2024 Rendezvous

[E.B]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Funny that, we used to refer to them as 2 seater Cambridges

A friend had an MGBGT which I used to refer to as an A60 Coupe.

[delta]

I often fondly recall my Frogeye Sprite . Every weekend it was round to my mates farm and do some welding normally around where the 1/4 elliptical springs were mounted. . I then progressed to a TR4 which was much faster . I could clock up to 120 mph on a good day . Whilst all this was going on we were building my first race car . Talked about on here many years ago the GT6. The TR had to go and ex GPO van was used to collect parts for the build . I remember when I purchased the fiberglass front end . Strapped on to the roof of the van. I went over a motor way bridge on the way back to my lockup and noticed the front end was flying through the air . We recovered by clambering down the hard shoulder banking . Lucky no harm done and I went on my merry way . Most happy days . It will all be in the book . Sorry to my much loved MG friends it was an Austin Healey that started this story . Me and Mrs Delta in Lake District for a week so you might be getting a few more Delta stories .?

[Gerard C]

MX 5 is already a new name for the Mazda, born Miata. Miata? Many cars could be rebranded as My Tata now…

[midgetman]

Please do send more stories.

Where abouts in LD are you?

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[delta]

Windermere .

[E.B]

Hope the weather is good for your time in the LD Iain. Have a good trip anyway. Look forward to the stories.

[Gerard C]

Nope. The weather will be terrible. Bad timing. Sorry but gives you time to send more stories.

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Nope. The weather will be terrible. Bad timing. Sorry but gives you time to send more stories.

Tales of The Unexpected?
Lord of the (piston) Rings?

[delta]

Well it is rather wet . There are plenty of pubs and unlike people down south the locals like to chat . ?

[E.B]

Originally Posted by midgetman

The MG Car Club has been involved in renaming it to, I think, the Roaring Raindrop. After one of the 50s record breakers.

Is that one of these Max? Painting I have in my office at home of MG Record Breakers.

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[midgetman]

I used to.work for a cycle touring company that has a cycle centre in Windermere Station. I used to know some.good cycle routes round there - alas it was 20 years ago so my memory has dimmed! Wiltshire to Windermere and back in a day was a regular trip.

November isn't a bad time to go. It always rains anyway and at least the roads are quieter.

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[midgetman]

Originally Posted by E.B

Is that one of these Max? Painting I have in my office at home of MG Record Breakers.



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I think.it was the Moss car, the silver one. I'm sure someone on here can correct me if I'm wrong.

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[Peter Mallett]

Moss and Phil Hill.

Originally Posted by google

Stirling Moss drove the MG EX181 to a land speed record of 245.64 miles per hour (395.31 kilometers per hour) in 1957:

A year later Phil Hill went faster in the same car. Moss was busy elsewhere.

[midgetman]

That was it.

Funny how worlds collide isn't it? On FB I'm a member of a group devoted to the Great British Pub. Tonight, up popped one from my old stomping ground and I commented I am old enough to remember its previous name which changed some half a century ago. Next thing, there's a bloke on there saying "I remember you and your dad racing at Castle Combe."

Like I said, when worlds collide it makes ne think. I really didn't expect my less than glorious racing past to crop up on a totally unrelated page. Or is it just that motor racing and beer go together like - "a horse and carriage"? I'd love to see the Venn diagram

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[Mike Harte]

Talking about pubs and Facebook, I saw mention of a pub that I knew of that was in the Chalk Farm/Primrose Hill area of North London that was renamed to something like the Lotus 7. It was refurbished in the theme of the car, and was re-opened by Colin Chapman in December 1970.

Considering that this area was part of my happy hunting ground back then, I am amazed that I was totally unaware of this, especially as a a young lady where worked part-time with, happened to be the girlfriend of a chap by the name of Tim Goss who raced a 7 in Clubmans back then, and neither of them mentioned it. And it was only a mile or so away, and even my friend who I worked with in another part time job at another pub - with whom I shared a large lock-up where he was building a twin cam Anglia for racing - also must have been unaware, because we would have gone to have a look over it.

[Lancsbreaker]

Originally Posted by E.B

A friend had an MGBGT which I used to refer to as an A60 Coupe.

When my stepson raced in the Hankook 924 challenge they used to get a bit upset when I called them "LT35 Coupes"........

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Talking about pubs and Facebook, I saw mention of a pub that I knew of that was in the Chalk Farm/Primrose Hill area of North London that was renamed to something like the Lotus 7. It was refurbished in the theme of the car, and was re-opened by Colin Chapman in December 1970.

Considering that this area was part of my happy hunting ground back then, I am amazed that I was totally unaware of this, especially as a a young lady where worked part-time with, happened to be the girlfriend of a chap by the name of Tim Goss who raced a 7 in Clubmans back then, and neither of them mentioned it. And it was only a mile or so away, and even my friend who I worked with in another part time job at another pub - with whom I shared a large lock-up where he was building a twin cam Anglia for racing - also must have been unaware, because we would have gone to have a look over it.

It was called Pub Lotus - bit of a play really on Club Lotus & was one of Graham Arnold's many off the wall ideas. It opened during the time I worked at Lotus & still have the in-house magazine with all the details.