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Moving on to some motorsport themed photos now. The first one was taken at Thruxton in 1973 at the annual Formula 2 Easter race meeting. This is the Team Surtees Matchbox sponsored Formula 2 Team drivers Mike Hailwood and I don't remember the other driver next to him although I recognise his face (Addn. my mate thinks it may be Andrea de Adamich?). The bloke on the right in the Jackie Stewart style cap is my brother sadly no longer with us. Formula 2 was a great series in those days because if the current Formula 1 drivers weren't doing anything the F2 weekends they came along and more often than not had a guest drive. This was great to compare the up and coming drivers against current F1 drivers and of course it was brilliant for the fans! Thruxton at Easter was particularly good for it as there was never a clashing F1 meeting so we had some brilliant races, I remember one Easter when the great Ronnie Petersen was on his was up and Graham Hill came along and had a fantastic dice with him. Graham Hill narrowly beat him and after the race when they interviewed him he said in his own way "Ronnie was up my chuff all the way". Dave Brodie & Jonathon Buncombe Ford Capri II Novel way of working - love the converted Charabanc! A hairy Noel Edmonds with his racing Capri

Cam cover porn?

Found my car. A lovely duratec sport 2000. Going to hopefully collect next weekend 😎

An interesting and informational podcast on mental health. Hosted by Jim Al-Khalili. ---- The Life Scientific Richard Bentall on the causes of mental ill health. Why madness is in the world not in us. Prof Richard Bentall on how he pioneered talking therapies for people with psychosis and how early life events impact on our mental health. ---- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sj7c 41 minutes long. ---- I have never had the 'inner voices' side of this thankfully, but the early life experiences part really struck home and explains a lot of my issues. The CBT worked for me as I have mentioned already, for reasons I still cannot explain. This podcast also mentions how a bad therapist can actually make you worse, which is what happened with me initially, also covers the Covid impact too. All podcasts here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7/episodes/downloads Keep safe all. Richard.

I bought a 35mm Slide and Negative Scanner from good old Lidl for 25 quid and started to digitise my 40+ year old slide collection and I thought I would share some some of my motoring themed photos with you. First some rally cars which should be of interest to @OldStager and @Glen_I and others of course. I will try to add as much detail as possible. Cheiftain Rally Salisbury Plain 1973 Cheiftain Rally Salisbury Plain 1973 Cheiftain Rally Salisbury Plain 1973

I've dabbled in B+W as well.

Russel Brookes (RIP) gets ready to tighten his belts.

Just an update. I've decided to go for the redtop seiw. Thanks for the help all of you and I'll hopefully see you around some time in the near future 👍

James Hunt at Thruxton in 1975 signing autographs and about to give a demonstration run in the Hesketh Formula 1 Race Car. The third photo is Lord Hesketh (Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh) stood by the car and the sole backer of the team without any other sponsorship. Towards the end of 1975 Lord Hesketh withdrew his sponsorship of the team and James Hunt moved to McClaren where he replaced Emerson Fittipaldi and became World Champion in 1976. Can you imagine Lewis Hamilton taking his Mercedes to a local club circuit for a demo! Jenson Button did bring his McClaren to the streets of Frome just down the road from me and did donuts in the street in 2013 I will try to find some photos.

Yeah it is import to recognise that the car I have built is new in the sense that the chassis and body is new and many of the other parts came from Steve’s but where all serviced and restored with proof. I also have a certificate of newness from Westfield to back all this up

35mm slides, scanning and rallying in the 70s and 80s, hmm bin there done that

Some photos. Not sure on the green tape yet though.

LDMC have now opened entries for their sprint on 13th June 2021 Steve and I are going

Hi very interested if the windscreen is a tall version not standard please? Regards Michael.

Good to see someone else spells his name correctly! Cheers Martyn

After purchasing a rear diffuser in primer last year at the show. It took months to get motivated to actually fit it, so now a year later I’ve finaly got round to painting it! The idea of a primed one was to clout code of orange, however I’ve gone black! Moral of the story, should have bought the black one originally

just like @Weekend Warrior If you need help collecting anything just shout.

Before EBTG, Tracy Thorn was in the Marine Girls, who covered Peggy Lee's Fever...

Mine goes through the steel cross section under the seat where the seat mounts to as well. It's at the rear of the seat. Not sure why the photo is upside down but you can see the bolt in the middle.

Mud to puddle of mudd

LOL, right back at ya.

I lost my girlfriend as a young man (18). She was killed by a drunk driver. I wasn’t in the car with her, but I was very much in love with her and I still love her now. You’re right - anniversaries are the pits. It took a long time but they went from something to dread to a day to remember the good things. The thing that helped me turn the corner was when a dear friend of mine was comforting me during a very dark moment. He told me to stop trying to get over it because I never would - you’re not supposed to get over it, no matter what anyone says, but in time you learn how to live with it and to have a happy life for both of us because you realise that you can’t change things in the past, only the future. He was right. Scars remind us of where we have been. They don’t have to dictate where we are going. PM me if you need anything. 😊

Brill..... I wondered if anyone would follow Buzzcocks with Magazine 👍👍

Some pointers and observations from my journey. 1. If it’s got broken rear uprights for the Sierra callipers they are quite hard to find. So get ready for changing to the newer style for golf callipers. 2. If any of the wishbones are bent in any way I would advise that you don’t try repairing and just replace. 3. If an insurance company have written it off higher than a CAT C you WILL have to replace the chassis as I did. This will then require a complete IVA test after you have rebuilt it. In fact I still think it will have to be put through a test if it’s been written off to a lower level but I may stand corrected on this. 4. Westfield did offer to supply me a new chassis on enquiry but I was very lucky to find a kit that hadn’t been built up yet. 5. Whilst everything is in bits replace bearings and seals where you can and make sure everything is supper clean so it looks like new. Purchase a decent paraffin washing station. 6. If you need to rewire the car there other options than buying a loom from Westfield. 7. Don’t rush into it until you have done the maths. There is no point in going through the pain if you end up with a car that cost more to repair than buying better one that’s in full working order.

Great news, make sure you post plenty of pictures..... we like pictures! 😂

Soakaways do not work efficiently (if at all) in strata of low permeability i.e. clay, installing a crate attenuation/soakaway system may simply mean you will be storing water or even attract it, due to creating a void, in clay soils. Crated attenuation/soakaway systems work really well in more granular strata, with a higher permeability. Try not to use shingle in land drains, rounded single size pea gravel is self compacting and provides a better void ratio for the water run-off.

I use some amber 10w leds as indicators in another project, and find that they are more than bright enough at less than a third of their max forward current and dont runnhot enough to need a heatsink. I use a simple 2.5w resistor which works well, although a constant current source is the 'proper' way. Do a few experiments first to assess the ideal current vs brightness you require. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SMD-LED-White-Super-Bright-Chip-High-Power-Lamp-Floodlight-Bulb-10-20-30-50-100W/301889736669?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=600700036889&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&redirect=mobile edit : these use a much higher forward voltage so better suited to a 12v supply, I only need to drop about 4v at 0.3 A hence a relatively small resistor. the leds are very slim and easy to mount.

Andy still has the moulds and produced a few for the Lancashire Area crew, I did mine in black first but changed it to orange to match car colour, much preferred it in the orange. Steve

*bell rings*...

Just catching up @djm , I love that Singer apparently my father built a Austin 7 special that looked very similar from stories of family members. Wish I had the cash to buy a truly old car like that, also that coastal picture you posted looked very familiar at first sight, and now having read your post, it confirmed that it was indeed Cornwall. My gran used to be a amateur landscape artist, and would often sketch drawings in a pad during my summer school holidays , she then from memory re-created the picture in oil paints. She must have done hundreds of that beach as she kept selling them to friends.😁 And don't get me on about cars I wish I had kept, just thinking about a few makes me tear up 😪

I’m not far away and @si_salisbury is too Let me know if I can help . Steve

Deeping as In Market Deeping Lincolnshire ? If so I’m close .

Spoke to George at A-Plan today and was more than happy with the quote compared to AF . Another new customer .

Grandad talking to grandson on phone " What did you do today ? Grandson "I got up this morning and had my Covid Jam " Grandad "Don't you mean you had your Covid Jab " Grandson No . My toast was covid in Jam

I've also entered along with Harry Moody. I'm also looking to try get a garage, if anyone wants to share ley me know.

Next batch 1975 Cheiftain Rally on Salisbury Plain - the Saab at the end got a bit close for comfort and I think I may have got a bit muddy!

It's not wrong. It follows anti-UK sentiment instead of medical advice. Politicians, like reporters, will never let the truth get in the way...

Andy: saw this and thought of you......

Sorry, couldn't resist. Good luck with fixing quickly btw

Does that mean I can't call the OP a tool now?