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Old 22 Apr 2021, 13:10 (Ref:4047287)   #1
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Gilbert the Gilbern - The Ongoing Story
As you all know Mary Bell is undertaking her ARDS test tomorrow and will be driving Gilbert, together with MGDavid and Iain. However I am very pleased to be invited to join in at a few events this year so I shall be known as the Mary Bell placeholder.

Iain, David and I took Gilbert to Mallory on Tuesday 20th April and gave him a shake down. We even tried a pit stop driver change which was slow due to my lack of flexibility! But not too slow so improvements will come.

David and Iain can tell you about their experience with the car but I was very impressed with its balance and although it suffers from the usual MGB soft brake pedal it stops well.

Throughout the season we will post updates because a few posters have expressed an interest and of course we keep Mike's legacy alive.

This was David in his first lap: https://youtu.be/IMh04IHpAv8

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Old 22 Apr 2021, 15:16 (Ref:4047315)   #2
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Good luck to Mary tomorrow, and look forward to following this thread and Gilbert's exploits with interest.
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Indeed, good luck to Mary, although I'm sure she will pass fine


Look forward to following Gilbert's progress, too.............
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Perhaps the lads should look out! Here comes Mary.
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Old 23 Apr 2021, 08:45 (Ref:4047451)   #5
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Thankyou. I'm now nervous but was very excited about it yesterday. Motorsport uk have just emailed me the correct video to watch as I received one for rallying!! Having followed Mike's career in that and looking at the pictures of his wrecked 205's (not all the time and fortunately he always emerged unscathed and immaculate)) I will give that a miss.
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Thankyou. I'm now nervous but was very excited about it yesterday. Motorsport uk have just emailed me the correct video to watch as I received one for rallying!! Having followed Mike's career in that and looking at the pictures of his wrecked 205's (not all the time and fortunately he always emerged unscathed and immaculate)) I will give that a miss.
Here goes guys
You will love it. Enjoy the day and say hi to Tiff who is doing track rides today.
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On this day last year we lost Mike. Today though we loaded up Gilbert ready to go to Donington with David and Peter driving in 1 hour race with CSCC. Good luck boys but make sure you look after our little car. Have fun.
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First thing I commented on when we tested at Mallory - longish pedal, and not a lot happens. Trying different pads now.
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On this day last year we lost Mike. Today though we loaded up Gilbert ready to go to Donington with David and Peter driving in 1 hour race with CSCC. Good luck boys but make sure you look after our little car. Have fun.

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Yup, good luck, guys, but more importantly have fun which is what I always thought it should be all about.
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