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Hi everyone - many thanks for making me welcome and for your interest. I wasn’t even aware Mark of the export marker - or noticed it. I guess if the car did go abroad - then came back - it would have been reregistered on return. Or if not - I’m still in the same position so this line of enquiry would be equally valid. I’m in Dalbeattie Simon - great part of the world ok. SM reg was originally Dumfriesshire (Kirkcudbrightshire was SW) and we have lots of reg no stories - including this car. Thanks again everyone. It seems nice here - I’ll maybe hang around for a bit - generally enjoy the entertainment and see what maybe turns up. Cheers

These are good off track

Is it me or does today's birthday list read like the names of an old east-end criminal gang (well apart from the jinglepants bit) Happy birthday all!

Aye the key word there GIVEN, by US, the Club. And while they were initially distributed at Stoneleigh, loads were also passed to AO's to hand out to members that couldn't make Stoneleigh.

Any panel over 10w will need to be run through a solar charge controller (PWM cheaper, MPPT better) before the ‘house’ battery, to ensure the battery won’t cook through over-voltage (typically a panel will give out 17v or more in full sun). As for a 12v voltage regulator, one of these (below) is good, available on ebay. The right one will handle 8A or more, allowing multiple low amp ‘appliances’ to be regulated such as a small TV etc. A healthy battery sits at 12.7/12.8v, and when being charged will be bulking at 14.4-6v depending on the battery type and floating at 13.6, so voltage sensitive appliances will need to be regulated.

Hi Andrew, is this you back from your adventure? It would be better to fit a 12V regulator to ensure nothing nasty gets passed to your devices. You may have one with the panel? or this: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-drivers/7381577?cm_mmc=UK-PLA-DS3A-_-google-_-PLA_UK_EN_Displays_And_Optoelectronics-_-Led_Lighting_System_Components|Led_Drivers-_-PRODUCT_GROUP&matchtype=&aud-826607885427:pla-448230579044&s_kwcid=AL!7457!3!243856786484!!!g!448230579044!&gclid=CjwKCAiA0svwBRBhEiwAHqKjFg9SdCWe36Thoy7OXP9GtXp4VSP1CgcVeKPy1iJhK1RsX_DOIgQufBoC7s0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds May do, depends on how much current your devices need.

Its in the list identified by Smokey above. However, just in case, I recommend printing off the certificate in his link and have it handy at scrutineering

Thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO for organising another great day out. 👍

195 fit 7” fits perfectly. Had ps3s on mine at IVA as below

I thought it would have gone to at least 10k plus As i said we dont seem to have been far and racked up 3 k Most of that would have been getting out of the perimiter fence round barnsley its like mexican border hope to catch up with you all des and debs also want a vacation diown your end you dont get stones chucked at you on ya drives like we doo see ya soon john

I've got the dash out trying to clear up things got new Dash2 to fit as well. It's a bit of a mess.

Thank you all for a great run out @Julie Hall - Peak District AO see you all next time.

Thanks @Ben (bunje) got 4x new r888r 205/60x13 for £360 delivered. Can’t complain at that!

Great 'on the move' photo's there Luke, thanks for posting them. Glad you enjoyed it, and you popped your Winnat's Pass cherry 😁 Meeting us at Sainsburys were Luke, Steve (with Stuart), Andy, Richard and Kevin Steve Richard Richard, who proceeded to try and nick Tangoman, just because he suits your car better than mine, tut. Luke Luke Andy proudly told us that his Cobra is featured in the latest Total Kit Car magazine. I didn't get chance to read it but it looks fabulous and is spread over 4 pages, it would sit well in our Westfield World magazine if you fancy a bit of writing Andy? Richard had only come to pick up the indicators from Luke and had to leave us here. We took the big roads up to The Rambler Inn, Edale which meant that Luke got to finally drive up the Winnats Pass. As we were slightly early for lunch I thought we would have a little photo shoot on the way. We are parked in a bus turning area, but the bus is a tourist bus and only runs in the summer, so cheeky sods like us can take full advantage of it. That got us to the Rambler Inn just in time for it opening, but not before a n head parked in our spot 1 minute before us Bonnets came flying off and tyres were kicked until it started raining and we headed indoors for lunch Kev's ST170 engine Billy joined us in the Porsche Tangoman came too We had lunch while watching the sideways rain come down, made worse when Steve's wife messaged him to say it was lovely sunshine in Rutland. After lunch we all got in our wet Westfields, but wait a minute, look at this, Bill is claiming that his roof is broken. How hard did you jam it with the screwdriver? He said he is going to search Sarah's handbag when he gets home as he is conviced there will be a missing part of his roof in it. I had to change my finish point because Steve had fetched Stuart with him and needed to deliver him back to Matlock, I refused to change my route, it is the best bit of the day, so we defected to good ol' Tagg Lane. We had a good run there, with a free run up the steep Mam Nick road, enjoying the twisty bits and keeping a good convoy on the emptier roads. I can really tell that my shock absorbers and springs have been changed, it's great, they really work. Tagg Lane It soon got messy. White chocolate and hazelnut ice cream for me. Perhaps they were expecting Ian's daughter, Charlotte, my little Kinderella, who would have enjoyed today Back outside Luke showed us that not only did he have a lovely engine bay housing the Honda lump but he also had the cleanest oil in his engine, it was cleaner than when it comes out of the container. Watch that Billy, he is still showing off in his t-shirt. Steve followed us down the twisty Via Gellia road and back to Matlock as we said our goodbyes to all. Thank you everyone for coming all the miles today, we kept a good convoy and nobody broke down, hopefully you all got back in the daylight. It was largely dry, it's just that the high ground is unpredictable this time of year, but it is where the best views are.

Thank you @Julie Hall - Peak District AO for allowing the token Cobra owner to join in again 😉 After all I've been through with my daughters condition it's great to be part of the Westfield family and it means a lot to still be accepted. I ended up taking a wrong turning on my way home however it turned out for the best as I went up via the Fiddlers Elbow ... which was a fantastic place to stop and enjoy a cigar after the sun came out!

Thanks for another great run @Julie Hall - Peak District AO Shame we couldnt find weather like I had on the way home, up in the peaks! non on the less a great run, great food and like minded nutters! Until next time!