Thanks Mark - It can only be because Giles was playing safe for his triple. As one who takes part not expecting to win anything I am really tickled. bet you are to Brian. I'm looking forward to seeing you with it at the end of the Exeter. Michael
Thanks guys and well done Michael! I am chuffed to bits as might be expected. I now know what John Aley meant in his MCC-site News earlier in the week when he mentioned celebrations on a certain website ;-) Off for a swift half now and start to think about what car might suit for Trish to have a go in for 2004..... Something already prepared would be good but she says its GOT to have a working heater. Brian
Brian - If you are thinking of a car I would go for a Marlin. There is one for sale on the MCC site and I think Robin Howard wants to sell his. Michael
I purchased a 1980 Morgan 4/4 in the summer, but its too good to use even in class 0! Oh well, will have to carry on with the old banger Triumph for a bit longer! The magneto fibre pinnion stripped its teeth after Putwell , had a spare at home, but not much good baclk there. Made up a heated jacket to go with 180 watt newly fitted alternater. Two yards of electric blanket cable, a few connections off a scrap car, a body warmer for a fiver from Liddels. Waited for it to get colder in the night, then switched on , fantastic! not too hot but with a nice warm back life became very comfortable. All I did was make holes in the lining with a soldering iron and thread the wire through to exit where the first came in after passing from side to side, only takes about 2 amps at 12 volts and all for a fiver. On a sadder note I note as a Morgan owner and MCC member that Peter Morgan died yesterday. John Lees
So it was an 'easy' Edinburgh was it? The statisticians and anoraks out there may be interested to know that I have (finally) updated my spreadsheet analysis of MCC events (Edinburgh extract attached) which reveals a couple of interesting points. If you look at overall awards, it was unquestionably a comparatively easy year with 72% of the entry winning an award, against 58% in 2002, 45% in 2000, and 44% in 1999. If you look at my 'index' which compares the likelihood of winning an award in the various Classes, you will see that this year's Edinburgh was by far the best-balanced of the four - with what I consider an effectively equal chance of winning an award in any of the classes. If, however, you look at the indexes averaged over the four events you will see that, historically, it is still disproportionately easy to win an Edinburgh Award in Classes 7 and 8, and disproportionately difficult in Class 1 - this is what the organisers need to consider for the future, not just pray for rain in August and September! Happy analysing! Andrew
Sorry folks - it doesn't seem to want me to attach a file. I'll have another go with this message but if nothing gets attached I'll have to find another way to publish the spreadsheet. Andrew
Thanks Mark - It can only be because Giles was playing safe for his triple. As one who takes part not expecting to win anything I am really tickled. bet you are to Brian. I'm looking forward to seeing you with it at the end of the Exeter. Michael
ReplyDeleteThanks guys and well done Michael! I am chuffed to bits as might be expected. I now know what John Aley meant in his MCC-site News earlier in the week when he mentioned celebrations on a certain website ;-) Off for a swift half now and start to think about what car might suit for Trish to have a go in for 2004..... Something already prepared would be good but she says its GOT to have a working heater. Brian
ReplyDeleteBrian - If you are thinking of a car I would go for a Marlin. There is one for sale on the MCC site and I think Robin Howard wants to sell his. Michael
ReplyDeleteI purchased a 1980 Morgan 4/4 in the summer, but its too good to use even in class 0! Oh well, will have to carry on with the old banger Triumph for a bit longer! The magneto fibre pinnion stripped its teeth after Putwell , had a spare at home, but not much good baclk there. Made up a heated jacket to go with 180 watt newly fitted alternater. Two yards of electric blanket cable, a few connections off a scrap car, a body warmer for a fiver from Liddels. Waited for it to get colder in the night, then switched on , fantastic! not too hot but with a nice warm back life became very comfortable. All I did was make holes in the lining with a soldering iron and thread the wire through to exit where the first came in after passing from side to side, only takes about 2 amps at 12 volts and all for a fiver. On a sadder note I note as a Morgan owner and MCC member that Peter Morgan died yesterday. John Lees
ReplyDeleteSo it was an 'easy' Edinburgh was it? The statisticians and anoraks out there may be interested to know that I have (finally) updated my spreadsheet analysis of MCC events (Edinburgh extract attached) which reveals a couple of interesting points. If you look at overall awards, it was unquestionably a comparatively easy year with 72% of the entry winning an award, against 58% in 2002, 45% in 2000, and 44% in 1999. If you look at my 'index' which compares the likelihood of winning an award in the various Classes, you will see that this year's Edinburgh was by far the best-balanced of the four - with what I consider an effectively equal chance of winning an award in any of the classes. If, however, you look at the indexes averaged over the four events you will see that, historically, it is still disproportionately easy to win an Edinburgh Award in Classes 7 and 8, and disproportionately difficult in Class 1 - this is what the organisers need to consider for the future, not just pray for rain in August and September! Happy analysing! Andrew
ReplyDeleteSorry folks - it doesn't seem to want me to attach a file. I'll have another go with this message but if nothing gets attached I'll have to find another way to publish the spreadsheet. Andrew
ReplyDeleteAttachment: MCCTrialsEdinburgh.pdf