Thanks for the info Dereck, I'm still glad to have you there even if it's just for the burger.

Old School Custom Works is a great place and the owner is a lot of fun to talk to. They want me to confirm the number of cars we'll be bringing by the beginning of September so basically you have until Euro Marauderville to decide if you can make it to Stuttgart. It's a single day event but they start relatively early at 10 AM in the morning and it's open ended, last year I've been there until midnight, so you should be looking to spent at least 1 or 2 nights in a hotel. I'll let you know about local hotels in the area.

For driving to Stuttgart from the UK I recommend taking your usual route to Cologne and then head south from there. There's a quicker route through France that takes you past Reims and Metz but motorway tolls in France are horrendous.