Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 33
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Oct 24, 2010 16:29:53 GMT
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WOW. What a turnout!! Somewhere between 50-60 cars braved the cold but very sunny weather for a few hours' worth of relaxation on Brean Sands. More pictures to come later, but for now have this taster...  Thankyou to each and every one of you for making the effort to show up, chill out and empty the burger van (by 2pm they'd run out of virtually EVERYTHING). Mark Sunday March 27th in next year's diary, as that's the date for the Spring 2011 Beach Party. Like I said, more pics to come later when I've finished uploading/tweaking them. if anyone would like their own pics to this thread feel free. Brian  |
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Oct 24, 2010 16:32:19 GMT
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I cant believe i missed it, didnt even know it was happening! lol
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Oct 24, 2010 16:48:39 GMT
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I really wanted to go this year, but the car wasn't ready. Well done to all involved, what a turn-out! Looking forward to the pics.  |
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Oct 24, 2010 16:51:15 GMT
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Was a lovely way to spend a couple hours on a Sunday. It was great to meet a few new people and catch up with some others Convoy coming down from A52 was lots of fun too, well worth the silly route from Bridgwater to the beach ;D |
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Oct 24, 2010 17:46:47 GMT
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i had a good laugh, even though it was frickin' freezing ! was good to finally meet you guys  |
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 33
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Oct 24, 2010 18:02:55 GMT
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A few more from today.  I really liked this. Owned by a young lad from Rat-Look.com who trekked all the way down from my neck of the woods. All it needs is some cream-painted steelies and it'd be good to go IMHO.  Gorgeous subtle Caddy. I think this was the only time I saw it without half a dozen guys perched in the back. ;D  Is it just me, or is photography really catching on amongst you guys? Quite a few people used the flat expanse of sand to take some artistic photos of their rides. I know Bruce spent a good couple of hours taking some fantastic-looking tracking shots, some of which you'll see later on.... .....and as for that lump of tree.....look where it ended up. ;D   As you can see, there was much silliness going on. And major kudos to that guy for ripping his top off, for appearances can be deceptive. It was absolutely FREEZING.  Almost Car Of The Day. Rat-Look shows absolutely no signs of running out of steam, despite their ability to polarise opinion in some quarters. I LOVED this. My Car Of The Day, and an RR Dedication Award, goes to our very own Grunty, who arrived at Brean at about 1pm having flown up from Bristol to Newcastle on Friday, got a train to the vendor's house, and then driven this an astonishing 565 miles including a few tat deliveries/collections on the way down, and then slept in it at the Ace Cafe in London last night before heading across the M4 this morning. I'm sure Alan won't mind me saying that by the hime he and John arrived they resembled a pair of frazzled serial killers.  ![]() farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5111283358_758fa39b05_b.jpg[/img]Apparently she didn't miss a beat, either. Now THAT'S dedication. ;D More later. |
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Ditch
Part of things
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Oct 24, 2010 18:31:04 GMT
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Long time Lurker, thought it was about time to sign up.  I own the Corsa and I cant say cheers enough for the comment mate, has made my day and I'm glad you like it for a lump of 90's metal. Believe it or not, I'm 20, I just look about 16 haha! Anyway, was well worth the treck, second RR meeting I've been to now and loved them both, cheers for organising it all! P.s: I'm on the look out for cheap wide and dished wheels at the moment, those thin balooned bbs reps aren't doing it for me anymore |
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Last Edit: Oct 24, 2010 18:34:10 GMT by Ditch
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Lawsy
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Oct 24, 2010 18:48:50 GMT
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cant wait to see more epics.. was hoping to get across this morning, but a few things cropped up and prevented us form doing so
shame, looks like i've missed a cracker
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rodit
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Oct 24, 2010 18:53:04 GMT
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I am so gutted that i had to miss this, however moving into a house thats taken over 12 months work has been woth it today.
Looks like this little meet that Brian started is going to hopefully keep up steam in a good way.
Good to see the corsa owner on here, noticed you a few time's down by Sainsbury's in the big laybye, i run the hard slammed merc on the odd wheels.
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Low and slow
Why can't i tune it?
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Oct 24, 2010 18:54:49 GMT
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Was a great day, my mondeo had allot of attention and even more once the bit of tree was added. Will be back next time |
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 33
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Oct 24, 2010 19:16:08 GMT
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Long time Lurker, thought it was about time to sign up. Believe it or not, I'm 20, I just look about 16 haha! Anyway, was well worth the treck, second RR meeting I've been to now and loved them both, cheers for organising it all! Age is relative. I'm 46 this coming Friday, everyone looks young to me. ;D Welcome to Retro-Rides to both you and livesisevil, the owner of the bonkers Mondeo. ;D |
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Ditch
Part of things
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Oct 24, 2010 19:22:45 GMT
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Haha, age is just a number and all that! Cheers for the welcome, hope to come to a lot of future shows if she survives. Hell, I'll come whatever car I have |
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B-8-D
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down to one car!!
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Oct 24, 2010 19:26:22 GMT
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i poped down in the vivaderv.. and loved it my 8.5moth old son and wife loved it too and wee will deffo be at the next..
sorry if i didnt "mingle" much etc.. after a mad week at work doing extra hours finishing a 4year build 1959 AC formula one car and mechanicing for it at goodwood sat. i am very tired...
but didnt want to miss this one.. and wasnt dissapointed...
also my son loved the trip in his first retro. so all good....
didnt take any pics tho sorry
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Oct 24, 2010 19:31:02 GMT
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you don't need to worry bout pics, plenty were taken by everyone !
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Oct 24, 2010 19:38:16 GMT
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not my type of car at all, but i like it. looks like it has been thought about, particularly the placement of the AA badge. good work ditch. i have to agree with brian about the cream steels, too. |
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Oct 24, 2010 19:44:46 GMT
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My Car Of The Day, and an RR Dedication Award, goes to our very own Grunty, who arrived at Brean at about 1pm having flown up from Bristol to Newcastle on Friday, got a train to the vendor's house, and then driven this an astonishing 565 miles including a few tat deliveries/collections on the way down, and then slept in it at the Ace Cafe in London last night before heading across the M4 this morning. I'm sure Alan won't mind me saying that by the hime he and John arrived they resembled a pair of frazzled serial killers. ![]() farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5111283358_758fa39b05_b.jpg[/img] Apparently she didn't miss a beat, either. Now THAT'S dedication. ;D [/quote] cool stuf and grunty was seen yesterday heading along the a12 as we headed in the opposite direction towards colchester . wish i could have made it down looked like a great day but sadly as has been the case all this year it seems i was busy in working at nightmares manor on at least a couple of of the projects that havn't made it anywhere this year  |
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Oct 24, 2010 20:31:44 GMT
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popped along for a while. What a great setting for some cool photos. Will get some pics added once I've sorted them out. Will definitely be back next year.
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Oct 24, 2010 20:37:49 GMT
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50+ cars! Flippin eck! Well done BrianD and everyone that turned up. Looking forward to more photos Grunty, sorry we couldn't make it to see ya this morning - timing just didn't work out. |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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markbognor
South East
 
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Oct 24, 2010 20:39:28 GMT
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Looks like a great day.
Is that 5 rocking 8" classics on the back? I love it.
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Oct 24, 2010 20:42:54 GMT
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Looks like a great day. Is that 5 rocking 8" classics on the back? I love it. Indeedy.  Hard as nails. A couple of us were chatting about R5's today after looking at that, with the result that I've spent the last 40 mins on Auto-Trader.... ;D |
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