Anyone else going again this year? I'll be there as the yearly definate but not sure which chariot I'll be in.....but as no-one else has asked...... Auto Italia@Stanford

1. Nello

This is one i would like to attend, pending work and family commitments! should know for certain in June!

The club is planning to make a formal attendance together with the coupe competition judged by AutoItalia magazine that had to be held over from Brooklands.

So if you didn't manage to buy one of the 1/18th scale coupe models, you could win one.

1. Nello
2. Nismo

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel

members from other parts of the alphabet are welcome too....

possibly....

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6.

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat

I am planning to go and take the Coupe this year

I'm in again guys Loui.

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui

Is this in Leicestershire if so I'm in

Hmm think so it's at the end/start of the A14 by the M1 and M6

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123

Yep near Lutterworth Daniel

I'll try to get to this one

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG

I will be attending again in my inky

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037

i will be attending this one as well. Thanks

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad

Sorry would love to join you but I am on my holidays.

Please add me. I will be there. be great to meet more forum members

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01

Just booked my hotel in Rugby. Is that close to Stanford Hall?

Yours is a turbo, isn't it Bruce?

You should be able to do it under 3 hours

Hehe.... You shouldn't encourage me Huw.....

My dad's attending again in his coop

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad

Yes bruce... Map'ed

All being well I will be there

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad
15. wcz2132

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad
15. wcz2132
16. Crazylegs

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad
15. wcz2132
16. Crazylegs
17. Barnacle - apparently I have the marquee...

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad
15. wcz2132
16. Crazylegs
17. Barnacle - apparently I have the marquee...
18. CC (Depending on permission and weather)

We're working on for this one.

Too soon to push my luck....... ok

I have just checked with Phil Ward, gates open at 09:00.

Wow carnt wait for this one.

Do we pay on the day ??

Yep, £10 adults, and children under 16 free,

Put me down for this one please.

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad
15. wcz2132
16. Crazylegs
17. Barnacle - apparently I have the marquee...
18. CC (Depending on permission and weather)
19. MikeEmmett

fccuk..............Heavy rain forecast for Lutterworth area Sunday morning

My dad said the last time he went to Stanford, a few years back the weather was really bad, and barely anybody turned up!

I think we should all pledge to be there regardless of weather!

If I drive all the way down from Carlisle, and nobody turns up, I'll be pissed

That's right Angelo, it was just your dad and myself + one other non-forum user with coupes.

We left just after midday and within half an hour Barmybob had turned up hoping to surprise us. Bugger.

I got so wet that day that the dye from my shoes turned my feet blue for the next week and my clothes were still soaking wet when I got home after a 2.5 hour drive.

I'm still going to be there this Sunday no matter what the weather, probably not in the coupe though, I really need to use the X1/9.

if theyre forecasting rain for sunday, on a Wednesday, they weather will be fine and dandy on sunday [ they have trouble predicting 24 hours ahead ]

Well nobody is going to pledge now after reading that Pete

Dad told me all about the horror story, I'll be loaded with a brolly just in case!

Looking forwards to seeing the x1/9

I'll definately be there F1ANG/Pete but may be in the Delta. I was in my 1300 X last year in 2013 Pete so look forward to seeing yours.

Year corrected - Should have remembered as the Clutch Slave went on the way home then!

Just seen this as its on my doorstep would like to pop along

1. Nello
2. Nismo
3. Nigel
4. n3dsd (possibly)
5. NeteN
6. The Wombat
7. Loui
8. Burbum123
9. Dan
10. F1ANG
11. davdelt037
12. Reetlad
13. bruce01
14. Burbum123 Dad
15. wcz2132
16. Crazylegs
17. Barnacle - apparently I have the marquee...
18. CC (Depending on permission and weather)
19. MikeEmmett
20. Joka_russ

What time is everyone ariving etc

I'll be aiming for 9:30 to 10ish. A mate or two in Alfa's will be with me.

Hi all. Just to let you know I will not be attending this event.

We're aiming for early but have a busy day Saturday...

We've got the club tent and the club tea and coffee, and some keyrings available for very reasonable prices.

Ok I'll probably be early as I hate traffic haha

no bacon butties ?

Gates open at 9am so any time after then.

Can someone post the exact address with postcode please?
Is there a FCCUK stand/area?
What time people getting there?

Stanford Hall

Lutterworth, Leicestershire LE17 6DH

https://goo.gl/maps/FG9lV

Possibly - but not for the likes of you, m'bucko!

Thks for info.. will bring Broomie if she can be bothered to start of course.
Club Tea n coffee, worth going for that alone.
Anyone got weather forecast for Sunday (still in Spain 30 degrees plus here).

Did someone say bacon?

Yey forecast now amended to cloudy only!

And the rain has gone from the forecast, for now....

I'd love to go to this but I'm working and can't get a swap.
My mate is taking his newly restored (by himself) Fulvia and wanted to travel in convoy.

Oh, why do we work??????

Anyone fancy a convoy in from the M6 side?

We could meet up at Corley services and trundle the last few miles together

What time you planning Nigel?................. Beebs now moved the Heavy rain back for the afternoon now

Xcweather thinks rain unlikely.

Hope fully no rain. Day before should tell us.

Did some one say convoy?? Lol

OK - lets put a time to it

9:30 - 9:45 at Corley services on the M6 southbound, just before the Coventry exit

Leave at 9:45-ish and cruise into Stanford Hall for about 10:00 - 10:15

Sound like a plan?

Im in.

I'll have to confirm if the Nello clan are joining me Nigel..... If so I'll probably meet there as its like trying to wake the dead Sunday morning even to make 0930.
If not I'll meet there - If I go in the Delta I'll be sure to pop over to say Hello.

as I predicted, getting drier by the day [ be sunny and 27c at this rate !! ]

Sounds like a plan to me, should make the convoy if I set off early enough, yawning just thinking about it

Stop worrying about the weather. I live just up the road from Stanford Hall and the weather is always nice here, it never rains. Seriously though the forecast is overcast, NO RAIN!!!!!!!!

I'd love to be there with you lot rain or sun but it doesn't seem like I'm going to make any meets this year.

Does anyone know the lottery numbers for Saturday?

Will be there without the Coupe unfortunately as waiting for a respray. Will be great to meet you all and your motors though. See you there :-)

Does anyone know the end time

You can leave anytime. It normally starts winding down in the middle of the afternoon.

I'm on hold for this at the moment - was going to get there early(ish) but the weather looks like improving later in the day, so I may get there for lunchtime now

Don't wait for me at Corley Services....

Well, I remembered the coffee - shame I forgot the milk!

No probs there Neil, I like my coffee black!
Great to meet some new members not met before. An interesting and eclectic show, with a good strong contingent from the Coupe Camp.
Well done to the owner of the Red Coupe who won the award.
Whoever that was?!
Does anyone know?

Considering I'd decided not to go it turned out to be a decent day

Got some nice piccies of the Coupe

Was great to see you all, not a bad turn out overall, was good to put some faces to forum names, a lot of you missed this also, shouldn't laugh but....

God only knows how he managed that!

What the hell did he run over!?
Is it one of those stone ball drive edge deterrents/objet d'art?
Or has his wheel come off?

My alarm went off at 7am, rain was bouncing off the tiles so I went back to sleep and awoke at 12.50pm

I wanted to go, honest

No he drove right over it! Just about wrote his car off, damage to bumper, floor pan, radiator, exhaust and spare wheel well! It was in an open space too! Felt bed for him the 50 strong crowd weren't making the situation any less embarrassing for him lol.

Looks like a pretty foolish thing to do, I hope the 50+ people helped to lift hif off? What was it he drove over though Angelo?

yeah yeah!
You just couldn't face another "not quite" - Sorry to others (personal joke)

The person with the red winning car was called Alex irrc
Very interesting story about a very nice condition standard Coupe.
May already be known here.
Nice to see the Coupes.

It was one of those giant stone boulders that were scattered around the grounds as decoration, and no he drove it off, hence all the damage.

As dlongstaff said, the chap with the red coupe is called Alex.

He is not currently on the forum but he has said that he will be joining. Very pleasant chap to talk to.

I was there around lunchtime because of the weather but in my Delta. Nice line-up of Coupes though I didn't get to see/speak to anyone. I had my youngest with me so was not around for long. Pondman your Vinci looked superb
Big turnout from the Alfa boys...........

Would the member who paid his membership renewal fee to me or barnacle at Stanford Hall please contact me.

Neither of us can remember who it was!

Cheers Nello

Sorry to see this event has now ceased to be. Auto Italia have stopped - seemably as its loss-making..... I understand that but to try to say they've replaced it with 'another' Brooklands event is a bit naughty IMO. They have five 'national' events in 2016 and they are all around London

My understanding is that it is a Brands Hatch event, Festival Italia, that has replaced Summertime Classics.

The extra event is the day before AutoItalia which I believe is going to be held at the nearby Chobham test circuit. They use for a lot of their photoshoots.

I believe that the Stanford Hall venue is no longer available as it was transferred to Help for Heroes,

Still doesn't compensate the Midlands enthusiasts though.

Phil Wards editorial in this months AI states it was just loss-making Pete. Real shame as we loved it. Not just as it was local but it was the only event Mrs Nello would go to for the venue. It'll cost me alot more to take her there now as she'll want the restaurant/hotel! With that and the breakfast club moving to Wales theres only MITCAR around here now I think.....

There's a small one in Stafford some of us, including the X1/9 lads went to last year Neil. Click

If there were enough interest I could fix a club stand.

Put it out there Pete - Looks good and I'm off shift that weekend
I could even take my X

Best get her on the road lad

Thats what the OT's for Mikey (don't tell Mrs Nello!)