Stratos 50 - LMC National Rally, Leamington Spa, 30th July

[Stratos Fear]

- yes agree some superb cars of the Lancia marque. It was a shame about the rain but it was fun arriving as a convoy of 8 which certainly turned a few heads on arrival at the Hotel - more or less on time at 10:30 ! A great day and we had several hours of fine weather before the rain set in .There were more Strat replicas than I have ever seen in one place and a chance to meet and greet old friends and new contacts . It was also a useful opportunity to check out the boot drainage arrangements in person (thanks Robin and Richard) - which I will certainly set-up in the coming weeks. This is the second event attaended which has ended in a torrential downpour (good wood FOS was the other) - so drainage arrangements essential. On return I noted that my passenger footwell had filled up with soapy water - looks like my windscreen washer pipework has come adrift under the dash (deep joy !) Well done LMC a great event and thanks for allowing us imposters (albeit Lancia fans) into the event.

[Normb666]

Well done, chaps, for a sterling turn-out. Was planning on going meself but other stuff kept me away. Shame cos I'd been looking forward to it...hey ho. Glad to see you kept the old nail of a genuine car out of the line-up of proper ones tho

[Stratos Fear]

- yes but only beacuse the red car arrived later than everyone else. At first I thought it was a tatty 30 year old replica - but it was all original .

[ProtoTipo]

At first I thought it was a tatty 30 year old replica - but it was all original .

I've not seen it for a while, but I thought it looked pretty good for a near 50 year old car?

[john]

I've not seen it for a while, but I thought it looked pretty good for a near 50 year old car?

Was the last time we saw it at Abingdon Chris?
Was this the ex Jos Verstappen car?

[ProtoTipo]

Was the last time we saw it at Abingdon Chris?
Was this the ex Jos Verstappen car?

The Omicron car wasn't ex Jos Verstappen John. I didn't know he'd owned one?
I never went to Abingdon.
I thought the only real one to go to Abingdon was Andrew Ferguson's yellow Stradale.

[Two-Eight-Six]

Martin Cliffe of 'Omicron' has owned the red, original Stratos 'stradale' which he brought on Sunday since 1985.