2016. Getting together? 24th April Drive it Day at Bicester

[chrisfell]

The thing I like is that having driven through rain to get there and a little dampness as I left, I've got an excuse to rag the car over and apply another coat of polish.

I did have a long chat wiith one chap who'd sold his 2+2 a few years back due to ill health. He had a good look over in and under mine, asking questions and clearly re-living fond memories.

Should thank Philip Porter for the free magazine. Sorry, but I wont be joining.

[mgcjag]

Great day out....thanks again Andrew for organising.......really good to meet so many of you..Simons run out in the Peak district look well worth making time for....best wishes to all

[265bhp]

Excellent day out, and what a superb venue, good to put faces to names
Jonathan

[SEJohnson95]

Well what a fantastic day out.

It was great to meet up with everyone and see so many new faces (and bump into a few familiar ones too), a big thanks to Andrew for organising the meet.

Somehow blagged my way in / charmed the lady on the gate to let me park my tin can near your wonderful machines. "Well the club do want me to park with them" "oh do they really sir??" "I am doing a piece for the magazine too so it would be an enormous help if you did let me in, what with cameras and tripods and all that, be a lovely lady and let me in"...." oh alright then" I suppose being there early helped.



she's up for sale in August (boo :( ) any takers for a factory original Corsa? 9 years, 57K miles from new


Representing the OSB FHC corner:





Started to fill up pretty quickly:





















Particularly with the arrival of Tony, Ian, Stephen and gang (Alty Ian, Stevemanc, 288gto) all in one go. Well done on your restoration(s) over the past few years, they are a credit to your work, the OTS in particular was superb. Not seen Tony for a few years, since he kindly gave me a ride in his OTS.









Steve you lucky bugger having an E to drive around in ;)

Proof that there are PEOPLE behind these usernames:

(There seems to be a recurring theme Andrew )

Andrew and Kent Thirley



David Jones and Andrew (plus Jonathan?)





Simon Pimblett with his lovely FHC



Marek and Angus are plotting something I imagine... world domination?



All smiles for Tony, Marek and Martin Scherz (nefematic) who even flew in from Stuttgart despite not getting his E-Type roadworthy in time, that's dedication I would say!



"Ah David, something to add to your factory fit thread":



Angus quickly steps in to diffuse the situation



Martin and Angus again admiring the Foden's handy work.



Steve Hook (mgcjag) guiding Martin round his S2



I feel like I was wearing the wrong kind of hat... ;)



Tinkering with Tony's OTS:



On my way out I even spotted the E-type I drove at Upper Heyford a couple of years ago:



One final shot:


Forum border or background photo David? (The earlier panoramic shot is better actually)

As David pointed out, the next event is mine and Richard's High Peak Run on Sunday 10th July, not quite as central as Bicester but it would be nice to see a few of you there



Thanks for a fantastic day out. Already back on to studying. That's the way of the world I guess! Thanks to all, hope you had a safe journey home.

[andrewh]

Great photos Simon. I DO hope that we can make this get together, whether at Bicester or not elsewhere a bit of an annual date.

[chrisallen01]

My thanks to Andrew and the rest of the organising team, an excellent day and 40+ E's and the sun shining (well sometimes) what more do you need.

[mystery type]

Yes well done Simon some nice pics. was a good venue, nice mix of vehicles
and well done Andrew see you next year

[1954Etype]

Great event and Bicester is a fantadtic venue. It was a bit like a Goodwood taster! Well done the guys who organised and also Simons photos! (And yes, l have started twisting Mareks arms for a couple of new projects.....)

[ernie]

It was great to meet you today..renewing old aquaintances, putting names to forum Ids and having great conversations. The Es were fantastic and the entire event was frankly brilliant. Looking forward to meeting you again when my car is back on the road (ANGUS?) and great to be part of the forum. Thanks to all for organising..see you soon again I hope
David Ernest
(Ernie100)

[Tony]

Great day and really good to put faces to names, makes the forum a bit more personal. Thanks to Andrew and his helpers for organising the event. Really big thanks to Julian (SNG) for bring down my new voltage stabiliser and to the boys who help me fit it without setting fire to the car. It is great having a temp guage that now works. Also thanks to Alty Ian for getting me there in his convoy even if I did meet him in the wrong service station.
Apologise to any people I did not touch base with, will get to meet you next time.

The forum is coming of age, best quality advice, developing its own events and all for free.

Tony

[cactusman]

Thanks to everyone for a marvellous day. Bit damp as I left but other than a chilly wind the weather was not too bad. Great to see such a large turn out of fabulous cars and lovely to chat to those I manage to. Thanks too to Richard for the labels and to Bicester Heritage for their hospitality. A great day out. Let's do it again!!!!

Julian

Oh and some supberp pictures posted too....

[Alty Ian]

Great day and really good to put faces to names, makes the forum a bit more personal. Thanks to Andrew and his helpers for organising the event. Really big thanks to Julian (SNG) for bring down my new voltage stabiliser and to the boys who help me fit it without setting fire to the car. It is great having a temp guage that now works. Also thanks to Alty Ian for getting me there in his convoy even if I did meet him in the wrong service station.
Apologise to any people I did not touch base with, will get to meet you next time.

The forum is coming of age, best quality advice, developing its own events and all for free.

Tony

Couldnt agree more Tony.

Thanks to Andrew and Richard and sorry I didnt get the chance to meet everyone. We did cop for the weather on the way back up north as illustrated below taken by Simon 288gto from my S3 as the wiper motor decided to die



and the OTS got well and truly christened in the rain. Simon took this parting shot of you Tony as we were leaving the M6 and you were carrying on.



Very chilly but what a great day out :D :D

[Tony]

Great photos.Did the alternator play up again?

[Mark Gordon]

Thank you to everyone who posted photos and comments of your meet. I guess that a vicarious attendance will have to do for me, but I really did enjoy reading your posts and seeing the pictures. WELL DONE!

[265bhp]

good collection of photos there Simon, I only had my telephone to take snaps, and spent more time looking at the superb array of cars around the old buildings, a lot of which was spent with some of these beauties at the E Type club...

Jonathan

[Alty Ian]

Great photos.Did the alternator play up again?

No it was fine, really strange as that noise only occured (or could only be heard) between 1500 and 2000 rpm just after stopping, then it went away for the rest of the time and the alternator worked OK. Cant fathom out what it is. Marek suggested Alternator and I cant think what else engine related it could be. The engine runs fine and power steering too, plus water pump seems OK too.

I think I will remove the alternator first and see if there is any play in the bearings of it to rule that out first.

[drcarrera]

Brilliant day! So much to see there - I could have done with more time to chat to more of you guys! Many thanks for organising it.

Here's a link to few photos I took: http://tinyurl.com/etypesatbicester

Looking forward to the next one ...!

[richard btype]

It greatly enhances the value of ownership to meet up with such a knowledgable and enthusiastic group of people.

Thank you Ian for the workshop manual nice to own the original 'two screw' binding opposed to the later 'snap-ring' type. I thought your sons golden sand OTS to be a real achievement and I think he said it was the first such project he had undertaken!

Well done Martin coming all the way from Stuttgart, we look forward to seeing the car next time. Hopefully BH will address the lack of catering as the queues were too long and caused me to miss saying 'hello to many' because after returning from lunch most had made an exit.

Apologies for the poor quality of the 'self opening' name tags - unfortunately they were supplied in a sealed bag with no chance to check them - why is it that simple items can be made so unfit for purpose?

My lesson of the day being shown the correct front side light lenses - an order for Merak

Nice images and comments Simon. Thank you to Andrew for coming up with what was an inspired idea in the first place?

Good to see the new set of Etype wheels Mr Thirley and for causing a second 'ear take'!

[Simon P]

Just to echo what's already been said: great day out, and really good to (finally) be able to put faces to names, chat face to face, and see some of your superb cars in the flesh for once.

The area 'out back' amongst the buildings was fascinating: everywhere you turned there was yet another gathering of interesting cars - it was like a magnificent piece of set dressing.

Despite using my 'skill, care and judgement' to neatly avoid all the showers on the way up, I got hit by a bit of rain as I approached my overnight stop in Leicestershire, and then truly hammered by the rain on the 20 minute drive to drop the car off for service in Derbyshire this morning! Hey, ho......

Looking forward to the next one. Well done to Andrew for instigating the idea in the first place!

Simon

[mystery type]

Classics swarm into Bicester Heritage on Drive It Day .....

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