James Staines memorial Southend Cruise - Pictures

[MPoxon]

Hi Colin,

Great meet again this year, thanks for organising. The TVRs certainly attracted a lot of attention on the way down the seafront and parked up. Bloody camera packed up so no decent images just a few from the iPhone:



























Matthew

[MPoxon]

davetherave1970 said:

Great afternoon and evening.
Couple of pics but only had my iphone with me

[RIP james]

I wish to thank everybody that attended James Staines Memorial Cruise,he would off been proud of you all, we all had a great day the photos are so special to of the cars at the roadside of his crash. Well done to everyone it was a bit tricky getting them where they were but we done so for James RIP.Next year will be better with out the changed date.

Well done again RIP James.x

[jayemm89]

Love the fact my Porsche looks like a photobomber!

[MPoxon]

jayemm89 said:

Love the fact my Porsche looks like a photobomber!

LOL it does look like a photobomber in the wide angle pic

Good to meet you James, and the that 911 is a fantastic looking car. Maybe see you next year in a Tuscan.

[jayemm89]

It was a real pleasure, and an event which was particularly touching to me as I would have been bombing about on my moped at the same age as James was.

I hope to see you all soon, I have signed up for the North Weald event - I realised when I got home I had a flyer for it already.

[wedgeinald]

jayemm89 said:

It was a real pleasure, and an event which was particularly touching to me as I would have been bombing about on my moped at the same age as James was.

I hope to see you all soon, I have signed up for the North Weald event - I realised when I got home I had a flyer for it already.

My older step brother was killed at a similar age on a motorbike (one of the reasons I was never allowed one) I was only about 10 at the time.

Shame I couldn't get over any earlier, any thought about making it a Sunday next year? Maybe make a whole (or longer) day of it?

The pics look good....apart from my wedge practising the "broken down" look....lol.

[davetherave1970]

jayemm89 said:

I have signed up for the North Weald event - I realised when I got home I had a flyer for it already.

Doesn't look like you've appeared on the list

Event
Attendees list

[jayemm89]

Ah,

I was looking at this

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Any and all from the group are welcome there I am sure. I may also sign up for the november day!

James

[MPoxon]

The gentleman who was taking pictures of our cars with tripod and DSLR Camera has just posted this stunning picture on his flickr photostream:


dead battery by Goloby, on Flickr

I have asked if he has any more pictures. Clearly in a different league to our casual snaps.

[seeby]

Luckily he managed to keep the main object of the photo in focus ! Great pic ,he should post up the others.

[jayemm89]

I passed him on the pistonheads name, he was doing some pics with his Bronica SQ medium format camera too. Which are the ones I'd be most interested in!

[wedgeinald]

MPoxon said:

The gentleman who was taking pictures of our cars with tripod and DSLR Camera has just posted this stunning picture on his flickr photostream:


dead battery by Goloby, on Flickr

I have asked if he has any more pictures. Clearly in a different league to our casual snaps.

and all the other nice smilies.....

I LOVE that pic of MY car.....A great effort....I wonder if he'd mind me having it in High Res so I can make a canvas of it?

Does anyone have his contact details?

Norman

P.S. The "electrical" (was connections between the alternator and the battery) issues I had on the day are now well sorted and got to Blackpool and back over the weekend....

Edited by wedgeinald on Monday 16th September 17:53

[MPoxon]

If you sign up to Flickr you could leave a comment on the photo which he will pick up.

You can see the comments here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goloby/9668454154/

[wedgeinald]

MPoxon said:

If you sign up to Flickr you could leave a comment on the photo which he will pick up.

You can see the comments here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goloby/9668454154/

Cheers I'll do that.

It was a good evening slightly marred by the issues I had on the way home, but that pic has made my Day/Week/longer??

[MPoxon]

wedgeinald said:

Cheers I'll do that.

It was a good evening slightly marred by the issues I had on the way home, but that pic has made my Day/Week/longer??

The car did sound like it was perhaps missing when you left, still sounded the bks though. Did you get home alright?

That is a stunning photo, I would certainly get a canvas made up if it where mine.

[wedgeinald]

MPoxon said:

The car did sound like it was perhaps missing when you left, still sounded the bks though. Did you get home alright?

That is a stunning photo, I would certainly get a canvas made up if it where mine.

Missing, now there's an understatement! It was on 4 or less cylinders when I pulled away, the battery volts were too low, and the alternator was not charging the battery most of the time. I could smell the unburnt fuel where the sparks were just not doing their job half the time. (I did wonder if it was making some nice "flames" but I guess not if I could smell the fuel?)

I think we were lucky it started at all TBH.....especially after what I found when I did get it home about 3:45am! (after the RAC man came and rescued me - AGAIN! Twice in a month.. for different things.. but hopefully won't need him again for a while now.)

I'm glad it sounded nice though, I've had a few compliments on the exhaust note recently (had another in Blackpool, from a Chim Owner) it's difficult for me to judge as I only hear it from IN the car. I still think it sounds like a Boeing Steerman Biplane when its cruising down the motorway. I must get it down to the Hindhead Tunnel sometime, its not really that far from me.

At least that problem is sorted (and has sorted a few other niggles including the Starter motor issue most of the time) so the car is getting there again.

It's always nice when the wedge gets admired by others, adds to the "silly grin factor".

[wedgeinald]

I've created my Flickr account and messaged the guy, and favrouited his pic of course, and asked permission to use it.

I've also started to upload a few more pics of Wedgeinald to "his" Flicker account.

I'll stop hijacking this thread now.....

Thanks to Colin for organising the event, was a Great evening, and I'm definately up for next year.

[MPoxon]

Oh no! I didn't realise it was that bad. Glad you got home in the end and hope the wedge is now fighting fit.

I hope you manage to get a full sized print. I would love to see a canvas of the print. Keep us updated!

[wedgeinald]

MPoxon said:

Oh no! I didn't realise it was that bad. Glad you got home in the end and hope the wedge is now fighting fit.

I hope you manage to get a full sized print. I would love to see a canvas of the print. Keep us updated!

Thanks for your concern, joy's of classic car ownership?

The wedge is running MUCH better now (probably the best it has ever done TBH) and got me to Blackpool with no major issues, so I'm confident we have it fairly well sorted.

I'll certainly take a picture of the canvas if I ever get to have it made up.

Norman