Actually have a free weekend this play weekend, but the punto still hasnt sold so cant insure e30
There's always a next time Dude. Keep an eye out for the September dates....it'll be the 4th anniversary of the Playweekend so it should be a real good one! I can't believe we're entering out fifth year of mayhem at the unit.
It was nice to meet you lads friday, have a router-smashing-good weekend
Bop, it was great to meet you and your friends and you're certainly welcome back anytime. I hope you made good progress on the car over the weekend? I look forward to seeing you back at the unit sometime in the near future.
So, another weekend come and gone. It was a fairly quiet one by 'normal' standards but then most people are readying themeselves for the Gathering, so it comes as no surprise. We did have fun though and it was a very productive weekend. it was especially exciting for me - all will become obvious very soon.
The Daimler with its new ride height (raised! LONG story), James' Imp and Mark's Sigma.
After adjusting the ride height of the Simga, Mark moves it outside for a quick photo. We went for 'sensible/period' lows with a touch of rake rather than slamming it.
This thing just looks 'so right' in the flesh. 15" slots, decent profile tyres, a smattering of lows, that lovely 70's shade of brown and a red beacon. Perfect.
Mark letting Jon know that he didn't really want to be photographed polishing his slotmags. Most people said the car looked perfect as it was and that polishing the slots would ruin the cool looks. I nagged and nagged Mark into giving them a polish (not mirror polish finish) and he finally gave in. I can be such an annoying ba$tard
some most of the time!
I reckon in this photo he's cursing me for breaking his will.
I was a proper lazy sod during the weekend. I fell asleep in the chair on Satuday afternoon (I had been working flat out on cars up to this point, honestly) and I also had a nap in the back of the Dodge on Sunday afternoon, but that was more thanks to a mammoth headache that I just couldn't seem to shake.
When I awoke, the slots were done and looking SOOO much better. I know I'm a nag, but every now and then even I can be right about something. The car looked inifinitely better with the wheels looking like this:
This is a very, very special shot for me. My car actually running better than ever. James (to the right in the photo) had rebuilt my carbs for me. They were knackered and pouring so much fuel into the engine, it was pretty much coming out neat the other end. I ordered two gasket/seal sets, jet assemblies and jet bearings (nigh on £100 just for those bits!) and James worked his magic on them. Boy did the car run better after this. Many thanks
jrevillug for your awesome work! It might not look it, but I was beside myself with excitement when this shot was taken!
We then headed out in a convoy. One of the very rare occasions that we venture away from the unit during a weekender. I had a plan.....the start of something new and we were going to go and try it out. It was a cool convoy I can tell you that!
We arrived at The Tube Diner for our Saturday night food. I am looking to start a monthly car meet somewhere in Bristol, somewhere cool to gather, chat, eat and relax. I'd already met Charlie, the owner of the diner, and he'd agreed that he would consider opening specifically on a Sunday if I could get something together. I figured if we drop in on a Saturday night and give him a 'taster' of the sort of thing I'm planning, he would be even more keen on the idea.
We all got a run out in the cars, we got to do something different, we ate some GREAT food and thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. As we pulled up to the Diner, literally everyone came out to have a look at the cars. Even Charlie (a car fanatic himself) stepped out from the kitchen to have a browse at the cars lined up along the road.
While some of us sat outside (gratefully making the most of the dry spell during an otherwise very wet weekend) the others sat in the cool Airstream while they awaited their food.
When I say cool airstream, there are actually two of them. One is the kitchen and the other is the diner, with a number of tables and chairs spread around outside. You can keep your McDondalds and Burger Kings....THIS is how to enjoy a burger (and I think it's safe to say everyone thought the burgers were up there with the best they've ever had!)
While we were chilling, chatting and finishing off our meals, another car pulled up to join our line-up. This DS was beautiful. Very, very far from councours, but stunning in its 'used' look. Very tidy, but definitely used. The owner, Tom, was just dropping by to grab some food before heading off to Stuttgart in the car, "Oh, I take it all over Europe. I go everywhere in it". We chatted for a while, listened to some of his stories then said our goodbyes as he headed off for his food. Top bloke, top car.
Suffice to say, we all LOVED the diner...the place, the food, the people. Charlie LOVED having us over and I'm now having more serious discussions about setting up a monthly meet there and he's really up for it. Watch this space!
All of these photos were courtesy of Dave (
Butterz) but he wasn't around on Friday night or Sunday so missed a lot of the other stuff that went on, including Ben working on and lowering his Volvo, James tinkering on and fitting Citroen BX GTi seats to his Imp and Rich doing lots of cool things to his MG. Hopefully
RobinJI and
jonovlov will be along shortly with more photos that cover the whole weekend?
It was a cracker. Nowhere near the normal numbers, but very busy and productive all the same.
Next stop...THE GATHERING!!