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French civil servants ‘day of action’ tomorrow, Gerard! Plus air traffic control.....
So far I’ve managed to discover that Calais will not be operating for some of the day, but not sure about other ports. More concerned about next two weeks, if you hear any rumours! |
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Sorry Gerard - I love it! Especially on Alfa Giuliettas. It's so evocative of the era, just like the BL colour "Teal Blue".
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No worry, Alan, as Midget says "tous les goûts sont dans la nature!".
Day of action actually means you're bothered by people who dont do much on their spot! Who's pulling the strings one would like to wonder. When I read the trailer registration thread my deduction is whatever the side of the Channel, the same kind of Bozos is putting a large mess! |
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You do get some really interesting topics being discussed on Tea Break.
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Wish me luck for Sunday - my first ever Tarmac rally. I have entered the Cetus Stages rally at 3 Sisters near Wigan. Not rallied before, only driven the Escort for a few miles around Curborough sprint track, and a co-driver i have never met!
What could possibly go wrong??!! |
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Back in the day a mate of mine had a Humber Super Snipe. He chipped a tooth off the crown wheel doing an autotest in it! OK, the autotest was held on a gravel car park, but i was nowhere near as nimble as the Lotus Seven that won!
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Not surprised it was quicker with a 4.5l V8 under the bonnet.
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Sounds very nice! Which body shape Sceptre? Triumph tried the Stag V8 in the 2000 / 2.5 PI body, which I don’t think was that difficult to do. A Stag engined Estate would definitely be interesting. Few years ago there was a Rover V8 engined one for sale, which was nice but not quite the right PU in my opinion....
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Good luck, certainly - I've done a few stages at 3 Sisters as part of a multi-venue rally.......its small and pretty narrow, and I'd have thought the scope for a co-driver to get things wrong there would be limited...... Last time I was there on track we were doing a shake-down test on the 75 and had some brake balance issues meaning the first time I hit the brakes hard it swapped ends........so there's one thing that could go wrong I'd come to offer support but I'm a couple of thousand miles away - and in an hour or so I'm off out to watch a stage of the Rally Adeje |
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Ah the Tiger ! when I worked for Alan Fraser in the early 60s we had one of the first Tigers in the country, it was a bit "hush hush" at the time and the guys in the comp dept used to give it a thrash up the road to impress us "nippers"
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