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Post by **edd** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:47 pm

I will hopefully be going from horchurch (if i get the car finnished). A convoy sounds good to me! i know warwickshire quite will but the thought of driving there in a minor (first long journey) was a little scary!

PM me if you want some company!

Edd

Post by **Kevin** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:32 pm

Mines also been posted so a convoy to Banbury sounds good to me

Post by **rayofleamington** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:17 pm

Well at this rate we're likely to hit half way in the entries by next week.
Just remember that details came out in the magazine a few days ago so there will soon be entries from non-message board ppl...
(ie get your skates on)
And as Riley has made it to Brighton and back 2 years in a row with a very tired engine, I don't expect Essex to Midlands will be too much for a limping Minor.

Although if you have the dreaded alternator conversion, bring an AA card!

Post by **racer** » Thu May 13, 2004 7:59 am

So whats the dreaded alternator conversion prob.?

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu May 13, 2004 11:08 am

So whats the dreaded alternator conversion prob.?

A well maintained standard Minor is probably one of the most reliable cars around (>40 years old and still going strong).
Alternator conversions however seem to be a good way to get yourself towed home - there are hundreds if not thousands of people who converted from Dynamo to Alternator only to find it broke down. The typical failure is that the regulator fails putting upto 20 volts into your battery (above ~15.5 volts is too much). The battery then fails soon after and you are left stranded.

custommartin,
Many thanks - it arrived already. You must have good post!

Kevin,
it seems to have been a few days already - You didn't post it in Northamptonshire did you?

Post by **Matt** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:15 pm

Ray...... Justy in theory would it be possible to take the morris, and a eurobox as back up? will there be sufficient parking etc?

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:27 pm

will there be sufficient parking etc?

Loads - the place is huge.

Post by **Matt** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:37 pm

so there would be no problem with a 2nd car?

Post by **Kevin** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:40 pm

it seems to have been a few days already - You didn't post it in Northamptonshire did you

Well the wife did so I rang to check and she said yes she had posted it when she found it in her glove box this morning !!!!!!!

So hopefully a day or two, not that I am going to search her car tonight

Post by **custommartin** » Thu May 13, 2004 7:14 pm

Ray
It said in our local paper last week that Brentwood is one of the worst postal areas in the country. Must have been a lucky stamp

Your not helping.....my new pick-up has an alternator

....where is that RAC card

Matt
How are you planning on driving two cars at once. Clever trick that.
May cause problems getting through the museum gates

Edd and Kevin
Have sent you a p.m.

Anybody else up for a convoy to Gaydon, let me know.

Cheers for now.

Martin

Post by **Matt** » Thu May 13, 2004 7:31 pm

Martin...... I wont be going on my own.......

Dan will tag along!

Post by **d_harris** » Tue May 18, 2004 5:06 pm

you hope matt!!! I think I am away on the day in question. I am pretty sure I will be in scotland

Post by **Matt** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:10 pm

Whoops!

Post by **ironman** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:03 pm

i'm going to try and make it, just got to send entry form off.

Post by **d_harris** » Fri May 21, 2004 3:17 pm

On consulting my diary, I won't be in Scotland at all! I will have literally come back from newquay the day before!!!! (I have a very busy July with three weeks worth of being away!)

Post by **edd** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:12 pm

Edd and Kevin
Have sent you a p.m.

Erm!. I havent recived any yet!

Post by **Kevin** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:41 pm

I received a PM ok from Martin.
Ray has my entry finally turned up.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:15 pm

Kevin,
Yes, got it thanks - Replies will be going out soon (I'm back at work next week so will be back in the land of printers

)

Post by **Matt** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:35 pm

Unlike me........

Post by **Kevin** » Fri May 21, 2004 9:02 pm

Unlike me........

Fair comment I dont think anyone is

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