VISITORS to a South Lakeland tourist attraction will be able to take part in a celebration of one of the UK’s best loved specialist sports cars.

Lakeland Motor Museum, at Backbarrow, is the venue for a one-off event marking the 40th anniversary of TVR’s flagship M-series cars, on Sunday May 6.

It is being hosted by The TVR Car Club, whose members will also celebrate the 60th anniversary of the second TVR ever built which is an exhibit in the museum, plus the 30th anniversary of the wedge-shape TVR 350i.

Event organiser and TVR Car Club member John Bailie said: “This is a unique opportunity for visitors to the museum to see these magnificent motor cars in a fantastic setting and to meet some interesting personalities who made the company such a success during the 1970s - one of the most significant periods in the firm’s history”.

Dozens of these models, from the Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire TVR Car Club regions will be on display all day and former company owner Martin Lilley, who created the successful M-series cars will be there with former factory employees.

In addition to M-series and 350i, star cars on display will include a full race TVR Tuscan in Gulf Racing colours, a TVR Tasmin with 750bhp NASCAR spec engine and TVR Sagaris, one of the most recent models produced by the Blackpool factory before it closed a few years ago.

For more information visit www.tvr-car-club.co.uk