RUMCars Forum
General Category => Microcar Events => Topic started by: Bob Purton on August 13, 2013, 09:26:33 AM
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The National Microcar Rally will be with us soon.
Who's going?
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Well richard will be but yet again Gordon won't - it's really not worth getting him up and dressed in time I am afraid
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Looking forward to it... trailering my Isetta down from Liverpool to Three Counties Showground behind my campervan on the Thursday, and booked in to the Morgan Factory visit at 2:30pm...
:)
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Excellent, looking forward to meeting you MIke, Im taking my Isetta too. 144YUH red. Come and say hello. Wont be there until Saturday though.
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it's too far to go yet again this year! ;-)
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There will always be winners and losers depending where you live when it comes to the National but also it depends on how badly you want to go.
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There will always be winners and losers depending where you live when it comes to the National but also it depends on how badly you want to go.
it's 50 minutes up the road, hence the smiley.
M50 27.8 mi, 48 mins
A449 27.0 mi, 50 mins
B4234 and M50 28.6 mi, 50 mins
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Oh thats handy. It goes without saying then that you will be driving your car there?
My computer isnt showing a smiley for some reason, just a few squiggles hence my taking you seriously!
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the "squiggles" bob are a home made smiley and therefore more worthwhile - unless he's a sill old twit who didn't realise you could just click on the icon above ;) - surely not !
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the "squiggles" bob are a home made smiley and therefore more worthwhile - unless he's a sill old twit who didn't realise you could just click on the icon above ;) - surely not !
Oi!
I learned to use computers so long ago that I can talk about baud rates on modems, cassette tapes with programs on them and even 8 inch floppies! I remember when Vic was not a decongestant but a type of computer and the days when Asteroids was state of the art in graphics! Or even when a Mac was a raincoat and Apples were called Lisa.
If only my heap of poo was MoT'd or even running ...
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Perhaps I should bring it along and we can diagnose the issue with it?
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What is the car by the way? Schmitt? You must bring it along and you never know we may get it running on the spot!
I still dont see how a few squiggles make a smiley though! :D
Ignore richards cheekyness,, none of his cars work either! ;D
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Look forward to seing your car but leave your 8" floppy at home eh ;)
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Oi we'll have none of that!ll :-[
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Well only a few days to go now until the national. Weather forecast is looking favourable. Still like to know who on the forum is going?
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put richard and goggo down sat/sun very much looking forward to it too . and after that Autumn Beaulieu weekend and then a week in Normandy - i am really looking forward to a very nice few weeks ahead .
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I hope to be there.
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Dear Bob
I will be there on the Sunday to take lots of photographs. Lets hope the weather is kind to us like last year.
See you there
Chris Thomas
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Thats good Chris. I'm hoping to meet up with some of the forum members that I havnt met in the flesh yet, for example I'm not sure who rusty chrome is and it would be nice to put faces to the names.
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I will be there Bob. All ready for the very long journey south. Weather forecast is looking ideal for camping and feedback on numbers attending is looking favourable so far.
Grant
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Hi Bob, I'll be sure to introduce myself. :)
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I will be there Bob. All ready for the very long journey south. Weather forecast is looking ideal for camping and feedback on numbers attending is looking favourable so far.
Grant
Grant
if I mentioned steering column ...
Hopefully see you there. Can't decide to connect the a-frame up or not?
Campbell
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Still awaiting your email address campbell. And there is a man intending to be there that you may have an interest in meeting ;)thanks got it now
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Looks like i will be going on the Sunday.
If you see a grey haired old man wearing glasses and wittering on about the frisky it will probably be me.
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alright, alright - should I attach an a-frame to a dead schmitt and bring it with me?
Richard
I'll either be in a Citroen XM or a blue Citroen Dispatch combi.
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Yes and yes
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Hey, maybe we should have a RUMCARS forum members meeting? Just to introduce each other if we are not allready aquainted. What do you think? Sunday 1.00pm at Thumper 144YUH?
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Good Idea Bob.
Bring your own chair and we can form a forum circle
Name Badges would help
Who is going to prepare an agenda?
Are you going to be chairman?
How about some biscuits?
I can do a powerpoint presentation on the content of Issue 118.
Does that sound like a good plan?
Chris (Kiljoy) Thomas
See you there
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Mortar board , gown and cane being packed . 1 o' clock fine with me I think - if I don't get a better offer ;D do we need St. Johns and a referee too ? ;)
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I dont know about St Johns but maybe we should have the Samaritans standing by! :D
Ok, lets do that. 1.00pm by my Red Isetta 144YUH, look out for a good looking chap, that will be me! ;D If you see Chris Thomas standing there with his clip board pretend you havnt seen him and we will meet behind the Samaritans caravan! ;D ;D ;D
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anyone dark haired and upright must be an imposter - or jamie :)
anyone loitering with a mask , striped sweater and bag marked swag could be from the "export dept. " and best avoided :)
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i really don't mean to be a party pooper but isn't fuel a pain ! googled the trip and fuel estimated cost is £ 27.94 x 2 and £7 entrance and £11 overnight . i wouldn't mind so much but the week before Beaulieu and thats a load more EEEK . is it just me feeling the pinch ?
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Dont know what your moaning about Richard, I dont even want to think about what the fuel is going to cost me! I just heard that Mike plant is Ill and cant come with me so I cant rush him for half the fuel costs this time. Oh well, as John Gregson said to his missus in Genevieve after rowing with her the night before the Brighton run...." I'll make the run alone" spoken in a martyristic tone! :D
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55mpg in an isetta. ;-)
That's five gallons there and back.
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;D
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isn't fuel a pain
not as bad as contracting flu the day before departing for the National, got that dangle the carrot then take it away feeling! >:(
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Poor old Mike. Hope you feel better soon. Just leaving for Malvern now.
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What a good National show up at Malvern. We spent the Saturday in the company of James May of Top gear fame. He even participated in the road run in a TG500! More details and photo's to follow I'm sure.
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From Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/181148538580472/
Bubbles Micros & Scooters
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A few pix
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more
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When I owned my yellow schmitt I often thought of changing the trim to the deluxe with the second colour to the lower parts but could never think of a colour that would suit the yellow. I saw this car at the national and asked the owner how he came up with such a good colour combination, he said I got the idea from a Lidl's carrier bag!
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Nice car, not sure about the combination, though I'm guessing the custard yellow's attributed to the paleness of the photo, the same car look brighter in the the James May pic above, I think I prefer the two tone of Malcolm's TG, looked like a grand day out was had by all though.
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Are you recoverd Mike? Shame you missed it.
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Wish I could have been there however there were 2 bonds a modified Berkley and a Trojan at Dorset
I see Mr May had to take the glamour micro could'n't be a Bond or something similar!
How many cars turned out the weather was great for everyone
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More National pics
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More Pics
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And some more
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and more
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One last one.
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Now THAT is how to take a photograph. Superb , I presume it,s your line of business Malcolm , if it's not it should be ! h
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Are you recoverd Mike? Shame you missed it.
Not quite, about 75% recovered, hope I can still make Beaulieau, though now the line up is fully apparent I'm more annoyed! As my favourite car of all time (Fulda) was present >:(
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I knew that was a favourite so took the pic. Sorry if it upset you. Glad your on the mend.
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Now THAT is how to take a photograph. Superb , I presume it,s your line of business Malcolm , if it's not it should be ! h
Thanks Richard!
It was fantastic to see the Fulda, one of my favourites as well. But it was also a bit of shame that it was parked so closely between the Vespa 400 and the NSU Sport Prinz that it was hard to get a decent picture of it. Still the chap who owned it did go to the trouble of bringing nine cars, so it seems a bit trite to moan about their positioning. High praise though to the Gordon owner who let Stuart Cyphus wheel it around down to the bottom of the field to allow photographers a clear backdrop for this near-mythical conveyance.
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yes the Fulda in all it's slightly worn originality - love it , you cant put a price on a nice complete original . i do wish Lawrence had brought out his OTHER Bruetsch - although nice to see the Rollera again - very stylish and i think has more about it than the Mopetta myself ;)
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Was it true that James May had a body double ? Something to do with shots of the TGR whilst he was in the American car ?
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Yes and also used for having two James Mays in the Janus.
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I have seen Admiral Scorner's videos on YT, worth a look.