Guildex 2013
- Thread starter Dan Randall
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mickoo
Western Thunderer
I'm only going to be there on the Sat this year as I'll be on duty at the railway on SunI am up for beers on the Sat night tho for anyone interested? And yes, I'm looking at you Lancer
Mark
Phil and I are staying overnight so Sat night sounds good.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
In case any intended visitor has not seen the programme yet, there are two test tracks this year. There is a 32mm test track and there is a 33mm test track - are we faced with a partisan split in the WTer-ship such that those who are S7 devotees congregate around the S7 test track and all of the other WTers meet at the 32mm test track?
Or like all good pub crawls do we start at "A" and move to "B" after drinking a swift orange juice?
regards, Graham
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
For the first time ever I will be attending, with funds too
Or so I thought, now I have put together my shopping list there isn't much left
rosspeacock
Modelling on a £1200 table.
Getting very excited, going Friday so we'll be arriving nice and fresh Saturday morning..
"We'll" being myself Phill and Rob..
Ross. .
"We'll" being myself Phill and Rob..
Ross. .
rosspeacock
Modelling on a £1200 table.
Oh dear the allegro is broken, clutch went this week.. been leaking through the oil seal for a bit but its gone altogether now..
Ross..
Ross..
iploffy
OC Blue Brigade
My father is a me mechanic and he loved working on BMC cars he said they are easy to maintain and parts very reasonably priced. I loved my all Agro it was comfortable and the only trouble I ever had with it was the gear stick lost its gate and it was like sturring paint looking fro the next one
iploffy
OC Blue Brigade
Tony are those original wheels as they look like marina TC wheelsView attachment 24311 Yeah !!!,tell me about it !...current 2.3 viva owner
40126
Western Thunderer
Meeting in car park before ?. Ive got my speedy boarding pass !! Lol.
Im now coming on my own, no Seth in tow. We going England game friday night, so he resting saturday, He's got a game sunday for Burton Albion, away at sunny scunny.
Steve
Tony West
Western Thunderer
...cant believe you just said that !!!
, they are the original rostyle wheels fitted to these cars.as for Marinas....best thing about them was .....er.....erm.......can I get back to you on this ?.
.Cheers Tony.
rosspeacock
Modelling on a £1200 table.
Very nice car that Tony, we had a few Vivas as kid's, my dad had a thing for them funny though cos we had a couple of HC's then went back a bit and got a 1970 H reg HB in dark green it was a minter. I always liked the horizontal speedo it was a novelty. .
Rostyles look the part too..
Ross
Rostyles look the part too..
Ross
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
My parents were Viva HB and HC owners. I seem to recall a couple of HC saloons, and an estate. I think it primed me to become a Vauxhall owner, which I remained - 1978 2-door Chevette saloon, a gap, Astra Mk2 estate, Carlton estates - until a truly awful experience with a ten-year-old Vectra broke my run.
I am convinced my parents bought a brand new 2-door Magnum, in copper/bronze with beige cloth seats. A hole had appeared in the carpet on the floor in the back. It had been caused by an anorak toggle that appeared to have been dropped in the car during the interior fitting at the factory. Obviously, with foot traffic of two kids, the toggle had caused the hole. It caused a most memorable altercation between my mother and the foreman of the main dealer.
"But you've had people in the back, madam."
"Of course I have. Where do you expect me to put the children? In the bl**dy boot?!"
That has definitely gone down in the family history.
And to drag the topic even further away from Telford, we found a Firenza in a local eatery car park a couple of years ago.
A Rare Bird by Snaptophobic, on Flickr
I am convinced my parents bought a brand new 2-door Magnum, in copper/bronze with beige cloth seats. A hole had appeared in the carpet on the floor in the back. It had been caused by an anorak toggle that appeared to have been dropped in the car during the interior fitting at the factory. Obviously, with foot traffic of two kids, the toggle had caused the hole. It caused a most memorable altercation between my mother and the foreman of the main dealer.
"But you've had people in the back, madam."
"Of course I have. Where do you expect me to put the children? In the bl**dy boot?!"
That has definitely gone down in the family history.
And to drag the topic even further away from Telford, we found a Firenza in a local eatery car park a couple of years ago.
A Rare Bird by Snaptophobic, on Flickr
iploffy
OC Blue Brigade
No offence meant tony , I had a marina TC with uprated suspension and the wheels were almost identical to those
as for Marinas....best thing about them was .....er.....erm.......can I get back to you on this ?.
Cheers Tony.
Learn't to drive in my dad's HB Viva....the colour of which (Calypso Red) I later found out was ,apparently,as near as dammit the colour the LNWR painted it's loco cab interiors only they didn't give it a fancy name......could I find the tin of touch-up paint?.....no. Much later when d/test passed had a 2ltr Firenza (in bog standard red) ....cracking car!
