Club Arnage

Who's going?

Are you camping for the weekend

http://www.silverstone.co.uk/php/rm_classical.html



I'll start the list. I am camping the weekend

Not been to this for a few years... will give it a bit of thought!

Looks like Litchlake is open but doesnt take advance bookings...  :-\

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I'm going......camping on Whittlebury from Thursday pm.
Capri 280, Quattro Turbo and TR6......pop in, we may have cold ones!   

hoping to go, new job so might need some jiggery.

Me and my boys will be there tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ;D

I'll be there on Saturday Bob

hope to see you there

purrups inna bar near the car clubs area

I have had my pemitted "camping with the boys"

weekend for this year  :'(

bill

I was going to be there for the Sunday but I may move it to the Saturday instead.

Logged onto www.Silverstone and then saw the costs.

Was hoping for Fri-Sun, but at £79.00 it's a no-go, the Sat-Sun at £70.00 is stretching it. Both advanced bookings.

Silverstone has been a rip-off for the GP for years and it seems to be spreading down to the lower eschelons.

I hope I'm there camping on the farm opposite the entrance but can't promise anything.

I've missed LM this year, now possibly the classic, after 10+ years of continued attendance. I am not happy >:(

There on Sat and Sun

Love to go, but on my holidays then.

Have fun all - hope the weather is kind.

have a beer for me.

Aiming to be there at Litchlake on Fri and Sat nights, watch the racing on saturday, recover sunday morning.

MG Mark

If anyone has a pre-1989 classic then the RetroRun is a bargain at £99, you get the run, infield parking and parade laps of the circuit, but best of all you get two  three day entry tickets!  I've done it a few times, it's good fun, and a great way of getting 2 tickets cheaply! See http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/userfiles/RetroRun%20Information.pdf (http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/userfiles/RetroRun%20Information.pdf)

Yup, we've got all three of ours on that (280, Quattro & TR6) and we're starting from The Aston Martin factory on the retro-run Saturday morning.

Kids can't wait to get on to the circuit. ;D

There Friday and Saturday nights at Whittlebury

Got an e-mail this morning from the bods organising the retro run.
The £99 now includes tickets to Blue/Pussy Cat Dolls on Friday night and Santana on Saturday night.....Result ;D

The "organisers" first started off charging separately for the concert tickets, then said the concerts were cancelled and gave people their money back, and then a week or so back said that the concerts were back on and included in the normal entry ticket.  But goods news though, but, still a few weeks to go, so anything could and probably will happen,  perhaps they are French?

C&SC Magazine say the Pussycat Dolls have pulled out.

Oh dear..........nowt to look at now whilst listening to the I-pod!

Hope Santana does the biz tho, that would be good

According to "Classic & Sports Car" Pussycat Dolls, whoever they are, aren't appearing and Santana are playing both nights.

There is a 2 for 1 deal in the Daily Star at the moment.
No idea what the qualifying criteria is, but worth a look.

Am camping on the course in the JDC caravan - easier to be on site. The new car is ready and will be there.

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/lynxd67/C%20type%20build%20photos/Rearfittedup26609.jpg)

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Is that a long nose C Type?

I didn't think there were any left

Did anyone get to do a lap in the style of Zarse? >:D

She's a beauty and no mistake!

Anyone looking for a 3-day pass including the concerts?

Not one of the real ones Lorry, although one chassis does exist with a normal C type body, but I decided to build one - full alloy - to FIA spec for next year's Le Mans Classic. I pick her up next week - with grille in place!

I'd be careful with the grille - didn't the originals suffer from overheating, or so they said.

Cracking effort though

Yahoo! I got my confermation of press accreditation today.

Congrats Gary, I envy you.

Me too  ;D

Stunning  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

Good looking car, found this and this web site if you don't know about it already. Good pics and info there.


http://www.coventryracers.com/

General concensus then - Litchlake or Whittlebury?

I will be there, with my monsters

Not camping, only live 5mins away!!  ;D

I'm probably only going to manage to be there on Sunday. Anyone here still hanging around by then?

Litchlake for me, Friday and Saturday evenings, and then departing late morning on the Sunday.

MG Mark

An excellent time camping at Litchlake, watching the racing on Saturday, meeting up with Perdu, and later with Lord Steve who by chance appeared on the pitch next to us, free santana concert, wine and beer, and loads of outstanding machinery, both racing and in the static parks.  ;D ;D ;D   

MG Mark

Good to meet you Mark - pure coincidence that I set up next to you on Litchlake. Think we probably solved a few of the world's problems on Saturday night but to be honest with you.....I can't remember much!!!!!
Anyway, it was a pleasure to meet up with you, thanks for your company (and offer of cornflakes this morning). For those that attended, good call! For those that didn't - you missed some pretty exotic machinery and excellent racing.
Highlights for me - Silk Cut Jaguars, watching the racing from the pit wall (an official today asked me for my pass and I showed him my Litchlake Campsite wristband. Seemed good enough for him!), the historic Formula 1 cars - I forgot that Formula 1 cars used to "drift" around corners, oh yeah, and meeting Murray Walker this afternoon. I bought his book so he signed it for me - what a lovely bloke!

Well back now, and wondering what's next.

Here's the evidence:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/houxsteve/sets/72157621844800244/

Its a shame we missed meeting Lord Steve, neat time maybe m'lud, but it was great to see MGMark and son and spend a warm Saturday in good company

Found Lynx's car in the middle of things, really great, wish someone would buy me one like that.

Gorgeous

Mark was impressed Lynx but by the time I had the camera ready his attention was taken by the car next door, another beauty.

My day was made when just after Mark wandered off to look at cars and stuff I saw XH558 flying off to the north heading for rendesvouses at Sunderland and some other northern places

what a good day

Lord Steve, I just realised that I walked right past you this afternoon. It's only now that I've seen the photo of you that I realised that it was you. The sublteness of the CA evening shirt completely passed me by (and I've even got one).
A great day with some excellent access to the cars and pits here are a few of mine(http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/images/bbs/posts/110_200907261952208741_61570723604047_1248634343.jpg)
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Awesome stuff!!! Particularly love the candid one of Old Muddly Talker!  ;D

Just sifting thru my shots and will post a couple later but did pop the old mobile on the track wall as they exited Abbey chicane for the 1st lap of the F1s on Saturday and took this little video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbIWi7zCdpc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbIWi7zCdpc)

Oh and your Lordship, been wondering if you managed to find the Leatherette at the concert? Or is that phone conversation consigned to the beer-powered memory loss bin?  ;)

Oh, pity we passed each other by Gary, that's a beer opportunity missed. Next time we'll all have to arrange things better. I may be over in France next June on the off chance that there will be a motor race so if that's the first opportunity, so be it! Can't do the 1000kms at Silverstone in Sept as I've got to attend a wedding in Harlow. Imagine!
Still, I enjoyed the classic more - there weren't any diesels!

Rick, I have to be honest, by the time Mark, his son and I arrived at the concert it could have been the Bay City Rollers playing for all I know. I was deaf from standing next to the Silk Cut Jags in the garage and my vision was somewhat blurred. I had all but lost the power of coherent speech and my legs were a tad wobbly.
So.......remind me about the Leatherette thing........

Haha jolly good work fella! Well it was that girlie I told you about on the phone on the Welcome Centre desk who was checking in us media types. When I was handing in my vest at close of play on Saturday she was very keen to find someone to go to the concert with and apparently had a penchant for drinking pints of champagne. Very cute and fit blonde in black leather... remember you getting quite excited at the prospect of bumping into her!! ;D

Nearly done with photos ... back later this evening with the link ... 200 of the little blighters!

Haha jolly good work fella! Well it was that girlie I told you about on the phone on the Welcome Centre desk who was checking in us media types. When I was handing in my vest at close of play on Saturday she was very keen to find someone to go to the concert with and apparently had a penchant for drinking pints of champagne. Very cute and fit blonde in black leather... remember you getting quite excited at the prospect of bumping into her!! ;D


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Bugger, damn, etc etc. Why does drink always get the better of me? Wwwwwwhhhhhhhyyyyyyyy?

Nice pics looks like a good time was had your Lordship.

Any plans for attending the LM classic next year?

Hi Bas, glad you saw the pics, I was just logging on to send you the link so you've saved me a job. LM Classic may be an option next year as long as I forego the 24 hours. Can't do both.......or can I ?????

How's things buddy?

Steve

Nice piccy from Bill of the long tail - I wasn't ignoring it and had given it a long and soulful look, but the XJ13 next door in the flesh, diverted my attention while Bill was getting the camera out....as for missing XH558 in the distance, I can only plead that I was instructing the lad in what was on the track at the time.  Must go for the whole weekend next time...

And as to Lord Steve's communication with others, the lack of it, or his memory of it, I can only say that we were being sociable.  And so was he.  Very.  Any long and involved conversations that he initiated with random people on his phone as we went from Litchlake to the concert and back were, as they say, nothing to do with us, nor indeed rational communication.  He does, however, appear to have forgotten shooting his bolt over watching the last 20 minutes of the "Gentlemen's Sports Car Masters" race whilst enroute to the concert, with the sound of the many Lola GT70s beating out their large American V8 rhythm appearing to tickle his fancy, with the glorious counter-wail of the Ferrari 512S flat 12.  That seemed to exhaust him to the point of confusion......

As ever, a grand time was had by all...

MG Mark   

Come on Steve, you know you want to  ;D

I've tabled the following so far:
LM
LM Classic (with possible diversion to a couple of stages of the Tour de France included)
Spa 24
Rennsport IV

Let's make it "The Year of Living Dangerously"!!!  ;) As a build up to TYOLD II in 2011 which at long last includes Sebring again  ;D

Oh and top pics Steve! Loved the pose with His Murrayness .. made me lol!  ;D

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=110961&id=541777002&l=aa06caefd1 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=110961&id=541777002&l=aa06caefd1)

Samples.....