MadaboutKitcars

Nice to meet Chris, Dan, Paul, Jeff and others at the show today, weather held out and it was well attended! hoto:

IMG_0316 by eric holm, on Flickr

Anyone going on Monday?

Stonleigh

Does this mean there won't be anyone from tribute on th3 Monday. That's the only day I can get over and was hoping to ask a few questions on the ongoing build

Pretty sure Chris or Dan from Tribute wont be there tomorrow.

Nice to meet Andy (Ericholm) and Patrick (Fatbloke) from here today, weather held up nicely.

Nubodi is there, I'm sure they can answer your questions about the build.

Good to catch up with a few people today and put a face to some names on here !

Almost didn't make it

But we did

O my, what the hell happened to that tyre?

Love the way the gentlemanly 250 has distanced it self from the youthful hooligan GTO's

A blow out on the M40 on Adams car . Luckily no other damage and found a tyre dealer who was open.

There was a Z300 s parked in the gap, but alas had gone when the camera came out.

Red 250 SWBc looks nice, Don't think I've seen any pictures of that one before.
I wonder how many other unknown cars are lurking out there?

I believe it belongs to "Trevor"

It was great to meet up with you guys on Monday. what a great bunch of genuine guys( and Adams girl friend) it was the first outing with the my 250 convertible. I have said in the past I am a bit of a Luddite when it comes to posting pics. It has taken me a lot longer then expected to complete due to health problems resulting in just 3 weeks ago diagnosis of throat cancer so me and my mate Wilf from W&M Autos had to pull out all the stops to get it ready for the show before chemo starts on Thursday. Wilf's son is going to put some pics on face book ( he's only a kid) so I will ask him about putting some on this site. Still need to do some work on the interior, at £450 I think the Nubodi dash with gauges is the next stage. there are some fantastic cars being / been built out there I look forward to meeting up with more of you guys soon.
cheers
Trev
ps many thanks to Wilf and Tom at W&M for a fantastic spray job,

Was great to meet you too Trevor, and you have a great car.
Good luck with the treatment, see you soon.

Sorry to hear about the diagnosis, hope the treatment goes well and leads to a speedy and full recovery.
Car looks great in the picture with some nice touches, would love to see some more pictures posted up.
Is that a chrome trim I spot on the rear deck and bonnet bulge?
I also notice you have fitted some triple eared spinners, I have a set here that I am playing with but where ever I locate them, one bolt remains covered.
Was thinking I may have to carry a short socket and ing arm bar. How did you get around it?

trim and spinners

Thanks guys for the comments for the car and otherwise
Steve you must have eyes like the proverbial s___ house rat. The rear deck looked a bit ragged so I thought I would try to spruce it up a bit my adding a chrome trim along the back (I had a Alfa Spider that had a similar trim) it's just Chrome vinyl wrap that I got off ebay, took a couple of attempts to get it right because of the curves but looks reasonable at 1st glance. The trim across the bonnet bulge is 3M eight inch stick on chrome trim from the local accessory shop, used a heat gun to mend it and it went on well. I know what you mean about the spinners one nut is always some way behind one of the ears, you just have to position them the best you can so you can get in with a short socket but make sure you have a long rachet or use a bit of tube on the end of the rachet so it does not catch on the tyre. Dont know about your wheels but mine are bolt on wires with no off set so when I initially fitted the spinners they stuck out too far so I machined the down the turret part of the spinners so they didn't stick out too far. I'm having the wheels re- balanced I will run the car up to speed without the spinners to see if they are ok I will then re-fit the spinners to see if they caused the wobble I get on the way down to Stoneleigh. Now that I have some time on my hands I will try to sort out this posting pics. Again thank you all for the encouragement.
Trev

Strange, I was going to attach the spinners with short poles, similar to 007's Aston.
Ideal for overtaking cyclists who insist on wearing lycra

Oh, yes. The Lycra clad teletubbies.

I don't think The Lycra Clad Teletubbies must have mirrors in their houses
or they asks their partners "Does my bum look big in this" who take the p--s by saying "No love you look great" Much better to look cool in a great
Tribute.
Trev

What if.....your a Lycra clad cyclist AND a tribute owner? Just asking....

People look at the car...Just say'in

Can't happen. It is illegal to own a tribute and be an overweight lycra clad cyclist.

I think the trick must be to get one of those fairground Hall of Mirrors versions that turns you into a beanpole. My cycling friends tell me they dub those folk 'MAMILs' - middle aged men in Lycra.

Regards, Mick

I ride bikes and own a Tribute. My Lycra days are long gone though.

Baggies and a Tee is where the Youf look is now. I is dahn wiz da kidz when I host the Big Bike Bash each year.

Maybe all drivers should be made to dress like sponsored race drivers so that the MAMIL's who dress like sponsored cyclists dont feel 'special'

Just a thought