300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Just to confirm it will be the 3 of us coming, tenting it, too far to cop out and drive home for the night this time! Will be in the 340 for economy. (The 360 still needs the fuel guage/tank issue dealing with before longer trips so I don't have to keep stopping to top up )
360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
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Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
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360 GLS (A 84)
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340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Sounds good!
Janis - are you just coming down for the Saturday, or joining us on the Sunday too?
cheers
James
Janis - are you just coming down for the Saturday, or joining us on the Sunday too?
cheers
James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
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'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Joining on bouth days. Everything for camping is ready. I love sleep in tent, fresh air and wind, and many 300 series around mefoggyjames wrote:Sounds good!
Janis - are you just coming down for the Saturday, or joining us on the Sunday too?
cheers
James
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Excellent...it will be good to see you!
cheers
James
cheers
James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
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'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Well...that was fun! Made it back home eventually. New clutch cable tomorrow! Massive thanks to Mac (and Debbie!) for help with collecting replacement fuel lines. For those who didn't attend, my weekend was a little "eventful"...but had a great time nonetheless.
Anyone take any pictures...?
cheers
James
Anyone take any pictures...?
cheers
James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
I took many pictures, but as I have to get up at 6:45am to get to work tomorrow I only have time to upload one tonight:
James, I am amazed, and delighted, that you made it home in (sort-of) one piece!
Thanks everyone for a great day.
Siôn
James, I am amazed, and delighted, that you made it home in (sort-of) one piece!
Thanks everyone for a great day.
Siôn
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1980 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 PGH 590V
1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
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1980 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 PGH 590V
1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
1985 Volvo 340 DL 1.4 Vario B168 DTU
1982 Volvo 245 GLT 2.3 Auto VKN 137X
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
I am finally at home. May sound unbelievable, but around Stoke-on-Trent start raining.
Thank you all for this weekend. Well spent time.
I saw Stonehenge. woohuuu
Good night
Thank you all for this weekend. Well spent time.
I saw Stonehenge. woohuuu
Good night
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
We got home about 10.45, via Silbury Hill and Avebury (another stone circle!). We ended up heading to Salisbury from Ringwood. Then the Oxford bypass was jammed up so we took the scenic route and didn't get on a motorway till the M1 at Northampton, all country roads for miles! Half expected James to pass us on the M1! 7 hours when it took 4 to get down there
Glad you got to see Stone Henge Janis!
Nice to see everyone, good turnout.
Glad you got to see Stone Henge Janis!
Nice to see everyone, good turnout.
360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario
Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Was really fun guys, lovely weather too! Took me 4 hours to get from there to Leicester via Milton Keynes. Now I've got some very shiny and tasty wheels in my boot
Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Share speedy, I want to see these wheels. Read through your thread last night hadn't realised how much you had done! Getting some ideas for my looooon
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Great fun indeed and it was a shame I couldn't stay for the Sunday fun. Nice to meet up with old friends and meet some new ones too.
I did 449 miles on Sat and the total time from leaving my house to getting home again was 15hrs and 50 min giving an average speed of 28.35mph!
The reason it's so high (given we did most of the drive around at under 40mph) may have something to do with taking 2hrs 45min to get back home including a stop for fuel!!!
I did 449 miles on Sat and the total time from leaving my house to getting home again was 15hrs and 50 min giving an average speed of 28.35mph!
The reason it's so high (given we did most of the drive around at under 40mph) may have something to do with taking 2hrs 45min to get back home including a stop for fuel!!!
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
I got stuck in that bloody jam too...not fun with no clutch. I was leaving 3-4 car gaps before starting (to save the motor as much as possible...it seems to have emerged unscathed!), and the guy behind was getting grumpy. Funny...didn't see him again once I got on the M1
cheers
James
I got back to Lincoln around 9:15, so I'd have been on the M1 (A43 > A46) from 7:45 - 8:15 or so. I had my toe down...and was enjoying the look on the faces of people who got out of my way, only to be confused by what came snarling past at a rate of knots!Hell Driver wrote:Half expected James to pass us on the M1!
cheers
James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
FWIW bud, if I couldn't hear you rounding the teeth of the gears every so often (I presume to make the selection of that gear easier the next time?) it wasn't hugely obvious from behind that you had a problem. Good driving
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'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
Ta! Relaxed changes close to tickover were fairly easy...but the higher speed ones were tricky. The 'slip' into gear is quite stiff, so it's hard to tell by feel when you're aligned. Realised in the end that you only need to change out of 5th below 15mph, so just left it in that and hoped junctions were clear! Got home, so that's all that matters!
cheers
James
cheers
James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
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Re: 300 series national event - 1st-2nd October 2011
You must have passed us when we stopped at Towcester McDonald's at 7.30!foggyjames wrote: I'd have been on the M1 (A43 > A46) from 7:45 - 8:15 or so.
I didn't see you pass as I was having an "I think I left my wallet at that petrol station in Swindon" moment. (It turned up jammed beside wifes seat/door where it had been accidentally flung in moment of panic during the journey!)
Glad everyone got home ok to far flung locations!
360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario