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Not long now until show weekend 😎 we hope to see as many members attend this growing show as possible 👍 Please see below information for the weekend, anything I've missed please shout up! Friday 20th Sept set up is from 10am to 8pm, no access before 10am, van and show gear will arrive approx 12 noon. Any club member can come along to help set up 🙏 should only take a couple of hours 👍 Please use the main entrance for entry to the showground, clearly sign posted for kit cars. Club gazebo will be erected with tea urn and hot and cold drinks provided FOC with Charity donations appreciated 👍 Club pitch will have electric. Club pitch will have racing SIM. Club pitch will have BBQ. Club pitch is not as big as Malvern, there will be a smaller version of Westfield Avenue 😁 Club pitch should be easily located by the WSCC blow up arch. Club camping is also on our G3 pitch this will be behind cars/Westfield Avenue. There will be no official rota, we can decide on the day who does what.. main tasks are parking cars on Westfield Avenue, meet and greet, tea/coffee. Site plan below (not to scale!! WSCC plot is bigger than shown allowing for camping etc)

The time is nearly here. Who from East Anglia area is going to the newark kit car show? It would be really nice to see you . If your thinking about it then theres a few tips below. If we get some names together we might be able to arrange convoys etc. So here is a step by step plan to get here! Ask the partner for permission to go and if its a no then buy some flowers and chocolates to change that. It may mean spending some money but 5iver should cover it. Dust off the car and chuck the roof away as there should be no rain. Gives more room if you buy summit. Get your wallet ready and pre print some fake reciepts to prove you were frugal with the money. Plan your journey now. Put a smile on your face and get ready to enjoy the show. Come on guys. Lets be seeing you.

The weather Gods were kind last night and we managed another successful track evening at Donington. Car ran faultlessly again, it does seem use oil when I’m driving hard on track. First time I’ve run the car on track since fitting my radiator ducting (massive thanks to @Matt_S) and Laminova. Water temps were a rock steady 90 deg and the highest oil temp I saw all evening was 105 deg. Over winter I am going to sort a better bracket setup for the Laminova.

GBS, Ollerton, NG22 9ZD are organising a drive out. You are invited in ANY car. The day will start and finish from the factory, there will be a stop at a nice pub for lunch. If you want to take part you need to register your interest by emailing Ruth, she will then keep you informed of the details as things progress. Glen and I have registered our interest, please see here for details so you can join us all https://www.greatbritishsportscars.com/my-events

@Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) Joint East Anglia AO this is a good plan, I agree with the structure.. simple and effective 👍 🙂

Do Mazda SDV cars resale for less than their Ford powered cousins? They always seem to be very reasonably priced to me.

I think the September issue has just come out, not sure if the feature will have made this one or will be in the October edition

They do come up on Facebook. Saw some used ones just yesterday.

My brother has the one in the picture bought from one of the classic car shows. Very well made and easy to access. He used for a year whilst his garage was being built. his main concern was securing it in wind and from cats possibly cutting it as they have two Siberians. he also ran a dehumidifier in it in addition to the airflow Other than that no issues. It is very big and tall. Also fairly heavy and bulky when rolled up.

I bought mine from V8 Developments near Spalding uk. Very knowledgable, worth a call to weigh up your options https://www.v8developments.co.uk/

This is one of the ones that I was thinking of: https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/coloured-polyester-brush-gelcoat-ral-colours Mind you they do pretty much say on their website to forget about getting an invisible match 😕

I've seen a contrasting colour as a band round the front of the nose/grille too. That looks quite good.

No it's not a typo, it's the name we've given to our version of the NC500. My friends and I have done the NC500 or our NC250 route every year for the past 8 years and varied the route and stops to suit. Its only just up the road so would be rude not to. This year due to it being midweek it was only the two of us, me and my mate in his MK Indy. Our route on day one took us from home and up a short section of the A9 where we cut off for Crieff and fun began. We then headed up to Dunkeld for a quick pit stop. We were interrogated by some American tourists who were impressed we had Miata and Ford engines. We then headed into the Cairngorms via the A93 through Glenshee to the ski centre. It's a fantastic road and we had a clear run up. We stopped in Braemar for lunch. Not here though, far too expensive, went to the tea room next door. Our route then took us past Balmoral Castle, where we took some single track towards Corgarff Castle and the Lecht ski centre. Again brilliant roads with little traffic to hold us up. Then onto Tomintoul and Grantown on Spey, pretty sure this is always the first road to be closed by snow every year. Then onto our overnight at Inverness via Nairn and a stop at Fort George, but the dolphins weren't out to play. All tucked up. Day 2 promised to be better weather and no hoods. We crossed the Kessock bridge, then the Cromarty bridge heading in land towards Bonar Bridge. viewpoint for the Dornoch Firth and bridge in the distance. Always one of my favourite views of the whole route, never fails to impress. Bonar Bridge in the distance. Thankfully never needed these guys... Our Airbnb in Lairg was a bit too bijou, even if it was on a private island. So we gave it a miss and continued North towards Altnaharra and Tongue. This is where the roads turn to single track, but you often get a good view ahead and can open to car up a bit. This wind farm wasn't there the last time we past here about 3 years ago. Apparently at times we make five time the electricity we use. So why aren't my bills coming down! Stopped at Tongue for lunch and cake. For once it wasn't raining here, we've been soaked often before. After lunch we continued West towards Durness and the Smoo cave. Loch Eribol was picturesque as always. You drive along one side to its end and then 10mins later your driving along the other side you had just been looking at. We topped up our tanks and chocolate supplies at Durness. We also spoke to a couple of bikers from the Netherlands whom we'd past a few times at passing places. Really nice guys who were over on the DFDS ferry for 10 days. Then onto Kylesku for the obligatory pictures. The car park was busy and the cars got lots of attention, one woman even sat in my drivers seat. This year we stayed at the Gairloch Hotel and this was my view, nice eh. Day 3 was forecast to be wet and it didn't disappoint! Although it was raining it didn't damped or spirits as we knew we had some fantastic roads and views ahead. We continued down through Torridon to Shieldaig and the only advantage of the rain was the roads were quiet. Shame Calum the deer is no longer there. This year our route took us on a new road to the base of the Bealach na Ba and not the usual Applecross loop. Again we stopped for the obligatory picture at the Bealach sign and contemplated our next move. The rain was heavy and the mist pretty much covered the mountain, but we had planned to go up and back down the pass, so that's just what we did. The video shows how extreme it was, wind and rain blowing right through the cars! There is a fantastic cafe next to the sign and is highly recommended. After a quick brunch we headed south towards Plockton via Lochcarron. After Plockton we had planned to jump onto Skye and then catch the Glenelg ferry back off and do the Ratagan pass, however the weather was so bad the ferry was off. So a quick picture on Skye and then head for home, via Fort Willam, Glencoe and Callander. Where we hit the motorway. My total mileage for the trip. We usually do this trip in September and maybe it didn't pay off weather wise, but we still enjoyed it. The video should give you an idea just how wet it was. Thanks

Sorry all I'm working this weekend but next weekend I'm not lol hope you all enjoy ya run Hopefully see you all following weekend at the newark show if anyone is going Love ya all Andy &debs

Oh dear, Steve, I hope you can find out what is wrong, that must be very frustrating. We don't look like we are going to be back off holiday in time to come on the GBS run out. See you all at Newark.

Was going to be coming but brake judder is too bad to drive it. hoping I get it fixed for Newark☹️