First of all, the thanks. Thanks to all who organised it and all who turned up to graft. A special big thanks to Alun for his mercy dash from Cardiff, and Scott for racing round Birmingham to collect the new windscreen.<br>
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I honestly thought the day was going to be "one of those". As I was climbing the hill on the M42 before the services, my car developed a bit of a backfire, and a "higher than usual" temperature reading....<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=
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The pictures:<br>
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Malc and Phil get busy with the roof prep. I don't know how he did it, but Malc managed to get his best sunday T-Shirt covered in Carmine rubbings, and made a good impression of an axe murderer...<br>
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Scott taking it easy before his mercy dash around the M42.<br>
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Jeffs early Sprint with a new door that didn't want to fit, but with no windscreen....<br>
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The finished roof (the white mark is just dust)...for a bunch of guys who have never done this before, the finish was very professional, which I am sure went some way towards us getting this:<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>SHOW ME THE MONEY</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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As has been mentioned, having a little look round the show whilst the paint was drying, a lot of other clubs seem to bring amazingly restored classics to the show, park them up, then sit round drinking tea and discussing jolly japes. Fair enough, if thats what they want to do, crack on. I fully beleive the reason why we won second last year, and first this year, is because we turn up with cars the need restoring, and do something that will amuse the public. You wouldn't beleive how many people were standing around waiting for us to screw the roof up, almost as many who watched Al Williams take a Senger Saw to his 1500's roof last year. Far more interesting than just looking at a well restored car.<br>
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Long may this tradition continue! As has already been mentioned, luckily we have plenty of cars that need restoring....<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=
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Quote of the day goes to Malc though, with reference to the comment I made about it looking like an elephants genitals:<br>
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<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Say No To Scrotum!!!<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>
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Once again, a great day, great people, and makes me proud to be a member of a great club. Thanks !!
<p>1981 Dolomite Sprint<br>
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1996 Golf VR6</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=
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