Great British Sportscars Cars and Coffee Saturday 7th March.

[AndrewBClarke]

The first of this years coffee mornings at GBS Cars is on Saturday 7th March starting at 10am. 
 

Great British Sportscars and Kitcar spares 

Maun Way

Boughton

Ollerton

Nottinghamshire 

NG22 9ZD
 

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

We will see you there @AndrewBClarke

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

Anyone else joining us at GBS tomorrow? The home-made cakes are excellent!

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

Some pics from GBS.

Good to see Roger and his lX.

Dan's Robin Hood with a Vauxhall VX turbo engine. A nice XR3 just behind too.

Andrew's very clean V8 Westfield.

A variety of cars were present.

Roger and his IX.

A great turnout for the event.

Tim's Westfield and mine with the bonnet off.

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

On the way home the engine decided to shake the thermostat housing bolts loose and leak coolant rapidly. I managed to get to a lay-by and stop in clouds of steam!

 

I contacted the AA, and when the engine had cooled I tightened the housing bolts and checked all the hoses etc. Once Jordan from the AA arrived, we topped the coolant up, bled the system, pressure tested and ran up to temperature etc. All appeared well so we set off, albeit after a 2 hour delay.

 

We didn't go straight home, we went to the services first, and then decided to eat whilst there. We set off for home as the rain started just to end the day on a high note!

[AndrewBClarke]

See @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative , my car is clean sometimes. It is only on trips with you that we are obliged to find all the farmers muck etc to plaster all over the car!

Thanks @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO for the write up and photos.

[ianali]

55 minutes ago, AndrewBClarke said:

See @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative , my car is clean sometimes. It is only on trips with you that we are obliged to find all the farmers muck etc to plaster all over the car!

Thanks @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO for the write up and photos.

Have you cleaned yours yet after yesterday? I was silly enough to follow J&G’s directions into the overflow carpark yesterday. My car must have weighed twice its usual weight with all the mud attached. Also Ali seems to have done a mud dance before getting into the car.. 

[AndrewBClarke]

18 minutes ago, ianali said:

Have you cleaned yours yet after yesterday? I was silly enough to follow J&G’s directions into the overflow carpark yesterday. My car must have weighed twice its usual weight with all the mud attached. Also Ali seems to have done a mud dance before getting into the car.. 

nope. By the time I got home it was too late and dark. I think the first opportunity will be Wednesday due to work commitments and that has to be weather dependent. Going away to stay with my Mother on Thursday ready for Mothering Sunday so if Wednesday doesn’t work out, the car will remain filthy till mid next week!! By then the mud etc will have hardened on nicely!