The precise origins of Field & Ivy remain somewhat difficult to establish.

Although founding members have shared stories from decades past, many maintain the ideals of the club date back much further than we know.

There are references to sporting days, long-distance motoring, summer houses, and something referred to only as “the Friday arrangement.” Unfortunately, the records from this period are incomplete.

This is not considered particularly unusual though.

Field & Ivy was never intended to be a conventional motoring club. Cars were certainly involved, but membership was not determined by brand, displacement, value or the number of cylinders under the bonnet one could or could not afford. A well-kept family saloon could be bestowed the same attention as an Italian thoroughbred, provided its owner had somewhere interesting to take it or if it had a somewhat memorable beginning.

The club’s activities have historically been difficult to categorize.

There were drives, naturally. There were also lunches that became dinners, afternoon get-togethers that became weekends, and weekends that required considerably more luggage than anticipated. Polo and tennis were sports often mentioned. Travel, whisky (both with and without an 'e'), dogs, automobiles, and the occasional unnecessary detour all appear throughout the archival stories.

At some point, the club acquired a collection of trunks. But all pieces have been misplaced.

Their original purpose is unclear. Some were used for travel, others for tools, bottles, personal effects, and things that seemed too important to leave in the boot. Although the physical trunks have gone missing, the story of their slower way of travel have survived remarkably well.

The tradition continues. Most specifically with our valet trunks.

Today, Field & Ivy remains a private club in the loosest sense of the term. We are less concerned with where someone lives, what they drive, or what appears on their garage wall than with how they choose to spend the hours in between.

Membership is by application and approval.

There are no points awarded for horsepower.

There is no daily dress code, although there have been occasions when one would have been useful.

The club maintains no permanent clubhouse, though there are several places we tend to regard as such.

We do not hold events simply for the sake of holding events.

We prefer to give people somewhere to go.

Field & Ivy exists for those who believe that a good car is improved by being driven, a good afternoon by being extended, and a good story by having somewhere worth telling it.

Some of the club’s history is documented.

Some of it is disputed.

The rest is probably better left that way.
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- F&I Management
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The drive may always start the same. Where it leads is another matter.