bstardchild
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fings I haz lernt at NEC @grumpynorthener isn't actually grumpy but is definitely a Northerner (not sure how I worked that out but I bought - "northerner for dummies" and now I understand one or two words but never a complete sentence) samta22 has a partner (wife) that is a bigger car nut than he is and buys wheels she hasn't seen from a person she doesn't know WoodyMercW114 doesn't have an m3evo but has a nice merc with iffy door locks and no heater and a partner who really should buy a duvet for the journey home (little c in a circle blackpopracing ) fr€$h&m1nt¥ has a really well behaved boy who has nice manners and a very healthy enthusiasm for anything with wheels and his truck isn't minty fresh in colour but minty paint so username change not required You can get a battery powered jet wash that has a hose you chuck in a bucket and it's amazing Babs isn't short for Barbara but babes............... claybaring and polishing a lotus takes three days and no mater how much polish and wax you apply the decision to use white undercoat on a green car was fecking stupid Also 1 person drove an LC with an digital dash when it was launched 3 people had automatic versions 11 people have owned a red one - must be the same curse word one cos I have never seen it 23 people stated that the police definitely had at least one - I said they couldn't sell them at 50 k so they gave one to several police forces as a way of getting rid of them and offsetting the loss as an act of charity 21 of the above thought I was right and it confirmed what they knew 42 people laughed at the fact my partner still calls the LC her "kitchen" (I got the LC and she didn't get a new kitchen) Nobody thought it was a Skoda so it must be a French thing On the next stand (Volvo Amazon club) I mentioned that an ex boss I had 25 years ago had one in dog knob red just like the one in the middle - turns out that my ex boss was on the stand and the dog knob red one was his and not the same one from 25 years ago. Being next to the sporting bears area means two doors are open and if you don't keep moving you freeze to the spot Penelope Pitstop now I need to find a way of getting even - I'm not mad but will repay the favour blackpopracing - extension - just doooooooo iiiiiiittttttt. Frankenhealey had a better line but I forgets it having 3 people called Ian works fine as long as you know which Ian is wchich
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Great to meet you too Jim, hope you enjoyed the rest of the show. Great stand with a well selected choice of vehicles showing the true variance of peoples tastes, which is what makes Retro Rides as good as it is. The rest of the show was very good too, but too busy making it difficult to get round and see everything. I came on the stand with my mate Matt around 6pm when it had gone quiet, good to chat with Sam and Chris. Cheers, Andy (TVR Cerbera)
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Last Edit: Nov 10, 2019 8:29:34 GMT by cerbsp6
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samta22
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Club RR Member Number: 32
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Great to meet you guys too. Hope you got round the rest while it was nice and quiet.
Now get some threads started... 😉
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'37 Austin 7 '56 Austin A35 '58 Austin A35 '65 Triumph Herald 12/50 '69 MGB GT '74 MGB GT V8'73 TA22 Toyota Celica restoration'95 Mercedes SL320 '04 MGTF 135 'Cool Blue' (Mrs' Baby) '05 Land Rover Discovery 3 V8 '67 Abarth 595 (Mrs' runabout) '18 Disco V
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Nov 10, 2019 18:40:14 GMT
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Nice to meet you all and thanks for the hospitality
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vader
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 93
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Nov 10, 2019 19:17:41 GMT
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Hi, didn’t find Retro a Rides stand 🙈 I’m useless at looking for stuff! Wanted to meet up with you Guys. Saw the once fresh and minty pick up, it’s fabulous! I wanted to pick it up and take it home. Had a really good day, didn’t much like leaving my stag in car park 4 but as it cost £16 to park 😳 thought it would be safe.
Lots of nice cars, one of the Merck’s for sale, an SL convertible was advertised at £267,500!! I could buy my local football team for that!
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Triumph Stag Ducati Supersport Shanks’s Pony
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vader
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 93
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Nov 10, 2019 19:18:25 GMT
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Don’t tell me the red goddess and the once minty one was the RR stand!
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Triumph Stag Ducati Supersport Shanks’s Pony
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Nov 10, 2019 20:13:42 GMT
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Don’t tell me the red goddess and the once minty one was the RR stand! It was indeed! There was Bstardchild and the Lotus Carlton Frankenhealy with the red goddess and the Healy in the back Fresh&minty with the Acty WoodyM3evo with his merc Samta22 with the MGB on the end The acty and the merc didn’t have heaters, the MGB had no heater, windows or anything (but I’m pretty sure that’s going home on a trailer ) The goddess has a heater but I’m fairly sure it isn’t going to be a quick run home. So Bstardchild seems to be the winner
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vader
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 93
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Nov 10, 2019 20:26:15 GMT
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Don’t tell me the red goddess and the once minty one was the RR stand! It was indeed! There was Bstardchild and the Lotus Carlton Frankenhealy with the red goddess and the Healy in the back Fresh&minty with the Acty WoodyM3evo with his merc Samta22 with the MGB on the end The acty and the merc didn’t have heaters, the MGB had no heater, windows or anything (but I’m pretty sure that’s going home on a trailer ) The goddess has a heater but I’m fairly sure it isn’t going to be a quick run home. So Bstardchild seems to be the winner What a muppet I am! I didn’t even look at any signs but the stand seemed to be right out of the way! I walked past the Lancaster pride of ownership stand twice before I found it 😂 a club triumph members car was on there (Triumph MK2 estate Dell Lines) which I was too late to cast a vote for!
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Triumph Stag Ducati Supersport Shanks’s Pony
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samta22
Club Retro Rides Member
Stuck in once more...
Posts: 1,272
Club RR Member Number: 32
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Nov 10, 2019 21:30:11 GMT
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Nice to meet you all and thanks for the hospitality Good to see you again sir... Bonus kudos to you and Tom for bowing to the engine 😂
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'37 Austin 7 '56 Austin A35 '58 Austin A35 '65 Triumph Herald 12/50 '69 MGB GT '74 MGB GT V8'73 TA22 Toyota Celica restoration'95 Mercedes SL320 '04 MGTF 135 'Cool Blue' (Mrs' Baby) '05 Land Rover Discovery 3 V8 '67 Abarth 595 (Mrs' runabout) '18 Disco V
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Nov 10, 2019 21:35:55 GMT
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Nice to meet you all and thanks for the hospitality Good to see you again sir... Bonus kudos to you and Tom for bowing to the engine 😂 That can’t be me!!! That bloke is bald
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samta22
Club Retro Rides Member
Stuck in once more...
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Club RR Member Number: 32
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Nov 10, 2019 23:12:34 GMT
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To all forum folk who came and said hello, to all the many, many lurkers who came and said thank you for all our incoherent (and sometimes coherent forum ramblings), and to all my fellow stand folk, thank you for a great weekend. The 2019 RR stand team
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'37 Austin 7 '56 Austin A35 '58 Austin A35 '65 Triumph Herald 12/50 '69 MGB GT '74 MGB GT V8'73 TA22 Toyota Celica restoration'95 Mercedes SL320 '04 MGTF 135 'Cool Blue' (Mrs' Baby) '05 Land Rover Discovery 3 V8 '67 Abarth 595 (Mrs' runabout) '18 Disco V
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Nov 10, 2019 23:28:20 GMT
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Good to see you again sir... Bonus kudos to you and Tom for bowing to the engine 😂 That can’t be me!!! That bloke is bald Your not bald, Merely growing through your hair....😉
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,882
Club RR Member Number: 71
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I think for a first time at the NEC classic car show we did a good job
The dynamics of the group was very good
We have some learnings for next time
Thanks to everyone who came and said hi
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Just got home from a fantastic 3 days,thanks again for having me on the stand & making emma & myself so welcome 👍
Roll on the Weekender 👌
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Instagram - Woodym3evo W114 M104 69 Merc 1 Series 135i M-Sport #thegovernorsclub #TeamAF #baggedbenzuk
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Well done fellas. You've done a great job of showing how diverse this place is. Gutted I couldn't make it down to say hello.
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The acty and the merc didn’t have heaters, the MGB had no heater, windows or anything (but I’m pretty sure that’s going home on a trailer ) The goddess has a heater but I’m fairly sure it isn’t going to be a quick run home. So Bstardchild seems to be the winner You're not supposed to reveal the broken secrets behind the recently rebuilt cars! Good meeting those I spoke to and massive thanks to everyone else on the stand for doing the key organising. Apologies I couldn't be on stand for as long as I'd hoped but hopefully everyone got chance to do what they wanted.
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Good work everyone Stand came together really nicely.
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Nov 11, 2019 13:27:03 GMT
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Good to meet the few I saw, missed Jon & Peter though. We had tickets for both days but only did Sat as the Mrs was a bit bored by the end and my legs had had enough after 8 hours without sitting down. We ended up (well I did) getting dragged round Bicester Village on the way home, guess it's only fair as I dragged Catriona around the NEC all day before.
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
Posts: 15,513
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Nov 11, 2019 18:40:33 GMT
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Nice to see a couple of familiar faces yesterday and apologies we couldn't hang around too long and chat. I must also stop pretending to be someone I'm not
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,875
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Nov 11, 2019 19:35:35 GMT
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Good to meet the few I saw, missed Jon & Peter though. We had tickets for both days but only did Sat as the Mrs was a bit bored by the end and my legs had had enough after 8 hours without sitting down. We ended up (well I did) getting dragged round Bicester Village on the way home, guess it's only fair as I dragged Catriona around the NEC all day before. Extension
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here
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