Just time to restore it and enter the Ilkley!
That was a joke by the way for those delicate members!!!!!
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Lands End Trial
Well the competitive part of my Land End was shorter than expected. I was in my Beetle with Mike Hayward and we went round with my mate Neil who wanted to fulfil his ambition of doing the event in his Rover V8 powered Skoda Rapide. Enjoyed the night run from Michael Wood Services to Bridgewater. The Regularity Test certainly gives that added enjoyment.
Appreciated a decent sized restart box at Felons Oak but cocked up the tarmac Special Test by not reading the instructions properly. All 4 wheels over B instead of stopping astride then stopped astride C instead of flying finish. All own to me.
Got to Barbrook to find people and cars and people everywhere and a 30 minute Q for the control (thats on foot not in the car). Good job it wasn't raining! The smart people sent someone for refreshments so they could eat while waiting. IMHO the problem was that competitors didn't obey the instruction to wait at the preceding unmanned holding control.
Shame about having to make Beggars artificial with all that tape. Do you get penalised for hitting it? Have to look in the instructions.
Delighted to clean Rodneys Revenge for the first time in years. Waited at the road for Neil who didn't come. Along comes Simon Groves to tell me Neil has broken down on the exit track. We go back to help and find a drive shaft has broken. He had a spare but it took the four of us more than an hour and a half to fit by which time it was light, the course closing car had long gone and we found the diff had locked as well.
Nearly got locked in the forest as nobody came to check the exit track was clear but I had spotted the marshals leaving on a track below and ran to tell them we were still there.
Got the car out of the forest. Called the AA who weren't bothered about the Skoda being a trials car. AA took the Skoda and gave Neil a hire vehicle and we went down to see Blue Hills and distract Dave Cook (sorry Dave)
Michael
How was your Lands End Trial?
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Friday, 6 April 2012
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Wheel bolts?
This may seem a silly question but it is one i need answering.
We are getting there with this Marlin trials build took a lot longer than anticipated i can tell you,several u turns in power plant choice did not help mind.
i will post pictures when it is completed i am at the stage of sorting out wheels, i will be using MGB rostyles they are plentiful and i have lots anyway. NOW????
Wheel bolts or locking lugs rim locks Tyre clamps. not sure what others call them, but basically they hold lyres run on low pressure on to the beed to stop instant deflation.
My questions !
1 .. Obviously they are legal to use !! -- Are they ?
2.. How many to fit.
3 Advice on construction and fitting
4 I Would rather make my own if at all possible but can you buy them and where from.
One last question as an after thought, i am ready to drill the 575 van drum brake hubs to take the disks, i fitted a old BMC ex riley 1100 remote brake servo with the std front disks, it works fine. But not sure how many are out there now. This got me thinking with the twin leading shoe drums being kind of self sevoing and taking into account i wont use this car on the road much. should i fit the drums rether than convert to disks.?
Instinct tells me the disks will clear better in mud etc, but what are others thoughts based on experience of drums on marlins or other cars in trials situations. ?
We are getting there with this Marlin trials build took a lot longer than anticipated i can tell you,several u turns in power plant choice did not help mind.
i will post pictures when it is completed i am at the stage of sorting out wheels, i will be using MGB rostyles they are plentiful and i have lots anyway. NOW????
Wheel bolts or locking lugs rim locks Tyre clamps. not sure what others call them, but basically they hold lyres run on low pressure on to the beed to stop instant deflation.
My questions !
1 .. Obviously they are legal to use !! -- Are they ?
2.. How many to fit.
3 Advice on construction and fitting
4 I Would rather make my own if at all possible but can you buy them and where from.
One last question as an after thought, i am ready to drill the 575 van drum brake hubs to take the disks, i fitted a old BMC ex riley 1100 remote brake servo with the std front disks, it works fine. But not sure how many are out there now. This got me thinking with the twin leading shoe drums being kind of self sevoing and taking into account i wont use this car on the road much. should i fit the drums rether than convert to disks.?
Instinct tells me the disks will clear better in mud etc, but what are others thoughts based on experience of drums on marlins or other cars in trials situations. ?
Monday, 26 March 2012
Sunday, 25 March 2012
How was your Torbay Trial
John Salter was there and took some great pictures
How was your Torbay Trial?
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