Le Mans 2006

[andy4200]

Not definate yet for me. I'm back at work on Wednesday and hoping they have news of my transfer. Once I know about that I will have a better idea of my schedule.
Will update as soon as I can.

[tomtvr]

Any updates? whats the plan?

[Balmoral Green]

tomtvr said:

Any updates? whats the plan?

I did a rough list of those who expressed an interest, I didnt get a single confirmation from anyone.

[minimax]

I thought I gave you cconfirmation?

I'm definitely in warben, we'll just have the bus to ourselves then!

[the-gofer]

Ok. For people to commit, they are going to need:
(a) approximate cost (we have this as BG gave us a rough figure - £350)
(b) dates - I presume we'll go for the week, so this means 6th-12th June? Still unconfirmed by the ACO I think.

(c) We'll also need a duty roster, we can't expect anyone to do all the work by themselves. Before we even start, we are going to need to plan:
1. Logistics - Where we store the bus and do the build work
2. Project Funding - Getting the money together to buy the bus, and a kitty to get the materials
3. Project Planning - Weekends when we can do work on the bus - this is not a trivial project, and is going to need a bit of elbow grease, and we'll all have opinions on various aspects of the design/implementation so we at least need a couple of weekends at the start of the build when we can all get together and start planning - Bloody good excuse for a few p**s ups as well.

Based on (a) and (b) ((c) is a bit of an unknown yet)then, in true PH style, add your own name to the list at the bottom if you are in (BG/minimax, I have taken the liberty of adding your names):

BG, any comments on when you could secure a bus?

list said:

Balmoral Green minimax the-gofer

p.s. Hope I haven't offended by hijacking the thread a bit.

[speed8]

Still no update from me, my transfer has gone tits up at the moment so I don't even know what country I'll be in next June.

[Bob the Planner]

France would be good

[speed8]

[stainless_steve]

I aint going to France on a bus,but if i can help you guys out i will

[Balmoral Green]

An open top one would be ing awesome, but they are expensive to buy I think.

Le Mans bloke: "So what have you guys come down in then?"

Us: "Oh, an aluminium bodied Bristol Spider"

[Balmoral Green]

the-gofer said:

BG, any comments on when you could secure a bus?

Oddball from Kellys Heroes said:

60' of bus I can pick up almost anywhere

[stainless_steve]

This looks great and no work needed




http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/14-Berth-Semi-Decker-Luxury-Sleeper-Coach-Conversion_W0QQitemZ4580933786QQcategoryZ108850QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


think you all need to put a little more than £400 each though

[xiphias]

Thats a nice bus

[mightydquinn]

£30K+
say no more

[tomtvr]

is this officially dead? if not me and a chum would pledge our deposits as soon needed.

someone take charge!

[gemini]

RIP me believes

[rralston]

Bus dead? Bugger - I was looking forward to seeing it in La Sarthe!

Anyway - when are you all heading down? Our 'little' group is on the Wednesday evening Portsmouth-Cherbourg ferry. Shoud be in Beausejour by Thursday lunchtime

[killer2005]

I would probably have to had to pull out anyway.

Could still make it there in a different way, could blag a place to stay thats not too far away from le mans.

[stainless_steve]

This is almost finished if anyone is still interested

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BUS-BRISTOL-VR-

[Polarbert]

Were you drunk when you thought about this? I've seen so many of these broken down on roads its untrue. Driving it down would be woeful as well.


Still it would be a fantastic atmosphere.