Pre 74 day - Beaulieu

Evil J Guano · Post by **Evil J Guano** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:39 pm

Hey Mark, the missus is away in NYC and couldn't get my grumpy daughter to wake up in time! C'est la vie! Sorry I missed me goodies, p.s. need to talk about some stickers too... G

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:06 pm

and I want Kids

should do what my Dad did when I was a kid......

either come in with a black bin liner and start to tidy all my well organsied stuff on the floor Eg black bin liner meant it was going in the bin

a cup of water..

Or open the window and take my dovet and I was frozen I soon got up but I still don't get on with my Dad.

So not sure who won that one..

hashman · Post by **hashman** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:55 pm

Had a good day at this event, and nice to see so many early cars all in one place.
Oh and I seem to have picked up another trophy in my scruffy little car for the DDK.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/h ... y06007.jpg

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:07 pm

hey thanks for the pic there I forgot to take some ops..

any good pics of Nickt car... was a cracker..

worth buying that one..... never said that about a car before. It's been rebuilt to a level most proffesional builders wouldn't do.. cos of the time taken to get it right.. nice car. Should have won an award for sure.

Viv_Surby · Post by **Viv_Surby** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:01 pm

Looks like a great day - sorry a 5am return meant an early start was not really gonna happen.....I think I'll be just about de-toxed in time for the Fairmile

hashman · Post by **hashman** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:20 pm

Unfortunately I forgot my real camera and only got these pics on my phone. Nics was the first car i photographed and it didnt come out well enough to do it any justice.

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:24 pm

it is a great car.

nickT · Post by **nickT** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:27 pm

Thanks Guys

Nick.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:22 pm

Good to put a few faces to names/cars on Sunday... always nice to be out in the sunshine talking cars. I enjoyed the day but wonder if there would have been a bigger turnout if a more central location?

Some lovely cars there to drool over and thought I'd add a few of the pics I took to those already posted. Thought the silver Speedster was fabulous and that 356 Racer from the USA, I bet that's a lot of fun with 160bhp! The engine pic is from the ST, already posted. Lots of very nice cars there.

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Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:03 pm

abm914 wrote:Next year we should do a DDK pre 73 day in the middle somewhere!!!!

Ad.

It was too late notice for me to make it, but kicking myself as I am looking for a Pre 74 and this would have been a great place to have said "Hi" and looked around.

Just a suggestion - how about a DDK Pre 74 day at the Donington Museum and race circuit - would that be possible, as they have loads of space and if done on a weeknd when there was an interesting race (or not as the preference may be), would combine nicely. It is alos pretty central ! Just a thought.

Watch this space though, as a car looks to be on its way.

FLY 7 · Post by **FLY 7** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:16 am

I hope this event continues, but agree that Beaulieu isn't the most convenient venue.

Perhaps somewhere a bit more central, close to a good road network. A small circuit might be a good venue, perhaps in tandem with a Saturday PCGB Track Day. This would provide a nice blend of static displays and track action, but on a much smaller scale than the Silverstone Classic or Goodwood.

And, some parade laps should be possibile. How about Castle Combe?

abm914 · Post by **abm914** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:54 pm

I believe Fred H did suggest a couple of other venues (the RAF Museum at Hendon being one) but there was not a lot of enthusiam so it went back to Beaulieu. Duxford is good, what about Rockingham or Gaydon??

Post by **Bootsy** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:59 pm

More notice and I would have attended, it seemed as though last year we had plenty of time to prepare and book it in the diary and this year there was about 4 weeks?

haasad · Post by **haasad** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:00 pm

My son and I went, blagged a "trade" entry since I hadn't planned for the entry fee being so high.

Nice day some cool cars but a little low on numbers.

I'm not sure how "fellow DDK'rs" can be identified should we develop a veiled code that could be transmitted in normal speech?

The ST was extra cold by the way!!!!

Did anyone check out the impromptu Corvette burnout session. I swear one of them got up to third gear stationary!!!

andy