SNGB day at Shelsley.

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#1 SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by Duckham » Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:40 am

Anyone else going tomorrow?
I will, hopefully in the E if I can figure out why it developed a huge misfire last night!
Joe
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#2 Re: SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by mgcjag » Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:06 am

Hi Joe.....yes will be there.....good luck with the misfire... Steve
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#3 Re: SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by Duckham » Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:09 pm

Thanks - come and say hi - mine is the one in bare metal.....
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#4 Re: SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by mgcjag » Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:59 pm

Just got home after a great day out thanks to SNB..Julian and his team are supurb. ..met up with forum members Bob. Neal Herring. Joe (Duckham). & Nick J
Joe,s ots in bare metal and my 2+2 with Joe & Neil

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#5 Re: SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by Duckham » Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:49 am

Thanks for the photo, Steve. I must say your car loked superb in the sunshine, and it was good to put a face to the names on the forum.

Hats off to SNGB, I though the event was excellent. I got to drive my own car, their E and also be a passenger when Julian Barrett piloted his F Type up the hill - it really highlighted the difference in technology that 50 years makes.

It was great use of their marketing money, in my opinion - even the food was free !

Now I just need to sort the misfire that kept recurring during the day and became a real problem on the return trip. I'll start a new thread on that though.

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#6 Re: SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by NickJ » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:30 am

Yes an excellent day and very well run. I made the mistake of going up first with Julian in the F Type 4 by 4 - the run in my E felt very slow by comparison. He drives v well at sub 35 second times - a lot quicker than when I used to compete there in my old ex-works TR3. Crash helmets in FHC's also don't work. I too had a misfire on my run and this manifested itself further en route to the Breakfast Meet at Shelsley on the Sunday. Engine died but worked out the problem - a 55 year old ignition switch- bit of prodding and we were away. The accompanying car a 53 yo Bentley also conked out 50 yards from me. We diagnosed a dodgy coil so sped back with my spare coil and with some expert bodging to get the main wire to fit we were away. Classic Nostalgia this WE at Shelsley - anyone going?
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#7 Re: SNGB day at Shelsley.

Post by neal herridge » Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:46 pm

Yes it was a great day, well done SNG & thanks.
Some great runs up the hill, & good to meet up with you all, thanks for the picture Steve.
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