LEGS - Breakfast meet 6th November

[Johnny5]

Where are all the rendezvous points. Looks like it's going to be a good turn out with a good mixture of cars. Going to be a good photo shoot. 

 

Johnny5 

[Colin G]

Don't put me back on the list, but I'm still going to try for the museum leg as Saturday might not be too heavy a night. Would just be me as we'd still have house guests.

[bingoking]

12 minutes ago, Colin G said:

Don't put me back on the list, but I'm still going to try for the museum leg as Saturday might not be too heavy a night. Would just be me as we'd still have house guests.

No problem Colin, hope to see you at the Museum.

15 hours ago, Johnny5 said:

Where are all the rendezvous points. Looks like it's going to be a good turn out with a good mixture of cars. Going to be a good photo shoot. 

 

Johnny5 

Hi Johnny, I plan to leave Key at 9:00am so we could meet as usual in the old Homebase carpark at the retail park.

[Alfa2Evora]

I may have to sneak in via the tradesman's entrance as I could be arriving in a non-Lotus,  .

I put the Evora into Craig on Monday to investigate a suspension rattle and renew its MOT. It needs front drop links and ARB bushes, which he has in stock, and rear drop links which he doesn't and which are on back-order at Hethel. He has however managed to source some at a dealer down south so it's all down to the courier service now whether or not they arrive in time for the weekend.

80 hours since I last drove my P&J - I'm suffering severe withdrawal symptoms I can tell you!

[bingoking]

16 hours ago, Alfa2Evora said:

I may have to sneak in via the tradesman's entrance as I could be arriving in a non-Lotus,  .

I put the Evora into Craig on Monday to investigate a suspension rattle and renew its MOT. It needs front drop links and ARB bushes, which he has in stock, and rear drop links which he doesn't and which are on back-order at Hethel. He has however managed to source some at a dealer down south so it's all down to the courier service now whether or not they arrive in time for the weekend.

80 hours since I last drove my P&J - I'm suffering severe withdrawal symptoms I can tell you!

Fingers crossed the part arrives in time. 

[Johnny5]

On ‎03‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 09:54, bingoking said:

No problem Colin, hope to see you at the Museum.

Hi Johnny, I plan to leave Key at 9:00am so we could meet as usual in the old Homebase carpark at the retail park.

Yes. That's great we will meet you there. for a swift drive over. 

Johnny.

[Bob Dickson]

Museum only for me.

[bingoking]

3 hours ago, Bob Dickson said:

Museum only for me.

OK Bob, see you there.

[Sharky]

This is very local to me so if it's OK I'd like to pop along. I haven't had an operational car for a good while and miss the breakfast meets. Hopefully this isn't a problem, there are good numbers signed up.  

[Barry@WHB]

Barry breakfast and museum

[bingoking]

9 hours ago, Sharky said:

This is very local to me so if it's OK I'd like to pop along. I haven't had an operational car for a good while and miss the breakfast meets. Hopefully this isn't a problem, there are good numbers signed up.  

No problem Fergus, see you there.

1 & 2 Brian & Jackie, Breakfast & Museum

3 & 4 Johnny & Audrey, Breakfast & Museum

5 C8RKH, Breakfast and Museum

6 & 7 John and Marge, Breakfast & Museum

8 & 9 Hedgerley plus 1- Breakfast & Museum

10 & 11 Al & Debbie (yippee I'm home for something!) - Breakfast & Museum

12 & 13 Gregor (Dude on here) & Emma - but Emma is only a maybe. Breakfast & Museum

14 Duggie - Breakfast & Museum

15 & 16  Alfa2Evora (David) & Jennifer, Breakfast & Museum

17 & 18 Sharron & Dave, Breakfast & Museum

19 & 20  Alan & Jim (vegetarian),  Breakfast & Museum

21 Neil P, Breakfast and Museum

22 & 23 Alan & Gwen, breakfast and museum.

24 & 25 Dom +1 Museum Only

26 & 27 Arnold +1 Museum only

28 & 29 Andrew & Alister breakfast & Museum

30 Jim Grant, Breakfast and Museum. 

31 Barry, Breakfast & Museum

[Al]

No. 13 is now confirmed and no longer a maybe.  Lets hope we get weather like today and it will be a good photoshoot.  Damn, at 16:00 and light fading fast just realised mine is as manky as hell - now there is a surprise I hear you say - as been commuting to Clydebank all week.  Still shows the car isn't a weekend garage queen.

C U All there as been having withdrawal symptoms  this last few months. 

[Colin G]

I'm very doubtful now guys, we've just cracked this -

Aberlour A'Bunadh, cask strength. At 61% proof it's pretty potent! Have a great day though.

[Al]

Very doubtful of turning up or very doubtful of waking up?  That is surely rocket fuel.  I know what drinking the Pickering export strength gin is like at 57% and not so great the next day.

[Colin G]

Honestly, every time I had a dram it was like the most pleasant punch in the head you could ever have Al. 

Yup, definitely out, I think the police would have a gun unit outside the house if I even touched the car keys. I'm scared to go see how much is out of that bottle! Can't wait to see the photos of today. ??

[Sharky]

Nice to see you all, not seen many of you in a good while, and good to meet some new people too. Some lovely cars out. 

Food was lovely even if they didn't quite manage so well dealing with such a large group.

 

[C8RKH]

Breakfast was top tucker considering all they had was two calor gas camping stoves, a single frying pan, and candle!  Only joking, was a bit slow for some, but the place was rammed.

Great to see so many great cars, old and new. Fantastic collection of motors. Anyone find out what colour that "white" esprit was with the blue interior. The paint was just pinging all over the place - wonderful... 

I ended up getting home just after dark, not long ago, about 4.5 hours+ after leaving the motor museum. Wonderful drive home, via just about every loch, nook, cranny, and road in the Lomond national park. Wife was about to send out a search party when I roared up the drive. Just under 250 miles all told for a "right love, see you, just out for brekkie with the Lotus folks" jaunt!  God the Evora is more addictive than crack cocaine.

[stephenwhyte]

Is the red Giugiaro Esprit Turbo this one here, that's for sale at Alan MacDonald's?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/lotus/esprit/lotus-lotus-esprit-tbo----------------1987/6290109

And is the white Steven's Turbo this one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/lotus/esprit/lotus-esprit-turbo/6165687

Gutted I never went now.......

[Al]

Those are the two cars and very clever way of getting in front of a bunch of appreciative folk, and I'm glad I didn't know for sale!  Both looked stunning in the sun.  Especially the "pearlescent white"(?) one being my favourite.  See photo 6 below

Some photos of the day which are a more than a bit snappy as I wasn't really thinking of taking shots for here.  We had about 20 Lotus cars out of all generations and models as you can see inc. a lovely later Europa and I think I got up to about the 40 mark for heads descending on the poor coffee shop.  The food whilst possibly a little slow in a driving was at least very tasty.

The museum isn't so much a Motor museum but a James bond one with any tenuous links to cars and thoroughly enjoyable.  There was also other movie cars and various motoring memorabilia and why are my toys from my childhood in a museum?   Hadn't realised there was so much there below our feet when we were meeting upstairs at all the Club Lotus (& more) meets.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[C8RKH]

A thought struck me this morning whilst having a cup of tea, staring out the window....  

On the several LEGS runs I've done recently this year i can't seem to recall much of a presence from our friends in V6 Exiges!  I remember the LF1 being out a couple of times, and maybe one other, but that's about it. Are there many V6 Exiges about in Scotland, and if so, where do they all hide / lurk?

I have to say that Evora's have been very well represented, and even the V8 Esprit's, Elises and Elan's and Eclat's, but the V6 Exige seems to be a rare beast around here, or, maybe, they're just an unsociable bunch!  

[toshers]

I would have been there, but alas stuck offshore