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Mar 30, 2012 16:49:38 GMT
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Hey, just thought i'd post the info of some meets I attend / are planning to attend in case anyone else is interested! Hopefully get a few more classic fords out First there are the South Midland Classic Transport MeetFirst Tuesday of Each Month (except june and August) From 7.00pm
The Black Boy Warwick Road Heronfield Knowle West Midlands B93 0EB
Tuesday 3rd April Sunday 22nd April (drive it day special 11am - 3pm) Tuesday 1st may Tuesday 12th june Tuesday 3rd July Tuesday 14th August Tuesday 4th september Also there are the C entral Midlands Classic Car MeetsLast Thursday of each month From 7.00pm
The Moat House Inn Birmingham Road (A435) Kings Coughton Nr Alcester Warks B49 5QF
Thursday 26th April Thursday 31st May Thursday 28th June Thursday 26th July Thursday 30th August Sunday 30th September (11am) Anyway yeah, hopefully this will interest a few of you and have been worth sitting here typing it out from a flyer Also, if enough are interested I wouldn't mind looking into organising some thing in the bromsgrove / droitwich / worcester area meet wise, just something small, not sure if to go just Old Skool Fords, or all older cars, deffo not "retro modern" though (or corsa's etc ha ha. Anyone who would be interested holla in this thread XjamesX
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1959 Ford 100e Popular Deluxe 1977 Ford escort mk2 2dr Pinto Powered 1997 "classic" Mini Cooper 1.3i 2001 Golf GTI 1.8 20v Turbo
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Mar 30, 2012 21:36:10 GMT
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I'm a regular at the Black Boy/Moat house meets and would be up for a Worcestershire meet if it was going, I know a few others who would too.
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1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Cool are you heading up to the black boy tomorrow (tuesday) night? Your based in bromsgrove right?
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1959 Ford 100e Popular Deluxe 1977 Ford escort mk2 2dr Pinto Powered 1997 "classic" Mini Cooper 1.3i 2001 Golf GTI 1.8 20v Turbo
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yes, i'll be going along, although the weather looks a bit iffy! I'll probably be in a hideous gold Volvo 240 estate
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1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Apr 17, 2012 17:52:51 GMT
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Moat House meet this Sunday, should be a good turnout if the weather is decent.
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1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Brian Damaged
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Apr 18, 2012 19:45:04 GMT
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Also, if enough are interested I wouldn't mind looking into organising some thing in the bromsgrove / droitwich / worcester area meet wise, just something small, not sure if to go just Old Skool Fords, or all older cars, deffo not "retro modern" though (or corsa's etc ha ha. Anyone who would be interested holla in this thread XjamesX That's where the problem (and by problem I mean the almost complete lack of response to this thread) lies. Local meets are a great idea, they are what forms the backbone of this hobby of ours. But as soon as you start excluding particular styles and genres of old/modified cars you run the very considerable risk of appearing elitist. I had a similar problem at the last Beach Party, everything went swimmingly on the day but afterwards a few members of an 'Old Skool' scene-type facebook group starting sniping about the half-dozen modern modified Subarus that turned up to enjoy a day on the beach looking at everyone's rides. A nice bunch of guys, genuinely interested in what was going on...I was horrified to think what any of them would have thought afterwards had they read the amount of snivelling elitist bo**ocks that had been written about them. Some of the 200 cars that attended Beach Party 6. Ooh look....a Corsa ;D There used to be a reasonably well-attended RR Midlands weeknight meet over at The Waterman near Warwick. Twin-pot Citroens mixed with MG's, Peerless, AC's, old Fords, Minis, Range-Rovers and late-model Japanese machinery. Unfortunately it died a death, killed off by the usual "It's too far, I'm not driving 30 miles to a pub meet" apathy which only seems to affect the Midlands. That's why I concentrate my efforts down in the South-West, even in these cash-strapped times it seems that folks from down there will happily dig deep and travel a bit for a day out. It's not really a criticism, more an observation. But if you really want to organise your own meet, it's best to leave it open to the same broad church that Retro-Rides appeals to, unless you like sitting in a pub car park with three other people..... Good luck with it.
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Apr 22, 2012 17:45:35 GMT
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Reasonable turnout at the Black Boy today despite the weather
Moat House this Thursday (26th)
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Last Edit: Apr 22, 2012 17:46:05 GMT by brock05
1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Apr 23, 2012 16:40:28 GMT
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@ - brock05 - Yeah I would have liked to have come to the Black Boy but the weather made it a no go as I won't get it out in the rain in general. I won't be able to make it up to the Moat House on thursday, but i'm hoping to be going to the Black Boy on 1st may, so looking forward to that Which way do you go there from bromsgrove, up the m42? I haven't managed to go there yet so this will be my first time, was hoping maybe there is a decent back way to go? @ - Brian - Firstly the thread was more about letting people know about the meets at the Moat House and Black Boy to try and help them get a few more people turn up and help people be aware of them, so i'm not really bothered about / expected much of a reply to what I put at the bottom tbh, which was just seeing if there were many people whom would be interested in the idea. I wasn't trying to exclude and don't think I'm in anyway elitist, you'll never find me writing anything on here, or anywhere online slagging off someone's car etc etc. When I put "corsa" it wasn't something against that particular car, it was more using it as an example, to let people know who might be interested that it would be a meet for people with classic / exotic cars, not polos, corsas, micras etc or anything along those lines. I personally think you start having "alot" of cars like that then alot of people with classics won't come to a meet like that. So i'm not excluding it more saying it wouldn't be that kind of thing. While I was posting about it on retro rides, I wouldn't be doing it as a retro rides type of meet if I did do it. Like I said I have no problem with stuff like that at all mate, or alot of the stuff on here, but it just isn't for me. As for travelling, yeah it can be a problem, I tend to decide on the things far away I really wanna go to and travel to them and then will go to anything local (hence when I said it was a shame your meet was'nt at the juntion 5 of the m5, as I would of come then, but cannock is bit far for me imo, especially when I play sunday league football fairly often.) Anyway hope that clears things up a bit and it's all good, hopefully see you at a meet soon, i'm in a mk2 escort, come say hi P.S - Swear i've seen that corsa in your pic parked up on the estate in Bgrove that used to be barnsley hall!?!
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1959 Ford 100e Popular Deluxe 1977 Ford escort mk2 2dr Pinto Powered 1997 "classic" Mini Cooper 1.3i 2001 Golf GTI 1.8 20v Turbo
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Apr 23, 2012 17:48:13 GMT
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I was at the black boy meet on Sunday. Brock, saw you leave. Very nice Volvo you have there :-)
It wasn't a bad turn out considering the weather, it will be really good when it gets warmer. Roll on the summer! :-D
The good thing about the Midland's meets are the wide varity of cars and bikes that turn up. There is always something new and interesting and the people are really friendly (and not elitist) too.
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Apr 23, 2012 17:55:03 GMT
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thanks for the kind words about the Volvo, did you see the 262C that my mate had bought along?
These meets are pretty good, as you say a good mix of cars from vintage to modern and no snobbishness, last summer the whole grass area to the road was full.
xjamex - I cut though Earlswood and Hockley Heath as its a much nicer run than the m/way. Let me know if you can make the next one & i'll send you the route or meet you somewhere.
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1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Apr 23, 2012 18:31:13 GMT
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P.S - Swear i've seen that corsa in your pic parked up on the estate in Bgrove that used to be barnsley hall!?! Yeah, it belongs to Kieran (aka 'Ditch') of this very forum. As his forum handle implies, he's from Redditch. One of the few cars at the last Beach Party that's been to every single one of them. I'd have loved to run RetroBreakfast at The Pit Stop, but unfortunately they don't open on Sundays. Running it on a Saturday morning was considered, but dismissed as it would have excluded those people who work on that day. I will try and get along to one of the 'Classic' meets in the Benz if work commitments/weather allows. ;D
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ChasR
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I have some photos of the the Drive It Day Black Boy meet which shall be adorning the general section quite soon .
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Bump to remind people, next Black boy meet is this Tuesday, hopefully catch some of you there.
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1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Jun 11, 2012 21:21:12 GMT
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I'll be there if it actually manages to stay dry for once, so not looking too likely atm Really annoying it seems to be wet everytime one of these comes round Hope it's at least better by sunday ready for AVO national day
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1959 Ford 100e Popular Deluxe 1977 Ford escort mk2 2dr Pinto Powered 1997 "classic" Mini Cooper 1.3i 2001 Golf GTI 1.8 20v Turbo
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Also, the blue lias meet is next week (20th june) and Retrowarwick on 12th August.
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Jun 14, 2012 18:24:04 GMT
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Another good turnout on tuesday and the sun even broke out towards the end of the evening!
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Last Edit: Jun 14, 2012 18:24:29 GMT by brock05
1968 Volvo 142S 1969 Volvo 164 1987 Volvo 240 Estate (Sold) 1971 Triumph 2500 Estate
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Jun 18, 2012 17:00:11 GMT
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Yeah good meet, first time I've been, I was in the mk2 escort. Btw for anyone interested meet tonight @ bowling green, Stoke prior, bronsgrove.
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1959 Ford 100e Popular Deluxe 1977 Ford escort mk2 2dr Pinto Powered 1997 "classic" Mini Cooper 1.3i 2001 Golf GTI 1.8 20v Turbo
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Kings Coughton meet, near Alcester this thursday. Forecast suggests its gonna pizz it down but the evening should be dry.
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anyone going tonight?
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1994 BMW 525i touring 2004 BMW Z4 sorn and broken 1977 Ford Escort 1982 Ford Capri getting restored 1999 Mazda B2500 daily driver.
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only a couple of cars due to weather, my capri just got home on its last couple of amps after alternator failure
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1994 BMW 525i touring 2004 BMW Z4 sorn and broken 1977 Ford Escort 1982 Ford Capri getting restored 1999 Mazda B2500 daily driver.
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