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Entry form here: http://www.vssc.co.uk/servlet/blankEntr ... entID=1096 You can email your completed form to andrew.tarring@vscc.co.uk (cc: comps@vscc.co.uk just in case). Event info: http://www.vscc.co.uk/page/news?newsItemID=833 And, in case it's not obvious... 1. You can join the VSCC on the night. 2. If you don't have an "eligible" car, you can enter the "Champagne" class - there *will* be a trophy for this as well as a nice bottle of fizz. 3. It's the most fun you can have with your clothes on (apparently). 4. Jen Lees is organising it so do as you are told and enter now. |
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This was originally posted by Tonylees. His post seems to have disappeared in merging. Apologies.
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Enter now, before it's too late!
Entry form here: http://www.vssc.co.uk/servlet/blankEntr ... entID=1096 You can email your completed form to andrew.tarring@vscc.co.uk (cc: comps@vscc.co.uk just in case). Event info: http://www.vscc.co.uk/page/news?newsItemID=833 And, in case it's not obvious... 1. You can join the VSCC on the night. 2. If you don't have an "eligible" car, you can enter the "Champagne" class - there *will* be a trophy for this as well as a nice bottle of fizz. 3. It's the most fun you can have with your clothes on (apparently). |
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Approaching 60 entries for this one I understand. Very good considering last year's event at Thirsk was just over 30 if I recall correctly. Change of venue etc appears to be successful so far.
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Seems there will be a works Talbot on the event
Gareth Burnett who has never done a VSCC rally is taking a Northern Irish Mate of his to do this. If anyone is going tell him to remember it's cold, in the dark and the owner of the car will be mightly ****ed off if there is as much as a mark on the car when he gets back! |
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Forgot to say that presumably having read the T and C's they are in novice class!
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Few quick shots from scrutineering and map reading prep. Not sure if the two at the back of the scrutineering bay passed.
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Very atmospheric, Gary. Yep if the two at the back passed, the event would really take off!
Loads of E E Lightnings left on display but only one flying, I believe (not in the UK).. A bloke strapped onto a couple of RR Avon jets; magic! |
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I stayed until just after the half-way point and got home about 5am. It was pretty cold night but not too bad I thought, only got down to -4.5C according to my car display when I left. Dry and a little bit of patchy mist here and there. Bruntingthorpe was an interesting venue and the old aircraft certainly helped with some photo backgrounds as the Leicestershire countryside was, well, not particularly photogenic (sorry Leicestershire - I'm sure its very nice in the daylight ).
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22 Jan 2017, 21:02 (Ref:3704295) | #15 | ||
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Lovely, Gary! You deserve an award for services to tenths beyond the call of duty! Hope you've thawed out.
Is the red saloon an MG? Might have been a bit warmer in that..... |
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Thanks Mike. I think the red one was a Riley Mentone (not one I've heard of before).
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Yes, the Mentone is lovely. Looks like a Monaco saloon but maybe bigger? Hard to tell with nothing to scale it with.
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It did look very nice. It was driven by a Mr Riley! Couple of photos to help with scale:
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Well, I think it looks like a Monaco but with a bigger engine. The Monaco was a 'Nine' about 1100cc 4 cylinder, whereas the Bonham car Mike has linked to is a 1500cc 6 cylinder and a bit later? It's lovely anyway, as most prewar and early post war Rileys were.
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The Bonhams description is pretty much correct, adding two cylinders to the 1,087cc 9HP gave you 1,630cc and a 14HP rating.
As vehicle road tax until after the war was based on these nominal HP ratings it made sense to produce a version at 1500cc which then became a 12 HP and saved quite a bit of money on road tax. It's the exact equivalent now of the low emission versions of modern cars designed to get into a lower VED band, nothing new under the sun. The six cylinder engines were fine - ERA's use a supercharged version of them after all - but in 1934 Rileys introduced a 4 cylinder 1,496cc engine, the 12/4 which was probably one of the best engines ever designed and was cheaper to make, lighter and more powerful than the sixes, so they were phased out. As mentioned above, it stayed in production until 1957, and the only reason it was dropped was on cost grounds by the BMC accountants. Often 20% or more of any VSCC meeting is powered by the 12/4 engine, and like MGB or XK engines plenty of development has gone on, and most now shove out over 100 bhp with complete reliability. PS If you want a Mentone, there's one for sale currently at £21,500 with a German dealer. |
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Thanks Nick. Must be an age thing as I'm slowly getting more interested in pre-war cars!
I found a Cream and Brown Mentone for sale in Netherlands- is that the one you refer to? And 'wanting one' or 'having the money to buy one' are very different! Last edited by Mike Bell; 23 Jan 2017 at 16:17. Reason: sp- Netherlands! |
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I'd love a C Type midget. So it must be an age thing.
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