Friday 31 October 2008

Gearbox for Marina 1800

The box on my car is noisy and needs a rebuild (1st/reverse is noisy also main bearings)
Does anyone have a good box I can buy from them please?
Thanks
Richard Houlgate
 

Wednesday 29 October 2008

Clee hills 2006




pics of Clee Hills trial 2006

Which Diff Oil

About to fill my Marlin van axle with oil - anyone have any recommendations as to which is the best for the job ?

Thanks

Tuesday 28 October 2008

Rules

As we appear to be having a few disscussions about rules here, perhaps someone can enlighten me if its allowed to fit an extra working fuel tank as long as the origonal one is kept and still used and stay in class? i.e. in an imp and stay in class 4 (not talking about specials here)

Monday 27 October 2008

Route Holder




Some pics of a route holder - Morrison Klip & Lock 1000ml food storer / Lidl cycle map holder/plastic pipe fittings/ neon or led back light.

Sunday 26 October 2008

Saturday 25 October 2008

Hagley and District Light Car Club 1948

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hebvbZWSI&eurl=http://www.hdlcc.com/history.php

Just had a freind who is a club member point this out to me, fantastic piece of footage. The worrying bit is if you removed the grainey effect and added some colour it could be a trial from 2008!

Graham

Friday 24 October 2008

The Future of the Classical gas Message Board

Microsoft will no longer support MSN Groups from February 2009. My plan is to migrate all the data (all messages and pictures) from The Classical Gas Message Board into another system so you can continue to use the service as you have done for the last ten years and hopefully it will be better. Will keep you posted - Michael

Wednesday 22 October 2008

Sunday 19 October 2008

route card holder

Any bikers advise me on best route display holder & supplyer that fits on handlebars or is make your own.

Saturday 18 October 2008

Spare wheel positions, suspension mods

A few questions just in-case anyone knows the answer, or can point me in the right direction.
 
Spare wheels - I knew where I was with Class 7 regs - they tell me precisely where I can put the spares.  Any other class, say class 5, I can't seem to find much - yet I've seen all sorts of cars with spares on the boot lids etc.  Are there any regs regarding positions?
 
Suspensions - rules state that original mountings, spring positions much be used, although additional shocks, springs and linkages can be used.  So if I leave the mountings alone, can I "adjust" other aspects of suspension arms - lengthen, shorten, twist them?  A potential competition car would need a few "tweeks" to get it's bum off the ground!
 
Bri

Friday 17 October 2008

Best BMW to use

any BMW trialer out there could you advise which on is the best ot pick up for class 3 engine type & mod req.

Marlin on Ebay

Brand New Kit (SWB) - Marina based.  Item number:  110300897691

Thursday 16 October 2008

Class 7 car for sale .. . maybe . . .

Anyone really desperate for a proven successful class 7 Dutton?
 
Yeller Dutton could, might, may be for sale . . .
 
Email me for details if you are interested and still have any money you wish to remove from a UK bank . .
 
Bri

Tuesday 14 October 2008

Ebworth Trial

Spent Saturday in the woods in Gloucestershire at the Stroud & District Ebworth Trial,
 
A really enjoyable event set in a wonderful wooded setting.  Unfortunately the bright sun shining through the green leaves gave all my photos a greenish tint, which I had to Photoshop out, and the contrast between shadow and bright sunlit patches made photography entertaining.  Anyway enough of the excuse
 
Sunnyside 2 was the first section I covered in the morning.  Most spectacular was Harvey Waters, whose Ford Pop made an astonishing climb, but an even more exciting decent, crossways across the slope.  Unfortunately, photography had to stop while I stood on the rear bumper to stop it tipping over.
 
 
Woodman's Trump was a stiff climb, made better for the last run, by a well placed restart, most exciting was Rick Neale, who took out several markers and a couple of trees as he powered the Melos up the final slope.
 
 
The final section I visited was Beechwood a straightforward blast up a hill side track
 
 
Finally there are a few pictures of the start and finish.
 
 
As uual let me know if you want any photos.
 
Dave Cook

Monday 13 October 2008

class 3 car

Any one selling a car in class 3 getting older need some heat after last years Lands End.Or anything with a roof & windows

Sunday 12 October 2008

Confused

Could some one please enlighten me as to the rules of what engines are allowed in which cars and the vehicle stays in class and not moved to class 7.For example the Mk1 Ford Escort, as I see it the options are: 1100, 1300 1600 crossflow, 1600 Lotus twincam, 1600 BDA and 2000 pinto.Are there any others that are allowed and the car stays in class?

Friday 10 October 2008

Message to iam_g8

I have received your membership application. However, it is not in compliance with our rules as you do not state your real name in the text of your application. If you would like to join please check out the "Community Rules" page that can be accessed from the left hand menu bar. Then re-apply.

Michael

Thursday 9 October 2008

Lola Cars Anniversary Parade 12th Oct 2008

A 2 mile circuit of Huntingdon's ringroad will be closed this Sunday for a parade of Lola cars.
details: http://www.lolaheritage.co.uk/news/news299/299

You could combine this trip with a visit to The World Conker Championships at Oundle (Recommended!) or The Peterborough Half Marathon, all taking place on the same day.

Steve Nikel

Tuesday 7 October 2008

Need any Marlin Bits

I have in my possession a brand new Marlin (Marina Based) kit.  Never constructed.  The chassis is rolling and trial-fitted with a 1.7 'O' series and gearbox.  Prop mods are done.  All panels are brand new and yet to be fitted.  I also have a windscreen, dashboard blank, in short, loads of brand new stuff.  If interested, email me on:
 
 
I will send you a complete list of parts and prices.

Need any genuine Marlin bits?

Hi.  I have one too many Marlins, to the point where marital bliss may be compromised!  See Sales & Wants for details.

Sunday 5 October 2008

Edinborough Trial Photos

I didn't have too much on luck Saturday.  I went to the top of Banford Clough, to take photos, where the open ground allowed quite a bit of light in.  I did try to go lower down, but the trees stopped too much light.  That of course meant that I didn't see any of you who failed to get off the restart.  I also had a lot of trouble with rain on the lens, which gave a delightful "soft" feel to the photos, great for portraits, but not too much good for action photos.
 
Still some of the photos came out OK, and Bamford was set in lovely country side.
 
So here they are, Ive grouped them into:-
 
Bikes
 
Outfits
 
Saloon Cars
 
Open cars
 
If anyone wants decent copies let me know and I'll put them on my other site.
 
Dave Cook 

My Edinburgh Trial

How was your Edinburgh?

I was running second car which turned out to be an advantage when we got to Moneystones, where the deviation was still grassy! Didn't progress very far up Litton Slack although we did see a couple of chairs go clean, including Celia I think. Well done. As to the cars I have only heard of three cleans, Dudley, Ray Goodright and Eric Wall.

Missed not doing Putwell and Haggside, but personally pleased that the deviation on Great Hucklow is now fenced off and out of bounds. Mind you the section we used seemed much roughre than I remember, a bit challenging for Class 0 I thought.

We failed the restart on Excelsior but I understand that was cancelled later so perhaps a silver for us.

Saturday 4 October 2008

Tyres for Trials cars

 Hi Guys I am looking to source some new tyres for an Escort and a MGB. Appreciate any advice / experiance / contacts.  I am also looking for a Banjo type axle for MGB and a plasitc/ally bonnet for this new project.  Regards Jonathan.