Haynes Breakfast Club meet - 7th May 2023

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

This looked unlikely given the recent weather, but in the end the rain held off and I met up with Matt at Cartgate Roundabout on the A303 for a quick natter before heading into the event.

 

There was already a queue heading in, but not too bad and we were soon parked up side by side in the main area. Sean was in the paddock next to another club Westie, apologies didn’t catch your name! Plenty of other Westfields and Caterhams dotted about too.

 

We had a good wander about, caught up with the other chaps and I also had a chat with @Paul Baker, nice to meet you sir 👍.

 

I’ll certainly head back there again when possible, there was a huge range of different cars there from old/inexpensive to recent supercars. A lovely RS200 and Muira in the entrance lobby to the museum too. Here is a (quite large!) selection of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Paul Baker - Bristol Bath and Cotswold AO]

I’ve been thinking about doing a Haynes breakfast meet for ages and it was well worth the trip this morning.

Loads of kits on show and some very interesting machines to admire.

Nice to meet you @fatblokestu and nice to see that neat half hood of yours up close, gave me some good ideas for improving mine.

 

And a shout out to the Kitnet boys for the convoy in, was a great drive there and back.

 

 

[jaykay42]

4 hours ago, fatblokestu said:

This looked unlikely given the recent weather, but in the end the rain held off and I met up with Matt at Cartgate Roundabout on the A303 for a quick natter before heading into the event.

 

There was already a queue heading in, but not too bad and we were soon parked up side by side in the main area. Sean was in the paddock next to another club Westie, apologies didn’t catch your name! Plenty of other Westfields and Caterhams dotted about too.

 

We had a good wander about, caught up with the other chaps and I also had a chat with @Paul Baker, nice to meet you sir 👍.

 

I’ll certainly head back there again when possible, there was a huge range of different cars there from old/inexpensive to recent supercars. A lovely RS200 and Muira in the entrance lobby to the museum too. Here is a (quite large!) selection of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never come across a GTM Libra before. Every day is a school day...

 

Thank you, Stuart, shame I didn't make it... There's always a next time!

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

13 minutes ago, jaykay42 said:

Never come across a GTM Libra before. Every day is a school day...

 

Thank you, Stuart, shame I didn't make it... There's always a next time!

Me neither, thought it was quite nice actually. When I was a teen I always fancied building a GTM Coupe, looked great.

[kik1.6se]

 Nice photos. I went along but in my Toyota gt86 rather than the Westfield.

[HB46443]

5 hours ago, fatblokestu said:

This looked unlikely given the recent weather, but in the end the rain held off and I met up with Matt at Cartgate Roundabout on the A303 for a quick natter before heading into the event.

 

There was already a queue heading in, but not too bad and we were soon parked up side by side in the main area. Sean was in the paddock next to another club Westie, apologies didn’t catch your name! Plenty of other Westfields and Caterhams dotted about too.

 

We had a good wander about, caught up with the other chaps and I also had a chat with @Paul Baker, nice to meet you sir 👍.

 

I’ll certainly head back there again when possible, there was a huge range of different cars there from old/inexpensive to recent supercars. A lovely RS200 and Muira in the entrance lobby to the museum too. Here is a (quite large!) selection of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow!  An awful lot of very nice cars there. 

[Benrobson2999 - Kent AO]

I’d pop along to this one day. Little bit of a ride out. Looks good

[Matt_S]

This was my pick of the bunch, a Mk3 Escort running a turbo’d rotary engine!

 

 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

1 hour ago, Matt_S said:

This was my pick of the bunch, a Mk3 Escort running a turbo’d rotary engine!

 

 

Yep, that was awesome! Full conversion to RWD too! 👍