A load of SKODA

I have in my work shop two Skoda Estells which have been in dry storage for approx eight years.One has wide track axels from a Rapide and has been highly modified with all the bits and bobs to strengthen.....The engine is a136 Rapide eight port head, Webber, Group a exhaust pipes  etc. The other is prepared for rally or race mode with steel rollcage and harness seats etc. Engine with {Piper285 cam Webber SK inlet manifold Ashley exhaust. 5 spd  straight cut close ratio gearbox. Loads of mini  light wheelss, slicks and intermediate tyres. From the history file that came with the cars Was built to do the Skoda Trophy. This car is road legal and I will get it Moted.  I am tempted to keep and set them up for trials but I have a very busy work shop and limited time for more toys,.......... any interest to others

MCC News of the Week

I have learned that I am the unknowing culprit that caused a message to be sent to the MCC site, purveying Hot Sex and Viagra. May I make it clear that I'm long past worring about Hot sex and the only interest I might have in Viagra if it was discovered that it would help ageing  motors perform better and afford me the pleasure of climing more sections.........Whilst it may be funny, I am now worried that other emails are involved. John Aley tells me that he has had others in the past, with other members email.......Its all a bit beyond me, I thought I had all the correct anti worm protection installed.  Any advice as to stopping things like that would be welcomed.  I dont mid a joke but I would not wish to offend folk. Regards

Triumph advice wanted??

A chum has revived a surplus LHD Spitfire.......bought some years ago, for a bit of soft-top motoring whilst his major project was a-gettin-on-with.

 

Following a worrying noise, the car was left in a relly's garage and 'forgotten', as these things can tend to be.

 

T'uther week, we hoicked it out...and he commenced re-commissioning....he IS a fitter/mechanic by trade.

 

His quandary is/was.....it is very much a 'surplus-to-requirements' car.......yet at the moment, simply of little financial value.

 

He would like it to justify its existence....and being a passenger of mine, he thought of prepping the thing for trials.

 

It is a left-hook, 1500 Spitfire..the type with the flat rear deck.

 

Does ANYBODY have any practical trialling experience with this model?

 

Are there any 'marque' experts out there, with 'positive' advice as to groundclearance, reliability of transmission, etc?

 

HE appreciates the Spit is long of wheelbase compared to a Spridget, so may prove less capable.......and I have proferred advice, albeit based on my own experience.....but I don't ''know-it-all''.....

 

After all, I have often read and heard, how the odd thing about trials competitors seems to be the tendency to 'go' for the vehicle 'least likely to.....???'

Northern DVD

2007 Northern Classic Trial

DVD containing footage from Black Hole, Little Cockup, Sheepfold and the ever popular Sandale. Also contains Class 4 in-car footage from Lord's Seat, Sheepfold, Darling Howe Restart, Forest Yump, Black Hole and Little Cockup.

If you liked last year's you'll like this one!

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Help Urgently Needed for Classic Trials Stand

The classic trials world has been offered a great opportunity to showcase its many attractions to the 20,000 historic motorsport fans who will be visiting Race Retro/International Historic Motorsport Show in about a month's time.  Whilst our sport is blessed with many excellent events, as this messageboard shows, it cannot have escaped people's notice that the number of people doing some of these events has reached such a low point that events may not be sustainable in the long term.  That would not be a good thing for any of us.  What we need is to attract some new people into our sport to help push the numbers up and this show provides us with an excellent opportunity to sell our sport to those most likely to be interested.

 

I know that several people have vounteered for the Friday and I have offered to help Saturday/Sunday but we still need more help, particularly for someone to take on a co-ordinating role setting the stand up on the Thursday.  There must be some people out there with experience of this sort of thing in their day job?  My understanding is that unless we have some more offers of help by this wekend we will have to tell the organisers that we can't take up the special deal we have been offered.   

 

Please contact either John Aley, Simon Woodall or myself if you feel that you can help.

 

Text below is copied from MCC News of the Week but is applicable to us all:

 

via some background wheeling and dealing we have secured a sizeable area in Hall 3, 12 metres x 3 metres, to be devoted to Classic Trialling.

However many of the stalwarts who have organised our joint MCC/ACTC stand at this show in the past are not available this year so help is urgently required if we are to take up this offer.  What we need now are several keen types to donate their time and/or machinery and to look after the stand generally.  Fortunately the stand area comes with a ready to go shell scheme and carpet but needs a couple of classic trials cars, an outfit and a solo bike to display and the aforesaid keen types to hang around during opening hours to explain to the visiting public all the joys to be gathered from classic trialling on any number of wheels.

Obviously these people will get free access to the show and provided there are enough of you, there should be time to have a look at the exhibits in general as well as doing your bit for the MCC.  What would be especially welcome would be to have a volunteer who could be present for most of the period and generally co-ordinate matters.

1937 Trials Special (remains of) For Sale

 Whilst trawling the 'Net' I came across this 1937 trials chassis for sale.  It may be of interest to anybody into historic trials cars or masochists or nutters or all 3.

see:-  www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C11760

 

 

Steve Nikel