ABOUT US
Join us for a variety of motoring and social activities in the coming year.
Our Members and their cars
In February 2024, the Lincoln Auto Club recorded 424 memberships. With wives and partners, this number swells to above 700 individual members. The majority of the members reside in Port Lincoln and the Lower Eyre Peninsula region. Others come from Central Eyre Peninsula, Adelaide and as far afield as Renmark.
The Lincoln Auto Club is a multi marque Club. There are approximately 650 vehicles within the Club belonging to the 424 memberships. These vehicles are registered to owners who are eligible for the South Australian Government’s Club Registration Scheme for Historic Vehicles, Left Hand Drive Vehicles and Street Rods.
The majority of the vehicles in the Lincoln Auto Club are from the extinct breed of Australian car manufactures, Holden, Ford and Chrysler. British marques are well represented as are the European and USA manufacturers. Due to the Prescribed Left Hand Drive Vehicles Conditional Registration Scheme, many of the American Vehicles within the Club remain as imported with left hand drive, and have not been converted.
Member’s vehicles spread from Concourse Award winning, impeccably restored examples, to classic originality and reliable daily drivers, and range through sedans, wagons, coupes, convertibles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles.
The Lincoln Auto Club Inc was founded as the “Lincoln & District Vehicle Enthusiasts Club” in 1987 following of the disbanding of the “Lincoln & District Vintage Car Club”. The “Motor Mouth” commenced shortly afterwards and became the official magazine and communication medium of the Club members. In 2016 the Lincoln Auto Club’s web site was established in a shift towards electronic communication with members and the wider community.
In 1998 the Club changed its name to Lincoln Auto Club Inc.
The object of the new Club was to foster an interest in vehicles of all types, and this aim has been successful when looking at current events and activities of the Lincoln Auto Club. The Club boasts a huge variety of makes and models of cars, motorbikes, trucks and even stationary engines. Their condition ranges from excellent original vehicles, through to faithfully restored show cars and daily drivers, through to prize winning concourse examples of their marque.
The original Club had a foundation membership of 31 in 1987. Currently membership stands at 382. Given that many of these membership categories include partners and families, the number of individuals is significant, over 600 in fact. The Lincoln Auto Club is family oriented with a broad age group involved. Numbers increased significantly with the introduction of the South Australian Government’s Club Registration Scheme for historic, prescribed left-hand drive vehicles and street rod vehicles effective from July 2012. The Club is affiliated with the Federation of Historic Motoring Clubs of South Australia.
The functioning of the Club relies constantly on an enthusiastic Committee of willing volunteers. The Lincoln Auto Club extends a warm welcome to all vehicle enthusiasts, members, prospective new members or visitors, who are willing to share the aims of the Club and ensure the ongoing enjoyment and preservation of classic motoring.
Click here to view the Club Honour Board listing Presidents, Life Members and Jim Wright Award recipients from 1987 to the present.
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Club History
Where we are
The Lincoln Auto Club Inc. is garaged in the City of Port Lincoln on the southern tip of South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. With a population of 14,500, Port Lincoln nestles on the shores of Boston Bay.
The City is a well serviced and resourced regional centre as well as a popular destination for visitors. The membership of Lincoln Auto Club Inc. extends well beyond the City limits taking in the rural area of Lower Eyre Peninsula and beyond.
For more info about Port Lincoln: Port Lincoln Visitor Information Centre.