mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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Last Edit: May 7, 2020 14:41:30 GMT by mk14dr
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Thats a great set of pics.
Makes me wish I'd been there.
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 This is a blast from the past! still on of my most memorable weekends. |
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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This is a blast from the past! still on of my most memorable weekends. Glad you enjoyed. I'm really digging going back over all of these memories too. |
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My Honeymoon with my Ex.
A great weekend.
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bstardchild
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The low being the when the PhoenixCapri Mk2 fell over on track. Yeah that was my low too............ Blown_Imp and I laid the track out complete with a really nasty cone section on the back straight (elf and safety - we wanted to keep the speeds low but give people some fun ancd a challenge) - we chuckled as we set it up cos in car it looked an utter curse word but the first time we actally test drove it it was OK but it was a bit deceiving as all cone walls are the gap was bigger than it looked you just needed to approach with vigour - wiggle thro and then when the car was settled nail it PhoenixCapri approached and exited with vigour - I may have given bad advice!!! |
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bstardchild
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Ahhh there she is  Tucked up in the corner getting grumpy I also spot the whartburg too that was a mad car |
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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It was a gut-wrenching thing to watch, it all happened so quickly! I'd been out on track in my e30 (the wagon pictured above) but it was slow enough and neutral enough to not get out of shape. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the GSE (or the Wartburg) but I've just had a look through 2009 folder and found a few shots of the GSE on track. There is a thread that I made at the time but all of the pictures are tainted with photobucket badness so I might have to sort that out tomorrow. |
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Last Edit: May 7, 2020 21:37:24 GMT by mk14dr
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
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It was a gut-wrenching thing to watch, it all happened so quickly! I'd been out on track in my e30 (the wagon pictured above) but it was slow enough and neutral enough to not get out of shape. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the GSE (or the Wartburg) but I've just had a look through 2009 folder and found a few shots of the GSE on track. There is a thread that I made at the time but all of the pictures are tainted with photobucket badness so I might have to sort that out tomorrow. how did that thread get so few replies.......... Ah I remember why that was when there were a billion photo threads after every gathering Now you have to look on Faceache or instawank |
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mk14dr
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how did that thread get so few replies.......... Ah I remember why that was when there were a billion photo threads after every gathering Now you have to look on Faceache or instawank Yeah, there used to be the mad influx post-gathering (or whatever show had been on that weekend) so threads got overlooked, but also, picture threads are hard to comment on in general. I've been guilty of using facebook for the last few years to host my pictures and only very rarely cross-posting, I'm making a conscious effort to post more though. |
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
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how did that thread get so few replies.......... Ah I remember why that was when there were a billion photo threads after every gathering Now you have to look on Faceache or instawank Yeah, there used to be the mad influx post-gathering (or whatever show had been on that weekend) so threads got overlooked, but also, picture threads are hard to comment on in general. I've been guilty of using facebook for the last few years to host my pictures and only very rarely cross-posting, I'm making a conscious effort to post more though. I'm grateful for your efforts there are pictures I've never seen before although 500 in one hit is too much for my internet and I can only see the first 250 before my internet says curse word off  |
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Cool to see some stuff that's not? Kicking around any more.
How many of those (and owners) are still active on here?
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Thanks for sharing. . Looks like @freshand minty Acty was time travelling that weekend 🤣🤣
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Love this thread thanks, might go sit in the garden with 5 litres of scrumpy and the car idling and pretend I'm at a car show.
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Yeah, there used to be the mad influx post-gathering (or whatever show had been on that weekend) so threads got overlooked, but also, picture threads are hard to comment on in general. I've been guilty of using facebook for the last few years to host my pictures and only very rarely cross-posting, I'm making a conscious effort to post more though. I'm grateful for your efforts there are pictures I've never seen before although 500 in one hit is too much for my internet and I can only see the first 250 before my internet says curse word off I just loaded this up on my phone and it was dropping that rapidly through the track photos as it loaded more pics that it ran like one of those comic flick books of the cars going around the track  |
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PhoenixCapri
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mk14dr Thanks for sharing these, can't believe it's 10 yrs ago nearly! Certainly brings back memories, you even have a shot of my old CRX as well bstardchild - I might not have considered the "let the car settle" bit, I shouldn't have been chasing times was bound to push too much. Still, the cars that came out of the ashes of this one have been immense fun and the Capri is definitely a better car in every way. Always a silver lining
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May 20, 2020 16:42:16 GMT
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Cool to see some stuff that's not? Kicking around any more. How many of those (and owners) are still active on here? I still lurk on here. RR 2010 was the first proper show that I took my Nova to and I came back a changed man! It’s parked somewhere on the field, I think it was over on the right as you went in. What a great experience that was, I’ve only managed to get to one other in 2012 and the Weekender in 2019. I cannot wait to get to another one! |
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May 20, 2020 20:26:20 GMT
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Quality pics. I never made it to any of the Haynes shows, or the Shelsley ones actually. Don't know what the future holds other than if I can make it to another Gathering it won't be in anything remotely retro.
Last thing I went to was the Euro Finals at The Pod with my wife last year.
Took photos, not sure if I did a thread.
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May 21, 2020 12:51:25 GMT
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So many familiar cars and faces! Can't believe it was a decade ago. I'm really missing car shows now that the weather is nice and sunny, so this blast from the past pic thread provides a bit of relief. Thanks for sharing it!
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