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1344 wrote: I don't wish to cause a row but if the above can,could or will happen then there's no point me entering any events as I know I'll never ever stand a chance of ever wining the series or more to the point I will always be bottom of the list going by my current results,even if I entered every event 😒. Sorry If I appear to be a miserable git but it's how i see it, I don't mind being there just to make up the numbers but it would be nice to think that you stand some sort of chance of working your way up the table,but if you can can win the series by only compeating in one event and marshalling all the others what is the incentive 😳 Good point Dave, Surely a 'competition' means that you 'compete'? I fail to see how points awarded for organising or marshalling can be classed as 'competing' or 'competition' points? Like you say, there doesn't seem to be much incentive for entering events if this is the case.
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1344 wrote:As far as I know I've never got any points for marshalling over the last three years or so that I've done it. Bovindon -three years Essex winter - last year Did or do you have to "claim them" or are should they have been added automatically ? If I marshalled three or four events but never competed in any, then that means I won't get any points at all as I won't actually have an average score then 😳 Dave, If you organise 4 or 5 events and marshal on the rest of them you might be able to win the points without even getting your car out of the garage! ;D
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Just have louvres punched into the bonnet to let the heat out. It looks the business as well! :)
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Just for info...... Due to not be able to get the time off work, I have had to withdraw my entry from this years 10CR. :'( :'( :'( Absolutely gutted about this as I was really looking forward to visiting countries that I hadn't yet seen. Good luck to everyone else and you can be sure and I'll be reading the message diary while you're out there, so I want to see plenty of pics and funny messages! :)
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1344 wrote:Cheers that makes sense S manifold - long inlets - I presume that's good, but because of that, it reduces the room for air filters so by using a thin plen thing you have a remote air filter can a different manifold be used and normal air filters be used on the carbs until a S manifold makes it way into my possession As I have a manifold from a TC Why didn't you take pics of Gerties Engine bay while you were down here last Sunday. Especially seeing as Gertie already has all the bits you are looking at fitting. Der! ;D
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1344 wrote: Mine don't have the logo but do have an arm rest My one has got a really posh arm rest with an opening & closing lid on it. :)
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My one has got a really posh arm rest with an opening & closing lid on it. 🙂
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thebrookster wrote: Might be worth asking Mr Radders as to what he did with the Red Shed and follow the same plan, assuming you have the original MkI engine still? Cause that goes very nicely indeed, strongly recommended!! Cheers, Phil (Current owner of the Red Shed!) Mr Radders didn't do anything with the Red Shed's engine other than fit a PI Cam and tune, re-tune, and re-tune the Stromberg carbs again until they were perfect. :) No gas flowed head, no lightened flywheel, no sporty manifold or exhaust, nothing! In fact that car has no right to go the way it does for a standard 2 litre. :o
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So is it worth trying to book Ferries individually now before prices rocket?
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Wow! What a lot of Mk1 saloons! We'll be alright for spares then. :)
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Who is entering the 10CR this coming November?
Radders replied to Tim Bancroft's topic in Ten Countries Run (10CR)
Martin Randle/David Lidbury/Hank Hall Mk2 2000 Tim Bancroft/Dave Kent MK1 2.5 Pi (SU) Mike & Anne Weaver Dolomite Sprint Clive & Gill Senior Spitfire 1800 (it must be finished by then!) Colin Wake + 1 Perhaps a TR again....... Dave Jones + someone willing to fix the Mk1 2000 at the last moment for him Mike /JaneCharlton Spitfire mk3 Philip Charlton/Wayne Coates MK1 2000/V8 Steve Thompson/Gaz Seddon GT6 MK3 (mobile bar) Howard Pryor/Tim Hunt TR4 Mike Banks & Tristan Banks Spitfire Mk3 Richard Warr +1 (hopefully) Stag Nick Jones + 1 Vitesse 2L (maybe even with new engine......) Ellis Stokes / Keith Compton-Bishop / Darren Hartman - Mk1 2500 Steve Pratt/Richard Pratt. Stag Steve Radley/Ashley Mills/Darren Sharp Mk1 2.5Pi......or Gertie. :) -
thescrapman wrote: Tut.. tut.. They are "Event Souveniers"... (naughty) I don't care what some twat in the MSA wants to call them, to me they will always be a finishers award. :)
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2 Mk1 saloons.......... for the moment ;)
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8861 wrote: so in my head I don't worry a toss about the tankard my personal challenge is to make every control .....get my drift! Totally agree Andy, and it will continue to remain mine. ;)
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9926 wrote: The main reason for the event is to get a Triumph from London to John O'Groats to Land's End and back to London in a notional 48 hours but no penalties can be imposed if they miss out a control due to a breakdown for instance or helping a fellow crew get their car running again. As long as they reach the four main points of the route, then they would be deemed to have completed the RBRR. Jim. Really Jim? I wasn't aware of that. In my short time with CT (compared to most on here) I always had the understanding that it was a challenge and that the 'challenge' was not only to complete the route, but to make all the check points as well. I didn't realise that if you missed a check point you were still classed as a finisher. Asking my sponsors for money knowing I hadn't visited all of the check points still wouldn't sit right with me though. :(
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1526 wrote:Here are my views for what they are worth. A system of allowing people running late and missing a signature at a control would be useful - especially if that lateness was caused by helping someone in trouble. Having the option takes pressure off getting to a control on time, and how people drive. MUT Really don't agree with this at all Ted, sorry. The challenge is not only to get round, but to get round all of it. If we give people the option of missing a control, then the spirit of the event has been lost. If I'm pushing people for sponsorship money, and I didn't make every control, I wouldn't feel that I had the right to claim the money from them afterwards. I know it's harsh, but, if you've missed a control then you haven't completed the event and shouldn't be entitled to a finishers award.
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The RBRR in 2010 had us coming down the A41 which as Ted says, is quite a nice route. We still saw a few other Triumphs decide to ignore this way and turn onto the M40 instead and surprise surprise.......we reached the Plough long before they did. :P I think the A41 is a nice alternative, but it can be a bit of an ordeal trying to get on it from Didcot in the first place. :)
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Who is entering the 10CR this coming November?
Radders replied to Tim Bancroft's topic in Ten Countries Run (10CR)
1158 wrote:My trusty co-driver Zac has agreed to do it again. (it did take a barrel full of beer though) 8) Let's hope his mother-in-law doesn't put a death wish on him this time! ;D -
Who is entering the 10CR this coming November?
Radders replied to Tim Bancroft's topic in Ten Countries Run (10CR)
I certainly will be. Definitely got one crew member already, hopefully a third shortly. Now then, will it be Gertie or the Pi?................... :-/ -
Some of the countries were mentioned in the advert for it in the RBRR roadbook. I read it while that boring woman was on at the drivers meeting. :)
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Alex wrote:The food that was to be provided was discussed at the drivers meeting. Personally I never went hungry and would prefer costs stayed as low as possible. Ditto. There's plenty of places on route if people want to buy additional food.
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Agree with the comments regarding the MacMillan woman. Her speech should have been about the cause and not about 'look at me and look what I've done' etc I have to confess, If I'd known how long she was going to go on for, I would have collected my event goodies and gone for a wander round the museum. :) Brilliant event as usual though and I wish I were on it again this weekend. I suppose I shall have to make do with the 10CR next year until the next RBRR in 2016. :)
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xyv wrote:And you need to be in certain parts of the country at certain times to makee it work. Welsh roads at night, Scotlands lanes during the day etc. Doin the run the other way round from the same start point would have you at Lands End by 1 or 2 am- a bit pointless, and you wont see much of the view!! Couldnt agree more, it's all about the timing. We leave Enfield at 6pm and arrive in JOG 14 hours later at 8am. If you left Enfield at 6 in the morning, you certainly wouldn't be in JOG for 8pm that night. I know that nobody has suggested that, I'm just using an example that, that as Dave says, we have to be in the right areas at night time to make the event work. :)
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570 wrote:Yes I purchased a new cylinder and all the gubbings from Demon Tweeks a couple of years ago ready to fit but then the original master decided to behave itself again. I'll try to find the details of it Thanks. Appreciate that. :)
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Many thanks to the organisers, marshalls, crews and even the spectators who turned out at all hours and in all weathers to watch us arrive at check points. Thanks also to my fellow team members for making it an enjoyable and stress free run. Our third team member enjoyed it so much he is already looking forward to the next one and even thinking about buying his own Triumph to do it in. :) Gertie did well apart from some last minute clutch issues, but luckily we still made it back to the Plough. Already looking forward to the 2016 event, although hopefully in the Mk1 Pi. :) Well done to everyone that made it round and commiserations to those that didn't.