Saturday 31 October 2009

Owens Car




Owen Briggs' VR6 class eight special is FOR SALE

Due to work commitments and other interests [he's bought an ocean-going yacht!] Owen Briggs is regretfully offering his trials car for sale .

Have a look here. Anyone interested can phone Owen on 01707 392821 during working hours or use the contact form on the website.

Murray

Wednesday 28 October 2009

Trials Car for Sale


  • 1968 Scimitar special
  •  V6 All adjustable suspension
  •  Jaguar close ratio gearbox,
  •  4 star diff. 15 ins wheels
This car has done two trials and 1500 road miles since construction.It took four years to complete! The parts bill was £6000. The engine has had a rebuild and all new parts were used in the construction were possible. It can be lowered for road or track use in the summer and used for trials in the winter.It has a correct V5 and is registered as a Scimitar convertible 1968 so has free road tax as well.it is on SORN at present but will be sold with 12 months MOT.Viewing is recommended. All offers considered. I do not really want to put it on Ebay !  Call Ross on 01763 853185.or rnuten@aol.com.

Click Here for more pictures

Ross Nuten

Trials Car for Sale




1968 Scimitar special V6 All adjustable suspension Jaguar close ratio gearbox, 4 star diff. 15 ins wheels.This car has done two trials and 1500 road miles since construction.It took four years to complete! The parts bill was £6000. The engine has had a rebuild and all new parts were used in the construction were possible. It can be lowered for road or track use in the summer and used for trials in the winter.It has a correct V5 and is registered as a Scimitar convertible 1968 so has free road tax as well.it is on SORN at present but will be sold with 12 months MOT.Viewing is recommended.All offers considered. I do not really want to put it on Ebay ! Call Ross on 01763 853185.or rnuten@aol.com. - Ross Nuten

Tuesday 27 October 2009

Welcome to joerichards = Joe Richards

Joe has competed in PCT's and 4 WD trials in the past. He has decided to have go at Classic Trialling and will be looking for a car.

Monday 26 October 2009

Bowler Nemesis EXR

From an off-hand comment at work, I happened upon this, the Bowler Nemesis EXR.

Surfing around Bowler's site it turns out this is some form of "civilised" version of their rally-raid car.

Interestingly though, the link for engine info takes you out to Jaguar's engine tech-info website.

So what we have here is a high ground clearance chassis, with good suspension, sump guards and apparently designed to be fitted with a 6-speed manual front-engine, rear-drive power train.

The question is, would it be in class 7 or class 8?

Wednesday 21 October 2009

sprite underfloor protection

can anyone please help with any advice on underfloor protection for a sprite.

all ideas welcome ,thanks darren.

Monday 19 October 2009

BTRDA TRIAL CATTON HALL.




Hardy Trial

I have just joined Classical Gas as I have recently started doing Trials. To date i have had some sucess and got a silver in Class 3 on the Edinburgh Trial.

i am looking for a navigator for the Hardy trial.

If anyone out there wands a bit of fun please let me know.

i have tried to out this message out before and I hope that it works this time.

James

New Photos of Ebworth and Edinburgh Trials

I have finally got around to posting my recent Photos of the Edinburgh triial and the Ebworth Trial.
They can be found here;
For the Edinburgh I was at Carlton, where the weather was great for Photography, with spectacular backdrops and plenty of light. Ebworth was rather different, taking place in a dark wood photography there is always a challenge, cut I think I managed to get a few good ones.
I hope you enjoy them
Dave Cook

Saturday 17 October 2009

Friday 16 October 2009

Welcome to jameshsmith = James Smith

James started trialling last year in the red BMW he acquired from Dave Turner

Thursday 15 October 2009

Message to captainbertie

Thanks for your application to join Classical Gas. However you didn't let us know your real name. To join apply again and send me a PM with your real name, letting us know why you want to join us. - Michael

Tuesday 13 October 2009

Message for spence49bristles

Hello - Can you confirm your real name in order I can let you in (see our rules)

I guess its Alan Spence but I'm not sure.

We are a real names group. So if you don't use your real name as your ID we need to let the members know who you are by adding you to the Key to user ID's

Michael

Sunday 4 October 2009

How was your Edinburgh Trial?

We really enjoyed our Edinburgh. After 20 + years in the Beetle we went open top with my 1172 Dellow in Class 0, a real adventure. We were delighted with the route and the sections, they were great fun without being damaging, for us at least, although there were a couple that I wouldn't have wanted to do in a saloon with limited ground clearance.

I think we climbed all the hills but I'm not bothered about that. For me it was the challenge of getting that old car round the route and driving it back home again. No mechanical problems apart from having to fill it up with water every hour as the radiator is leaking. However, we knew that before the event so were carrying a lot of water and some Radweld in case it got too bad.

The other class 0 competitors we spoke to all enjoyed themselves. Enjoyed the do in the evening although we didn't appreciate the waiting staff hovering to clear your plate away as soon as you finished, even if you hadn't. Also the do didn't seem very well attended and if the hierarchy were present why no speeches?

How was your Edinburgh Trial?