MMM.. this isnt easy. This is like doing an ad on Ebay then losing it seconds before you update having spent 45 minutes typing it. Just typed this whole post then lost it so here I go again.
Its taken me 2 years to do a post but here it is......
Next Saturday the something of July is the "Back to The Future" summer fete at Our Lady Of Ransom school Rayleigh Essex. Now I know TT said he would come along with his whip but Jason are you confirmed with "the camel toe car"? If you really cannot bring youself to drive it maybe we could push it down the hill and you could get a cab to save the distress. Also Alastair expressed an interest in coming down but Al wont you be fresh from the Chapel of Love? Can you really afford a D day so close to your wedding day? It would be great to get as many there as poss, good exposure both for the cars and the club.
The bribe from the school is free beer and burgers (plus the joy on the little childrens faces) but I dont think they realise that driving these things requires 100% concentration and even a sniff of alcohol will end in a certain coliision and death.
The Fete is by far the biggest in the area and last year the main attraction was Lewis Hamiltons fully carbon Fibre F1 whip complete with transporter, security and crew. This year it will be a handfull of stainless clad shite! (sorry guys but if you put it into context). That said apparently the kids are far more excited this year, primarily as they are all aware of the car from the films and it is "mythical " to them, and also as the cars will be the centre of the "BTTF" theme.
Debbie the (the bird organising the shindig) is keen to source some Delorean related goodies ideally T shirts etc. Maria can you supply anything? She is keen to place an order for T shirts and can probably flog some calendars mugs etc. I have her mobile number but I dont think Im allowed to post it up here because of perverts. I dont know how the PM system works but I will give it a try. If not successful Debbies forum I.D on this forum is Lilimae. Maybe you could PM me your number Maria and I will pass it onto her if I can suss it out.
Completely unrelated to the above is a post I read from Jez (Ive only ever known one other Jez and for some bizarre reason everyone knew him as Jezzie Babe) regarding a stretch or road he uses to access Caley Hall (albeit by trailer ). I used this road this time for the first time courtesy of TomTom (it takes you via Prickwillow) As Jez says it is a real test of a cars suspension fast narrow and ridiculously undulating, it exposed the deficiencies in my 30 year old US stock suspension. I literally bounced along those roads like a stainless Tigger thing, expecting to launch into a ditch at anytime, and it has brought me to the conclusion that I do need to upgrade my suspension. Now I had a conversation at the weekend about Black Spax . The primary reason for not changing my suspension up to now was the soppy colour of the Spax. Is there a timeframe for these babies yet? Having inspected my suspension once I got home after the bouncing event I noticed that the top mounting rubbers on my shocks are looking pretty ropey anyway possibly only one more MOT or not, and as noticed by Arran on Saturday it is creaking like an old bed. Arran or Alastair as soon as the black ones are available please let me know. I still like my big springs though
Anyway back to the original topic if you would like to show your whip for the kids let me know so I can let Debbie at the school know. It is a good little event for the local Ds and only a couple of hours, maybe some nice mums too.....
Mark (Houghton)