Last journey?

[JMF894]

Well although the wedge may have to go ultimately i reckon i can keep hold of it for a couple of months yet so....................


What may prove to be my last chance of a mini road trip in the 450 i have decided to attend a family wedding this month on the 17th


Near Berwick upon Tweed: Ellingham Hall to be precise. Anyone know it?


Starting point is 20 miles SE of Norwich so i have given myself all day Friday 16th to drive up allowing time to have lunch and pop in for a cuppa with a couple of rellies


I have told current (?) Mrs Fawcett to wrap up cos the roof is coming off come what may.


Wish me look

Jimbo xx

[Pothole]

There is an Ellingham Hall in Norfolk, too. You could go one to the other...

[mrzigazaga]

Good luck jimbo..You could always stage a false breakdown and get the missus home via a very very nice man..Then do a british version of forest gump except in a wedge.."Life is like a box of chocolates".."All the good ones have gone and all thats left is half chewed toffee".. ..ziga

[Trickie Dickie]

Ellingham Hall is a fabulous looking place. Check it out here Jimbo

http://www.ellingham-hall.co.uk/

We stayed near in Elligham with friends a few years ago in a lovely cottage
and were very jealous of people in this gorgeous Hall over a big wall next door

You can hire the place and it sleeps upto 32 I think
Would love to take over the place with a group of friends sometime

There are also some great roads and places to visit round there
Bamburgh, Alnwick, Lindisfarne etc

Cheers
Trickie

[maston]

JMF894 said:

I have told current (?) Mrs Fawcett to wrap up cos the roof is coming off come what may.

Jimbo, I am sorry to hear about your problems at the moment but I had to laugh at the above. Good man, roof off no matter what. Have you resigned yourself to the fact that a divorce is likely ? Hope everything turns out ok

Regards
Ian

[JMF894]

Well Ian divorce is not something that has been discussed so far but me leaving the marital home in the New Year certainly has.

We will see but i will be enjoying xmas and the wedge till then whatever

Jimbo

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Jimbo..In all seriousness i really do feel for you mate..Your out there risking your life to save others which shows that you are a caring, Un-selfish decent fella who deserves a good life so to hear that your having all this shyte is sad news..I wish i could offer you a place to stay..If you ever need a chat though you have my number...Good luck mate..Ziga

[KelWedge]

If need be the white wedge can sit outside the front of my place under cover, promise not to swop bits.
Good luck sorting or unsorting things

[JMF894]

Thanks fellas
xx

[JMF894]

Well we managed to get there and back in one piece. Roof down until just north of Grantham when we, err, broke down..............

Alternator bearing went! I new straight away so the nice man from RAC was called. Up to two hours before he would get to me i was told so i figured have lunch and see what happens. One thing was for sure....... he wasn't gonna have an alternator sitting in his van for the wedge, so i kind of resigned myself to making other arrangements as i still had 200 miles to go!

Anyway 'Nigel' turned up within half an hour or so and quickly confirmed that it was indeed the alternator and nothing else. So, what to do i ask?

"Well" says Nigel, "Hang on a minute". And off he disappears into his van.

A couple of minutes later Nigel appear. Holding a brand new Valeo 65 amp alternator for a 89-93 LDV Sherpa van!!

Yes yes i know 65 amps is probably a little under standard but it gets me back on the road!!

He offers it up and the mounting bracket etc are perfect!

20 minutes later and the alternator is on and the pulley lines up spot on. All it needed was some of the connections to be modified.

"How much?" I asked tentatively

"Well it's brand new but as it's my own i can't offer you a warranty. How does £50 sound?"

"That'll do nicely" I replied

From initial call to back on the road was 2 hours and i needed to stop for lunch anyway.

A result and a bit of luck for a change. 9 hours to get up there and 8 hours coming back on Sunday. Apart from the alternator the car couldn't have driven better. Straight as a die, smooth, and no tramlining at all after i stuck some Toyo Proxes on the front.

Here's a couple of pics chaps and check out the 'Mo'.................













Jimbo

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[hallsie]

theres no MO bro!!

Please Sho.. w

[JMF894]

hallsie said:

theres no MO bro!!

Please Sho.. w

It's there now bro!!

[JMF894]

Oh and i reckon i managed 25mpg too!

Jimbo

[mrzigazaga]

"Tachelistic mate"..Looks like ya need a wee rusty up ya kilt to liven ya up a wee bit..Wedge is looking cool..Hope you are ok mate...Ziga

[combine]

Jim , just seen this , can't believe any of it as you have a really fantastic 450 there that many would love to have and well to have to part from the missus is very tough indeed , don't let any of this happen if you can.