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@23rdian
No need for tickets but I'll put a copy and paste list up as we get closer so I've got some idea of numbers.  I don't need to spend masses setting it up so I'll just put an honesty box out and donate anything above the costs to the local hospice.
No need to stay all weekend. I'll be there by lunchtime on the Friday once I've hung a few signs in local hedgerows.  I'll probably leave on Sunday afternoon in time to catch the local tip as the site owners aren't operating commercially any more so don't want to be left with loads of rubbish.  
A lady I know massively over ordered cans of gas for camping stoves so I'll have those for sale to try and get the explosion risk at her house down a bit!
There's a butcher in the village, when I get chance I'll ask about putting an order in for breakfast ingredients.  Sadly I doubt they supply corners.

When i first met mrsstinkwheel, (about 20 years ago) she was driving an AX 14 TZS. When we got together, (2 years ago) she was driving a Maestro diesel and still is (until it gets to the point there is no bodywork left and parts are even more unobtanium)

I can't see any rot on the driver's door to be fair. 

I think history will show he was on the right side of the argument. Granted, it would have sorted itself out organically - but nonetheless we are where we are. 

Whilst I've got the Triumph out I thought I'd try and sort the garage out.
This is what I've got. Eight of these blue stacking boxes mainly full of Triumph spares plus a couple of open boxes. What was once a work bench is now stacked with more recently acquired, mostly Škoda bits. There's more in the loft. These boxes stack in certain parts of the garage and still leave room for the Triumph but I don't really have room for any more 

But I've been a bit ruthless and condensed the eight boxes in to five leaving three empty to fill up with the stuff on the workbench. Plus I've moved more, mainly lightweight and clean, stuff in to the loft.
But the strangest thing I've discovered is this. A little blue box.

I don't ever remember seeing this before. So I opened it and it's a fancy old tyre pressure gauge. But not any old tyre pressure gauge, it's only a bloody Borgward one.




And on closer inspection I noticed the slightly tatty box has a Borgward logo on it too.

What's also slightly weird is that we were discussing Borgwards briefly on another thread on here only a couple of days ago.
So I can only see two courses of action from here. Find somebody with a Borgward and sell it to them or buy my own Borgward to put in. 
 

Today was Drive It Day.  So I drove it. 

Family fleet attendance at another enjoyable East Coast Japanese meet:

Star car of the day, for me at least, was this lovely Camry:

Recently purchased at an ACA sale.
Closely followed by this Piazza:

The Laurel was second-oldest, with a friend's Celica Liftback taking the honours of being the most aged:

I've never had my three parked side by side before. They have to park line astern on the drive and even then one of them has to be in the garage. 
Well I was doing a bit of shunting this morning and there is a space at the top of our Close for two cars that was empty, which is a rarity in itself. Plus the sun was shining and the leaves have just started coming out on the trees so I thought why not.

Like I say, parking for two cars, but when they are all quite small and all yours you can squeeze three in. Obviously you have to start from the left. If I'd put the Triumph in last I couldn't have got out of the car.

Also, how to make a Favorit look like a big car. Park them either side of a Triumph 1300.

I was driving back up the M5 towards Bristol last night and saw a transporter heading your way with a car that looked a lot like this but assumed it must be another one.  Was he still towing the mk2 Transit when he got to you?

Been down near Brizzle today 


Didn't look like it had moved this year.
 

That must have been him, he was dragging an empty trailer behind when he got to me.  Was it white/red? think i remember him saying something about a mk2 transit ex german fire dept.

However- 
this one can stay

And this one ive added….

They are reproductions I had made of the original plates which I still have- they were just looking a bit tatty and were letting the car down, but these are 100% identical.
Thanks for all the kind comments.
Up until 2 years ago I worked as the Fiat/ Abarth specialist at my local Fiat dealer for 11 years, so most of the parts to rebuild it have been genuine Fiat, surprisingly hard to find, even with access to Fiat parts systems.
it spent a bit of time in the showroom too.
exploit yellow was the colour that Fiat did most of the early advertising with. My mum bought an exploit yellow 55sx (one up from base with black bumpers) in 1995 so I had to have one in this colour.
it also has a lot of very hard to find new old stock accessories, probably worth more than the car as a whole 🙈
headlamp protectors, mats, mud flap kit, boot liner, Philips 6 disc CD changer
I still have the original 14”steel wheels with correct brand new ELX trims, but you could spec Punto GT/ Sporting wheels as a cost option so I’m happy to run them.
its won a prize at the Scottish Italian car day last two years in a row- most people seem to be more impressed in a near 30 year old Punto than all the exotic Ferraris/ lamborghinis’s etc

Been down near Brizzle today 


Didn't look like it had moved this year.
 

hi there, thanks for having me.
This is my exploit yellow Punto 75elx that I have owned for 10 years, and have restored.
I love this car, enjoy the photos.
simon

renner 12 you say?
there must be loads of spares for a dacia 1300/1310 etc

Been down near Brizzle today 


Didn't look like it had moved this year.
 

Ah, but it's not A to B is it? It is A<2>B, which is some sort of mathematical equation that works out your chances of arriving at your destination.
To be fair Royal Mail provided a damn sight better service when its fleet was almost entirely LDV, though that might not entirely be down to the type of van we use. I used to love driving them and was quite upset when they replaced mine with a Transit. Funnily enough nobody else agreed. They obviously weren't better than the Transit but they were more fun.

So I visited the TSR at the weekend.  They had the North British loco running with it's new straight pipe exhaust which sounds fantastic in the tunnel and were very happy to run us a special train but can't do it on Shitefest Saturday as they are running steam driver experiences all day.
The steam engine will be running on the Sunday and I encourage people to visit on your way home.
 

 

Well that was a more than averagely productive lunch break. 

I started working for WS Transportation a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been allocated this Scania 18 tonner on pallet network and general haulage work.

Interestingly, it was originally a 4x2 tractor unit running in Eddie Stobart livery. In common with several sister trucks, it was stretched and converted to a curtainsider in 2021 (judging by the body builders plate on the door shut). At a guess, acquiring new trucks was difficult post-Covid, so the existing fleet was adapted to suit changing operational needs. Being a 410, it goes pretty well for a four wheeler! Here is a pic of it from the Eddie days, borrowed from ‘eastleighbusman’ via Flickr.

Check out this rarity. Plenty of horseboxes around recently as we're into horse dancing season but mostly fancy modern types. Not this one though, a 35-year old AWD that looks very well kept and is possibly the nicest of the few AWDs still working. The passengers look enthralled at travelling in such a rare vehicle.

So I visited the TSR at the weekend.  They had the North British loco running with it's new straight pipe exhaust which sounds fantastic in the tunnel and were very happy to run us a special train but can't do it on Shitefest Saturday as they are running steam driver experiences all day.
The steam engine will be running on the Sunday and I encourage people to visit on your way home.