Area 52 - April 25-27. NEW PROJECT ARRIVING; OMG!!!!1!!

[ben711200]

The deadline thing I know all too well and absolutely refuse to have a fixed deadline for my fun car now.. The picture of your dismayed face is fantastic though

Wish I could have stayed for more than one night. Early night (only 2ish ) and away very early in the morning wasn't ideal but glad I could make it to see everyone and have a kebab!

[bop]

Hi, not wanting to bump the thread or anything but when will the next "playweekend" take place?

Since I would love to experience Area52 for myself but I'm kinda new here and I'll only be in the country for 3 months.. thanks!

Bop

[speedy88]

Most, if not all of us will be at RR Gathering this weekend but I'm sure new dates will appear soon. Just keep checking back

[jrevillug]

Bruce (Mystery Machine) mentioned something about mid-September-ish. As Speedy says, there will undoubtedly be updates before then.

[jrevillug]

DATES: 21st to 23rd September. Be there, or be bored.

Me, I can't wait. ;D

[The Doctor]

argh, next time again Can't make this one either, allready double-booked for the weekend before this!

[pickmeup]

its brisfest that weekend so the whole area will be really busy! so be prepared! I will probably pop in later on after getting drunk and watching de la soul

[mdh]

Sept 9, 2012 20:54:23 GMT jrevillug said:

DATES: 21st to 23rd September. Be there, or be bored.

Me, I can't wait. ;D

Next time I come I expect to see some Clan-progress!!

[mk14dr]

Whats the date for the next playday? I've got a chance to book some time off work and would like to get down to see y'all before the year is out...

[jrevillug]

The next weekend is 19th-21st October.

[joem83]

It's all rather quiet in here

[Rich606]

It is a bit, isn't it. So let's have a backlog-clearing MEGADUMP ;D

April:



VIP's Honda sitting pretty on Celica Supra Iron Crosses. More on this later...






Bacon cake. Cake with bacon in/on/around, sweetened with treacle, marshmallow and just about everything else you could imagine. It's much tastier than it sounds or looks...



April's new plaything: a shrinker-stretcher. I think just about everyone had a go at shrinking, stretching...



...and bead-rolling a bit of metal. Deeply satisfying to turn a fairly flimsy bit of metal into something with strength and structure using these.





The main event: the arrival of Mystery Machine's spares Lotus.




This thing had been at the end of someone's garden for 20-odd years. Not pictured: chassis corrosion to put the Titanic to shame.

It does have a plethora of awesome and useful bits, put together by an engineer-type with a real eye for detail



Oh yeah, and a...









RobinJI's Passat lowered on coil-overs.

Now: a bit of a dilemma. MantaPhil, Hardcore and ColonElk travelled down in the Easy Start-snorting Transit Beavertail of Doom in order to transport the Lotus. Hardcore has a load of interior bits to transport back home, but no space in the cab, and no way they could just go on the back. Solution: buy a car, fill with interior, stick on the back of the truck. A £50 K10 Micra was procured from Phuq ("I think I still have a Nissan Micra somewhere..."), and then it all just went a bit silly really ;D

[Rich606]

May:



Hondas.





Ben71etc brings in his Standard 10 for some fettling and general appreciation.





Erm, I forget who this belonged to, but it was lovely







Compare and contrast. The Delica made the Standard look tiny, but then so did its actual tinyness.





The Iron Crosses making way for something altogether more leftfield.




(May was hot. We enjoyed a particularly ghetto-looking BBQ out in the yard)



"Have you cut the springs yet?"



May's was an awesome playweekend, topped off by a visit to the cruise at Cribbs Causeway (see full album here for more of that).





A little bit of fun in the dust, however, didn't end so well.




Stay tuned for more of that story...

[speedy88]

I can't wait to find out what happens to the volvo Exciting stuff!

[jrevillug]

Have to say I'm rather intrigued - it looks rather sorry for itself there.

[hairnet]

makea wid da volvo story............

[speedy88]

Quoted from the build thread. Which evidently I really need to update!

Jun 1, 2012 23:02:45 GMT speedy88 said:

So I went out Sunday with some of the Area52 lot and Jonovlov for a bit of mischief.



Thanks jon for the pics (Taken on private land before anyone freaks out Yes, really!)




Unfortunately, I ran out of skill:




Hmm, that's no good:






Ahh, that's why.


Also:










Just waiting on some parts now but all in all, it's not too bad. Should be seeing some more drifts soon

[Rich606]

Everyone ready for the next exciting installment? Ok...

June:

Didn't go.

July:

Camera wasn't working

August:

No play weekend.

I spoil you people... ;D


September:



Behold, The Volvo ;D





Chatting and that.



Up in the air for inspection.









Saturday, a Day of Doing Stuff:



Well '80s.



Awesome Corner at Area 52. Jrevillug's Clam Crusader. Not pictured: crusty bits.



Many of these were drunk.




Just in case you forgot where we were, like.



As part of the Doing Stuff, James welds up brackets to hang up some ramps.



Also very '80s (in design if not date of manufacture, before anyone points out the K-plate on the BX....)



Mark and Phil give the snug a well-needed clean.



This came out of the carpet
(Reminiscent of Friday night after those kebabs anyone? ;D Sorry...)



Two wildly different definitions of the word retro...






"Don't look into the light"
"But it's so preeeeeetty..."
(Mark welding up a slide hammer for a little fine adjustment of his front subframe)






Jon doing Proper Engineering. You can tell from the Engineering Biro behind the ear.



"Hmmm..."

Sunday:



Life-giving brew, served up on the bonnet of a mostly-straight Volvo.



James does some electrickery on the soon-to-be tea bell.



Also it rained.



Nom.

The next few photos are of my Peugeot covered in custard. You may be wondering why. You would be right to wonder that.





In short, we found a part-used powder fire extinguisher with a Schrader valve. I emptied the remaining powder out and then for reasons of curse word and giggles, needed something more entertaining than water to fill it. Custard is entertaining. And let's face it, who'd be stupid enough to let you spray their car with a fire extinguisher full of custard? ;D



FIN.

Full albums:

April
May
September

[hairnet]

you there, you know who you are....


*drums fingers*


;D

[skinnylew]

October dates up yet?? I might be able to sneak in a cheeky visit if it's the last weekend....