June 13th BIH

[PhilW]

Highly unlikely I will make this one guys.  Will if I can though.

[oilmagnet477]

Hope to be along - anyone else coming?

[clivef38]

I hope to be there in the Elite. I have recovery in place just in case😀

[Rob999]

I might be able to make it, depends when I pick it up.

[PaulCP]

48 minutes ago, Rob999 said:

I might be able to make it, depends when I pick it up.

All fixed?

I’ll try to make this one if you guys don’t mind the wife bringing me in her MX5

[Rob999]

Clam going on tomorrow; ppf left to do 👍

[PhilW]

Definitely wont be there.  Flying to sunny Scotland in the afternoon

[Stuart Monument]

Sorry chaps I’m driving down to Le Mans to watch the 24hrs so can’t make it 

[Magic Mountain]

Hope to be there, could be in boat at this rate

[Rob999]

Afraid I won’t be there as I don’t have the car yet, collection is now tomorrow....

[PaulCP]

Afraid I’m out as well.

Struggling to get into any car atm due to a back strain . Should leave gardening to the wife 

[clivef38]

Good night. One Eclat, one Elite, one Elise. Two new members.

[phil flash]

Any photos?

Shame it moved to 2nd Thursday and now clashes with Essex, Herts & Cambridge meets. We had 3 evoras , 2 excels, 2 esprits and 1 exige 

[oilmagnet477]

@phil flash

I took a couple of photos (albeit at dusk!) of Clive's Elite, Paul's Éclat and Neil's Elise. When I can work out how to get the pictures off my phone, I'll post them.

Thanks again Clive for breaking my Elite 'virginity' with a quick spin out - very inspiring!

Be good to see you sometime Phil if you can ever manage to work it into your diary. PS - I didn't lend you my copy of Oliver Winterbottom's book did I? I'm blowed if I can find it!

PPS when TF did you get an Evora - we definitely need to see that!

[oilmagnet477]

First off - apologies for the dire photos - my cheapskate phone isn't great at dusk!

@clivef38 Lovely Elite

@paulho Lovely Éclat (with a dodgy 4.0lt V8 Mk2 Rangie photo-bombing the shot!)

Neil's Lovely Elise

Great to meet ex-Lotus Roger and his Son Neil (owner of the above). Sadly Roger's beautifully restored Europa wasn't present but maybe one day! We did get to see a nice magazine article all about it though.

 

[phil flash]

On 14/06/2019 at 19:40, oilmagnet477 said:

 

Be good to see you sometime Phil if you can ever manage to work it into your diary. PS - I didn't lend you my copy of Oliver Winterbottom's book did I? I'm blowed if I can find it!

PPS when TF did you get an Evora - we definitely need to see that!

'No' to your PS.. I brought my copy along to show you in case you wanted to buy one, which you obviously did. I also have Nigel Bennet and Keith Duckworth in that series, which I'd recommend.

PPS .. December ..  not sure when I'll get up there but here's a photo I took with a Nikon and some Speedlights ... a proper camera !

[clivef38]

Hi Ant . Soft focus makes all things look good. 70s film trick for fading divas.

[PhilW]

On 15/06/2019 at 22:24, phil flash said:

PPS .. December ..  not sure when I'll get up there but here's a photo I took with a Nikon and some Speedlights ... a proper camera !

Now that is a fantastic photo. You could charge for those.

[oilmagnet477]

@Buddsy, @clivef38 's Elite is almost as rare a sight as you are these days........

[oilmagnet477]

5 hours ago, Buddsy said:

Nearly there

Yeah - just like Brexit!!!

Still battling on but I've been feeling much the same about mine lately as you appear to have been about yours.

A trip out in @clivef38's Elite last week was a real boost though so hoping to get back at it in the near future. Having her slip off the axle stands when trying to refit passenger shock/spring was a little un-nerving but everything came through unscathed 🙈

[oilmagnet477]

On ‎16‎/‎06‎/‎2019 at 09:36, clivef38 said:

Hi Ant . Soft focus makes all things look good. 70s film trick for fading divas.

Clive - can you bring a list of your favourite '70s soft focus films' to next month's meeting please? How many of them have you got on Betamax?

[clivef38]

Sorry you are to you are not old enough.