Cholmondeley Castle 31st August

[rml2345]

Smashing day out chaps, particularly considering I didn't think I'd be making it. The impeccably coordinated Mrs. The Cat was just one of the many many highlights.

PIKSHUREZ to follow later.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

I enjoyed reading about this. I should have gone. I think so every year, but I'm not very sociable.

[retrogeezer]

I thought it said Ford Falcon on the tax disc but obviously this didn't show up on a search. So it's a kit car that looks like an MGB from the front then?

[Grundig]

I enjoyed reading about this. I should have gone. I think so every year, but I'm not very sociable.

 

^^^ neither am I, but went anyway - I even chatted to people 

[Junkman]

I thought it said Ford Falcon on the tax disc but obviously this didn't show up on a search. So it's a kit car that looks like an MGB from the front then?

 

I seem to remember that it was said via the PA, that the current owner built it in 1963, had it ever since, and it's the oldest example known.

[dugong]

It's a Falcon Carribean MkIV. It was amazing.

[Mr Lobster]

I really must make more some effort next year and get myself to this. Good work shiteists!

[Cavcraft]

Hey, Dugong, how was Captain Twatalot? I trust he didn't disappoint and continued his I'll-informed snivelling on the microphone?

[Squire_Dawson]

It was a great day and I thoroughly enjoyed it (apart from the dog shit). It was very nice to meet you all, top blokes.

[Junkman]

Hey, Dugong, how was Captain Twatalot? I trust he didn't disappoint and continued his I'll-informed snivelling on the microphone?

 

You would have enjoyed it no end.

6 hours of uninterrupted meaningless drivel, pure commentatorshite of the highest order, in 1920s sound quality.

Still better than an endless loop of Hotel California, what you usually get at car shows, I guess, but only marginally.

 

What I found downright annoying though, were those motorcycle types, and I wish they wouldn't invite them to car shows

(might be alone with this opinion though, as usual). They are unable to refrain from kick starting their trestles every

couple of minutes, rev them three or four times, then shutting them off again. Unless it's a Hardly Dangerous, of course,

in which case it takes them roughly 174 kicks until it lets out a fart for the duration of half a second.

 

Another most annoying trend I also noticed is, that there seems to be a competition going on between classic car owners,

as to who has the loudest exhaust. Hence a brand new back box for the RBM is now on order.

 

Oh, and did you guys notice, that a Stag V8 is the best sounding V8 of all times?

I'm tempted to install one of them in the RBM.

[cms206]

Last year was better when Twatalot called Dollywobbler "a bit eccentric" and incurred the wrath of the entire Autoshite "club stand". I managed to switch off and ignore his drivel eventually - thankfully Dave found a fiver and bought me a cone to try to stop me standing at the edge of his commentry box shouting "twaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!" at him in a variety of stupid voices.

 

Also on the way in there was someone taking photos of the cars for a stand where you could buy a mug with your car on it. I couldn't, 'cos the bastard switched her camera off and didn't bother taking a photo of it.

[skattrd]

I had a look for photo's of our cars on the mug stand as well. The only ones I found of the convoy from Lymm were the Allegro and one of the P6's, none of the others, not even one Volvo

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I had a look for photo's of our cars on the mug stand as well. The only ones I found of the convoy from Lymm were the Allegro and one of the P6's, none of the others, not even one Volvo

 

Which P6? I turned my headlights on for the benefit of the photographer!

[skattrd]

Which P6? I turned my headlights on for the benefit of the photographer!

 

I think it was yours.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Sweet. Didn't even notice that stand. 

[Junkman]

Can't have been mine, otherwise the camera would be broken now.

[dollywobbler]

I was very upset about being called a bit eccentric. I'm way beyond a bit.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Was a good day out Nice to meet up with some new & old faces and the weather was ok after the inital rainstorm on the way there.

[Angrydicky]

Wish I'd come to this now, especially as the Maestro's running so well at the moment! Ah well.

[KruJoe]

I'm not very sociable.

 

 

^^^ neither am I, but went anyway - I even chatted to people

Did you not come and introduce yourself? If not, why not?

 

 

Oh, apparently there was an XM estate in the punter's parking field with an Autoshite sticker in the window. Who was that?

[Grundig]

 

 

Did you not come and introduce yourself? If not, why not?

 

Had a chat with Junkman, Lord sterling & world of ceri but was overawed by the Volvo estates 

[KruJoe]

Ah, fair enough.

I only wandered away for a short while, sorry I missed you.

 

 

[mat_the_cat]

I notice you've accidentally* cropped the van out of the shot...

[Lord Sterling]

Had a chat with Junkman, Lord sterling & world of ceri but was overawed by the Volvo estates

 

Grundig; your Passat looked so tasty, I reckon I could've ate it. I regret not having a closer look.

[KruJoe]

Sorry Mat, it wasn't intentional!

 

Sorry Grundig, I didn't realise the lovely Passat was one of us! I thought you were a randomer looking for a nice place to park up! The smartness and originality put the rest of us to shame, except perhaps Josh and his Allegro.

 

 

[KruJoe]

Oh, and Si with his Escort, which he didn't bring to see us until the end of the day.

 

 

Perhaps he didn't want it to catch tinworm from us scumbags in the arse end of the field.

[mouseflakes]

Looks and sounds like a great day

 

jeez, that dog shit stank by Josh's motor..

It was a great day and I thoroughly enjoyed it (apart from the dog shit).

Maybe it didn't smell so good though.

[Junkman]

Grundig; your Passat looked so tasty, I reckon I could've ate it. I regret not having a closer look.

 

I had, and it's just plain gorgeous. And that's me saying this about a VAG.

Five banger, too, so I bet it shifts like f00k, sounding like a Sport Quattro driven by Walter Röhrl in Kilder Forest.

[Cavcraft]

 

Had that done about 4 or 5 years ago on the way in.

[worldofceri]

Grundig's Passat was indeed supa-clean; probably why we initially assumed he couldn't possibly be with us.  Kudos for having un-scened it too (with much assistance from Grundig_jnr, I was informed).  Speaking of which, I'm bringing my pineapple next time.

 

Great to make reacquaintance with a few faces I met at Arley Hall last year, and to meet a few more.  I was especially taken with Squire_Dawson's mud flaps*.

 

Mat_the_Cat departs with a little help from CMS and KruJoe:

 

 

*not a euphemism.