Silverstone Classic 2010

[coxy]

First time for me. Camping the Fri & Sat whats the blue ticket about? Mines yellow with a T.

[ThreeTwo]

What time are folk planning to arrive at Silverstone each morning?

Is there a cruise meeting at Warwick services on either the Saturday or Sunday? I'd be up for a convoy from there to Silverstone. Sure we've donethat in the past??

We'll meet up at Warwick Services (southbound M40) from 7.30am for a 7.45am departure. That should get us to Silverstone around 8.45am

Paul

Half seven!?! You havina larf pal!!?? I got up that early already once this year - for Classic Le Mans - so I'm gunna struggle to do it again!! I'll have to see you there. I'll be the one stuck in the trafic then!!

[lindsayhbrown]

I'll meet at Warwick, see you sunday

[stratfordshark]

Dr Feelgood and the Yardbirds played fantastic sets friday night.

When we got back to TIPEC display only 2 or 3 other cars left, so clearly not enough old rockers in TIPEC ranks!

Terrific atmosphere in the pits as usual.

[lindsayhbrown]

Enjoyed today, watched some classic car racing, some drag racing and rally stages, good company, lovely cars and good banter, hope you got home eventually Derek and Paul

[stratfordshark]

Derek looked quite the driver's mate up in that cab!

Should be a cheap fix Derek and I'm kicking myself I didn't look under car to spot that disintegrated perch. Lindsay's sharp eyes again!

In my defence m'lud I've never heard of one of these perches cracking right through like that. Must have been a helluva pothole?

The new perch will cost about a tenner, and it shouldn't take more than an hour to fit (remove strut, remove shock nut, lift off spring with remains of old perch, drop new perch on, recompress spring, reassemble strut).

Lindsay had excellent idea of checking perch on other side for corrosion but would be double the time to change that as well. Also you may have just been unlucky hitting such a deep pothole and the perch may not have been abnormally corroded. They are quite thick and usually just have surface rust where they contact spring coil.

[gramand]

Enjoyed today, watched some classic car racing, some drag racing and rally stages, good company, lovely cars and good banter, hope you got home eventually Derek and Paul

I'll second that - fantastic day and perfect sunny weather.

Mandy says those two trikes we saw were raced and worth as much as £40K each

[decasmo]

Derek looked quite the driver's mate up in that cab!

Should be a cheap fix Derek and I'm kicking myself I didn't look under car to spot that disintegrated perch. Lindsay's sharp eyes again!

In my defence m'lud I've never heard of one of these perches cracking right through like that. Must have been a helluva pothole?

The new perch will cost about a tenner, and it shouldn't take more than an hour to fit (remove strut, remove shock nut, lift off spring with remains of old perch, drop new perch on, recompress spring, reassemble strut).

Lindsay had excellent idea of checking perch on other side for corrosion but would be double the time to change that as well. Also you may have just been unlucky hitting such a deep pothole and the perch may not have been abnormally corroded. They are quite thick and usually just have surface rust where they contact spring coil.

Oh God! 37 members have seen this photo of the old girl's ignominious departure from Silverstone. I'm now waiting for Mark at
Porscheshop to get her up and running again in time for the next Red Lion meeting. Thanks to everyone who gave me their shoulders to cry on!!
Big hugs all round, Derek

[Steveb11]

Well i have at last got round to downloading some pics from this fantastic event sorry for the delay

Pics can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveb11/s ... 622717949/

Enjoy

Steve