Whats the point.

[Chris]

Just drive it mate & get your entry in for lakes tour next year. I couldn't bear to have such an enjoyable car to drive and not just get it out of the garage for a spin when I felt like it!

Chris

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Ian I know exactly how you feel !

As you know I went to National Day @ Rockingham and I honestly expected to win Pre 81 Modified Concours as XPT was still in hiding

My car has 2 A4 sheets of modifications - including side and rear lourves

How do you think I felt when I didnt even get placed against a used tampax red Mex and and a babbie sick beige RS2 which between em had only enough modifications to make a Raleigh Burner look good enough to ride on a Sunday afternoon ?

I spent all morning cleaning SKC prior to it being judged and what did I get ?

PHOOK HALL

Did I go home and call the judges tossers winkers and losers ?

NO

I called it to their faces - they know who they are

But I do know who had the biggest smile on their face on the way home in the wet on road legal slicks - ME !

Bring it on National Day 2008

[ian parker]

drive it and show it then if need be get the thing touched up again after a couple of years

be a shame to sell it, then there be a change in judges and next year it starts winning without your name on the logbook


agree with the Pop syndrome, use it, show it, get satifaction from it

ps. who's Tony lyn jones, a bloke who GJ met down the pub ?

Gra, Tony Lyn Jones was as i remember a highly regarded member of the AVO OC, of which he and i were members. Graham would certainly remember him. I remember seeing his MK1 Mex at the Bristol CC show 85 maybe 86, it would have made Worthers look very ordinary. I think he was a BA pilot. Died of cancer, couldn,t have been much more than 40. Got pics of him putting the decals on the car in his front garden. You could see the Ford boxes on the grass. From memory i bought them from Withers of Winsford, as they were then, paid £95 as i recall.

[Dave1800BDA]

remember Tony very well, he also had a 1800 and was restoring it before he died.

[Mexicomark]

Ian for fcuk's sake don't drive it...!!!!

I don't think I could handle the threads afterwoods.

I've just been out for a drive in Worthers for the first time.
Unfortunatley I had to drive across a gravel car park. So got someone to come out with the covered trailer.
Do I...
1.) Remove the gravel from the tyres with tweezers, or will this deform the tread on the CN36's.
2.) Stop driving it & just use it for trailering to shows.
3.) Take the wheels off & leave on axle stands
4.) Sell it.... ?????

[Mexicomark]

remember Tony very well, he also had a 1800 and was restoring it before he died.

I had his old 4 door Mex.
Only met him a couple of times at Stanford Hall.
Now that guy was an Escort enthusiast.

[RST & RSI PAUL]

Ian,

Perhaps you wanna go up against an 1800 trailer queen car then ???

I'd do - what ever you want to do with the car,its yours at the end of the day,okay - But just be ready though incase another car comes out and beats you,and you get 2nd place - then its "game on" ,means you just gotta try even harder - thats all us oxford bufty's do.

As you see - we were there in force & 3 cars at Croft - even more next year,with 2 old fool cars from our group !!!!

[ian parker]

Ian for fcuk's sake don't drive it...!!!!

I don't think I could handle the threads afterwoods.

thanks for the guidance Mark, wasn,t aware of the deformation of tread on Cn,s, is this unique to Cn,s. Do i need to use a plastic sleeved pair of tweezers to stop any additional detoriation of the pattern ??. Like my plastic sleeved long reach socket to protect the wheel nuts 2. can go with that one. 3. Again, great idea on the stands, of course they would have to be isolated with rubber. 4. How many pennies do you have Mark.

[Dave1800BDA]

im sorry but you did have competion as there was a award for car of the day, a close call on that one as all cars were displayed were great as always

[ian parker]

im sorry but you did have competion as there was a award for car of the day, a close call on that one as all cars were displayed were great as always

And a great car won Dave. Thats make it 1 -1 between Alan and I

[Skids]

I'll give you £2000 and a nice runaround Mex for it ,then all you troubles will be solved.

[Miniliteman]

How about: MOT it, drive it, maybe show it, watch it get dirty, sell it to Ruddy so he can restore it, buy it back and start all over ...

[ian parker]

How about: MOT it, drive it, maybe show it, watch it get dirty, sell it to Ruddy so he can restore it, buy it back and start all over ...

pmsl, nice one Leon, maybe just forget about it for a month or so..

[Mexicomark]

thanks for the guidance Mark, wasn,t aware of the deformation of tread on Cn,s, is this unique to Cn,s. Do i need to use a plastic sleeved pair of tweezers to stop any additional detoriation of the pattern ??. Like my plastic sleeved long reach socket to protect the wheel nuts 2. can go with that one. 3. Again, great idea on the stands, of course they would have to be isolated with rubber. 4. How many pennies do you have Mark.

Ian be very carefull with old CN36's.
The rubber reacts in different ways according to how the tyres were stored prior to being used.
A chip shop fork would do the trick... plastic or wooden.
I agree with protecting any concours car when mounting on stands or using a jack under one.
Rubber or high density foam will do the job.
As for number 4 see pm. By the way I've got the beige RS ownership T shirt.

[taffr]

i still want those mudflaps ian !!!!!!!!!!!