I'm here but my car is not. I set off this afternoon and within 400 yaards the throttle cable snapped. So, for the first time in five years Im carless.
Gutted as it was probably my last meet as a Stratos owner.
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I'm here but my car is not. I set off this afternoon and within 400 yaards the throttle cable snapped. So, for the first time in five years Im carless.
Gutted as it was probably my last meet as a Stratos owner.
:(
Left the circuit after the cancelled display laps (very sensible decision I thought) had to stop when the screen misted up (note to self: fit heated screen asap), what a great advert for the heated screen group buy!! and then drove home in BIG FAT RAIN with drops the size of golf balls, car was great but discovered it has no potential as a boat!!! roof scoop is equally effective scooping water as air in these circumstances, and there are a couple of areas around the drivers door seal that require more investigation. If you have the window open and the wipers on the slipstream dumps all the cleared water straight through the gap. Car ran perfectly all the way home. On the A120 at Buntingford fork lightning hit the field about 20 yards from where I was, left a big black scorch mark on the ground about 5 metre circumference, and the static in the air made all my hair stand up!! On a final note really good note, nice to see people in the flesh and catch up, thanks to all involved in organizing a really good day.
I also left after the cancelled parade as I didn't fancy pitching a tent in the down pour! The rain going north was the worst I have seen had the window open for a while until a car passed as we were negotiating a lake on the M1 and dumped half of the lake through the window:( had a couple of moments aquaplaning on the A46 888R's come with a warning that they are not good in water - now I know why!
As I pulled into my local shell garage the engine died- out of fuel- perfet timing, but I now know the main tank holds 43 litres.
I think somthing got wet on the way back (other than me) as the engine didn't seem to be firing on all cylinders, so deciden not to risk the drive back:( until further investigation..
Thanks for organising a great day
Cheers neil
Everyone lined up ready for the parade - 10mins after this photo there was standing water on the road:(
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After the torrential rain yesterday and spending a night on the trailer mine wasn't happy. It would start and idle no problem but would then die as soon as the throttle was opened. After disconnecting all the electrical plugs and trying to dry everything out it still wasn't happy.
As suspected the throttle position sensor wasn't registering in the ECU as soon as I re-calibrated it by hooking it up to the laptop, everything is good and it picks up no problem. Will give Emerald a call tomorrow to see if this is a known problem, though I suspect it was water ingress somewhere.
A big thanks to all those that helped organise the weekend.
Dave
Another great Silverstone Classic and a huge thanks to everyone involved for all their hard work. On the whole I would say we were very lucky with the weather during the day, only the parade lap suffered in the end on the Saturday. If only the previous races hadn't delayed our start I think we would have just missed the down pour!
I think we achived a 19 car turn out on Saturday which looked pretty impressive and I would say the majority of the visitors to the stand thought all the cars were originals.
A few photos from the weekend:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...523%20B-X2.jpg
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...164%20B-X2.jpg
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...167%20B-X2.jpg
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...179%20B-X2.jpg
Vince.
Good to see the Guru´s car out in the sun....Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff
and he doesn't mean mine!!!!!!
We managed to blag a visit from the lovely Pirelli girls which was the highlight of the weekend - well for me it was anyway. All very appropriate of course as I'd just fitted my new Pirelli P7 Corsa's:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...ls%2001-X2.jpg
The first LB to make it onto the club stand:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...156%20B-X2.jpg
Mel making sure everything was shiny and sparkly:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...514%20B-X2.jpg
Neil couldn't resit one more tinker (stunning car):
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...123%20B-X2.jpg
Vince.
Vince, much better looking than your usual co-driver
Chris pm me with your address, and I'll pop the tape in the post to you
John I'll post the bulbs sometime this week
Did I mention we had a visit from the lovely Pirelli girls:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...525%20B-X2.jpg
Am I correct in observing there are four different makes of Strato's replica in the following photo:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...160%20B-X2.jpg
Even John couldn't resist a tinker:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...513%20B-X2.jpg
"Blah, blah, blah, Lancia Strato's this, blah, blah, blah, Lancia Strato's the other"
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...152%20B-X2.jpg
Oh, I nearly forgot to mention we had a visit from the lovely Pirelli girls:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...532%20B-X2.jpg
Mel's car looking very smart with the newly fitted Pirelli P7 Corsa's:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...149%20B-X2.jpg
Ken's car looking smart as usual, I don't know who the chap is in the background but he keeps promising to bring a car along one day!:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...168%20B-X2.jpg
Another cool line up:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...153%20B-X2.jpg
Vince.
Honestly once those Pirelli girls got on the club stand we couldn't get rid of them:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...538%20B-X2.jpg
Even though I got some stick I noticed everyone else didn't hold back jumping in on the bandwagon, well I suppose John's car is Pirelli sponsored:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...535%20B-X2.jpg
With the Pirelli girls having hobbled all the way over to our club stand the least I could do was to offer one of the girls a ride back to their base, as it turned out a little too spirited a ride for one of the Silverstone Officials who gave chase immediatley afterwards as so perfectly captured by our resident artist Chris jarvis - it was worth it though :cool::
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...827%20B-XL.jpg
Vince.
Hi,
Had a great day on Saturday.
Good to see everybody and my son had,as he says 'the best day ever'.
Returned to my car at about 8pm and thought I had better have a look under the back. As I thought...engine soaked. Quick trip to the burger stand for some paper towel and soaked all the water out of the plug holes.
Fired up first go and off we went. Did anybody go down the road towards Buckingham? My screen was misting up and the rain was pouring in everywhere. Roof vent was like a jet every time the wiper went across. Had to open the windows a crack and just took the spray in the face. Meanwhile my son thinks this is great fun,he really doesn't realise I cant see where i'm going. Got to one flood across the road and watched other cars going through like boats. Took a run up and made it through the first of many.
Was quite relieved to get home and dry out.
Anyway,great photos Vince.
Tom.
Soaking up some rays:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...170%20B-X2.jpg
Not much beats a nice car show when the weather is on your side:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...173%20B-X2.jpg
Neil's engine is quite literally a work of art:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...181%20B-X2.jpg
Nothing more to say really, the picture speaks for itself:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...184%20B-X2.jpg
Vince.
You need a heated Screen!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by tomsredstratos
We still have a few for sale...:D
More photos I'm afraid, all for the benefit of those that couldn't make it you understand:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...136%20B-X2.jpg
This tinkering malarkey was catching, nice looking car Struan:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...135%20B-X2.jpg
Even Ken got in on the act:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...539%20B-X2.jpg
Tom's great looking car, I've always loved this colour scheme:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...121%20B-X2.jpg
Vince.
On a non-club related note, here are a few features which were the highlight of the show for me, what's not to love about a 917:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...803%20b-X2.jpg
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...077%20B-X2.jpg
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...993%20B-X2.jpg
Plus a bit of a hero of mine, Valentino Balboni, Lamborghini's famous test driver and yes I admit it I'm a huge Countach fanatic:
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Car...853%20b-XL.jpg
Vince.
Wow!! A Fiat X1/9 boot and engine lid release handles on a Lambo? :-)
Correct & well spotted!Quote:
Originally Posted by Monte76
I nearly said only three makes, but then realised Tom's car is an Allora...
He's a good lad to last the full day Tom?Quote:
Originally Posted by tomsredstratos
Good to meet up with you, at last.
Vince,
How did you get the camera high off the ground for some of the club stand shots?
My 308 GT4 had them too Allen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cadami
Thanks for sharing the photos - I wasn't able to get to it.
Is TDX360W the car I used to see around Felixstowe a few years ago? Before it got the big bug eyes, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monte76
I think this is the yellow car that did a lap of the track on Sunday?
Here
The owner is Andrew ____ ?
The wheels were the same shade of gold, but if it is the same car, a boot spoiler must have been added.
Looks like I need educating....Allora, Lister Bell, Hawk and Transformer????Quote:
Originally Posted by turbonutter
Looks the same to me as it has the same mirrors and was also H reg.Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
Steve, Hawk and Transformer only counts as one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ][\/][ajor
C.A.E. Corse I is the one you're missing. I think the green Corse 'S' is from the Greenwood era?
That backs up my theory then?Quote:
Originally Posted by ][\/][ajor
I remember the car having a neat solution to the inner door handle mounting.
Correct the green car is a litton corse S , well the chassis is, the body is hawkQuote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
I think it's just Hawk dash panels and front louvres Neil?Quote:
Originally Posted by turbonutter
Chris S. will let us know for sure. I did think that it had a Hawk front end on it at one time, but I'm sure Chris said it was an original Corse panel.
I could be wrong but I thought it was all hawk body work. The chassis for sure is litton, but we need chris to confirm what bits were hawk...Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
If it's my old car you're talking about, then Chris has it for the bodywork, Hawk louvres and dash, the rest was CAE FG parts. AFAIK, a Litton era chassis but with early CAE wishbones. A real Heinz 57.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbonutter
Ok so I was wrong as usual :(Quote:
Originally Posted by NoCorseChris
It just needs something from listerbell to complete the cocktail!
Lawrence Castle's (Vojx) was the only completed Corse I know of with a full set of Hawk bodywork fitted. The chassis kit was from the late Litton days prior to Hugh Carson resurrecting the project.
The Corse kit that was for sale on Gumtree recently also looked to have a full set of Hawk bodywork fitted but was still a bare kit so nowhere near finished. The origins of this one remain unknown.
Big thanks to everybody for all the advice on Saturday and for letting me park my very large backside in so many seats, the years have obviously caught up with me, getting in and out was not a pretty sight.
Griff I have sent a PM with my address.
I dont think Vojx is on this forum & when he is finished with his latest reincarnation of Sid there wont be much of the hawk panels left...Quote:
Originally Posted by Strat Fan
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Long arms Chris and a camera with a suitable tilting rear screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
Thanks for noticing :),
Vince.
Surprised that there wasn't one from that angle with the Pirelli Ladies Vince.... ;)
Well, back from Silverstone late on Sunday. I'm now firmly of the opinion that I'm a rain god. Or the Stratos has ambitions to become a swimming pool again. It's not as bad as Stoneleigh last year but I've still got to remove all the interior to dry it out properly. I think I caught up with the rain that hit Silverstone on Saturday evening and headed off North overnight just North of Stafford and was reduced to 35mph max from there until I came out the other side half way up the M57. By the time I got home it had caught me again. There was standing water on the M6, multiple minor accidents and I had two "moments" getting spat sideways out of the nearside lane lorry tramlines with a lot of oversteer to correct it SCAREY. Just glad to get home in one piece really! Fortunately the heater and fan could keep the screen clear otherwise I would have had to park up somewhere..
Great to catch up with faces old and new though! See you all next year!
Guy