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arsonist Part of things Posts: 338	Roadtrips in Retros? arsonist @arsonist
	Apr 26, 2019 21:04:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Done a ferry road trip from Chester to Belfast last year which was ace. No mechanical issues at all. Hoping to do a trip to the south of France and visit some vineyards this year - an homage to my great aunt and uncle who used the car to do that in the early 80s to get cheap wine!
	1979 Mk1 Passat Estate 1.6 LS 1996 Mk3.5 Fiesta 1.3 Classic 1997 Mk1 MX5 1.8i 2005 Mazda 3 TS

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scmick Posted a lot Posts: 1,494	Roadtrips in Retros? scmick @scmick
	Apr 26, 2019 21:47:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Last May took my SIMCA 1000 Rallye 2 to The International SIMCA meeting at Libramont in the Belgian Ardennes. From here in Chesterfield used the Hull - Zeebrugge ferry. Met One of our club members near Brussels with his SINCA 1100 van and we travelled the rest of the way in convoy. Packed the car with spares 'just in case' and bought others at the show . Didn't need any of them. In 2005 soon after I'd bought the Rallye 2 went to The 'Classic Club Race Meeting' At the Zolder circuit in Belgium... a race meeting with an old car show/ autojumble etc tacked on. Did the trip spot on including a few laps 'thrash' round the track. Sadly that was the last year for that meeting... a massive rise in circuit hire charges made it unviable for the Belgian clubs who organised it.


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disasterbus South East Posts: 2,509	Roadtrips in Retros? disasterbus @disasterbus
	Apr 28, 2019 7:54:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Done a couple - Surrey to South Wales, ferry to Ireland and a tour of Ireland then home in an MG Metro which never missed a beat. UK tour over a long weekend in a 1.6 Capri which I'd just got running after it had been sitting for a few years: Surrey to North Wales, N Wales to Newcastle, Newcastle to Cornwall (in one hit), Cornwall back to Surrey. One hell of a road test which the Capri passed with flying colours :-)
	Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!

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zmisfit Part of things Posts: 21	Roadtrips in Retros? zmisfit @zmisfit
	May 4, 2019 21:54:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Done a couple in my 1970 Mk3 Mini 1000. First was when I bought it. Lived in Malmo in Sweden at the time. Bought it in Vasteras (about an hour west of Stockholm) and drove it the 375 miles home. Behaved perfectly but wished I had checked the tyres. They were 24 years old...still no harm done. Moved back to the UK last year so drove it from Malmo, via Rotterdam, to Lancashire. Tyres replaced so no worries! Longest trip this year has been down to Pride of Longbridge and back. Fortunately the top speed of a fiftyish year old Mini 1000 is about the top speed of everybody on the M6. Anyway it now has its UK plates and will be out and about this year.
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igor Posted a lot Posts: 2,548	Roadtrips in Retros? igor @igor
	May 5, 2019 9:31:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Similarly when I bought my '71 Wolseley 1300 in 2006, sight unseen on the strength of three photos. Went to where it was by public bus and drove the Wolseley home 450 km through the night. I saw no reason why this would not be a good idea. All I did was pump up the tyres cos couple of them were down to around 10 psi, and fill the petrol tank.
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