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For our recent "Sausage Tour" I needed a new luggage rack to fit my MSA roll bar as the old rack was to wide to fit. So this is it.......20mm Aluminium box section and 12mm aluminium tube. Bolted onto the roll bar struts with exhaust clamps and still having access to the fuel tank filler, the rack carried approx 20kg of luggage for over 1000 miles. Best part.........it only weighs 2kg!

0615hrs, Gemini Wind Park, Netherlands

I thought I'd give my own mojo a little lift here and remind myself and anyone who's seen my car before what's been happening to it over the last five years of ownership. It's a 1989 narrow body SE, crossflow powered with a solid axle, chassis number 955. This car had laid dormant between 1999 and 2014 when I became it's new owner. It's taken the past five years to turn a wheel again due to all the reasons that we encounter, life, finance, more life, less life, fewer finances, circumstances and the often present lack of mojo. This year I was determined to get it back on the road and enlisted the help of a local sports car specialist who have a history with kits and specials to give it the once over and get it MOT'd. A few hiccups along the way just working through 30 year old wiring but it's now running and driving. As always, there's a list as long as our collective arms of things to do, but at least I can enjoy it now. It's become my runaround for local trips. Here's the car the day I collected it. and just last week. I've a blog post where details appear and I really ought to follow the examples of others and list the costs, even though that gets frightening!

Chris, The car at Silverstone and all Chesil cars past and future have and will have painted GRP bodies. The car on display was the prototype Chesil E which was originally built in 2002 and retro fitted with the the motor and batteries. Simon

“Are you the famous man who’s made more comments than anyone else?” ”No Mike, that’s still your record, but unlike your ramblings, my contributions are helpful, knowledgeable and make sense.”

At first glimpse I thought it was Clark Howe’s newly restored Speedster. 😀

it was pretty early and you had a long drive the previous day in the hot weather......

Edited my previous posts that were obviously the result of some sort of flash-back from my misspent youth 😁 Im going to just hide in a corner now and all subsequent posts of mine will include the words “allegedly” or “in my opinion your honour”

I should be there

Sorry Jon been out working all day!! Route's all sorted, just posted info on WhatsApp.

Throttle bodies

a lovely looking car and it’s always a way to revive/ lift “ mojo” as life gets in the way for that reason I keep my build photos form collection to completion and the holiday pics when your drive drops or the weather isn’t playing ball it gives you the enthusiasm to push through it a run out for a coffee or to a favourite place does wonders aswell, even on your own, we all need a lift from time to time heres one of my fave pick me up pics-and one from this year

Giggles, yep can be an absolute nunney with the risk of damage. Maybe try your local independent garage or service centre?

To be fair to him Windy hasn't finished his escort yet either

I have a candle burning just for you

You'll need to find out if the flames are still there?

Honestly Simon - I just think I'm going ever so slightly mad... Alledgedly!

Maybe, but “muppet” springs to mind more easily 😁

"Addled" is probably the word you are looking for 🤣

Worryingly I was completely sober at the time. Might have had a bit of “residual influence” in the system though 🤣 ...allegedly

Too many ales over the weekend me thinks

bl**** hell I could have sworn it was steel! Must be going completely senile 😁🤣

My joke doesn’t work any more

@Andrew andys mapping went very well. im not sure what hese upto but im hoping to be there. my mini is almpst finished just need some new disks and pads. having trouble with my tow car but i have an alternative so ill speak to andy the weekend and see what he says. @Meatibald Archpants its not an mx5 is it with seised on rear wishbone bolts?

My 18 yr old daughter wanted to try a trackday a few years ago, only 2 months after she passed her driving test. So took her with me to an airfield trackday and took her a passenger at first to see if she was ok with the speed we go at. That was ok with her so I asked the organisers (Javelin) if she could drive round the taxiways to accustom herself with the Westfield at a slower speed and they were ok with that. In the afternoon she was confident to drive on the circuit and she did ok, I was proud of her, even though she got into couple if spins. Now, if you approach it in the same way at Abingdon airfield with MSE, I'm sure they help your dad out, just ask them. Look after Dad and make his day.

As you've discovered, it's really all about the layout and the storage . I took a career break with my wife in 2003 and lived in this for 18 months: At a little over 10m, it took some careful planning... We later swapped to a 6m Hymer A class, which I'd argue is the perfect size for 2, but when kids arrived we changed to caravans. Much as I like the current caravan, I'll be changing back to a 7m motorhome as soon as the kids are bigger and finances allow. No matter how much you research, you really wont know what suits you best until you try - so really assume the first one is just to allow you to work out what the second one should be...

Haha, in this PC age, nice to see a good old fashioned method of staff management

Really great to meet you guys , me and the mrs had a fabulous couple of days , the rainy parade lap just added to the enjoyment , if I can I will post a video Sharon took of us all from the stand , overall a fantastic weekend

Yes they have one here at Silverstone

Arrived today!!! Great customer service were with me in 4 day from ordering set up and ready to fit, thanks @DamperMan cant wait to get them on the car,

thanks for your helpful advice everybody, i have decided to go and try the SPAX ones regards Wayne