Hot Rods at Pendine Sands

Made the pilgrimage down to Wales again. 13 hours of back roads wherever possible this year...
In the month prior, I'd swapped the engine. Three times. New build engine thrown in with bigger valves, wilder cam and a few hours of porting. Ran a rod after 60 miles thanks to a porous EMPI oil filter housing.

Old engine repaired and back in after fixing a rear main leak, only for the clutch to start slipping. Hey ho, out n' in one more time.


Met up with a few friends at Hook Norton Brewery for lunch. Should have been breakfast...





Parked up at my salubrious accommodation for the weekend.



Facts n' figures from the speedo on my phone. 23 MPG on average on the way down. Suspect the new engine would have been less economical.




Saturday early doors - choosing a spot for the timing traps.





Daughter stole my car...



View from the timing stand. In fact I have a number of not particularly good images snapped from this viewpoint as we were stuck out here on the beach for the next six hours or so...







Anyway - early doors again on Sunday - after the marshals first run on the still drying track.




My son at work.



Daughter at work too...




Care to guess which was the fastest car from these kissing cousins?




Anyway - just a few pics from the long weekend. Rain thankfully washed off much of the ravages of salt and sand on the way home. And the speedo app photo for the 11 hour journey home. Just under the 300 miles, max of 71.4mph and managed around 25mpg. Not bad for a 1932 vintage 3.3 litre sidevalve pushing a fully fendered barn door across the country.