Who - A depleted Team Bobblehat consisting of myself (Robin) and Tom.
How - MY06 Subaru Impreza Spec D - or at least that's what it was before I started modifying it! 
When - Speedferries leaving Dover 7am  Wednesday morning, returning Monday evening
Where - Maison Blanche    Zone E   

See you all there

Robin

Tom and I will be heading down today (Friday ) and will be there Saturday and Sunday so if anyone on here who knows us sopts us then come and say hi

Best wishes,

Robin

Hi,

I forgot to say before if anyone who came along, or anyone else on Club Arnage for that matter, would like to receive the newsletter we put out after every race please PM, myself, Bobblehat or tkm271 and we will add your email address to the list.

Regards,

Robin

Yes that's Tom in the second race of the day after his coming together with Dan Murray.....  you can tell by the black tape on the nose, when he came in for a new nose/wing the clips for the front cover went missing so rather than delay him in the pits longer than necessary while they scoured the pit lane floor for the missing items they secured it on with the black tape!

There are a couple of good shots of Tom on the Sutton images site as well.

Robin

Hi,

Another thank you from me to everyone who dropped by the Nexa awning to suport Tom it was greatly appreciated and I am glad everyone enjoyed it.

Hopefully I will see some of you in France in a week or so time.

Regards,

Robin

 

Bobblehat and I had a tent pole nicked in the middle of the night when we were asleep. 

Luckily  it was on Bob's side of the tent

Best remember to pack my 'rain hat' then hadn't I  

Don't forget there is a spare bed at the hotel on Saturday so you don't have to get too damp!

Oh and Happy Birthday!

Great thanks Bob, how about you?  Luckily no offspring resulted from that unholy alliance!

Maybe see you at LM in June.

Regards,

Robin

As some of you already know Tom Dunstan (TKM271's son) is racing in the the 2006 Formula BMW UK Championship which this month (May) will be supporting the BTCC at Oulton Park on the 13th/14th May and the WTCC at Brands Hatch (GP Circuit) on 20th/21st May.

At only 15 Tom is the youngest single-seat racing driver in the UK and more remarkably only stepped into a kart for the 1st time in April 2005 - so is far more inexperienced than even the other drivers closer to his age, let alone the older ones at 20-21 years of age!

More details can be found at Tom's website  http://www.tomdunstan.co.uk

Tom would welcome support from any Club Arnagers who fancy coming along and saying hello.  He along with TKM271, Bobblehat and myself can be found in the Nexa Racing awning, where I am sure Tom will be delighted to show you round his BMW FB02 race car.  If anyone is staying at Brands Hatch overnight maybe a BBQ or some other Club Arnage get together could be organised on Saturday night as well.

Also thanks to those who have already been along to races and supported Tom, especially those who have already helped or have offered support in other ways.

Although we have made good progress in funding the start of Tom's career, Tom still needs further support from sponsors, partners etc.,..  Anyone who having had a look at Tom's website would like to know more about getting involved with this incredibly talented young driver should contact TKM271, Bobblehat or myself either via PM here, the website or my mobile is 07973 178 206.

We have an information pack and DVD recordings of Tom TV interviews to date which we would be delighted to send out to those who would like to know more.

Kind regards,

Robin

So we've got to aim for 2008 then! 

Hi Steve,

The team Bobblehat camper eventually crossed by ferry at approx 2.50am from Calais, so was a pretty dire trip for them.

I can't say we were impressed by Speedferries customer service.  In the Tiger we made the ferry with an hour and a half to spare so no problems for us.  The Beetle was booked on the 21.00 ferry and they in fact made it to Boulogne 45 minutes before the  17.30 sailing.  Knowing the Team Bobblehat camper was not going to make the ferry we asked Speedferries to swap the two vehicles over.

Bloody JOBSWORTHS refused   so the beetle had to wait till 21.00 and gave the guys in the camper major grief  when a bit of flexibility would have worked wonders.

Portsmouth - Caen next year for sure.....

Anyway hope you had a good time.

Regards

Robin

Same reason we didn't take him on the MSA Euroclassic, still a bit wobbly in the suspension department, although I may take him out again over the weekend and make a final decision.

All this despite the ministrations of the fine people at Bill McGrath's  

BFN

Hi Barry,

You are basically right.  There are believed to be somewhere between 12 and 14 Mk 2's which are considered to be genuine RHD, of these around 7 or 8 are thought to still exist.

Approx. 6 or 8 of these were prototype or development cars and on these the exact spec varies.

Then when Chrysler took over Rootes and more or less immediately canned the Tiger as it was Ford engined, the Rootes management had a problem in that Mk 2's had been promised to a small number of VIP customers ie major dealer principals and the like.

As a result 6 Mk 2 Tigers were retreived from the dockside where they were due to be shipped to the USA and delivered complete with all the necessary parts to be rebuilt as RHD cars to Hartwell Garages.  This was duly done and these 6 cars also got a few other extras such as magnesium Minilites....

As these cars were rebuilt as RHD cars prior to initial registration they are regarded as being 'genuine' UK RHD cars, they are known as the Hartwell Tigers and MEL is one of those 6 cars.  I have been her keeper since 1992.

Have a safe journey,

Robin

PS this link is to a Classic & Sportscar article in which MEL appeared in Feb 2001

http://www.289cobra.com/c&sc0201e.html

Hi there all,

Nearly Barry - you are correct with the specs for a Mk1

MEL as she is known to her friends is a rare RHD Mk2

Which equals 4.7 or 289 cu in in standard form (ie same block as a 289 Cobra) or in MEL's case 5.0 or 302 cu in, was on a rolling road earlier in the year to sort a fuelling problem, the RR read up to 350bhp and once the fualling was sorted she sent the dial off the top of the scale as it were  

I am sure Gibberish will be 1st in the cue for a ride after his ride in the Scooby at the classic  

Will try and find a pic of the Tiger to post, looks now as it it will almost certainly be Tiger or Scoob now as I picked the Bora up on Monday and suspension issue it is suffering from doesn't seem to be sorted.

See you all there

Robin

OK  So we will try and reserve a compound with 7  10mx10m pitches plus our own.

In case there is more than one ice metallic blue Scooby there we will also have our mascot Norbert, as pictured left, on display to help identify our pitch.

See you Friday,

Robin