Northern Off Road Club: Forum Posts

Scottish Borders Hill Rally 2011 DVD

Andrew Donald

A.A.L. Media Scotland are a self-funded, voluntary media collective funded in January 2010 to promote Scotland, Scottish motorsport, extreme sports, music and the Arts.

We have filmed & produced a DVD of this year's Scottish Borders Hill Rally which was held at Forrest Estate on 19/20th November 2011.

Order before 12 noon on Monday 19th December and we'll get a copy out to you for Christmas viewing !

http://bit.ly/rSnsxn

Scottish Borders Hill Rally 2011 DVD

Andrew Donald

A.A.L. Media Scotland are a self-funded, voluntary media collective funded in January 2010 to promote Scotland, Scottish motorsport, extreme sports, music and the Arts.

We have filmed & produced a DVD of this year's Scottish Borders Hill Rally which was held at Forrest Estate on 19/20th November 2011.

Order before 12 noon on Monday 19th December and we'll get a copy out to you for Christmas viewing !

http://bit.ly/rSnsxn

Scottish Borders Hill Rally 2011 DVD

Andrew Donald

A.A.L. Media Scotland are a self-funded, voluntary media collective funded in January 2010 to promote Scotland, Scottish motorsport, extreme sports, music and the Arts.

We have filmed & produced a DVD of this year's Scottish Borders Hill Rally which was held at Forrest Estate on 19/20th November 2011.

Order before 12 noon on Monday 19th December and we'll get a copy out to you for Christmas viewing !

http://bit.ly/rSnsxn

Iveco 50C15 LWB

nik ward

5.2 ton Iveco Daily, Long Wheel Base 4.6m load length, one previous owner, registered nov 2006, 96,000 miles, 12 months test, no speed limiter!, twin wheel, 3.0 litre 150 bhp, would make a good service van/motorhome. No Vat. £7999. 07785 550556 nik@newards.com

Mercedes Atego 815 Race truck

andrew west

Mercedes Atego 815 Race Transporter.

150 bhp. 7.5 tonne. W reg.Mot test till march 2012. Taxed till Jan 2012. 26 Foot fibreglass body. 7 foot workshop at rear. 19 foot living area at the front. 2 rooms. 1 room with fixed bed & toilet room. 1 room with seating area , 2 beds & kitchen area. Sleeps 3 . Professional conversion. Tow bar. Rear camera fitted for reversing or watching trailer whilst towing. Good tyres. New front discs & pads. Good service carried out earlier in the year. Tows & drives great. Cruises at 65 – 70 mph whilst towing.

Contact Andy West on 07836 624618 for more info or pictures.

£4250 ono plus vat.

NORC 2012 CALENDAR

Michelle Hall

DATE	VENUE	CLUB RUNNING EVENT	INTERCLUB	NO. OF DAYS
24/25 March	Wickenby *	NORC	No	1
22 or 29 April	Waterbeach	AWDC	Yes	1
26/27 May	Nescliffe Memorial Event	NORC	Yes	2
23/24 June	Stainby (provisional)	NORC	Yes	2
21/22 July	Little Hereford	S & S	Yes	2
26/27 August	Penkridge	MORC	Yes	2
29/30 September	Stone Enduro	S & S	Yes	2
27/18 October	TBA *	NORC	No	2

8 Events with 7 to count.

*To qualify for NORC Championship you must enter Wickenby OR the event on 27/28 October

24 Spline LSD diff

Mark Shaw

Looking for a 24 spline LSD diff ideally pegged with a standard crown wheel, if you have one going spare let me know, I have a brand new never used 24 spline 4 pin diff if anybody is interested in a swap, thanks Mark 07979 568317

TD5 Tornado

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw wrote: SOLD, next to be seen racing in Kenya!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the end of the 2011 season my racer will be for sale, this car is only 2 seasons old, it was built during 2009 at a build cost of almost £25k, it is a very high spec motor, in its first year racing (2010) it won the BCCC diesel class and came 7th overall, this year it is winning the NORC diesel class and currently lies in 4th place overall. The last event I will be racing at is Stone (NORC/Interclub) on the 24/25th Sept so the car will be available after then. The car will be appearing in a 5 page feature in November 2011's Land rover owner magazine and won best modified vehicle at Driffield land rover show, you really won't find a better axeled racer, spec is:

104 “ Chassis (2 x Disco chassis plated/strengthened), Tornado Motorsport Cage and shock mounts,Turned Disco axels with TD5 radius arms, Fox 2.5inch coil overs 12” front 14” rear, Rose jointed pan hard’s and drag link (strengthened Drag and track rod), Adwest Quick steer box with larger sector shaft, Sparco quick release steering wheel with navigators buttons wired onto wheel, Hand held navigator control box (wipers/washers/horn), Rear captive mounted 2004 disco TD5, engine chipped and remapped ECU (200BHP and 350lbs/ft), R380 gearbox with reverse linkage mated to 1.2 disco transfer box, Kam LSD front and rear with stronger Kam 3.8 crown and pinions (rear has a reverse cut crown wheel), Ashcroft shafts, CV’s and drive flanges all round, 1” alloy wheel spacers, Massive allisport intercooler, TD5 rad with Kenlowe fan, Custom Allisport - fuel cell, washer reservoir and rad header tank, Cobra aqua seats with 3inch OMP harnesses, X disc handbrake, Braided lines throughout (Fuel, Brake, steering/oil), Mocal water/oil cooler, Custom built wiring loom by M-sport rally electrician, Tilton race pedal box with brake bias, Milner fiddle brakes, Tractor air filter (double cell), Electronic kill switches, Peltor intercom, 3 external wipers, 1 x internal driver wiper.

Call Mark on 07979 568317 to arrange viewing/any questions

12" Coil over shox

Mark Shaw

Wanted pair of cheap Fox or King shox to go on the front of a land rover based motor, ideally with remote res and springs, would preffer good used condition to keep the cost down, if you have any going spare let me know 07979568317.

Mark

3.5 Engine

james coonan

3.5 v8 engine with offenhauser manifold and Holley carb

Will seperate manifold and carb.

Full lot £400 ono.

Telephone or email for info etc. 07533080140 and jcoonanoffroad@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks

james

TD5 Tornado

Mark Shaw

Call Mark on 07979 568317 to arrange viewing/any questions

HELP NEEDED FOR STOLEN LAND ROVER

Michelle Hall

Recieved this from one of our members. Hope someone out there can help him.

Hi there,

I wander if you could help me please? I have had my Land Rover Defender stolen from the Barnsley area of South Yorkshire.

I have the following add on ebay: Item number: 190562079976

Defender 90 Challenge truck

STOLEN

I am offering a substantial cash reward for this vehicle to be returned!

Any information leading to me getting the vehicle returned into my possession will be rewarded.

If you have it, return it to me or allow it to be collected / picked up and I will pay you the reward.

D plate, 200 tdi, winches, LPG, 35 inch Simex, Kam diff locks etc,

Ring me on 07971073003 or txt or email

I have received a phone call stating that it has been seen in Cannock and wandered if you could keep and eye / ear open in case it is seen or anyone gets offered it.

I would be gratefull for any help that you could give me including exposure on yourweb site or through email.

I am going to email the staffs and shrops off road club, are there any off road sites locally that it would be worth speaking to?

Regards

Grenville Waddington

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MOTORHOME/RACE TRUCK

matt sagar

Fully equipped race truck / motorhome, massive awning, genny, compressor, workshop, sleeps 4 easily,

Speak to Matt Sagar at events.

Sensible offers around £20K

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Scotia Extreme Winch Challenge 2011 DVD.

Andrew Donald

Scotia Extreme Winch Challenge 2011 DVD.

This will be of interest to some of you…

In the depths of the Scottish winter, twenty two teams braved the elements to compete in one of Britain's toughest winch challenges.

Here's the link to the trailer and A.A.L. Media Scotland's product page for the two day event organised by Scotia Winch Challenge Club pushing vehicles and competitors to their limits and beyond.

http://bit.ly/jGkLrm

A.A.L. Media Scotland is a self-funded voluntary media collective, founded in January 2010 to promote Scotland, Scottish motorsport, extreme sports, music and the Arts.

www.aalmediascotland.co.uk

rear axle for sale

Edmund Elvin

I have for sale the rear axle of my TMC it is fitted with a air locker ( switch and all wireing + air pipes included) and strengthened shafts, it also has a strengthened casing, and has been converted to front radius arms and has twin shock mounts to fit standard shocks. £325 ono Ring me on 07883303241

V8 Heads

Edmund Elvin

For sale a pair of refurbished V8 cylinder heads, new exhaust valves, seals and all valves reground, Ready to fit to your engine. £120 . please ring Chris on 07766550735 for more info .

Landrover Defender 130 Hi-Cap

Peter Widdop

For Sale 1997 R-plate Defender 130 Hi-cap, Mechanically sound, small refurbishment to tidy motor up, Ideal tow motor / service van with good size back body. 4 new tyres. 184k miles. Fully undersealed. OIRO £7250 call 01422 356810 and ask for Ian.

Ex Wilson Bros Motor

Edmund Elvin

i have for sale the ex wilson bros comp safari Landrover 90, needs some work to get it back racing, i.e front wings putting on, have got new front hoop and windscreen bar, needs the roof bars making . needs set of shocks has mountings for 12in Foxs.have a tin of yellow coach paint to go with it if you fancy yellow. Ring me on 07883303241

fox air shoxs

owen timms

a pair of 10 inch air shox new or second hand please contact owen 07973728864

fox air shoxs

owen timms

a pair of 10 inch air shox new or second hand please contact owen 07973728864

caravan

steve wells

now sold thanks

iveco 35.12 , support vehicle

john duffin

i have owned this for nearly 2 years and apart from normal services inc cam belt etc it has never let me down , 12 months mot , 5 months tax

rear of van is totaly insulated and carpet lined , twin hob gas cooker & sink , in base cupboard unit , power invertor for 240 electrics , and leisure battery on split charger , built in bench seating with storage space underneath , twin double bed , above same size storage area for spares etc via rear doors ,,, this is home built but really to very good standard ,,, i used it for norc events but due to finances and killing my racer , i havent competed much last year , i have tried to upload pics but cant work it out so if any1 is interested mail me and will send that way

duff67uk@yahoo.co.uk

07932429908

john

Full Face Sparco Helmet For Sale

james coonan

XS Full Face Sparco Helmet. Type A/FR Approved. Sparco Carry bag.

Bought from Demon Tweeks last year for £339. Only used twice.

Selling due to change of co-driver.

Please contact me for further information/photos.

James 07533080140

£250.00 ono

Land rover alloys

Mark Shaw

Looking for some 16" Land rover Freestyle alloys, nothing too pretty need to be cheap as they are going on the racer, if you have any sat in a corner let me know and I will put them to use, give me a call on 07979 568317 Thanks Mark

good tv prog to watch

steve wells

A motor bike racer from our way has his own BBC 1 programme on wednesday 2 March 7.30 and for 5 weeks after

Now, i have been to a lot of your workshops and know how daft you lot can be, well this guy, (sorry for the pun) Guy Martin just decides to invent gadgets

If that rings a bell with you in general it could be one prog worth watching at last.

at least you will learn to make a proper cup of tea???

1.6:1 transfer box

Luke Sagar

1.6:1 110 transfer box in good condition dosn't clunk or bang ideal ratio for comping and are like hens teeth to find

£150 ono

call luke 07882134976

Stilo full face helmets

Luke Sagar

pair of stilo full face helmets with built in intercom plus matching stilo intercom not done many events no scratces or dents

£ 300 ono

call luke 07882134976

caravan

steve wells

Hobby 26 footer 2 fixed singles one end big double other end, large shower only done 54 miles since new but its 12 years old

full awning in fact everything is with it-- cooker, oven, microwave, flat screen tele chairs water thingys etc. £3400 cash 07976510433 01472399441 or inno4x4@aol.com steve wells

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Allard 4x4

thomas wood

hi what diffs and shafts is it running what spare cum with it cheers

Allard 4x4

stephen mudd

are you going to pay for three of them spare wheels you bought?......steve mudd.......07802 326210.

Best Service Crew

Melanie Simmonite

We have a trophy to give at the Dinner Dance for the 'Best Service Crew'

If you want to nominate a service crew for this award please e mail Melanie

saying why you think they deserve the award

mel.simmonite@sky.com

Thanks

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Avondale 2 berth Caravan

Martin Hey

Avondale Avocet DW 2 Berth 2002
in Ivory. Unladen 1090 kg / 21.5 cwt

End Washroom, Fridge, Heater, Oven, Mains electric, Water heater, Cassette toilet, Shower, Battery Charger, Blinds, Fly screens, Door fly screen, Roof light extractor fan, Blown air heating, TV Aerial, External gas BBQ point, External 240v plug, Aqua roll, Waste containers, Spare wheel, Alloy wheels, Hitch head stabiliser,

EXTRAS

Motor mover,

Full awning

Full tailored winter cover

Very well kept. One owner from new £6995 ovno

Tel .01484 609472, 07702359944 or 07745590108 Huddersfield area

Fox Shocks

Luke Sagar

i'v got a pair of brand new still in the box non coil over 2.0 12 inch remote res just need gassing up £150 ono if you need anything else im having a garage clear out loads of bits and bobs available

luke- 07882134976

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Spencer Hall

Fixed the us date format issue on the Calender page - for the geeks out there LCID =2057 was need on the @page directive.

Will update the other pages that have dates shown forum and any others I see.

Also was requested to rename the tab events to calender.

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Fox Shocks

Richard Canterbury

Wanted non coil over fox shocks or something similar, remote or non remote, whatevers going really.

Rich 07752 341090

Kap Outlaw Body and Frame

nik ward

I have for sale a spaceframe built by protection and performance and a suzuki swift silouete body. Spaceframe is jig built and tacked together can be finished of by protection and performance or sold as is.

Follow link to see pics and prices from KAP Site http://www.kapmotorsport.co.uk/suzuki/outlaw.php

Offers around £4,750 as is.

07785 550556

Racer

Mark Shaw

Looking for a replacement racer for 2011, wish list would be:

Land rover based (tornado/tomcat etc) must be very tidy motor

TD5 axels with coil overs

TD5 engine in the back

Would consider something similar, give me a call on 07979 568317 if you have or know of something I might be interested in

V12 Racer

Steve Hill

Thanks for reply,

i dont suppose you know the person that owns it as i only live near skipton so its not too far away. I did know about the rollcage but i would like to get it back for sentimental resons. If you do my no is 07980 901493.

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V12 Racer

tim mangham

The car is in burnley Lancashire..

last time i saw it it competing it was turned away at scrutineering for the way the cage was mounted to the rear hoop.. I think he sorted it but only came out a few times if any after that.

V12 Racer

Michael McInnes

Heres a photo i took of the car, i think this photo was taken in 2003 at an event just off the A1. I dont remember seeing the car after this, unless it changed colours and i didnt realise!

http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/crosscountrymotorsport/compsafari6/img019.jpg

V12 Racer

Steve Hill

Hi, im trying to find any info on my dads old comp safari racer. It was built based on a Range Rover and had a jag v12 in the back, it was painted Yellow at the front and Blue at the back and looked a bit like a simborginni. He sold it in back in about 2002 through Simmonites, The registration No was WJX456M. Would like to know if its still competing or if it could be up for sale.

Cheers Steve Hill

Allard 4x4

Kevin Bower

Allard 4x4 Comp Safari vehicle number 6 for sale.

This vehicle has only done one event in 2010 due to financial restraints and came sixth in class. It is powered by a rover 3.5 v8 efi and has Fox remote reservoir gas shocks all round, this vehicle was substantialy refurbished at the begginig of the year complete with new fibre glass front end and roof scoop and comes with some spares including the mould to make the front end, a 3.9 v8 that requires rebuilding, 2 sets of wheels and tyres and variuos shafts and other items.

£2850 ono

contact Kevin for more infomation on 07585706826 or 07801277146

Class winner, Ideal first racer

Anthony Aveyard

Suzuki hybrid 100" mid/rear engined comp safari racer

.Fitted with 2.5 vauxhall V6 engine mated to Getrag gearbox.

These are connected to a Milner reverse rotation race transfer box.

Range rover axles sit on leaf springs, Putting you in a class, that suits novices, with a chance of class wins and important championship points.

Remote res Fox shocks with 12" of travel.

Full CDS roll cage mounted to widened and lenghtened Suzuki SJ chassis.

Could be easily converted to a coiler.

Transfer box and shocks alone cost £1700

Norc 2005 class winner with regular top 10 finish.

Featured in Aug 04 total off road magazine. £3800 or consider swop/Px for people carrier

Telephone Jim on : 07970367004

Next yrs Calender

Mark Shaw

Me, James Coonan and Rich Canterbury will set out Gainsthorpe again if needed

Classes change proposal

Spencer Hall

Classes now

1/2 Production and Modified Production

3 2 wheel drive

4 Diesel

5 Leaf Sprung

6 4wd up to 2501 cc

7 4wd 2502 - 3600

8 4wd 3601-4300

9 4wd 4301 and above

Proposed classes

Do away with Class 5 - leaf sprung

Add class - Independent suspension all engine sizes

AGM Proposels

Spencer Hall

Northern Off Road Club AGM

3 December 2010 at 8 pm

To have your say and find out next year’s planned events

ATTEND THE AGM !

To be able to vote on anything at the AGM it needs to be put forward in writing as a proposal before 31/11/10

NORC Committee proposals for AGM:-

1. Membership

The Committee propose that;

· Annual Membership should be REDUCED to £20 per year starting in January 2011

· There should be no Associate Memberships

· There should be no Day Memberships

· A free Year Book will be given to all Members

2. Entry Fees

The Committee propose that;

· The entry fee for a 1 day event should be £60

· The entry fee for a 2 day event should be £100

· Other clubs in the Inter-Club Championship will also charge these amounts except for the AWDC event which will probably be £115 for 1 day but it is a good, long course with a lot of miles.

3. Inter-Club Championship

The Committee propose that;

· NORC will join with AWDC, Staffs & Shrops and Midland Off Road Club for the purpose of running an Inter Club Championship in 2011. This is due to a lack of decent land and lack of entries. It will also provide better competition for drivers.

4. Committee posts proposals

The Secretary has received the following proposals for Committee positions:-

Chairman Robin Clarkson

Secretary Melanie Simmonite

Treasurer Geoff Barlow

Comp Secretary Peter Widdop

Membership Secretary Michelle Hall

Chief Marshal Raymond Sagar & Mark Calzoni

Sponsorship Robert Simmonite

Chief Timekeeper Sue Cartwright

Land Investigator Andy West

Wagon Officers Tim Sagar & Simon Westwood

Driver’s Rep Jon Wilson

Publicity & Media Steve Wells & Jon Wilson

IT Officer Spencer Hall

Club Shop Jodie Powell and Rachel Neal

Child Protection Jodie Powell

Committee Member Ben Gill

If any Club Member has any other proposals for Committee Positions or wants to put forward a proposal to be voted on then please contact the Secretary (Melanie Simmonite

before 31 November 2010 (mel.simmonite@sky.com) address: Malt Kiln Hall, Thornton, Bradford BD13 3SX 0790 555 22 79)

To have your say and find out next year’s planned events

ATTEND THE AGM !

To be able to vote on anything it needs to be put forward

in writing as a proposal before 31/11/10

NO PROPOSAL – NO VOTE

Next yrs Calender

Spencer Hall

Northern Off Road Club
Provisional Dates for 2011
Date	Site	Running Club	Interclub Champ	Number of Days
March 26/27	Stainby	Norc	YES	2
April 23/24	Waterbeach	AWDC	YES	1
May 29/30	Baden Hall	NORC	YES	2
June 25/26	Red Hall Farm	S & S	YES	2
July 23/24	Gainsthorpe	Norc	No	1
August 28/29	Cannock	MOC	YES	2
September 24/25	Stone Enduro	S & S	YES	1
October 29/30	Wickenby	Norc	No	1
12 separate events for points with10 to count (1 event = 1 day for points)
Each event (some a combination of 2 days) will count for event trophies To qualify for NORC Championship you MUST enter Gainsthorpe and Wickenby.
Inter Club - A brand new concept - 6 events with 5 to count for the Inter Club Challenge Trophy plus Class Trophies

warrior indy car

robin clarkson

warrior peugeot indy new frame sh body work &suspension. diffs. drive shafts . transfer box .wheels & tyres for more details ring robin clarkson 01756793671 / 07813686874

Redbull For Sale

colin brindley

Audi powered 3.5 Litre V8. Finished 1st in class 8 2009 and 5th overall. This year finished 2nd overall. One of the fastest beam axled cars in the comp safari racing scene. Rear engined tuned and tweeked Audi v8. Specification too large to list, Car can be bought as is (including mud). Or cleaned up, checked over and ready to race. Full spares package including gearboxes engines etc. Ring me for full info.

Price by negotiation , serious enquiries only. Steve Hickman 0787 665 2485

discovery bits for sale

Jon Wilson

130442517570 Qt diff guard

130442514208 td5 facelift bumper & a bar

130442521933 tdi300 front prop

website stats

Spencer Hall

Some people have aways though the "Number of users on the site " was abit doughtfull, so I have also created the a stat's page. This is a list of the page requests for today, Click here for Today's user page Hits bottom of each page.

msa statement on helmets

peter urwin

Re SA2005 helmets , no expiery date has yet been given. It is normal for snell helmet standards to last minimum of ten years.

regards

Peter Urwin

msa statement on helmets

toni stolarski

hi there about the helmets it says with the sa2000 snell helmets ended 2014 .what about the SA2005 snell helmet when do they end thanks toni stolarski

msa statement on helmets

peter urwin

Hi Ted

to the best of my knowledge & at this point in time the MSA have no plans to introduce hans type devices for offroad use.

regards

Peter

msa statement on helmets

Ted Leahy

Pete,

Is it likely that the MSA are going to make the HANS attacment mandatory in the near future?

Cheers

Ted

msa statement on helmets

peter urwin

BS6658 type A/FR for FIA use helmets expire 31/12/2013.

for MSA use helmets expire 31/12/2015

Snell SA2000 has been extended to 31/12/2014

any queries please ring

regards

peter

Tomcat build diary

Ted Leahy

A friend sent me this - Modified from a Westfield enthusiast. There is more if anyone wants it....

Sunday 3^rd January 2010

Tomcat corner weight: broke bath room scales when I lowered the rear wheel onto it. Will have to come up with another solution. Went to the pub to meet a friend of a friend who’s flogging a RPI 4.6V8 for £200. Idiot didn’t show, alcohol units 14 (but effectively covers 2 days as I’ll still have alcohol in my system at midnight), cigarettes 22.
5:30pm - my garage: Ugh. The last thing on earth I feel physically, emotionally or mentally equipped to do is take the heads off the engine to see why the bugger’s smoking. Decide make a cup of tea and ask a few questions on the NORC website. My first attempt elicits the rather rude responses of “use the bloody search facility” and “don’t ask such broad questions.” Look at Message Board Chat instead and enter a debate about washing machines.
8:30pm - and still have not touched the engine. My mate, Mick the Spanner, calls round to keep out of his wife’s hair while she’s decorating the hall. Spanner offers to help with the engine. Back in the garage he sticks his finger in the end of the exhaust, examines the blackened digit suspiciously before announcing the engine’s smoking because it’s running rich. “You need to back off the idle,” he says, then wipes the finger on his yellow diamond-patterned sweater.
I whip the Tomcats’s bonnet off, point to the twin 45’s and ask, “Which screw’s that then, Spanner?”
11.45pm - Spanner thinks it’s safe to go back home and I’m on the NORC Forum again. I ask the guys ligging around Techie Talk where the idle screw is. 20 minutes later my simple question has developed into an argument about suspension angles on Megablades(?).
11:50pm - decide to give up smoking tomorrow. Go to bed with my Haynes Car Electrics manual and fall asleep trying to decipher the index.
Have a dream about the Tomcats’s bonnet flying off at speed and decapitating the mother-in-law.

Tuesday 2^nd February
Tomcat corner weight: ring Tomcat motorsport techie guy to find out what the corner weight of the Car should be. Never really been able to understand nasal Brum so asked him to send me the information via email translated into Southern English.
3:15pm - the wife’s idiot brother, Frankie “Grease Gun” Roach calls to say he’d scored a couple of fibreglass wings. Arranged to meet him in the pub later. Went on the NORC site to ask about converting Aluminium wings to fibreglass wings. As usual the testosterone was flying and they’re busy arguing about the lengths of input shafts?. Cigarettes 28 (but will soon give up for Lent so might as well smoke self into disgusted smoking frenzy).
8:12pm - meet up with Grease Gun in the Fickle Firkin. He’s swaying at the bar, a pint of Bass in one hand and a pair wings in the other. They look OK, although neither of us mention the small fact that they’re still connected to the sawn off stumps of their brackets.
10:10pm - back in the garage with 12 units of alcohol sloshing about my empty stomach. I rest the wings on top of the tyres for a trial fit. Sit in the Tomcat to see what they look like and agree they look the business.
11:30pm - wake up cold and hungry in the Tomcat’s driver seat.
11:45pm - decide to give up smoking tomorrow. Go to bed with cheese and onion bap and the latest edition of Land Rover World. Fall asleep realising the smoking engine is God’s way of telling me it will have to go.
Have a dream about the Tomcats’s fuel tank exploding and vaporising the mother-in-law.

Saturday 6^th March
Tomcat corner weight: have decided to dismantle each side of the car and weigh the parts separately on a set of butchers scales – realise that I need aluminium uprights. Went on the NORC site to ask about diff ratios. I got one semi-sensible reply before they started arguing about which is the best curry house in somewhere called Bradford.
12:30pm – wife comes home and starts complaining about all the over-time she has to work. I sit and listen indulgently as she rants about the amount of our income that’s going on the Tomcats’s rebuild. I try to calm her by saying that £3750 for a 250bhp engine really is good value. Finally, I manage to convince her that this will be the last money I’ll need to spend and we really can still go to Florida this year – if I win the lottery.
14:10pm – back in the garage. Have a close look at the wings I’ve fitted and realise they’re from a Tornado. Start to worry in case the Tomcat rejects them like a transplanted liver.
14:30pm – after telling the QT Services boys never to phone me at home, the wife takes a call from the part shop saying my 4 alloy uprights are ready for collection. She asks them the price and faints.
4:30pm – pop down the chip shop. While I’m out the Radius arms and Shock mounts I ordered a month ago arrive. Find them neatly stacked in the hall and the wife in the back garden dancing around a flaming pile of my parts catalogues. I give her 20mgs of Valium and put the poor woman to bed.
8:30am - Grease Gun and Spanner came around to help lift off the Tomcats’s rear body tub. For reasons unknown we ended up watching a video of Ground Force. Make a mental note: 2 cases of Bud do not assist car rebuilding.
11:40pm – decide to give up smoking tomorrow. Go to bed and fall asleep reading a Demon Thieves catalogue I found under the sofa.
Have a dream about the mother-in-law bleeding to death after the Tomcats’s screen shatters and a shard of glass slits her jugular.

Thursday 11^th March
Tomcat corner weight: According to the calculations I’ve scribbled on my Rothmans packet, each corner of the Tomcat weights 380(ish)kg; which would give a total of 1520kg for the whole car. Is this good or bad? Log onto to the NORC forum to ask and get side-tracked by a thread comparing Pamela Anderson’s “Bay Watch” breasts to those of Gwyneth Paltrow in “Shakespeare In Love”. I wasn’t in the mood to enter into such frivolous, puerile speculation, besides pre-sag Shirley Bassey would have out-perted the lot of them.
10:15am - collect the wife from the weekly appointment with her counsellor. She slides into the Disco, glances at the tangled spaghetti that is the Tomcats’s new loom on the rear seat and pretends it isn’t there. Counselling must be working, but I still decide now’s not the right time to tell her I’ve cancelled our Florida holiday because it clashes with Manby. I’ll explain after she’s taken her afternoon Seroxat.
11.05am - In the garage. Drape new loom over the Tomcat and try to decipher the single sheet of A4 masquerading as a wiring diagram. Spanner will be around soon so I temporarily hide the loom in the tumble drier in case he mistakenly thinks I don’t know a fuse from a futon.
11:30am – the wife finds me in sitting on the toilet pouring over a Rimmer Bros. Performance Catalogue. Blushing furiously I protest my innocence and say the paperboy mistakenly delivered it instead of my usual Fiesta, she just whimpers and walks out.
12:10am – meet up with Spanner and Grease Gun in the Bishop’s Finger for a quick aperitif before we drive to Vulcan Engineering in London to collect my spanking, rebuilt V8. I’ve been assured the engine will now produce 250bhp. Spanner reckons that’s 250 at the wheel and Grease Gun argues for it being a crank measurement. Me? I just wish I knew what the #### they were talking about. I measure engine performance by how much it costs, and for what Vulcan are charging me the bloody thing ought to give Michael Schumacher wet dreams.
3:45pm – we stagger out of the Bishop’s and drive to London only to discover the Vulcan is on its half day closing. Bugger! Nothing for it, so we retire to the nearest pub for a pow-wow.
5am – wake up in the back seat of Spanner’s Allegro with a crick in my neck and the sound of loud snoring from my 2 mates in the front. Try to remember who I am and where I am. Give up and fall back to sleep.
Dream of the Tomcats’s fan belt breaking, flying off, and garrotting the mother-in-law.

Friday 12^th March
8:30am – woken up by tapping on window, look up to see a rat faced youngster masquerading as a traffic warden. He orders us to move out of the bus lane within 30 seconds or he’ll book and tow our car before we can say, Hitler youth. As it happens, Grease Gun manages to name most of the Germany war cabinet before Spanner finally coaxes the asthmatic Allegro into spluttering life.
9:15 – Ye Olde Balti Café. Our full-English breakfast looks like it’s having a cultural crisis. The black-pudding is burnt Argentinean Spam and the “fried-bread” is an American waffle spread thick with Irish lard. Nevertheless we tuck in and a few moments later sit back and belch loudly just so the effeminate Londoners remember we’re real ferret-loving Northerners. Outside, we pass round the Rennie and go in search of my engine.
10:20 – double-parking in front of the Vulcan shop, which looks uncannily like a newsagents, we saunter inside like men who know their mechanical onions. Picking Spam out of his teeth with a feeler gauge, Spanner giggles and asks the bored looking counter man if we can speak to Mr. Spock. To his credit, the guy pretends it’s the first time he’s heard that particularly witticism today. Grease Gun saunters over to a display engine and expresses his amazement at how small Chevy engines are these days. Before the Mr. Vulcan can point out it’s a Pinto I shove my receipt in his face and demand my V8. He grunts once and disappears into the bowels of the shop to reappear a few moments later with my achingly gorgeous engine on a hoist. Forgetting I’m a hard Northerner, I scream like a teeny-bopper and throw myself on the V8, smothering its beautiful acid-dipped block in kisses and hugs. Once the wife sees this she’ll be glad I didn’t waste our savings on that conservatory she’s always wanted. Ignoring my histrionics Mr. Vulcan asks where we’ve parked the van. Blushing, we point to the Allegro.
11:45 – after much huffing, puffing and fluent cussing we finally manage to shoe-horn the gleaming V8 into the Allegro’s boot, tie the lid down as best we can and head for Oxford. I now feel like a man on a mission and vow to have the Tomcat back on the road by the weekend.
12:35 – somewhere on the M40. A flashing blue light brings us to a halt on the hard shoulder. Spanner tucks his half-pint whiskey bottle under the seat and waits for the inevitable. The traffic cop, looking unnervingly like Danny LaRue and talking like Elma Fudd, taps the off-side window. To give myself a possible plea bargaining position I’m just about to blurt out that Spanner’s pissed when the cop’s face lights up. He’s an enthusiastic Robin Hood owner and tells us he’s seen many Volkswagen’s rebodied as beach-buggies but this is the first one he’s seen rebodied as a V8 Allegro. Eventually he lets us on our way, but not before he’s whipped out a disposable camera and whacked off a few pictures of our rear-engined car for his mates in the Hood.
2:15pm – creep in the house to find a note written in the wife’s now familiar shaky hand sitting on the kitchen table:

Burt, I’ve gone to my mothers for a few days before I do something silly. There’s food in the fridge and if you want clean clothes you’ll find them stuck to the inside of the tumble drier
Mary XXX
Ps. The man from Tomcat Motorsport called to say your bonnet is ready for collection.

2:30pm – call Tomcat to re-order loom then call wife. In-between sobs she asks me why I can’t be like other husbands who build rockeries and mow the lawn. Not an easy question to answer so I ignore it and ask if she by chance came across the alternator I’d been storing in the airing cupboard.
10:45pm – in the garage. For 6 hours we have been trying to coax the V8 out of the Allegro’s boot. It’s stuck fast and no amount of persuasion will alter that fact. I refuse to let Spanner take his car away and he refuses to leave it in case I tear it apart to get at my engine. Bastard could always read me like a book. Eventually we compromise. He takes the Allegro home and I go with him to keep an eye on the engine until the morning when we can hire a proper hoist.
11:45pm – for the second night I find myself sleeping in the back of the Allegro reading an MPS catalogue by the dash board light. Decide to give up smoking tomorrow.
Dream the Tomcat falls off it’s axle stands and crushes both of mother-in-law’s legs.

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The trouble ive got matt is that me and dave billings bought honda pilots and a racing quads so its hard to do anything to the car wen you can just go out and play on the other toys instead...

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matt sagar

You know me tim, i will never knock anyone for having a go at bettering things, just think all your new found enthusiasm would be better placed with some more positive suggestions or in the garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ok.. fair enough. I was just trying to get a bit of member participation to try and promote the club. image seems to be quite important these days

i was gonna try "do my bit" but ..... lol.

As for my car, the intentions are to be out for the up and coming season but as you well know matt, i have been saying that for about 4 years..

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matt sagar

Lets face it Tim, changing the logo aint gonna attract more people, if people want to come race they know who we are, theres only a few clubs that do comps and everyone knows NORC are comp only. You would be better coming up with some more usefull ideas if you are on a mission to attract people.

You could always get your car out and enter yourself??????????

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It doesnt give the image of a racing club though, more like a play day.. We could do with something to drum up some more interest seen as numbers are dwindling..

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matt sagar

the "Old" jeepman logo was actually resurrected about 3 years ago ,if you see it on some clothing etc it looks very smart, there have been numerous "attempts" at new logos and nothing seems to cut it. Lets face it we have had it all this time why change it, thousands of other companys, institutions, keep their logo the same, seems to work worldwide!!

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Michael McInnes

if it aint broke, dont try fixing it ! (my vote)

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Luke Sagar

we don't like change us northern folk

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Could we have a vote on the club logo?

 I think it looks a bit cheezy to be honest, what was wrong with the old one ( a cartoon type picture of a racer going down a hill) it looked more like what the club is about.

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