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.
Posts: 11,715
Club RR Member Number: 34
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well i had a brilliant time anyway!! thanks to everyone who i spent ages talking to, put a lot of faces to names/rides this evening, mostly thanks to the strong turnout and walking round to everyone gping 'who are you then?!' i even came runner-up in one of the awards categories, it must mean some people actually read my wafflings on here  top marks to hotwire (who i finally met/got to talk to as well), for organising the awards, and the staff @ the ace for being so accomidating. i didnt take a camera but I'm sure many others did, feel free to stick your pics up.... |
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Good to meet you too dude, & the many others I had the pleasure of meeting tonight - t'was indeed a night of extreme awesomeness ;D Awesome Rides, beer, chatter, chili&chips, WIN! Many congratulations to all the winners (all the nominees in fact) - very well deserved  Also special thanks to KevFromWales for the rimz - hope you had a good journey home mate. Oh & thanks to my mate Timmy for the lend of his Toyota somethingorother so I could actually make it! Strange feeling driving in a car that you know will definitely get you to your destination without exploding or trying to put you in a hedge... I *heart* Retro Rides - roll on the next one! Mr HW - ur a legend. HC. |
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Indeed. An absolutely excellent evening with superb company. Thanks to Bruce for the wheel delivery and to PaulH for the surprise late birthday present and to Oldbus for the refreshment! As some/many of those there might have seen I was particularly chuffed to get the Herald there and apologies to anyone I bored the pants of jabbering away about it!  |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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me too had an awsome night and what a turnout considering the weather! Was really really nice to put some faces to names as before tonight id only ever met about 3 people off the forum lol so was great. Well done Hotwire for sorting out a great meet!  And my hubcaps stayed on too touch! £6 wheels FTW!! |
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Yarp, agreed, top night.  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Bruce and I have just got back to Area 52 after a slightly tense, snow filled journey along the M4! Crashing here by the warmth of the bbq! Cheers all for a great night |
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1997 TVR Chimaera
2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Was there a live feed? Like PFC was talking about?
Any youtubes of the proceedings?
And certainly someone has a list of the awards weiners posted up?
Ta! Glad all looked to be fun! ;D
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 Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com |
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I wish Id managed to make it now... my central heating has packed-in and Id have least had some warmth in the Cedric!
Looks like a good turn out too...well done all!
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350 |
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Great evening out.
Great people.
Really glad I borrowed a SatNav off a colleague, and got there, easy run both ways.
Nice to have met you at last Dez, you're a nice guy.
Roll on RRG'10.
Thanks for HW, Rmad and all who make this possible.
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Yep, great night. Good to meet some more of you at last and see some of you again. Hopefully this time I'll remember everyone ;D
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purplevanman
Posted a lot
Way too orangey for crows
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Jan 13, 2010 10:00:38 GMT
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looks an ACE night well done all I hate being skint  |
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DutyFreeSaviour
Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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Jan 13, 2010 11:18:17 GMT
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Fantastic evening well worth the many hours without sleep on another tat collecting/distributing trip - culminating in an evening with a loony group of fellow petrol heads. Congrat's to all the winners - many thanks to all those who voted the transporter/track car most anticipated - no pressure then!  (as HW said). Determined not to let anyone down and they'll both be there...... I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and greeting everyone I bored the pants off - apologies but was on a sleep deprived high and just got into it..... Dez - thanks for the chat - truelly nice bloke who puts his skills up for all to see/learn Brian - most needed cup of tea in my history I do believe KevFromWales - for the infectious enthusiasm and outright lunacy that is you TonyBMW - excellent to meet you fella - thanks for the tips Becky (Bens' lady) - get enrolled and get the thread started on the Fiesta - good luck with a truelly excellent purchase RMad - thanks for bodging the alternator/fan belt and making it fella - good to see you. EddBMX Dude - the look on your face as I unloaded the boxes was worth it fella - good luck and put 'em to good use. Everyone who made it - if I slurred on incessantly and looked spaced I apologise, was truelly dead on my feet. I know I spoke to a lot more of you - and missed even more - apologies all round. Mojo once again boosted and extra layers ready for this evenings onslaught (may need to sleep a bit first though :  . John |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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Jan 13, 2010 20:25:51 GMT
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I've got a few thank yous as well.. Absolutely everyone who was there, who I said hi to but didn't get a chance to catch up with, those I actually caught up with, new people I met.. But a couple special ones must go to gtvsaviour/John. Wonderful to meet you and thank you for helping Becky get really involved in the evening. She had a great time and it was people like you getting her into the swing of it rather than being a nervous 'plus 1' that made it that much more enjoyable for us both. Shovel (sorry, I've forgotten your real name..) for the same reason as above but also in providing light whilst I swapped wheels. Though I must say that was a very cunning sales tactic ;D KevFromWales and Count Pandamonium for being absolute gents when it comes to three way trading. Nice to meet you, Alan. And good to see you again, Kev Seth. Purely because you actually went on and did what I wanted to do to my Herald. I'm very jealous. The MX5 engine looks spot on in the Triumph engine bay. Lastly.. to all those people that knew who I was and said hello as I stood there confused because I didn't have a scooby who you were! Must be the power of the Interwebz ;D |
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bryn
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Jan 13, 2010 21:02:01 GMT
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Ah nuts... Annoyed with myself for not meeting more people, but more than happy with seeing old friends and having a rather spesh evening I'm not sure where I should say this either, but here will do Dez (cheers)... Thank you to everybody that voted the Land Rover car of the year. I am deeply flattered you think the work of my mate Steve is worthy of such a prize, for once I was genuinely word struck on the stage. Like I said I just bought it... Did some work and drive it everywhere ;D Really will try to spend more time on here than I have been in the last year or so, give something back to the community. Oh and the Volvo presence last night really spurred me on too Awesome night folks, thanks for making it that way |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Jan 13, 2010 21:36:33 GMT
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T'was an awesome night to meet new folk and old friends alike. I must thank oldbus for bringing my unobtanium clutch over from the fatherland (thank you!), Kevfromwales for supplying my wheel addiction again (thank you!), tonybmw for bringing my rear panel down (and for being a genius, thank you!), to retromat for helping warm up the wart and to everyone I met for chatting to me and preventing me taking photos ;D I did take a few- haven't looked at them yet! averaged approx 28mpg on the round trip, with a frozen carb driving on choke half way and some err, outside lane fun on the way home (whats 140kmh? ). awesome times |
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Jan 13, 2010 21:44:11 GMT
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whats 140kmh? 86.994mph!!!!! I just LOVED the way that your Wartburg totally upstaged the E-Type that followed you out. I've already said my piece on my own pic thread, but I will add something KFW and I were discussing in the van on the way home (and again that Bruce and I spoke about on the phone today). I've never known a community like RR. Ever. It doesn't matter how much of a ballache life gets, it doesn't matter how dim the ol' Mojo gets at times....just a few hours in the company of ALL of you guys is all that's needed to invigorate and inspire. You make a happy man very old. Or something. ;D |
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kevfromwales
Posted a lot
the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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Jan 13, 2010 21:47:59 GMT
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excellent night indeed - I'm on my little brother's PC as mine has rewarded it's recent overuse by breaking rather badly (must pm rysz for some advice!)
first off, great to see the usual suspects, J69 for resurfacing after far too long, big daddy damaged for road trip company and some great custom made roadtrip cd's, mad props to akku and bruce for sorting my gearbox out, ben for the excellent (and VERY heavy wheels!) - anybody who bought me a brew, oldbus aqnd gtvsaviour for relaying volvo bits from lankytim, tonybmw and graham (?) for most dedicated huge roadtrip mileage, dugong for his determination to get the N/W massive down - and anyone else who I've forgotten
some hillarious pics of me unloading the pop bodyshell, on my own, at 6.00am this morning, in a snowdrift will be forthcoming!
bring on the summer slam I reccon - are going to have a retro cruise out from the ace somewhere then??
- kfw
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Jan 13, 2010 21:50:50 GMT
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Sounds like a corker, wish I'd been able to go.
2 cars and neither of them drivable.
Sound familliar folks ;D
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kevfromwales
Posted a lot
the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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Jan 13, 2010 22:21:06 GMT
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KevFromWales and Count Pandamonium for being absolute gents when it comes to three way trading.   - I hope that has an entirely different meaning in somerset than it does to my welsh ears... |
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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Jan 13, 2010 22:26:45 GMT
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KevFromWales and Count Pandamonium for being absolute gents when it comes to three way trading. - I hope that has an entirely different meaning in somerset than it does to my welsh ears... Ah, well. I didn't really think that one through ;D |
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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(as HW said). Determined not to let anyone down and they'll both be there...... 
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- I hope that has an entirely different meaning in somerset than it does to my welsh ears...