Retro Rides Gathering - 23rd August 2015 - Shelsley Walsh

[spoddy]

looking good guys. some nice tidy fb's sitting there.
love the TWR.

[A7RXY]

Just to let those who were at RR today know that I got home ok, sorry I had to leave early but I was worried about my over heating problem.
Hope you all got home safe and sound.


Dibs

[DKWW2000]

That is a relief,
glad you got back ok, the weather went Down Hill just after you left, good to meet & put a name to a Face, I think your Brother in Law was taken aback when he realised the the funny triangular thing was what was in our engines

[ian65]

glad you got home OK Dibs...... cooling issues are always worrying, especially when you're a long way from home...... an inlet gasket and the O rings are less than a tenner from a Mazda dealer... a job for the winter months.

[myatt1972]

Good to hear you got home ok Dibs, was good to meet you at long last, hope the trip home went smoothly. Was nice to meet some other new faces to.
I didnt take a single pic sorry, the weather changed before I even thought about my camera

[KiwiDave]

That's a good result Dibs. Great to meet you and the other forum names that have actual faces. I met up with Lucky and Jo on the M25 and we convoyed from there. Really nice drive too and not too much of a hassle getting in to the venue.
It was a nice lineup of FB's at our little patch, with the museum piece Elford Turbo in it's own little parking bay next to the gazebo (which would become rather useful later on).

So we went for a little explore, I took all of one photo, Nik took a few more that, found some rather nice food and then it all went rather grey and we headed back to the cars all quickstep fashion to close sunroofs. And then it rained ... a lot

Refreshments on the way up


My pic before the heavens opened.

[ian65]

Here are some of my pics of our stand..... awesome to see so many 1st gens together again. Something which struck me was the condition of all of these cars.... just by looking at them you could see that they were enthusiast owned and each of us has put their own stamp on their cars...









Dereks stunning series 2 Elford Turbo...



Petes super clean series 3...





and an engine bay you could eat your dinner off...



and Dibs sunrise red S3..... probably the most original 1st gen in the country...



next up, a couple of wolves in sheeps clothing.....

my Elford turbo...



and Keiths weber equiped lovely S3...



then James black S3, a car that he's really putting his stamp on.....it's looking great mate!



and the tender blue S3 belonging to Jesse who's busy stockpiling parts.....looking forward to see this next year mate with all your new goodies on it...



After another long drive, Nik and Dave arrived in their mean machines....

this car of Niks is just mouthwatering....... awesome paintjob and colour and those back lights just look the dogs ********........ I wanted to get some pic from under the bonnet but sadly a biblical storm arrived before I could...



and Daves red TWR.... missed this car at the show last year after it spat out an apex seal but great to see it back on the road and the show circuit...



a couple more pics...

Pete's engine display...



and probably the saddest sight of the day... god knows how they must have felt coming back to this...

[JayoM]

Great showing from the club here! Definitely coming next year!

[TOOL]

Does the guy in the red t-shirt own the Volvo?

[A7RXY]

Thanks for all your kind wishes about getting home ok, It was great to meet you all.

Dibs

Not long after I took these photos poor old Mad Mike, as they called him, stacked his very nice viva van on the hill climb.