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BTTT for any new members who have not benefited from Bert's escapades.............

You are joking!! Its 140 miles from home to Castle Combe. The car is stripped out with no windscreen and is uncomfortable to drive on the road. It may be very fast but there is little opportunity to use the speed. It is certainly not a motorway cruiser. I'll arrive Friday evening, sleep in the trailer and drive back home Saturday after the event.

Well done Richard, do you drive your car to the circuit? Dave

@Paul Hale see here- YDG

@Paul Hale best to post your question here. @John Dolan - Wirral & North Wales AO will then answer.

I totally agree with all that has being said from other members. Feel free to dm me for any further advice (what to check, testdrive, etc.) once you have found the right car to buy. it's alway a pleasure to let new enthusiasts join our italian community.

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I am interested in the Welsh tour in September...but I need a) details of exactly where and when to meet in Llandrindod, and b) the route in some form. I can visit my family in Monmouth and do this on my way home to Chester. Cheers! paulhale@talktalk.net

Edit - the Pro Race 1.2 (Gloss black) alloys are actually 13"

I think they’re a slightly different shape, too. But be interesting to see how they compare.

Are they the same size? I thought fixed arches were narrower? I need some as well so interested to find out.

@MattVis going to try to come but depends on Mot’s etc on Friday.

Thanks to Paul at Howden for helping with my renewal. Change of underwriter from Marker Study to AXA, with the same cover and excess rules, but a saving of £26 on last year's cover. However, one to watch out for, I had to give a reminder that I'm opted out of auto-renewal. Take care Gary

Coming so long as rain doesn’t stop play. 😁

Thanks Mat...any pics? Cheers.

Working Sierra 7" VLSD diff for sale. Ratio: 3.38. I started cleaning it up for painting but came across 3.14 ratio so just replaced the whole lot. Can do a good price of £300 but there is a catch: item is in Norway. ParcelCompare is offering shipping for £92.77: https://parcelcompare.com/shipment/quote?q=9778dc2a-5883-4a9d-ac3e-c6c2b3c32924 Plus taxes on whatever value you declare. Weight:25kg, size: 42x30x25cm plus packaging weight and size. Have also some other bits and bobs, leftovers from rebuild/LHD conversion, unused RV8 water pump, open diff parts. . See pictures.

I did about 15 miles in the Westfield this morning so look forward to meeting you all at Castle Combe. The gearbox problem was a broken main shaft. Apparently it's relatively common as there is a thrust washer which sits in the groove and the drillings create a stress point. Huge thanks to Paul at First Motion Transmissons https://www.firstmotion.co.uk/. I took the box out of the car on the Sunday, took it to him Monday lunchtime and he had fixed it by Thursday evening.

Great minds indeed @Andrzej, great minds indeed 😂

Ah, apologies — I genuinely had no idea this had already been developed! Looks like we stumbled upon the same solution independently — classic case of convergent evolution 😄 I imagine it's not just the MNR that could benefit, but pretty much any high-scuttle, pointed-nose kit car would gain from having a “sightline” like that. Great minds engineering in parallel, huh? 😉

Recently had a track day at Donington on the full circuit .. here's SWMBO taking her 82 year old dad out for a spin Sat at home with the stopwatch I managed a fastest lap of 2min6secs which I don't think is too bad for an old man with no budget and even less talent