gazjon
Part of things
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Jun 23, 2013 16:51:19 GMT
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Thinking about taking some solo time away......want to go on a car based pilgrimage. But apart from the ring my minds blank.
So where would you go? You have to be able to drive there and it has to be retro/motorsports based?
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Mk2 Cavalier saloon
Mk4 Astra Van z20let
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Jun 23, 2013 16:54:05 GMT
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Are you thinking uk or further afield?
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sweaty palms slip off joystick
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Where would you go....Dez
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Jun 23, 2013 17:10:29 GMT
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Last Edit: Jun 23, 2013 17:14:26 GMT by Dez
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gazjon
Part of things
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Jun 23, 2013 18:31:33 GMT
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Uk or Europe not fussed.
Thanks for the link
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Mk2 Cavalier saloon
Mk4 Astra Van z20let
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Jun 23, 2013 19:00:11 GMT
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I would go to Stiges-Terramar. But then you've got to be interested in the history and not necessarily expect any action.
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Jun 23, 2013 20:10:55 GMT
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Pay homage to the salt. Nothing else matters.
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Jun 23, 2013 20:56:50 GMT
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You could arrange a series of factory tours ??
Jaguar,Mercedes,Ferrari,Lamborghini,McLaren.........
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Del
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Jun 23, 2013 21:08:21 GMT
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Motorsport, find a round of the european hillclimb championship. It is cheap for tickets, easy to get to, and the racing is INCREDIBLE!
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What about a round Britian tour hugging the coast as much as possible ? I wanted to do it in my BMW Isetta for charity (my brother died of leukemia) but never managed. The AA route planned for me and I think it was something like 2500 miles.
Paul H
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kee
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Jun 24, 2013 11:39:09 GMT
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Motorsport, find a round of the european hillclimb championship. It is cheap for tickets, easy to get to, and the racing is INCREDIBLE! this, berg cup racing in real life is on my hit list before I turn 30, but i'm not allowing myself to go in anything other than a retro hillclimb/sprint car of my own  |
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Deev8
Part of things
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Jun 24, 2013 13:13:58 GMT
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Just rolling along
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Jun 24, 2013 18:48:29 GMT
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What about a round Britian tour hugging the coast as much as possible ? I wanted to do it in my BMW Isetta for charity (my brother died of leukemia) but never managed. The AA route planned for me and I think it was something like 2500 miles. Paul H This is something I will be doing in the next year or so so many sights to see around the coast of Blighty |
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2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Jun 24, 2013 18:54:43 GMT
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And like Dez said above Pendine sands
they have a little museum with Babs in it
Babs being the record breaking land speed record holder driven by J.Parry Thomas until Campbell broke it back in the late 1920s
And you can take your car on the beach
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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Jun 24, 2013 20:24:50 GMT
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Jun 24, 2013 20:39:42 GMT
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A certain bbc programme staring Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson)himself presenting "Britain's Best Drives". It is going to be too hot on the continent so see the sights here first link here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Best_Drives |
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faker
Part of things
novanut
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Jun 24, 2013 21:03:06 GMT
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Berg cup. Video clips on YouTube look epic.
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Jun 24, 2013 21:04:03 GMT
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For me it would have to be the mountain passes in the opening scene of the italian job, followed by taking in as much of the mille miglia historic racing event as possible. With the mix of scenery, food and 1950's v12 engines echoing off the walls of the village buildings, I could not think of anything else automotively I would rather do, my motoring nirvana  |
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Welshbreed
Part of things
Back in the Valley
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Jun 24, 2013 21:42:55 GMT
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I would visit: Bonneville Salt flats Route 66 Cadillac Ranch  But unfortunately non of these are in UK/Europe so perhaps some old abandoned circuits for some amazingly eerie photos |
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IMI Motorsport Service & Repair Level 3
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Back in Swansea, with a shiney new unit
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Jun 25, 2013 18:24:03 GMT
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It depends what's your automotive thing. Donington museum for a superb collection of historic race cars. Lotus factory tour (I went recently and was in my element, but British specialist cars are my thing). Pendine Sands is a good tick-in-the-box just to put a face to a name, as it were. Brooklands I'd like to do. Factory tour of Morgan I'd like to do. Jaguar factory tour got some good feedback on recent thread. Monaco : walk the circuit to bring it to life next time you watch the F1 coverage. Make sure to stop at Cafe de Paris for refreshments  Millau viaduct in mid-France for superbly engineered road bridge. Take in an F1 race en-route if you've not been before? |
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