My 1973 Cadillac, Huggy Bear

[paulplom]

19° and fair next Sunday. Unless something crops up, I'll bring the mx-5 down for a run.

[eddyramrod]

Anyone else for this?  Looks like it'll be a reasonable day tomorrow, and our last chance for a gathering, for a while!

[paulplom]

Are you still going to Morcambe tomorrow?

[paulplom]

Woah canny coincedence!

[eddyramrod]

For those who can: it's at Jo-n-Lee's Cafe, which is on the north end of the Promenade, almost opposite Happy Mount Park.  Kickoff should be about 10am, until 1-ish.

[paulplom]

I'll have to see if my partner will look after my kids. My mother usually has them on a weekend but she's ill.

I may have a present for you if I can make it. ?

[eddyramrod]

Bring them!  Oh... maybe not in an MX5!

[paulplom]

This is a goer for me. She said I shouldn't need to ask. 

I'll see you tomorrow. How will I know which one is you? ?

[eddyramrod]

You can always ask the fat bloke with the brown Cadillac, he will know.  Whether he will tell you the truth is a whole other question!

[antony denman]

[eddyramrod]

That's funny, I was just thinking before how much I'm starting to resemble the great Frank Cannon!

[paulplom]

Have you got the porno tash to match?

[eddyramrod]

Yes ? ?

[antony denman]

try make it tommorrr wont be in the granada be in the skoda try do one classic car meet befor the lockdown 

[paulplom]

Do you have a postcode?

Joe n lee's cafe is nowhere near to Happy Mount Park on google maps.

[eddyramrod]

I'm afraid I don't, sorry.  If you're driving north "up" the Prom, then it's on your left after the park; if you're going south, as I will be, then if you get to the park you've gone too far.  Best I can offer, sorry.

[paulplom]

That'll do.

[eddyramrod]

Anyone else fancy this?  I'll be setting off within the hour.

[eddyramrod]

CANCELLED!

[eddyramrod]

@paulplom have a great car-boot, but please, don't drag yourself all the way over here!  The meet is off and I won't be going to Morecambe.

[loserone]

Sent him a message of Facebook in case he sees that first

[paulplom]

Just f'ing got here. Oh dear.

[paulplom]

How far is the field of dreams? ?

[eddyramrod]

Aw, so sorry Paul!  If you head up the A6 you will find a boot sale, so your trip won't be quite wasted.  In fact if you do that I'll bring Huggy to meet you anyway.

[paulplom]

I'll head that way now.

[eddyramrod]

On my way and offline!

[paulplom]

Car boot achieved.

[eddyramrod]

Yep, car boot totally achieved! :)

I mean, seriously....

Paul had come laden with gifts too...

Yes, a 1/18 Bluesmobile!  I've been chasing these all over ebay for years, and now I've got one!  Dog with two tails, etc...

...Along with some small stuff, in remarkably good condition considering they're all at least 35 years old.

And a book by our friend @motorpunk .  I'm looking forward to that!

So then we had a lap of the boot sale; not a whole lot in the way of diecasts, although we did find the odd rummage box.

I've only ever seen small-scale 7-series Volvos in saloon form, but the 7 and 9 I owned were both estates.  I picked up the Humvee as a roof donor, so we will see how the conversion to estate goes.  If it's a success I'll got for another and make my 9-series.

Oh and... was anything ever more misnamed?

 

@paulplom it was a joy to meet you.  Thank you so much for coming over, and even more for bringing the unexpected gifts!  I'm just sorry the event you came for was cancelled.

[paulplom]

Nice to meet you too @eddyramrod. I had a much better drive back. The sun got out once I was off the m6. I had to pull over and take my coat off. Quite a size difference considering their noses were level. 

I'm not sure you can get two cars so different in every way.

[eddyramrod]

Bluesmobile has now found a space in my "Film and TV" cabinet; displacing my Bandit 79 Trans Am which needs a little remedial attention.  This is not the cabinet I've shown before, this is just for 1/18 scale cars and it's full.  Full as in, there are 8 shelves, each with space for one of these models without looking crowded, and I now have 9 cars to put in it!  No two cars relate to the same film so they are not natural bedfellows.  Hm, this could be interesting...