Due to a prior commitment, I'm not going to be at the National...
Before I get pounced on, it's long-standing - was in my diary before the national dates changed - and will be great fun: I'm taking part in a Viking Age re-enactment at Cressing Temple Barns. Much cheaper in petrol, accomodation and entertainments too! And I am, of course, driving down in the faithful Morris
So, I wondered what other people who can't/aren't going to the National will be doing at the weekend? Hopefully something exciting! Will you be getting out and about in the motor at all, flying the MM flag? Anyone heading to a certain set of barns in Essex for a Viking reenactment?
Working on Saturday, participating in a mixed classic car'n'bike run on Sunday with a static show at a local aerodrome after lunch. I'll probably take the trav as it's roomier for canine companions than the Ser II saloon and cooler than the van, Chris will be on his 1946 Peugeot. As this is France, when we meet up we kick off with a good country brekky of paté, ham, bread, cheese etc, and lunch will be rather more than soggy sandwiches. Hot sunny weather forecast. Looking forward to taking a flight around the area too!
I shall be driving to plymouth for my niece's birthday.
Taking the inlaws and wife down with me.
I'm expecting a thoroughly uneventful, boring drive in my modern Ford, as opposed to the fun I would have had in the Morris.
Which leads me onto my other activity - feeling sorry for myself, imagining all you chaps and chapess' having fun with your cars at the national.
Well Ill be there but mona wont, Dvla made an eleventh hour decision that they want an inspection before they will register her.
Ill be going up in the golf but will feel a bit out of place, (prolly wont wash her so shes a bit grotty and doesnt stand out ;) ) on the plus side thatll mean more room for buying stuff YAY
Looking less likely due to STILL not having sorted the hydraulic clutch and now finding two blooming great holes in the bottom of the thing. It looked perfect from underneath. Shows the importance of probing further than the underseal.
Only had another hole welded a week ago Still, this is pretty much the only bit of the car that hasn't been touched so fingers crossed thats it for the immediate future!
Got two important commitments the next couple of weekends after I need the car sorted for so may have to be a weekend of getting hold of a welder and bathing in clutch fluid
It was my day off at one point but I was given the chance to go on a Trauma course, which is the kind of think you normally have to wait years for... so my days off moved, and I'm now on a day off today :-/
Pyoor Kate The Electric Minor Project
The Current Fleet:
1969 Morris 'thou, 4 Door. 2010 Mitsubishi iMiEV. 1920s BSA Pushbike. 1930s Raleigh pushbike.
The Ex-Fleet:
1974 & 1975 Daf 44s, 1975 Enfield 8000 EV, 1989 Yugo 45, 1981 Golf Mk1, 1971 Vauxhall Viva, 1989 MZ ETZ 125, 1989 Volvo Vario 340, 1990, 1996 & 1997 MZ/Kanuni ETZ 251s
Desires:
Trabant 601, Tatra T603, Series II Landy, Moskvitch-401, Vincent HRD Black Shadow, Huge garage, Job in Washington State.
well ill have the consolition of 50Mpg at 200Hp
oh and CD player
Wont be the same but it means I can lug more back from the show
just hope the approach and grounds are reasonably smooth as ground clearence isnt my strong point (at least its not my old polo with about 1.5" of ground clearence! - once hit a gate locating peg in the middle of an industrial estate... with the subframe!!! ah those were the days!)
Hmm dont expect to be parked o/s a nice clean building (now that is what I call a workshop) as in your photo eurobox are normally given the cattle sheds to park in
Ash it looks to me like your Polo has got some dodgy numberplates on it although looking at the grass I assume its overseas.
Cheers
Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)
Oh lol the fist pic is in the industrial estate out the back of my house. my garage is the one in my signature.
The dodgy plates are from when I lived in france for a couple of years, that pic was when I was lowered about 80mm she went down to being lowered about 130mm, i.e. when the driveshaft tapped the chassis leg and then up a bit. Loads of fun pulling 1G on corners and the polo is the only car ive ever had that did stoppies! very unnerving but FUN!
Youth and daftness are fun aint they
Well we'll be in our old eurobox this year too as we don't have a mog on the road at the moment. My plan is to get the traveller mot'ed and taxed, finish the beetle and sell it then get on with my custom monster for next years national
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I'll be splashing about in a lake pretending to drown and generally making a nuisance of myself to other members of my dive club who are training to be rescue divers. So I'm getting wet even if it doesn't rain.
Still, this is pretty much the only bit of the car that hasn't been touched so fingers crossed thats it for the immediate future!
