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matt172 said:
Mrs Trackside said:
Mark, have you got any pics of the XKSS or the D type without it's bonnet up?
and its a replica, 1970 2.8 XJS according to the RAC checker thingy, although it does also say the engine is 4.3
Phew. Thank God for that. I'd have been very upset if it was genuine and I'd missed it. I love Jags - got a cabinet full of scale models, including an XKSS and a D type. Although my D type is the long nosed type with a bolted on back wing. I doubt the one as AF was genuine either, there were only six of the short nosed shape made.
petclub said:
Even though replicas, they are very nice. There is a genunine SS that goes sometimes and it attracts a lot of attention. Dave
Really? Do you mean an SS as in pre-Jaguar name?
I really must try and get along there. Is it held on a particular day during the month? I'll put it in my diary and take the afternoon off work if necessary
Mrs Trackside said:
I really must try and get along there. Is it held on a particular day during the month? I'll put it in my diary and take the afternoon off work if necessary
2nd tuesday of the month, took us about 45 mins to get there on Tuesday, so you wouldn't need to get the afternoon off, will probably go not to the June one
ETA we're going to LM instead
Edited by matt172 on Friday 11th May 12:45
matt172 said:
Mrs Trackside said:
I really must try and get along there. Is it held on a particular day during the month? I'll put it in my diary and take the afternoon off work if necessary
2nd tuesday of the month, took us about 45 mins to get there on Tuesday, so you wouldn't need to get the afternoon off, will probably go to the June one too
June 12th. If the weather`s good it`s likely to bw very busy. Arrive by 6:30 to be sure of getting onto the cricket pitch. central said:
matt172 said:
Mrs Trackside said:
I really must try and get along there. Is it held on a particular day during the month? I'll put it in my diary and take the afternoon off work if necessary
2nd tuesday of the month, took us about 45 mins to get there on Tuesday, so you wouldn't need to get the afternoon off, will probably go to the June one too
June 12th. If the weather`s good it`s likely to bw very busy. Arrive by 6:30 to be sure of getting onto the cricket pitch. 
as I stupidly forgot we'll be on our way to Le Mans 
Mrs T, yes as far as I know it is completely original. The event is very large and many people have more than one car so you can never be very certain of what may be there. For example, another local has a 190(4?) double decker bus but turned up this week in a vintage Vauxhall (ofetn referred to as an E type, I think).
It's very worth going to but well worth getting there early. Although very good, the May event was a little quiter than I had expected but the weather was a bit unpredictable. Apart from the cars, I think the atmosphere is great, very relaxed. Dave
It's very worth going to but well worth getting there early. Although very good, the May event was a little quiter than I had expected but the weather was a bit unpredictable. Apart from the cars, I think the atmosphere is great, very relaxed. Dave
petclub said:
Mrs T, yes as far as I know it is completely original. The event is very large and many people have more than one car so you can never be very certain of what may be there. For example, another local has a 190(4?) double decker bus but turned up this week in a vintage Vauxhall (ofetn referred to as an E type, I think).
It's very worth going to but well worth getting there early. Although very good, the May event was a little quiter than I had expected but the weather was a bit unpredictable. Apart from the cars, I think the atmosphere is great, very relaxed. Dave
It's very worth going to but well worth getting there early. Although very good, the May event was a little quiter than I had expected but the weather was a bit unpredictable. Apart from the cars, I think the atmosphere is great, very relaxed. Dave
I can't make the June one as we're in Le Mans with Matt and Di, but I'll make a note in my diary (and ask Matt to remind me) and try to get along to the July one. I love classic cars, even the slow ones that used to be everyday cars but you don't see around anymore. They're so much more interesting than all the modern stuff (in my opinion)
wildcards said:
Guys, next time your there, go ask the chap with the De Tomato about his car, take a few beers with you though 
Yes he's a real enthusiast for De Tomaso Panthera (especialiy GT), too much so
He used to be in our club, first time I meet him I upset him by introducing him to a potential (now actual) member and saying that you did not need to have a Supercar to be in the club
He also did rides but once asked for only passengers that were "interested" in the car - they were interested enough for a ride in the car not THAT amount of interest in it, or him
Another time he turned up at the NEC where we had a stand and asked for free tickets for him and his friend even tho' his car was displaid on the De Tomaso stand and not ours and to cap it all he sat on the same table as us at that night's show awards (not with the De Tomaso club ?) and eat most of the sandwiches - as I told him then, he's got a brass neck and rhino skin
We saw him at April's meet but he was very busy talking to someone so I didn't stop to say hello - he would have just said hello to me and left it at that
Edited by Sporting Bear on Monday 14th May 18:14
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