Club Arnage

Well, me for one!

Our group had need of external assistance. Listed in order....................

Ian, '58 Frogeye Sprite. Ignition.
Failed to make ferry due to faulty coil. AA and local Newhaven dealers very helpfull.
Finally caught later ferry.

Tim, TVR Tasmin 350.
Rebuilt engine sounding like a rough running deisel but never packed up.

Charlie, Alfa GTV V6. Cam belt.

Simon ' Welsh Soup Dragon', 72 Mk4 Sprite. Clutch & Wheel stud.
In heavy traffic his clutch cooks and can't select gears.
On Sunday, we left early because of clutch and on A28 to Rouen a wheel fibration loosened a wheel and sheered a stud.
Came home gingerly. Hope it didn't damage the Minilites Si.

Lefty, '73 GT6 convertable. Ignition.

8km south of Dieppe engine died at 60mph.
Fuel OK, so checked ignition. Sparks where needed except at plugs. Changed dizzy cap, still no go. All other spares ordered from reputable Triumph dealer were for different car (words will be spoken)
Towed to port, unceremoniously pushed onto ferry, towed off to await AA. Apparently YuoTube will have a video posted this evening of my loading onto the ferry >:(

AA delivered me home and car on drive by 1100am.

Does anyone else have tales of woe?

Wait till you see the pictures of JP's Scoobie. :o :o
At least you got yours home.

Our Genny destroyed itself, I think we asked a little too much of it, I think its broken a ring, cos its pumping oil up through the valves and into the air filter, will have to return to good old CostCo ;) ;)
Other than that the BBQ managed to survive a full on attack from my head on return from the DFH party, nothing to do with alcohol of course.
We did have a twit in a TVR ram our TR4a in the rear end just after the rail way crossing in Arnage, very repairable, just annoying.

Leftie,

Was that you towing/being towed at Dieppe?

I was with a group of guys who were trying to get on to the 00:30 sailing.  I had a confirmed reservation, they didn't, so left them with half a pack of beer.

In the morning I saw something being towed by a white Escort van.  That you?

Hope you get it sorted quickly,

Best,

Landman.

The chain on my bike slipped off the cogs returning to Bleu Nord from Brethren Bash at Houx Annexe.   :o

Ably repaired the next day by Neill!  Thanks NP.

F

well looks like thinks do go in 3s

sitting in a hotel 30 minutes from france\belgium border awaiting new alternator, had to be towed off the motorway after car stopped at toll both :o

should be on our way again tomorrow

Sad to hear, but at least you have a hotel.

Had to spend the night near the Le Mans péage in a small town like Savigny L' something as I had a flat tyre and my Tyre fit didn't work. Sleeping in the car as the only hotel was a luxury one calling for 750€ a night.

That cost me 200€ for a new tyre, 163,50€ for the towing and 300€ for a new genny as the one I've bought shortly before I left home on tuesday had no fuel petcock.
Took it out of the sealed box and the fuel was running out of the tank.
Ah, and I wrecked my Ray Ban - put it in the tent when I was going for a shower. Didn't think about it when I returned and it was 82kg pure - well...  ;D - against Ray Ban  :'(

Clutch fluid leak at Rouen Thursday Lunchtime. Painful 2 hrs waiting for recovery whilst watching everyone else on their way. Green Flag then managed to cock up everything else resulting in spending the night in Rouen. Arrived at Expo a day late FFs, we only broke down 150 miles short!

Leftie, you must have been on Expo too? I saw the cars!!

D.A.

I had a puncture on Sunday and the pet hamster eat thru the wifes iron cable that had found its way into the cage.

I offered to taped it it but she said no, so it was off to tesco for a new £7.99 one.

And I never went near Le mans. The CA curse can strike even those that stayed at home, makes you think.

Leftie - try a known good rotor arm, there has been a bad batch floating around for a while.  They look fine and work fine for a while then just fail.

No mate, BSJ.

I cannot deny it, it was me on both counts mate.

Leftie

Our Party

'73 MG Midget - Temperature gauge gave up the ghost waiting for Passport control @ Calais.
(I did think I'd lost the wheel bearing on the way to St Saturnin on Friday.....turned out a stone had simnly bent the disc heatshield against the disc.....I was *very* relieved)

'72 Spitfire - Small over heating @ J8 Services on the way home. Only a small delay
'73 MGB - Knackered brake light switch soldered together at the Campsite.
'72 911 Targa - no real issues except an impressive but occasional back-fire.

944 Turbo died with suspected HGF
968 Club Sport got a flat battery
Lots of other modern crud had no problems at all ;-)

Lots o

We survived fairly well intact I think, sorry for you guys that had trouble, Mark's shunt sounds very scary.  I'm glad everyone seems to be back fairly well unscathed. 

This thread is sending shivers down my spine as I try to ready a 37 year old Alfa that has sat about for the best part of 10 years in time for a 1300 mile round trip to next months Classic. What have I let myself in for?
 Had better sort out some breakdown cover methinks.
 Still awaiting a full Zarse report on everyones favourite green machine- come on Andy!

My horn stopped working.
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1 am on Sunday morning at the second Mulsanne Chicane and I got a flat tyre......on my bike FFS!!!.....Now I had a puncture repair kit and spare tube......in my tent at MB.
So a very long walk home beckoned until one of our team members.....you know....the clever fecker who always has a full Snap-On kit in his pocket.....produced a repair kit.
20 minutes later I'm on my way back down the Mulsanne.
Will try and post the footage from the armco (yes....behind the armco) on the Mulsanne later.

My constitution is in tatters.

Dx

Severe sunburn to my nose on the drive down on Tuesday.

Now applying copious amounts of after sun cream to stop the darn thing dropping off.

Not a pretty sight.

Aside from the odd fuel vaporisation problem in traffic, only one small issue with the MGA at Alencon on the way back - distributor points closed, entailing a quick diagnosis and resetting courtesy of a screwdriver and MkI eyeball of the gap

Otherwise the usual walllet emptying exercise, punishment of the liver and exploring the limits of sleep deprivation. 

As the price for a week away from  home involving concentrated exposure to beer and motorsport with no work, it was well worth it as always..... ;D ;D ;D

MG Mark

Full report will have to wait til later in the week. Rest assured we're back in one piece, well, several pieces but at least we're back. And so is the Commer, despite the fuel tank fouling problems, she arrived home last night under her own steam.

Only one minor mishap in our group:

TVR S2 - Knocked the middle section of the exhaust out of the front box getting on the ferry at Pompey.  Speedy at Le Harve knocked it back in place, although we did have a Ferris Bueller moment when the mechanic shot off round the block to drive it into the other entrance.

made sure we asked for Deck 3 on the way back.

 LOL


My liver has applied to become a Ward of Court, due to the amount af abuse it has recieved this last week.

I found my horn to be in full working order once i got home  >:D

My main hose sustained a certain amount of chafing.

I need new skin for both my knees thanks to at fall at the bridge at Houx!!!  >:(

We need a new piano.

I can't help but feel partly responsible for that.....I jumped on the strings at one point on Sunday....the tuning was slightly out by then though....

Most of the damage was done on Saturday evening Brad, I'm sure you knock it too much out of tune.

Seem to remember it being attacked with a hammer at about 2am Sunday morning.

Thanks for a great party Rusty, you and the rest of the Brethren sure know how to throw a wonderful bash.

Most excellent  8) ;D >:D :o :-X

Has anyone got pictures of Trayboy strutting his stuff on top of His lordships cavalier, then falling off?

Very true.  Mrs B totalled her Trans Am on Thursday morning.

thats because your an old b stard

YES is the answer !!!!

Sorted. Its waiting in the barn for next june ;D
Tha Chavalier sustained some roof dents.... and the biggest coating of seagull splatter known to man outside our hotel in Dinard.
Marvelous!

I need chisels next year for some truly pornographic totems on the sides rather than the most obvious 'c**t' carving achieved with an ice axe.

The flames licking through the carving as she burned were almost romantic.
Next years model is waiting for your attention! ;D

i fully expect those droppings to be their next year m'lud !!

Including Trayboy's skid marks

...and the remains of Stinky Bill's index finger when lady PP slammed it in the door while he was having a quiet nap on the roof.