Just had the final instructions for The MG Car Club Autumn Trial on 28th. Lauren and I are both driving, so the Skoda will get a thorough workout before the Edinburgh the following weekend.
We have a start time for the Edinburgh, 3:28 am from Tamworth. We have decided not to stay in Derbyshire but to drive home again on the Saturday evening as Lauren has an Operatic Society event she wants to go to on Saturday evening. Will put the in car cam in for Burton Dasset so you can all see and hear lauren and I falling out over the driving instruction.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Well the carb is back on, our entry for the Edinburgh has been accepted, we are doing class 0 again, and I have found a roll cage to go in. The roll cage is from one of Andy Corner's old rally Skodas, its a bit rusty but some hammerite and kurust will have it ready to go in.
The carb was full of crap again so I have now added another fuel filter between the electric pump and the carb. This means there is now a sedimenter pump between the tank and the mechanical pump, an inline paper filter between the mechanical pump and the electric pump and a paper filter between the electric pump and the carb. If crap appears in the carb again it must be being teleported there by aliens. the guy who dismantled and cleaned the carb said the crap looks like ash from a fire and asked if the Skoda had been burnt at any point in its life.
Our Tin Award from the Land's End has turned up. It has mine and Lauren's names on it, which is unusual for an MCC trophy, but I asked specially. I'll take a picture of it and post it on here.
The carb was full of crap again so I have now added another fuel filter between the electric pump and the carb. This means there is now a sedimenter pump between the tank and the mechanical pump, an inline paper filter between the mechanical pump and the electric pump and a paper filter between the electric pump and the carb. If crap appears in the carb again it must be being teleported there by aliens. the guy who dismantled and cleaned the carb said the crap looks like ash from a fire and asked if the Skoda had been burnt at any point in its life.
Our Tin Award from the Land's End has turned up. It has mine and Lauren's names on it, which is unusual for an MCC trophy, but I asked specially. I'll take a picture of it and post it on here.
Monday, 28 July 2008
All quiete
Not much been happening on the Skoda front. I have the carb off again as it has been sick. Think it is the old Jethro joke "You got shit in your carburettor" " How am I gonna get up there to do that?"
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Ilkley here we come
We made it up to yorkshire yesterday . Had to adjust the mixture so the cold air intake must be making a difference. We will post more as we go.
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Friday, 9 May 2008
Ilkley Trial
I've got an entry in the Ilkley, my first non MCC event. I've had to get a competition licence, but that was no problem. We have a start number of 70 and are running in group 4. Lauren can't make it so Mike is navigating for me and we are staying at his sister's in Harrogate the night before.
Looking forward to it.
Looking forward to it.
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
We got an award!
Got the provisional results for this years Land's End in the post and Lauren and I have won a Tin Award! That means we successfully climbed all of the 12 sections we needed to and completed both of the special tests without fault. I'm chuffed to bits, once it turns up I'll take a picture and put it on here.
I believe the tin awards are made from tin mined at the Bluehills Tin Mine at the head of the Bluehills valley where the famous Old Bluhills, BlueHills 1 and Bluehills 2 sections are. It would have come engraved with just my name, but I have had a word with the officials and they say they should be able to put both our names on it.
Bluehills has been a special place for us for years, we have spectated there, we have played on the beach there, we have been to the tin mine and walked all over the valley. This year Lauren and I tried to climb Bluehills 2 in the Skoda as a non competitive section on the Land's End and we found out it is much steeper than you think. I think I possibly had too much grip as the engine stalled rather than the wheels spinning, so next year we will be climbing it competitively in Class 4 I hope and I won't run the tyres so soft.
I believe the tin awards are made from tin mined at the Bluehills Tin Mine at the head of the Bluehills valley where the famous Old Bluhills, BlueHills 1 and Bluehills 2 sections are. It would have come engraved with just my name, but I have had a word with the officials and they say they should be able to put both our names on it.
Bluehills has been a special place for us for years, we have spectated there, we have played on the beach there, we have been to the tin mine and walked all over the valley. This year Lauren and I tried to climb Bluehills 2 in the Skoda as a non competitive section on the Land's End and we found out it is much steeper than you think. I think I possibly had too much grip as the engine stalled rather than the wheels spinning, so next year we will be climbing it competitively in Class 4 I hope and I won't run the tyres so soft.
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