This looks interesting but I'm down the road at Silverstone all weekend for G-Fest (Ginetta 65th anniversary). On the plus side I can see my Coupe in the BARC programme. There's a picture of the Ginetta Owners Club which was taken at last September's Sywell Classic Pistons and Props and I snuck Marvin on the stand.

For anyone who goes to Viva Italia there's a small museum at Sywell Aerodrome and I can recommend popping into the Art Deco style bar at the Aviator Hotel.

Sweet, we've put you down for the food order

Cheers Jamie

Grey S reg Coupe spotted today 0640hrs on the A12 south bound near Melton/Woodbridge. Was it a member?

Just a reminder, it's this Saturday.

Thanks Paul, I must be a bit mad too, I quite like it apart from the black wheels.

And again, nearly two years on.

450 miles, 37mpg.

Owner has had this many years and will be handing over to his 18yo son.

Whole family are italian car fanatics

I'll PM all attendees my email address so you can reimburse me the £10 entry I paid at the end of April - if you prefer bank transfer let me know

STOP PRESS:

This year the show is open to the public an hour earlier, i.e. 1000 so we've been informed by SAROC organisers that we need to be in situ by 0930.

This means leaving the rendezvous point at MaccyD's by 0915.

See you there around 0900

Countrycruising (FCSS) on here sometimes has reconditioned steering racks.

Yeah, our mobile/mate/mechanic seems to have a 'feel' for this and is happy with the re-installation so far (albeit with a couple of steps back as per our 61k project thread )

Today I managed to sort the gearbox flange seal. At least I hope it's sorted. I still have to put oil in the gearbox, but I need to buy more!!
I should have drained the gear oil before starting the job, but I thought that there would just be a small amount of oil come out. It turns out that about a litre came out so eventually I drained the rest out as I was getting covered in the stuff.
I did remove the hub nut to gain more access. Definitely worth doing. I had another spare nut anyway.

The water leaks are fixed. There were a couple of small leaks due to the clamps on the new Viper hoses not being tight enough. I have a pressure tester so that makes the job a lot easier without getting burns up my arms.

I saw a small issue with one of the new gaiters for the steering rack. It ended up twisted when I did the tracking. There is not enough access to sort it with the car on ramps so will do that when I can get the wheel off that side. It's an easy fix though.

I will get the above bits sorted tomorrow so that will just leave the spring for the rear bakes once it arrives and the gas for the air con.

Almost there now. Looking forward to a couple of short test runs, getting the test done and giving the car back to the wife to enjoy.