promise everyone their luggage, at least, will get the best possible ride," added Mr Pertoldi.
The firm was awarded a Royal Warrant to HM the Queen in 1989, following moving the wedding gifts of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981.
Its other unusual past assignments have included a Concorde engine and complete Spitfire aeroplane.
The London to Brighton run is a re-run of the Emancipation Run, which was held in 1896 to celebrate a change in the law which meant drivers of motor vehicles no longer had to have a man walking in front waving a red flag and the raising of the speed limit from four to 14mph. The first re-enactment was held in 1927 and has continued ever since, apart from the war years 1939-45 and in 1947 due to petrol rationing.
Each of the 550 cars taking part is at least 106 years old.
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