Scottish Italian Car Day 25th May 2008

I haven't heard or seen anything regarding this yet but have emailed the organisers to find out what is happening. If its anything like the past years it will be the last Sunday in May at Craigtoun Park, St Andrews.

I'll probably go but its more for meeting other coop owners rather than the actual event - lacking organisation in my opinion but here's hoping this year may be different

I'm likely to be offshore if not running around like a headless chicken getting ready to go offshore.

If I'm around, however, I shall be there.

Supposedly its better organised this year, as alaina is coordinating clubcento attending and is in contact with the organizers.

Ross

p.s. before u ask i dont know the date either.

Did a search last night and got nothing, now I have found this

Yeah I hope to make it along again this year ( if I can find it ..... )

Agree the 'event' isn't up to much really, but it is good to meet everyone and it's a good day out


Must remember to take the sat nav this year

...and to slow down on the grass.... or rent a cop will get ya...

Ross

Me?!

I`ll be there .

Baz

If 25th May is correct, count me in. Usual McBreakfast and gathering at Forth Road Bridge?!

Oh yes!!!!!

Thats my fav bit of the day!!!

Ross

That`ll be cool,i`m staring to get a taste for those McBacon rolls .

Your not planning on visiting the Scooby Doo haunted house this year are you Ross .

Baz

Well now that u mention it.... does anyone actually know how to get there??? It was luck that got us there last time!!

Ross

ME !!




















well kind off

YIP I SHALL BE THERE

Ross, do you still have that fccuk banner or did you give it back to Scooby at TOTB?

Still got it!!

Thanks for reminding me... its at my dads. Someone remind me nearer the time.

Ross

This will be my first meet as i just stay a few miles away, Is there any other scottish meets that are a must?

Hubby

Usually the scottish meets in aberdeen are quite good. Also the dundee meet last year was a winner.

Ross

Count me in again.

Not sure if i'll be there already, like last year, will see nearer time. If not hopefully I can join the convoy up from Glesgae!!!

oooh that house was scary last year!! or we could just visit the quite monoblocked cul-de-sac and annoy the residents again when several coupes show off there pathetic turning circles

Yup Im up for this one again,really enjoyed last years.

meet up lost in St Andrews again ?

Oh yes! Dont forget to bring your baseball cap and burberry gear so we can mingle with the Max Power mob when we get there Kev!

Race you there!

unlikely for me as im dayshift ,

Well,

Still haven't had a reply to my email (don't think i got one the other year I sent one either)..

Ross,

Can you tell me ifs the alfa guys that are organising it again this year?

Yeah. Alaina is in contact with them.

Ross

dont think i'll be there this year,preparing for the trip to the 'ring.

i take it yer talking aboot this "haunted hoose"?

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=25208

Pass i dont know. Might have been tho!!

What car u taking to the ring dude?

Ross

the wifes punto 130 diesel,i want to get there without any hassle!

But you're still going in a Fiat

lol

I'll make it this year. Kevcrab - we can meet in Dundee then you can follow me.

No tolls on the bridge as of the end of this week !!

so I shouldn't get left behind this time

You'll probably go over the wrong bridge.

Probably

My money is on the Skye Bridge

Or the railway bridge.

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Dont tell an Aberdonian that,hes gonny stop and look for it now!

What money?

Ross

Aberdonian !!!!!??

How very dare you !

Never been so insulted in my life!

Hi Guys

As one of the organisers of the Scottish Italian Car Day for 2008, I can confirm that the event will be taking place again this year on Sunday May 25th at Craigtoun Country Park near St.Andrews.

We appreciate that a great many coupe owners attend this event and would love to extend our invitation to you all. The event grows in popularity every year and this year looks to be better than ever.

We shall do our best to allocate parking areas for specific clubs/forums as we do most years. If you wish to email me nearer the time to let me know exactly how many cars are attending, we will try to get you a big enough space.

Looking forward to seeing you all on May 25th.

Steve
Alfa Romeo Owners Club Scottish Section

Many thanks for letting us know Steve!

See you there mate!

I will definitely be there

The more the Merrier!

I might not make this one. Well not in the morning anyways.

Ross

I should hopefully make it this year in my coop! Not in the VW borewagon this time

Should even have the car re-painted (again) for it. Just all depends on work.

how many sprint blue coupes will be there this year

Not as many as the yellows

If i can get time off work count me in

I`m going in the scots green this year seem`s fitting

I'll be there this year. Not Yellow though, nor Sprint Blue

Well, being as I am a slave to work I will be unable to attend this year in my coop. However, I am trying to rope the other half into taking my coop down since it will be freshly painted (again, hope its not going to be a bad habbit i get into) and looking marvelous.

Can they not move the day to the weekend after

Not far off now...

Yup,looking forward to it too .

Baz

Baz,what way you heading up?If your coming up through Ayr gimme a shout and Ill meet you!

I usually go up Crawfordjohn pass and onto the M74 but I could probably go via Kilmarnock and meet you on route if you like .

Don`t know whether the plan will be to meet up at McD`s at the Forth road bridge for brekkie like we did for the Crail meet .

Baz

If I make it then I could meet you guys at the Silverburn junction on the m77 then head on up.

Even better .

Baz

Sparky at Silverburn thats got a ring to it!
As long as I dont have to go too near the K place Ill meet you on route Baz,if your comin up that way

Lol I kinda thought you say that when I mentioned the K place .

Baz

Thought you didn't like Kilmarnock ,oh well must have beem mistaken

Nice one Sparky

Baz

What a brilliant goal by Thomson.

Ross

you feel better now.

Anyway next phase in the healing process ross is to look up Thomson in the dictionary, Ill help you

Thomson = most commonly known as a cheating diving wee prick with little or no right to breathe. Can usually be seen mimicking a cowardly little poofter crawling along the grass , which me thinks he does rather well, maybe to well!

Was a well taken goal tho

??? I'm confused....

Well that was bad to be honest. I was cringin and i think everyone else was at the replay aswell.

He didnt deserve MOTM after that and glad he didnt get it.

Ross

p.s. I'll join whatever convoy is happening.

In a gay way ??

Only messing

No thanks

Though't I'd bring this back up again as its getting near.

I should be there all being well but had hoped that my coop would have been in the bodyshop by then but it doesn't look like it

how many coupes will be coming this year ??

i will be

Me!

Me too .

Baz

Try and make this, will know nearer the time

Baz you realise when we convoy with Paul we will have to leave two hours earlier


Everyman for himself on the way back

I'm not taking the coupe to this. Will attend in the cinq with alaina.

Ross

FUD!!!!

Don't talk about Ross like that you big bully.

"AYE YOU!!"

All being well, there should be at least 3 from Carlisle, myself, flyingcustard/heather and Bunflash (silver LE).

Oh, and a little surprise in the form of a rather unique Alfasud

Yep i`m going alfascud!

Is that a term for driving your Alfa in the nude .

Baz

I`m not sayin now`t

i think clubcento are backing out......booger!
can my cinq pwitty pwease be on the big coupe stand again?



want to do a concourse?? do ya? do ya? do ya?

I don`t see any problem with that .

Baz

No No No

Alaina,only if you promise to polish mine on arrival too! Or dont polish your cinq!! Its too immaculate! Just like Sparkys engine bay detail :D!

Sparkys engine bay is just like him... old and worn

Baaaaazing!

Ross

Don`t be cruel,he`s just going for the rat look .

Baz

You guys !

Dirty boy!

thanks, i like polishing cars, but not ones the size of the coupe! cinqs easy cause its so small.

sorry, just reminded me of this.....

http://cache.gifts.com/photos/R/U/A/M/RUAMBW8444F5X86282GY_L.jpg

cheers.

Is that Ross?

Am i the one saying "you guys" ??

Ross

You just did

I think you'll find it typed it

Ross

Anybody fancy a "Baby Ruth" bar .

Baz

OK guys in all seriousness, i think i might me good fun to have a mini concourse at this meet. There are a lot of member s who take a lot of pride in the appearance of their cars so some recognition and a bit of friendly competition could be a good laugh!

I'm prepared to organize some trophies, rosettes, etc for the event, but would like to know if people would be interested in it or not? Obivously my cinq and Ross's car wouldn't be allowed to compete (not that Ross's could win anything...)

If you had the Curt Cobain Trophy for The Grungiest coop maybe Ross could enter?

Was he the guy who went out with Kourtney Love

Nah,he was the guy that went out with a shotgun!!
Aye ok he was with her as well !!!

pmsl

Is it just me....or has this gone a bitty of topic

Dont worry, I'm sure someone will run a feather duster over it in the next couple of days.

Why thank you young man!
Yup Kev its you!

In all seriousness tho, is anyone up for a little concourse?

Ross

My coop needs a trip to the bodyshop so definetly not me... unless you ignore the 2 areas that require attention

well if no one else enters you will win first place!

why dont we all enter and get the public to vote on the best looking , cleanest ,shine ect ect all it would take is someone handy on a computer to print off some sort form so they can put the reg of the coop they like the most in the different catogories or something like that

^ N/A s' versus turbos' ?

Cars that do more than 100miles a year v cars that dont??

Ross

The problem with the public vote is actually getting enough of them to do it, and they tend not to chose the most deserving cars!
CC usually do a few catogories, we could follow the same sort of idea.

categories could be;
Show and shine Winner - decided by judges, overall smartest and cleanest car.
Car of the show - everybody who enters votes on the coupe that they would most like to take home (not their own)
Best Engine bay
Best interior /upholstery
Best body work/paint work
Best engineering

Ok then,but no laughing!!!

*Ahem*

Just took it for mot tonight , 2354 miles since last time .....thank you very much

must stop using it so often

I would defo be up for entering this, but I am freiking working away!!!

If I can get my girlfriend to pop down with the car then I will hopefully win something

Not sure myself really, it will be clean

But don't have the time and also can't be ar$ed going mad and obsessive

It`s a long trip up for me so unless i drive through the lake and bring my shamoy leather again my car will look quite used

OK cool, so some interest then!
I'll look into trophies/rosettes.

The good thing none of the cars are trailer trash, they will all be driven to the show, so everyone should be on a similar boat. (no bringing your boat kev...)

Is there a car wash nearby?

It might be worth getting there a little earlier so anybody that has travelled from a distance can spruce up their motors.

If its bad weather on the way up, they'll look more like we've been following a rally on the back roads

No idea about a car wash but i took a bucket and sponge one yr and washed my car with lake water then i leant it so someone else who done there`s

Sounds like a plan .

Baz

ive started cleaning already as it will take me that long to get it ready

just painted me rocker cover today for starters

Don't now if Ill make this...so all you kinda clean engine bay guys have now got a chance!

How no?

Ross

Meeting today about a job we are doing blah blah blah near the end of may.

Don't know the exact details....b£stards

Will come if I can

If I don't come you bunch of xxxx will end up tonguing each other, take a camera

Don`t gis it,you just canny get your flaps off .

Hope you can make it matey .

Baz

Just gave my Coop a wee wash today seeing as it was nice and dry so I could see what I need to get sorted out .

If there is a "Best looking coop from a distance but when you get closer you see it`s speckled front bumper" award then i`m in with a chance .

Baz

er.....yeah if you want......

Won`t be bringing the plus this yr,coming in the green coup .
Just wondered how clean is clean? so here is an exaple

Mark`s out of 10,???

Can we see a pic of sparky`s? comparison?

you got dust on your battery


edit - im one to talk, i keep my bonnet shut at shows... for very good reasons.

The positive terminal on the battery is filthy!

Oh, and talking of batteries, I can see why you might have problems starting the car........

Fine! i`l get the soapy water out then. gimme 10 min

Ah thanks stan, was wondering why nothing happened when i pushed the starter button

Before i organize trophies, what would you lot prefer.

Categories (mentioned before - over all winnner, car of the show, best engine bay etc)

Or..

an overall first, second and third prize for general cleanliness and condition?

Oh mannnn..too bad i can't make it for this or I'll blow everyone out of the water

Dave, your bay looks clean enough..the problem with using flash when taking photos is that it'll bring out all the imperfections..

Dam my bonnet cables went again cant get it fitted to the 26th

I never cleaned it it`s never got dirty 2000w 60k just poped a polished plug cover on it.
It`s ok Ronnie,I know how to open ur bonnet with a screwdriver
Hair cut!!!! i actualy thought you were coppying my style at the bcm3?

Style?

last time i was at italian car day it was at down near auchtermuchty i think...???...i was in my fiat panda 750 and was ushered through, free, to the italian car parking area...fantastic..!!!.....

..does anyone know if italian cars still get free admission now its at craigtoun.....if nt il just bring my coop, but if they do il bring the 30k mile cinq sporting iv just aquired too.....

who is doing the barbi,i remember going to the Itlalian car day at Falkland palace a couple of times and we had one,has Nics still got her car, she used to go to the Scottish meets

Talking about a Cocours,we had a meet in Ayrshire some years ago it was held at a castle the lady who lived there did the judging,who won, well it was Graham L.the judge said our car had a gorgeous smell of leather

Solas,hi,last year we had to pay on entry at this event,catering was a big burger van,and they did sell big burgers yum! Yup Nics turned up last year in her coop with her family,very nice lady too! You comin from Arran?

Hahah... i didnt pay on entry last year

Ross

would be nice to know in advnace....one car or two is one entry fee or two....falkland palace..thats where i last went to it....d'oh...i knew it was something to do with surrender monkeys but malvinas palace didnt ring a bell...

In my experience there's always been an entry fee. Think it's about £4 per person but if you have an Italian car you get to park up nicely and if not you get sent to the car park out of sight.

Ross probably just blagged his way in last year, or hid in the boot or something...

Why does that not surprise me .

Baz

Lol... all i said was that I didnt pay

Ross

First one i went to was free the Guy said "fiat coupe club?" me "ye" Guy said "just park over there, next to the ferrari`s" FANFASTIC
Me an Hev paid last yr but i think Rob40 must have hid down the back of my seat
Ye £4 per person

*sigh* i dont know how i cope someteimes...

Steamer,hopefully i will be able to make it.

Anyone fancy a stay over somewhere?

Ross

No sh#t Ross? Didnt they take visa?

Eh?

Ross

Sorry just read Alaina paid you in you tightarse!

Lol.

Ross

Hiding? i fell asleep under your picnic blanket

Didnt remember u there Rob

Ross

Because i never woke him up,left him in the car

I was standing next to you when you popped your bonnet, only to discover that the oil filler cap was playing hide and seek

Hahah!

Forgot about that.... entertainment and a coupe meet. What else could u ask for?

Ross

Okay seeing as this is now only 3 weeks away would be good to know who is going

From Aberdeen area

Tartandude
MattB?
Matty?
KevCrab?

From Glasgow area

?

Me,from Ayrshire area!

As craig has cleared shown, by not including ayrshire, its non important.

Myself and alaina (in her car hopefully), sparkyman and Kelv27 should be going from glasgow.

Probably meet up with Bunflash (i believe hes going) flyingcustard and rob40 on the way up.

Ross

I`ll be there,hopefully Daz`s Coop will be running too.

Both from Dumfriesshire area .

Baz

Okay new way of doing this..

Whos going

Tartandude
MattB?
Matty?
KevCrab?
Steamer
Daz
Baz
H2ypr
Alaina
Kelv27
Bunflash
Rob40
Flyingcustard

Count me in lol

Andrew

Yeah , I hope to be there too , if I'm not too busy playing boaties

Craig ,can someone take a loaf of bread with them this year? If you lose me , just leave a trail of breadcrums and I will find you (maybe)



ps, anything south of Dundee is Glesga !

I should be there, but not until early afternoon.

We'll be there.

just to check, are most owners entering the mini show and shine? just so i know how many sheets to make up.

Erm my coop isn't good enough for that.

Same here!

There is plenty of different catagories.

Ross

If there is a "most tread left on tyres category" I'll enter

Hope you get a big enough sheet for Ross's car Alaina!!!

does get you extra points on the exterior catagory.


It doesnt matter what condition peoples coupes are in, they are all competing together, not against trailer trash.
There are 5 catagories and you can only win one. So if only 5 people enter, every ones a winner!!
Theres no entry fee or anything, you just have to give it a clean and hope for the best!


Ross is just lucky he's not allowed to enter, saves him the embarrasment of "nil points"

Hardy har people.

Listen, if you turn up, your getting entered

After all, its the taking part that counts..

And alaina is putting a lot of effort into getting trophies and stuff

Ross

Thats a bit harsh Alaina !

I will give mine a clean then , might win the ' most chips on a resprayed bumper category '

Sure Matty will be entering too, he is just modest

Your right Kev if Ross is going to enter us then Im staying in Ayrshire!!!!

Not me thanks - I'll be luck to have enough time to have a shower myself never mind wash the car!

haha! you are all so modest!

Ive just got the hard task left of choosing the trophies, didnt realise there were so many options!

On a serious note here, the club has given us a budget for this show. So we are gonna make the best of it by organising smart trophies, that will recognize the hard work that you will be putting in to clean the coupes!

Also, are we allowed any BBQ's at this event? If not, would anyone be interested in a BBQ or going for something to eat locally? Get to know each other better. I always find the biggest laugh at these events are just sitting down chatting over a table.

Let me know what ya think.

Ross

Yup Im up for a Barbie!

Count me in for the bbq and the show an shine, just need to agree on which coup to bring

il be there in my coop....and maybe my sud sprint and cinq sporting if i can get enough drivers.....coop definitely gonna be there...

Bloody show off!

I'll be there too peeps.
Ross, please bring your coupe along!

lol @ barney, we'l bring which ever fiat is working at the time.

No contest,the lil Red coop is the one !!!
On second thoughts no no no do not bring that hot sexy little number back over the Border!

So you have gone over to the darkside then Paul.....
Traitor!!

Smart!

Kev Im sooo sorry! It was strange voices in my head at the Lakes,"YOU WANT A TURBO,YOU WANT A TURBO" ,it was constant ,nagging away at me for two days try as I might I couldnt get rid of this whining strange effeminate voice in my head!!On and on it went gradually wearing me down until I could no longer resist,I had no energy left to fight it Kev,it was a harsh lesson learned Kev,Dont sit next to Sparky in a pub!!!!!!!

Ah well, enjoy

Paul, did Sparky tell you about the higher oil consumption and smokey turbos that are soon to come?










Only kidding ...congratulations by the way. Kev is gonna buy himself a new boat now to cheer himself up

Thanks Kelv,Sparky didnt but Ross put the sh1ts up me ,the Grim Reaper has a happier outlook on coops!



PS is Kev trawling the interweb to find a new boat????

well i might not be there in my coupe unless i can get a turbo by then and a mot

Ok trophies have been ordered! Ive went slightly over budget( its a woman thing) so these trophies are bigger and better than imagined! Should hopefully set a precedent for the future show and shines held by FCCUK. So get cleaning!

Woohoooo!

I`ll give it my best shot then .

Baz

Dammit, can't believe I will miss this show! Should be a good laugh and will be good to see who wins each category.

My car has just finished being resprayed too so might have won most shiny coop!!! Dammit, dammit, dammit and ehhhhhhh dammit!!!

Maybe next year.

Might have turned pink by next year though Fran
going by this scorchio sun this week
ouch !

No more boats for me thanks either, got 2 already , more than enough ...both bought off the web though Paul!

Just realised I might be the only n/a fccuker at this .....will there be a best n/a category ?

Bit of a contradiction in terms there kev... best n/a? Eh?

Anyways can we get a final list of people going?

From the south there will be 2 meeting places.

baz76, steamer, etc are meeting somewhere down there...

myself, flyingcustard and rob40 etc etc are meeting on the northbound hamilton services. Time to be decided.

Ross

I'm coming..but i'm central..so no point for me to travel south to meet you guys and travel back up again? How bout meeting somewhere central?

I tried to but never really seemed to catch on

Yeah anno.

As for kelv, i think we are all going to meet at the mcd's at the forth road bridge. Breakfast a la FCCUK

Craig when does the event open? 10? If so then probably a 8.15 meet at mcd's with a 9am leaving time to go to st andrews.

Ross

I thought it was 10 but it looks like it's 11am to 4pm

Clicky

Cool. An extra hour

Ah well. 9.15 @ mcd's.

Need to remember its a crail day aswell

Ross

Ok mcd's at the forth road bridge sounds alright...and 9.15 sounds much better

One question...what happens if it rains?

The field gets muddy, we get wet and getting out becomes more interesting

McDs has no roof????

I'm not too fuss if McD's has no roof and soggys up my hash browns. Its dirtying the polished cars i'm worried about

Oooooh a soggy burgering!

Aye Anno Paul likes his burgah soggy

Did i not mention the prize was for least dirty car

Nevermind..atleast if it rains, mines not the only one thats gonna get dirty

I'm gonna drive up front and everyone else can eat my spray! Muahahahahahhahahahahhaha Muahahahhahahahah

oooooh your evil! thats sabotage!

Most reliable car then ?

As long as my car is back I'll be there...

You lost it then ??

Anybody else going from south of the border that would like to convoy with me, flyingcustard and rhubarb?

Don't forget Rhubarb!!! Flyingcustard cant go anywhere without me as we coming in my car
He could always walk i suppose

Are we going to have more categories than coops?!

Not the only NA were bringing Hev`s an i have the job of cleaning it

Hope you dont polish it in the dark then Dave!!!

looking forward to this,i`m not competertive honest

looks like we'l be bringing the little black cinq, maybe we could wrap the banner around it to hide its "unique" bodywork.

How you not taking the purpley bluey silvery one ??

Because it has a mind of its own!
H5YPR might end up taking Ross and Alaina to inverness instead

lol@kelv.

Yeah need to get a moment (after my coupe is gone) to look at that one. Need to fix the brakes first

Ross

For the aberdeen lot next week..

Matty do you want to meet up at Stonehaven School again, that way we can pick up MattB and then run by the same place we did last year for KevCrab.

Anybody else going from up here?

Yup that sounds good to me, what time do you think we should be aiming for?

9ish? Think thats the time we went for last time

Aye, sounds great.

lol christinuecento.

When the boat comes in?

Yeah , sounds good to me

Think MattB phoned me when you left Stoney last time, didn't think yous' had to wait too long

9am ! a long lie for once !

9!! no long lie for me be up at 6 Rhubarb will have to sleep in her car the night before cos there is no chance of getting her out of bed at that time!

Probably look to try and meet at hamilton services for 8.30?

Ross

Then McD's at the bridge 9am?

what time you guys from north east heading thru dundee....il maybe try and tag on to the mini convoy....gbn

Probably around about 10ish I would say

Probably be safer saying 11, remember Kev is in the convoy.

True, we'll be there about 10ish, Kev will be there around 11

Turbos' all running ok at the moment ?

Beware the " Kevster "

There was never anything wrong with my actual turbo I'll have you know...

just the engine

Just got the trophies in! They look fab, I hope you guys like them.

Cool!

Do we get a sneaky preview?

No chance!

There are five in total

Best engine bay, best exterior, best interior, are all similar - although for what ever reason the trophy place sent a bigger one for best exterior- must have ran out of the other ones.

Car of the show trophy is similar to the above only on a larger scale

And finally the Pièce de résistance , the overall winner is completely different and came in a nice presentation box.

All are engraved - Incase you forgot what you won

The judging will begin at a certain time (still to be decided) with all entrants being judged on all catagories. The forms for car of the show must be handed back before the judging finishes. The trophies will be presented shortly after the judging finishes.

I'm not confident.. think I'll park mine in the car park!

sorry guys not able to make this one,just got back from a weeks sailing on the west coast, got to go back to work, °(also back in Yorkshire and the car is in Arran,so maybe catch up later in the year in the lake district if thats where we are going in sept/oct,have a great day out and fingers crossed for a sunny day

Only 4 day`s cleaning left

Mines ready already

Clicky

You mean I have to clean my car? I didn't sign up for that!

I might even bring the monster along on th trailer if i can convince the wife to follow me about for the second week in a row with the car

HOLY S""T Big bird`s up there

Well I gave my back calipers a wee lick of paint while I was checking my brakes tonight and i`m in the process of refurbing a spare filler cap to put on too .

Hope it stays dry after all this or it`ll be a race to stay in front of Kelv .

Baz

Hey y'all!!!

Long time non participant back for brief catch-up...I'm a sad workaholic...poor excuse I know!

Hope everyone well and looking forward to Sunday, I'm in St.A's again this year and hope you don't mind if I come and park up with you all at the show for a while to say 'Hi'.

Don't think what is my pride and joy will be competeing for any of those trophies up for grabs but will look forward to
observing the competetive element between the rest of you.

Cheers,

DeeX

Now i'm sure theres a more civilized way of sorting this..

Cling film group buy anyone?

Ooooh yeh! Iv got a made to measure bubble wrap suit I could wear! Pop myself into a frenzy!
Ooops sorry,got the wrong end of the stick with the cling film thingy goin on!

No worries Paul . You can use the cling film whatever way you like

My plans have changed a bit for Sunday as my work trip on the monyay has been delayed by a month woohoo

We'll be driving down as planned but then heading to Edinburgh for the night afterwards as going to Ikea on Monday.

I don't know why we're taking the coop though, it's useless at carrying flatpacks

The convoy from Carlisle is begining to grow!

The yellow 'filling' of the red coupe sandwich will consist of Angelo in his 18th b/day present Punto ( just so Rhubarb can keep an eye on her beloved and sadly missed baby ), and a little buzz-bomb in the form of a turbocharged cinquecento :/.

Should be a fun drive up

yay another cinq is going!

Has anyone up there in the north managed to find a reliable weather forecast for sunday?
I've checked the last 3 days and got 3 different scenarios, the last one being fine sat and mon, raining sun!

It's ok, I ordered up some sunshine at the start of the year.

Congratulations to Angelo on the new car. Lucky boy. How things have changed..think I only got a mobile phone when I was 18..and it was a big deal for me then!

So far all the forecast i've checked point towards light showers in St Andrews

Forecasts all week have been for showers on Sunday


but I complained , so now it's fine!


but it is the BBC site.........it will be different tomorrow

Kelv,when you were 18 mobile phones cost more than cars and weighed the same as a cinq!!

Man... a comment like that... to Kelv??

Police think they can get away with anything....

Ross

Oi!! Coopless boy!! Kelv knows wot I meant! Jealousy gets you nowhere Ross,me old fruit!

Another Fiat fanatic friend is hopefully going to join the convoy in his Punto cabriolet

True..but come one Paul..i'm not that old..phones didn't weigh the same as a cinq ( car ) ... More like a small watermelon maybe . And no, they don't cost more than a car either...not in Malaysia atleast..cars are expensive stuff there while you can get one that moves for less than £500 here!

Good to hear on your recruitment work Rob

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Unfortunately, a friend of mine and 'custard's with a supercharged Sud can't make it as he's waiting for a set of pistons.
Now that would have been a convoy worth being in

I'm bringing my new toy

Ross

which also moves for less than £500, alot less.

Better get my route sorted .

Paul - Shall I just meet up with you in one of the lay-by`s just after the main K********k roundabout to save you going into the town and catching any infections ?

Kelv - Paul and I will meet up with you at Tescos Silverburn on the M77 ( I think I know where it is now ).

Ronnie - do you know whether your work is gonna feck things up for you yet ,if not where do you suggest we pick you up at?

I don`t know if Daz is gonna make it now but Evil Kim is coming along now so lock your doors .

Baz

O oh..
Whoever is convoying with Ross and Alaina, keep a safe dstance if you are at the back of them. Their backbox might fall off and smack your shiney coop right in da face.

Kelv,I dont want to spend any time thinking about Ross's back box coming off thank you very much!I know its a bit slack but should manage a day or sos hard riding!
Baz that sounds like a plan to me wot time ?

Say maybe just before 8am if we`re going to be meeting up at McD`s? I`ll try and get parked in the first lay-by off the roundabout at K .

Baz

What time at Silverburn guys?

Probably be around 8:20 Kelv,going by the AA routeplanner anyway .

Baz

Ok 8.20 it is Baz

Hope you guys all enjoy yourself

Ive gota work Im afraid

Good to see you back foxey

^ Booooooooooooooooo!

That's a nasty cold you have coming on there Sparky , sure you will be up to working this weekend?

Come to mention it Kevin I do feel a bit

Ronnie its a Sunday! When have you ever heard of someone gettn a spark on a sunday?
Baz just before 8 is cool.1st layby it is! see you there!I think ill be alone as youngest is doing athletics at Grangemouth and oldest will be hungover and in his pit!

U guys from ayr not fancy crossing over the moors road and joining us at hamilton?

Ross

p.s. what about meeting at the bridge at eurocentral on the m8?

Thats just downright confusing1 Where did we meet last year Ross? Petrol station between Glasgow and Edinburgh?

Now that's a great idea Kev...

Sparky....

Sorry to hear you'll not make it...was looking forward to catch up with Janice...hope you're both well.

Dx

What time will everyone be arriving at craigtoon park?

Andrew

Think our convoy is getting there about 10.30/11.00.
Finnished the big clean see you all tomorrow
Safe journeys

sorry folks not going to make it so hope yous guys have fun as im off south of the border to look at a bike

Thats me just finished the long...big clean aswell
Had to stop ,was getting a bit dark

see you all tomorrow

I haven't even started!

Been working since 7 this morning and i've just got in and seeing as its kinda dark outside, i'll give it a miss

Hopefully we'll have a few heavy showers on the way up, that'll shift most of the crud off the car

Safe journey all, see you in sunny Scotland (hopefully)

Seeya 2moz guys.

As its too late now, 9.30am at the forth road bridge mcd's.

Phone me if any problems

Ross

Aiming to be at MuckDonalds for 9am so maybe time for two breakfasts! See you all soon...

Here`s the postcode for Craigtoun Country Park - KY16 8NX.

See you folks later .

Baz

Good call cheers!

Hope its a nice sunny day guys


Hope none of you guys get lost this year on the way..haunted house..dead end cul de sac

Right thats me of to work


Catch up with you all next time

You tight arse!Somebody told you it was a tenner to get in this year didnt they? Even Ross paid today! Missed a good day Ronnie,not as many cars there as last year but lots of coops ! Great weather as well ! Get your lardy ass sorted for the next meet,probably my house in the near future!

Good to see everyone today, a great turn out of coupe's all looking nice and shiny.

Looking forward to seeing some pictures up. And I'd just like to say thanks again to Alaina for organising the show and shine competition.

No problem, it was great fun!
The coupe were all very well turned out, a good effot made by all!

I will post up a more comprehensive list of results later.

Sorry Alaina,thanks from me too! The coops were looking very nice wernt they?
Good to see everyone ,sorry if I didnt get the chance to talk to you all but as you know Im a shy kinda guy who likes to keep himself to himself!
Great effort from Carlisle guys well done,Rob tell your mum she can come next year as long as she makes the sarnies,farted all the way to Prestwick thanks to the Eggy Mayonaisse!
Hev,you got my,sorry your car lookin sweet!
Fox,great to see you again ,dont let work get in the way of coopin!
Cheers folks thanks for a smashn day!

Just home as well, despite my Pro-Alloy's best attempt to dump coolant everywhere... many thanks to all those coopsters that donated their empty bottles.

Was a cracking day all round, weather was superb and I've managed to get burnt.

Thanks to all those who turned up, and a big thanks to Alaina for organising a great competition. You can clearly see she put a lot of time and effort in.

Sounds like you had a good day guys and girls and paul


Who won, I know Kelv wasnt much interested in winning

Yeh, a good day out for all. Nice to see so many shiny, loved coops in one place.

Thanks to Alaina and Ross for sorting the show and shine. May have to start the big clean a bit earlier for next year but yeh, it would be cool if we could make it an annual thing.

Will try to post some pics up shortly, just as soon as I remember my photobucket password.

Seriously though guys, good turn out for today, and hope to do it again sometime soon. Perhaps I might even manage along without the wife and kids too.

Thanks to Alania & Ross for the competition, was a great day & got some great weather too. Just back, Kicked Robs ass all the way home

Nice to see everyone

Thanks to everyone at FCCUK for a great day, This was my first event and loved it and looking forward to many more like that one, met some great ppl and awesome cars

Special thanks to alania and ross for the show and shine hopefully i can win sumthing next time lol (Not Competitve(much)

I think u might of noticed a random man walking about taking loads of pictures (my dad BTW lol)
Anyway here they are

http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc257/hubbys_coup/Scottish%20Italian%20Day/

Thanks again for an awesome day

Andrew

Great to see some familiar faces and meet some new people too! Cars were all looking and we had a fab day. As above, the show and shine was great - nice one Alaina and Ross (hey Alaina very professional by the way). Will post some photos a wee bit later...

Thanks for a great day out everyone , nice to see familiar faces again and meet some new

Big thanks to Ross and Alaina for all your hard work

might even clean mine for next year

Glad you got home ok Matty,hope you can find a decent mechanic to fit a new radiator

Some good pics there Hubby( 's dad )
see you even managed to get one of those pesky flies

will upload any decent pics I can find later .....


BTW @ Barney , was that you stuck in traffic as we pulled out ? saw a blue coop

What a belter of a day.

Big thanks to Alaina and Ross for organising what i hope will be the first of many competions, very professionally conducted.

Great to see everyone again and to meet new coopsters.

My dad really enjoyed himself today, drooling over the older cars, Giulias, Fulvia, Flavias etc, think it brought back a few memories for him

Cant wait for the next meet

I think I got a bit too much sun. I'm sitting here glowing.

Nice pics there.

Me too ! and I'm used to it !

Contacts are welded to me eyes

Thanks for the kind thankyou's everyone.
Ive complied a quick list of where cars were placed. Ive just put the last three characters of the regi plate so people can see where they came. Welldone everyone who got placed but also those who entered, cause every car was very well turned out - it made the judging very difficult! If any one want more info on their own cars detailed feel free to pm me.

I hope those who are listed don't mind me mentioning them, the only form I'm missing is Kelvs (he must have kept it to plan for next year

Will hopfully be doing the same again next year, i can imagine it will be even harder as everyone will know what to expect.

CARS over all - 1st KELV 2nd KDB 3rd BSH
Exterior - 1st VTP 2nd KDB 3rd BSH
Interior - 1st KDB 2nd (joint)ANS-VTP-CHW 3rd BSH
Engine - 1st DTN 2nd DPB 3rd (joint) ANS-EVL

Two 2nd's! and a first

You must have a soft spot for yellow Alaina

*blushes*
nah you did really well, nothing to do with the colour, or the bribe...

The cheque is in the post

ps , friend is very pleased with his badges Ross

ross is on his magical mystery tour of the uk just now, so the forum will have peace for a little while.


yay over 100 posts!!

Second to Rob not bad for being a newbee

Watch yourself next year rob

Ross won't be away for as long as you thought, Alaina!

He's forgot to load up a bumper and a rad, so he won't be going all the way to Cambridge

WOW what a great day! best coup meet i`ve had managed to speak to /Help/recieve Help from more coupe owners,Thanks
Saw some realy special car`s the classic Ferrari was my fave some nice 355,s Sparco`s coupe Takes Balls to do that to a coup more so to an LE Big respect! i was in the model tent when you fired it up, everyone was fighting to get out an see what the hell was making that sound!

Big thankyou to Alaina and Ross for the competition was a top idea my hands smell loverly(Gliptone)

Will post some of my 134 pic`s some time soon

Thanks again
Dave

Ps we are all pink too sun

Great day guys and girls. Its good to meet everyone again and to have made new friends.

Big thanks to everyone involved, Ross and Alaina especially for organising this and also for pointing out on what can be improved on the car. Well done to all coopsters who showed up today and demonstrated how much more exciting we are as a community compared to the alfa's parked next to us!

Matty, it must have been a bad radiator day or something as mine was also leaking! Thanks to Angelo for pointing out my empty header tank and Rob for checking it out for me. If it wasn't spotted and filled up before the judging, Alaina would have deducted my points for an empty tank for sure!
Glad your dad enjoyed himself today Rob and thank him for me on the sandwich offer

Nice to have met Hubby and his enthusiastic and supportive dad. All the best on your coop ownership and hope to see you on the forum alot more from now.

Alaina, I didn' steal the form! You handed it to me!


Can I also suggest that we mount our FCCUK banner vertically next time. I think most people had the impression it was a picnic blanket rather than a club banner
There should also be a rule next year against the usage of WD40

Well that must rank as one of the best Scottish meets yet . The weather didn`t look to promising on the road up but when we got there it was glorious . Nice to meet some more new faces and Coops too (I thought my engine bay would do ok till Hubby popped his bonnet up next to me think I need to get polishing ). I must say that the show and shine competition has brought out the competitive streak in me now after coming 3rd in three of the sections ,can`t wait till the next one now.

I think we must have been the next best turnout after the Alfa`s as the field seemed a little sparse in comparison to the previous years (probably due to the Crail event drawing away all the smaller FIAT`s)

Big thanks to Alaina and Ross for organising the competition and also the Club for helping out with the awards too .

And congratulations to Kelv,Rob,Kev,Matty and Barney on winning their trophies,I think the competition is gonna be stiffer next year though .

Baz

I`ll upload some photos later .

Hey guys better late than never but i'm very glad i made the effort to bring the car up and glad so many people liked it.

Bit dissappointed that Alaina didn't give me the best sticker award but maybe next time.

Lots of very well looked after coupe's as usual and brilliant weather to show them off.

Looks like you all had a good day!!!
might have to make a trip up there next year!!

Im really glad everyone enjoyed the competition! I really didn't know how it would have went down. I wasn't expecting so many people to have made such a big effort! I think i'm going to have to get a few more judges for next year as i reckon its going to be extremely tough!

OK now have Kelvs results (sadly) and it wouldnt be fair not to include where his positioning would be.

For all those who didt hear the rules. I employed a rule that you can only win one trophy. The reason being ive been to shows before that one car has taken all the trophies and it really leaves a bad taste for the event. This way allows for more than one winner.

anyway.....
CARS over all - 1st KELV 2nd KDB 3rd BSH
Exterior - kelv 2pnts above - 1st VTP 2nd KDB 3rd BSH
Interior - Joint 1st KDB-kelv 2nd (joint)ANS-VTP-CHW 3rd BSH
Engine - joint 1st DTN-kelv 2nd DPB 3rd (joint) ANS-EVL

What a great day, very well organised too

Congrats to kelv and the other trophy winners.



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Great stuff Matt . I`m sure you,Dave and Cowboy (again) could get a wee convoy going for next year ,although we would need to sabotage Cowboy`s bonnet cable .

Baz

consider it done!!!

Thanks everybody for their support. You guys really encouraged me to make the best out of the car

To make sure I hold on to the title for next year I would have to buy Cowboy's car off him and break it for parts

Then again,i would have to buy EVERYBODY's car as I'm sure everyone is going to make their ride kick ass to the power of two by then

Yeah, went on a V Power detour and managed to join that queue right at the back... Made up for it later on though.

The trophy was very much unexpected and therefore all the more appreciated. Car was prepared by Graham of Custom Detailers following Sparkyman's recommendation. Had no idea there were so many stone chips on the bonnet, until after it was waxed. You all seriously put me to shame there peeps so look out for a de-badged and resprayed bonnet next year! Lovely collection of cars btw.

Graham a nice guy isn't he Barney and seems to know his stuff.

Alaina and Ross have done a brilliant job by all accounts Well done.


Looked like there was a good show of coupes

Will definitely back to the next one if everything goes right this time.

Looking at the pics(lovely pics) and I just feel sad that I had to work....think Ill go out and wash the motor.


Ps. Kelv thought you weren't bothered about winning, it was the taking part that counts

Just to echo the above comments. Thanks Alaina for doing the competition, good fun and what great weather

Good catching up with everyone too

Back from my journey through england

Big thanks to Alaina for organising this and spending so much time judging the cars

Also a big thanks to everyone for turning up and making it as good a day as it was

We put on a good show and it will be bigger and better next year hopefully

So, anyone who isn't a member, get joining so we can arrange more for next year

Thanks again

Ross

Awww all these thankyou's are making me blush, you's are making it sound as if it was a shift! i loved judging them! And buying the trophies.... mmmmm shopping....

Im really looking forward to the next one, so glad there is alot of interest in stealing the titles next year!

I'm thinking more about stealing TartanDude's wheels.

and defending them !

Andrew, you'll have to thank your dad for the photos, there very

Thats fighting talk!!

Yeah big up your dad for comming over and approaching us rowdy lot!!

Ross

Thanks to all for a great day out in St.A's...it was really good to get back into the coupe buzz...even the competition..."thanks" Alaina, it got us all buzzing...shame there wasn't a wooden spoon prize...I might have come home with a trophy then!

Look forward to another meet soon...hopefully on one of my weekends off again!!!

Well most of my pics are dissapointingly out of focus

Here is a few anyway

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judges hard at it!
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oooooh 2
mmmmmmmmm
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beast
beast 2
dirty engine!
new H2YPR
some random drunk
couple of fccukers
car of the show


must be a quicker way of posting these

Here's a link to my pics (Sev took most if not all of them!)

Clicky 63 pics so may take a wee while to load!

Last pic is the hotel in Edinburgh we ended up at on Sunday afternoon, great pic

Some good pics there Kev, and no idea who that drunk was

Not as good as yours !

nice hotel!

ps, who was the geek in the tank top

Looks like it was a freiking nice day, shame I missed it but hey.

Craig, that hotel looks crazy!!!

Thanks H2YPR and TARTANDUDE

Was great to meet everyone and had a great day.

Glad i could help with the photos, hope to see u all again next year.

Ian (andrews dad)

PS i am in the process of restoring a triumph spitfire and i will bring it along next time and show u all a real car

Kev and Tartandude great photo's. I like how you've called mine the beast, very fitting.

tartandude i like the irony of the closeup of the tow sticker on mine too. Not been used just yet mind you.

Very good photo's boys.

By the way Dakota Hotels(there are two in Scotland) are part owned by David Coulthard.

Yes - I was expecting the service to be a bit slow but it was okay

Great pix guys!

Better late than never...
Here are a few more pics!

Great Pic's Barney

Loving the wide shot

Excellent pics Barney!

Very good pictures Barney. Do like the Red Integrale i must say. I could see me owning one of them at some time.

aye some good pictures there, its interesting to see some ppl.s shall i say add ons ..i did try to go myself but my dodgy knee put an end to thet idea. i,m a curious old git & would have liked to see under the bonnet of some guys coops..maybe next year

Smashin pix Barney v clever wide one!

Thanks all.
The red grale is always in attendance. And it always looks that good!

Excellent pics there Barney .

Here`s some I took,

Matty`s Coop

Tartandude`s Coop

MattB`s Coop

SilverFox`s Coop

Red Coop (not sure if it was Benmuir`s Coop or just his numberplate )

Barney`s Coop

MADcoop`s Coop

Kevcrab`s Coop ( I voted it to be the Coop I would take home,it was looking stunning )

Rhubarb`s Coop

Kelv`s Coop

Steamer`s Coop

Rob40`s Coop

Sparco`s Coop

And some pics of the other car`s :-

Not sure what model of Ferrari it was,looked a bit like a 250GTO

Classic Ferrari 01

Classic Ferrari 02

Classic Ferrari 03

Lamborghini Diablo 01

Lamborghini Diablo 02

Lamborghini Diablo 03

Lamborghini Diablo 04

F360

Ferrari`s

Baz

Brilliant!
Never got chance to snap the Lambo. Seemed to be there only ten minutes.

Quite right Barney. Think I was just lucky to walk over to the tent, when this was there. Managed to get a couple of happy snappers with my wee boy beside the car.

Those were some quality pics you posted up mate, well done, and I have to agree, the wide shot was quite impressive.


Baz, I'm lovin' the personal touch . Coz I had the kids there, I didn't get too much of a chance to mingle, so it's good to actually put a faces to the names/cars so to speak. Well, you know what I mean!


Have to also mention hubby's dad, Ian. What a good job he did with the camera, and was well impressed that he was so eager to get involved. Enjoyed chatting with you Ian, and hope to meet up again soon hubby, you're only just up the road anyway.


Can't leave anyone out, so last but not least, Kevcrab, you posted some awesome pics, and although I voted to take Rob40's car home (blinded by a well modded engine, and a really cool bonnet vent) I have to say that your car looked absolutely superb.


Good effort from everyone, and hope to see some more pics from the rest of you soon.

Gee thanks mister



Great pics there Baz and Barney
Was a good day, looking forward to next year!

Good pic`s Baz the colour of the lambo was difficult to catch on camera I would have voted to take Rob40`s car home too mostly because i drove it half way there!!! one word AWSOME! and it`s not fully mapped yet

Will post my pic`s tomorrow night.

My what a Nice Car you have mister

I do like the idea of getting pictures of people with their cars, well done HUBBY

i was at the show very briefly, parked a few cars away from the main coupe line up..you guys cars are prety superb!!!....me and mrs only stayed about half hour or so as we had a prev. engagement which involvoed getting very drunk in several pubs in broughty ferry that very afternoon!!..

..a good selection of cars tho, my favourites being teh brace of lancia flavia coupes...understated elegance at its best...and the ninties quatroporte....

Here are some of my pic`s as promised.

1 Preparation

2 The drive up

3 The drive abit further up

4 Rob thought we were staying over

5 Punto onto the forth rd bridge

6 Arty shot by Rhubarb of her old Baby

7 Dee doing some last minute tweeks before the judging

8 Tartandude`s

9 Sparco`s

10 Kevcrab`s Hmmmm yellow

11 Rhubarb

12 Rob`s winning engine bay

13 Kevcrabs engine bay

14 Lancia 8.32 engine bay!!!

15 Ferrari 61 Interior

16 Ferrari 355 interior

17 Ferrari 61 Front

18 Delta grale Front

19 Pearly Lambo

20 Last but not least car`s of the show



Dave

Great pics there Dave

Pity you got in a shot of that engine bay though

Hopefully a better tunout of yellow next year

Good pics, you'll notice the mrs to be in my car..apparently it wasn't warm enough outside!

Why thank you sir,I do find the understated yet almost purposeful look of the green in tasteful contrast to some of the more,shall we say "chavvy" colours like ,red,yellow,pastel blue,indeed a modicum of taste is displayed in the green methinks!

Dee just what are you tweeking down there?Looks like fun!

^ Bo****ks !

Indeed,my point is justified by a "chavvy" retort that displays a complete lack of upbringing and vocabulary! Too much time hanging around men at the docks I think young Mr.Crab!

Good one , kept that to yourself ,congratulations mate,good your keeping active, when is it due anyway must be soon by the looks of it matey??


Im no doctor, but does looks like twins to me

well if any one would know YOU would

^^^ extra large deep hole of a pot calling the small, No tiny petite kettle black^^^

Oh hark at the male version of Kate Moss!Yes Im carrying a few stones overweight but atleast I dont squeeze my lardy gut into a medium! Yes Ronnie its you in case you wernt sure!

On a side note from all this fattybombom talk...whose car was it with the grey painted / LE-ish coloured centre console?

Pic`s Kelv??????? were all waiting

Yeah ! Hurry up !

I'm afraid its gonna be a let down this time..didn't take that many photos tbh.. okok..will get it done tomorrow

Oh and the question regarding whose centre console is it? I didn't take a picture of it..its just scenes from memory

I wonder how may pics we`re gonna have of you holding your trophy with a big cheesy grin .

Baz

Haha right...i'me gonna have to remove over 70% of the pics then

Sorry for the delay guys..only got a few pics done. I promise it'll be worth the wait..Good enough for you to use as wallpapers i hope

Or toilet papers?

Just incase anyone else was wondering what the classic ferrari was here it is Ferrari TR61

Cheers Dave ,I originally thought it was going to be an old Maserati when I saw all the trident emblems up on the marquee walls but then I noticed the Ferrari badge on the bonnet .

Baz

Errr right...

Paul you're gonna leave multi coloured streak marks on your arse if you do that.

Would definitely make it alot easier for Bob to find his target

Here you go guys..

Pics

More to come..

Stunning photography!

Cool pics Kelv ,does Siti do the editing too as well as being master photographer ?

Looking forward to the next set of pics .

Baz

Wow kelv. Nice pics

Ross

Thanks guys.

Photos were taken by me and Siti. She did the editing. Shes better than me at it..or should i say she spends more time on it

Next batch soon to come...i'll get my whip out

..get your whip out? getting all kinky now eh? haha

o oh...no longer safe to post here

it was, however, a 'recreation' was it not???....

Stunning pics as usual Kelv (Siti )
Guess what I have as my new background ...

Kelv,smashn pix mate,but you wanny check your filter,some seemed to be a bit kinda black n white in the background!

Should i check my oil filter or air filter or pollen filter or fuel filter Paul?

I just noticed that MattW seems to have a low blood pressure moment behind Kev's car

Wow...Kelv!

My coupe is looking pretty cool with the sun glinting off it...I'm all puffed up & proud...

Thanks for the shot!

Don`t think so,I had a chat with the owner of the company that had it there,he owne`s/runs the company which services the super cars which are part of the club, He said that it`s not for hire as it is so valuable and impossable to to fix/replace.
He also said that they were trying to get one of the current gt racing ferrari f430s to sit beside it as some of the styling of the 430 is taken from the tr61.

i thought i heard the guy at the stand telling someone it was a recreation of a tr.....maybe he was talking about another car...it certainly looked the part, id have loved to have heard it started up...

Maby it is then,they made a cracking job then Ye i`d have loved to hear it running too