I have just aquired a Cannon NTF formula trials car with BMC 'A' series engine and g/box. It is a complete car but an 'orchard' find, it's been standing out for years.The frame is very good and the car has those specially made 15" six spoke wheels from the seventies, fiddle brakes etc. It would make an ideal basis for a class 8 special or could be restored as a sporting trials car. The car is for disposal so if you are interested just mail me or call on my mobile 0370 626 173
Best
Some of you may know Owen. He moved from biking to doing a bit of Classic Trialling with a type 4 engined Fugative. He has just had the misfortune to hurt his finger badly at work and in fact may loose it. I am sure he would appreciate a "get well note" from his buddies.
Michael
Hi,
I don't suppose any of you guys have progressed on from trialling midgets to something else and still have a tank guard or other trials type bits lying around that you would like to sell.
If so I'd be interested.
Also half shafts, & diffs :-)
cheers
Simon simon.clemow@e-14.com
-according to the Sunday Times "..landowners fear that the government's Countryside and Rights of Way Bill, aimed at opening opening up bridleways and forest paths to ramblers, will instead serve as an invitation to "jeep Joyriders" to ride roughshod over nature spots".
Apparently "four-wheel-drive enthusiasts are gearing up to take advantage of new legislation that could open up hundreds of miles of woodland paths to their vehicles"
Well blow me down, and there I was thinking that we were in fact facing the withdrawal of existing tracks!!
Best quote is from the chairman of GLEAM (Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement) who asks "What enjoyment do people get by going along a muddy track at night in pouring rain?"
Oh dear, oh dear, what chance do we stand?
You may remember me telling you of the demise of Derek Reynolds Silver Volvo 66 on the Lands End Trial. After much soul searching, Derek had to concede that there was so much wrong with the car that it was only suitable for spare parts.
Unfortunately, I couldn't convince him that a Variomatic Volvo is not really the most suitable of cars for trialling. So, after many phone calls and several hundred miles travelling around the country, we are now the possessors of a bright yellow, low mileage, showroom standard Volvo 66. We promised the old owner that we would look after it carefully and not take it out in the rain.
See you on the Edinburgh.
Fred
Hi everyone,
It's been a bit quiet here on the community for a while. Hope you are all finding time to get your trials cars ready for the fray!
I have been working on my battered body. That's me and the car! I've done quiet a bit of mountain biking and got quiet a lot of punctures in the process. This reminded me of the pile of old car inner tubes in the garage that had been replaced following flats on trials.
Following Mike Pearson's advice I went trotting down to the local agricultural engineers and got myself some heavy duty patches and "vulcanising fluid" and repaired most of the ones that hadn't perished.
What do you other guys and girls do. Do you bother to repair your tubes or just junk them? If you repair them where do you get the stuff to do so and how do get on afterwards. Do you have any problem with repaired tubes?
Also anyone know why some of my old tubes perished? Was it age, light, temperature, humidy? anyone know.
Hoping for some help.
Michael
