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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2004, 06:40:24 pm »

(better with image ...)


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« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2004, 06:41:41 pm »

Guess which vehicle has still its UK registration number  Roll Eyes


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« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2004, 06:43:17 pm »

3 diffrent driving experiences


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« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2004, 08:11:15 pm »

Was it a success then Gilles ?

Couldnt ses KPY's AlfaSud or Ferrari Spiders Ferrari ?
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« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2004, 12:20:40 am »

Was it a success then Gilles ?

Couldnt ses KPY's AlfaSud or Ferrari Spiders Ferrari ?

It was a great success, thanks to Gilles' hard work. It was also a steal. Cost me 125 euros for the entry, dinner, luxurious room at Chateau de Belair http://www.domainedebelair.com/ (Gilles's base), breakfast, coffee break at
www.chateaudemontbraye.com
(the GT40 IMBY photo), plus three hour lunch (canapes, aperitifs, then four courses, wines and coffee) back at Belair.
I spent a lot of time floundering  around lost with no navigator, trying to read the roadbook, map, odometer etc whilst keeping one eye on the road. For the fifth and final stage Gilles arranged a "luck dip" navigator swap, which meant that I not only had someone in the right hand seat (Alfa is LHD), but an expert classic rally navigator to boot. And boot it we did, leaving by no means first, but arriving first, two and a half minutes before the next car (superior navigation, not flat out driving - never even squealed the tyres or spun the wheels).............. It was really fun having a guy sitting there saying " 300 metre straight, followed by medium right, then long open left, 600 metre straight, tight esses though forest then take forest track left after 400 metre straight. 1 km rough track, then  take left at T" and so on. All that read from a map, not the road book.
It was all worth the foggy trip down and the freezing fog on the way home.
Thanks Gilles. It was a weekend to remember.
Oh, the Alfsud Sprint Veloce is the silver car next to the French-registered Routemaster. No sign of the Ferrari Spider.
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« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2004, 12:49:35 am »

what's the difference of cc between the two cars Huh

If the Mustang was running a 351, each cylinder would be almost the entire Smart engine... Smiley Smiley

I was going to comment on the Mustang - very pretty car - though I don't think it ever had a factory 351ci Steve. 289 or 302 displacements in V8 form (not counting Shelby versions) until 1968 'wedge' and Boss versions got the Windsor and later Cleveland 351 from Fairlane and Cougar. I'll have to check, but i think that's the story. Nice looking car, either way. The disco-vette in the pics seems to be getting more than it's fair share of attention. What's that packing - a 427?  
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« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2004, 09:16:51 am »

what's the difference of cc between the two cars Huh

If the Mustang was running a 351, each cylinder would be almost the entire Smart engine... Smiley Smiley

I was going to comment on the Mustang - very pretty car - though I don't think it ever had a factory 351ci Steve. 289 or 302 displacements in V8 form (not counting Shelby versions) until 1968 'wedge' and Boss versions got the Windsor and later Cleveland 351 from Fairlane and Cougar. I'll have to check, but i think that's the story. Nice looking car, either way. The disco-vette in the pics seems to be getting more than it's fair share of attention. What's that packing - a 427?  

Yes, for the Vette it's a 427
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« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2004, 09:20:27 am »

To continue with pictures, here is an American Muscle Festival...


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« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2004, 09:22:31 am »

A pretty success because of the cold water...
... the whole entrants in front of my hut !!!


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« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2004, 10:05:25 am »

A pretty success because of the cold water...
... the whole entrants in front of my hut !!!

quite a spelling problem I mean weather and not water !!!!  Undecided
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« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2004, 02:18:09 pm »

Matt, you're right about the 351 not being a factory fit in the first series, but I didnt know that the Fairlane and Cougar got it first.

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« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2004, 04:39:50 pm »

Gilles, I wish I had been able to take part but can only manage one trip to France per year, Guess when and where? The event looks like fun and if you do a repeat next year I WILL TRY to join in in my elderly MG Midget. All depends on whether I still have employment then...

Kpy, thanks for the "How it was for you" letter, I wish...


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