Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Volvo 300 Mania meetings dates and events
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by Alex Laidlaw » 07 Aug 2010 07:49 pm

Hate to join the drop outs but I don't really fancy the drive down on the busiest weekend of the year to be the lone 300. If anybody else is bringing a 300 I could easily be tempted to change my mind...

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by Chris_C » 07 Aug 2010 09:09 pm

Foggy was fixing the mk1 to make it, I've not heard from him so I'm guessing it was successful... Maybe...!
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by V6 Man » 08 Aug 2010 11:08 am

Errr, no.

The cyl head is toast as the spark plug hole is too badly damaged to take an insert now.

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by foggyjames » 08 Aug 2010 10:57 pm

Yeah, sorry about bailing, guys. Sadly the car wasn't (and still isn't) finished. The current hold-up is the requirement for a new sump, as the insert has broken off the one in the car...plus the sump plug is stripped almost bare.

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by Speedy88 » 08 Aug 2010 11:19 pm

AFAIK, nobody turned up in the end apart from John with the northern lot.
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by Bazboy » 08 Aug 2010 11:44 pm

I was there in the jetta, saw a few 300s but none that I recognised.
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by foggyjames » 09 Aug 2010 12:17 am

Ouch. We suck this year! Can't tell you how annoyed I am that the running 300 I bought to *use* as a stop-gap is...er....not running. Grr.

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by Chris_C » 09 Aug 2010 01:07 am

I'll hopefully be back in it next season. I've made it to pretty much the square root of c*ck all this year :cry:
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by Bazboy » 09 Aug 2010 01:49 am

Was bigger then last year I think, and the track was good although I didn't go out this time, I was rather put off by the mk2 escort rolling :(
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by griffo20022 » 09 Aug 2010 08:36 am

I was there, went to Saturday (After only deciding I was going Friday morning while at work lol) I was flying a V3M in the back window so some support there hehe :D Was a good weekend! I was hanging out my rear Sunday day mind lol!
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by foggyjames » 09 Aug 2010 12:36 pm

Bazboy wrote:I was rather put off by the mk2 escort rolling :(
...on the sprint track? Crikey! Is there a thread on RR?

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by volvosneverdie » 09 Aug 2010 12:39 pm

foggyjames wrote:
Bazboy wrote:I was rather put off by the mk2 escort rolling :(
...on the sprint track? Crikey! Is there a thread on RR?

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by porky » 09 Aug 2010 02:55 pm

I went in my 340, i saw 2 other 340s there. Was a really good day shame the rest of you couldnt make it!

My car and the 2 mk1 fiestas i convoyed there with
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I think this 340 was going on some trip to raise money for charity
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And heres some volvo estate i saw hitting the track
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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by foggyjames » 09 Aug 2010 03:36 pm

Gobs needs an LSD in his 940, I think...!

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Re: Retro Rides Gathering - 8th August 2010

Post by SteveP » 09 Aug 2010 03:40 pm

foggyjames wrote:Gobs needs an LSD in his 940
Just a tad! Like the earlier front end conversion though

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