Mark Stanton Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 So come on then spill the beans Some questions and rumours need to be resolved Photographic evidence if possible What exactly did the gendarmes say to Blatman Did Buzz Billsberry find his way to Le Mans and back home again Does Buzz still have both eyebrows intact Did Turbo Tommo drink Le Mans dry Did anyone manage to get a WSCC sticker onto Hurdseys caravan How many broken down TVR's did you see being delivered back to the ferry ports on a transporter Hands up all those that on their in the funhouse and that includes you Mr Garratt What was your best blag of the weekend Quote
mikehreynolds Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Hey, I went to Le Mans and saw loads of Westy's, I went down with the S2000's guys. Had an awesome time, watching the race, drinking, chilling etc Highlight of the weekend was my trip around the Prodrive pits! Mike Quote
jonlewis Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Buzz did have eyebrows intact....... and followed everone else to make sure he didnt get lost. Last saw him looking dazed after breakfast on the Ferry, so no guarantee he will get home. Not a single broken down TVR in sight for me... including on the track. Their engines did twice as many miles as my Tuscan did between rebuilds. Turbo Tommo had a permenant beer blanket, but otherwise behaved himself.... Paul Hurdsfield caravan became WSCC tea room.... Quote
Mark Stanton Posted June 15, 2004 Author Posted June 15, 2004 1 broken down Porsche and a TVR at Ouistreham docks last night + a Lambo Diablo driven by someone bigger than myself and Rob Navin (put together) unable to get onto seacat - wayyyyy to loooowwwwwwwwwww Blatman and Blatbear seen having a beer together Huge Thanks to Stint and Nobby for whacking some WSCC stckers onto the cars for their race and the ultimate get anywhere and everywhere pass and wristband - was the best insight into Le Mans Didn't see Buzz anywhere and why did Enterpryse Wadsley cover his car up it's only dust Quote
SADDLEWORTH Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 The only ******g broken down car was me(snot green with full roll cage),as i was getting onto ferry at portsmouth my clutch cable snapted,lucky my mates was there for a tow,got to le-man camp site (karting nord),got a new cable from ford in le-man and some u-cable clamps from languille in le-man which could have all bits you can think of,and now its stronger as the original. Quote
Martin Keene Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 What exactly did the gendarmes say to Blatman Tut... Tut... Has Blatman got something he needs to 'fess up to... Quote
DickieB Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Anyone get closer to the finish than Blatbear? Sorry he's out of focus, he had been drinking heavily by that point. Quote
scooby Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Too ill to comment YET... But i do have evidence from the trip.... L8TR Quote
nlash Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Had a fantastic time but with its fair share of mishaps. Brief list as follows... 1. Westfield cap blew off head on M20, didn't stop to go back for it. 2. Near lost all important documentation for the trip when bum bag thingy was left on the back of the car whilst boarding ferry (thanx Rob for picking it up) 3. Left sunglasses on currency exchange on ferry, P&O staff eventually tracked me down to hand them back to me. 4. Got slightly lost after Rouen only to take a rather long detour through Everaux and Dreaux. 5. Left fuel filler cap on spare wheel after filling at Dreaux. Noticed it missing in Alencon, took 75mile return detour back to garage to try and recover it.... was it there, er no. Tried temporary plastic cap, no good, fuel pissin out on left handers. Thanks to Europa spares and Dave Preston for ensuring I got a new replacement by the Thursday. At a cost to the insurers of £139 6. Bought lovely new fleece from ACO boutique only to place it on top of a lit cigarette... doh! Journey back yesterday was going surprisingly well until..... 7. Rob had his tax disk nicked while car parked on ferry and the piste de resistance... 8. (and a big one at that) with 40 miles to go to Warwick I filled the car with diesel!!! Car ran for 2 miles then smoke, bang, stop! Many thanks to the C******m guys passing me on the M40 and showing your appreciation and concern. Eventually got the car home for 0345 this morning. Cheers Rob for waiting with me despite being knackered. Car has now had diesel removed and is ok again. Despite all this, the trip was excellent and i'll definately be going next year. Although a little less drama would be appreciated. Photos to follow soon Nige Quote
hilux Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Well done chaps........brilliant tales to be told I`m sure. I havent been for some years now. Always something else in the way but it brings back memories of when I used to go. Havent seen results yet but a mate of mine was mechanicking? for the Morgan team. Havent spoken to him so dont know how they got on. My favorite memory was when they had a huge pirates galleon swing boat at the fair.........my mate was sick (Ricard/Pernod) as he hung upside down so on the way down everybody got some Cant wait to see piccies. Edited to say were the Hawaiian Tropic girls there this year Quote
windy Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 What exactly did the gendarmes say to Blatman "Monsier vous avez une blattant disregardex pour les law et vous stoppez spinnez les roteurs ou else" Quote
DickieB Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 were the Hawaiian Tropic girls there this year Oh yes. Cue Blatman for his photo please........ Quote
Mark Stanton Posted June 15, 2004 Author Posted June 15, 2004 Quality photo of an Hawaiian Tropic girlie about to be downloaded from camera C'mon Blats spill the beans Quote
mikehreynolds Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Heres some photos that us S2k lot took!! Mike http://www.e4lution.com/LeMans2004/index.html Quote
Blatman Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 What exactly did the gendarmes say to Blatman Don't know. It wasn't English, and I'm fairly sure it wasn't French either. I think Windy's translation is a fair approximation of what he said...... I responded by waving my arms about just like a Frenchman would, and he let me go. Apparently, Indianapolis and Arnage is a road, not a race track for doing powerslides from a standing start...... C'est la vie.... There *is* a picture, 'cos when I got back to the camp site, Fat Arnie had it up on the big screen. Expect it to arrive at a web site near you soon....... Oh yes. Cue Blatman for his photo please..... Tomorrow, hopefully. Best bit was, as the Hawaiian Tropic girls are strutting their stuff, the Ferrari girl (plastic tits and a great A***, most of them just about inside a lycra suit that was a size too small) walks on to the grid, and promptly gets them out (her tits, that is). Sadly my camera takes waaaaay to long to boot up, so I missed it... Didn't see any broken TVR's at Le Havre, but there were two broken down C******m's, along with a Plymouth Barracuda, a 'Vette, and several other anonymous repmobile things..... My car is on the walking wounded list too, 'cos despite a new alternator, it still managed to destroy the voltage regulator before we'd got off the boat on the way there...... Either I need some more in depth diagnostic tools, or the bloke who fixed it last week, didn't. Either way, there's an interesting conversation coming up with said supplier...... Quote
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