Raider Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 For those who don't know about Stelvio try this linkhttp://www.stelvio.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Note to self: Remember to check steering wheel on tight and handbrake working well !!! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 Quite right mate ;DYou will have an advantage tho having the steering wheel on the left ;)And now, as an extra service here's a link to a webcam 8)http://webcam.popso.it/stelvio.php?PASSOEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Raider,Are you thinking of doing some skiing as well, the 10CR is gonna be pretty sporty, Swimming and skiing!Really looking forward to doing the Stelvio, excellent idea to incorporate this pass into the route!Also like the idea of camping for the overnight in the south of France.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Will Mr Nutter be entrant no.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Hmm, not too sure about camping - I think I like to idea of being able to crash in a cheap bed for the night, at least you can get a sh*t, shower and a shave with some shut-eye all within stumbling distance with limited brain function - I know I was knackered in Nice, albeit after a noght out and few beers. Plus camping would be out of town and therefore away from the nightlife so could make those few beers too challenging? Having said that there is much cheapness in camping :-) Lggage space could be a challenge if we were taking camping kit too - depends on what your weapon of choice is - and no we're not taking the Stretch again, it's in dignified retirement! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Quote:Will Mr Nutter be entrant no.1?NO! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Oh crap! pack a tent in my pokey little box, where am i going to pack my secret spare engine?Barryjavascript:use(' :o');Shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Spare engine! Pah - you need the patented Stretch spares package - some tape, a single spark plug, a water pump and a gasket - that was it :-) We gave the pump and gaskets to Andy, should have given him the spark plug too but we felt we had to keep someting in the boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 Just checked out the Stelvio webcam (see further up this thread) Hope it's not like this morning when we get there - absolutely covered in snow :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 No worries Raider.See attached photo.I'm sending an Inverclyde Council gritter out from Greenock down to the Stelvio on stand-by.My guys are just about to fit the snowplough on right now.What's a wee bit of snow anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I think Raider is worried we might loose his car in the snow..."Wow... look at that mound of snow in a wedge shape - looks just like a TR7!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hmmm, just take a 2000 and "you'll be reet". Took the worksalike out on some 'unpassable' roads in Lincs. last winter with some 4x4s and they had to pull over to let us past! Also overtook a snowplough ... shortly before going into a ditch after hitting a bonnet high bank of snow. Handy Land Rover's pulled us back out though. Lost a door mirror, and didn't do the clutch much good either, but well worth the fun! A whole different type of 'white' road experience, McJim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hey Greeks,I guess you won't be doing much more of that in the worksalike after I spotted this....http://www.sherwoodrestorations.co.uk/popup.cfm?p_n=257878&p_i=257878A bit steep don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 A bit steep? What a master of understatement you are Jim :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Dead dear!Still waiting to see AJP's Cairo Taxi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 No problem Tim.Andy, as you can see, has made a few modifications after the encounter with the ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 It's even more expensive than the "full race" Mk1 they have and thast a beast and a half. Wonder what's in the rally car to warrant that price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Well I'd have thought they would throw in a battery clamp and a set of air filters for 15000 sheets.... looks like a concours Mk1 with an identity crisis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Ahh, Sherwood Restorations! The back road route from where I lived in Nottingham to home in Lincolnshire used to take me past that place (just outside Southwell), and I often popped in to look at the cars they had. Some absolute minters, TR2s, 3s, 4s, E-types, rare cars and often ones with a little interesting history, a little porsche single seater. As for the prices ... hmmm, a purple mkiv Spitfire I saw once for a princely £8k!On the Taxi front, I got my photos back from the rally ... for what they were worth. I shan't be buying a Tesco Value disposable camera again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 15 grand?Would you sell a car off the street without wiper arms and blades?Not very professional to post it with such obvious bits missing and then ask 15 grand.Go on Greeks.It's you having a laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Oh, bejeseus don't get me wrong, of course that's crazy money. I thought the point of Triumphs was that they don't cost 15 grand! Sherwood's prices are mad alright.Still better 15 grand on a 2000 than on a TR7 I guess :K) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 You must be pleased Graham. It probably means your 'Worksalike' is now worth a couple of hundred...at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I have to wonder, who builds a Mk 1 2000 as a rally car supposedly worth £15,000?I mean, what events were they planning on doing with it?You don't tend to see them on Le Jog or the Winter Challenge, at least not in any of the magazines that I've read and they never feature in the results of these events.I've seen a couple entered in the Monte Carlo Historique, the only true Monte Carlo Rally for classic cars, since it's run by the Automobile Club de Monaco. None, though, have covered themselves in glory.It must have been someone with a great love of the cars to spend that amount of money and put that amount of dedication into producing, what is, a very beautiful car.Does someone know who built it and why?There has to be a good story behind this car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I added up everything I had done to my 2.5 rally Mk1 for insurance purposes and it came to about 8000... and that was over 4-5 years... now I did most of the work myself ... the 15000 has got to be mostly cost of professional UK labour....Besides that mk1 doesn't have proper minilites or a proper period engine... ie webers or injection... they have got to be kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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