Restoration Show Thanks & Pics

[mr2mk1chick]

THANKYOU to eveyone who came and helped at the show =D> =D> =D>

In no particular order:
LimeyMK1
Unleash
crazylegs
tonyjinzyfroud
icsunonova
jrleech
johnR
SystemG

The day was a huge success!

We did all the work on the cars, with no real hic-cups:
Chris (unleash) did rear bushes and rear ball joints
Garrick (systemG) did rear discs, pads, and braided brake hoses

The stand was set up quickly with the help of everyone, and looked pretty cool once the cars were in place too.
There was a steady stream of visitors to the stand from fellow mk1'ers to some finding out about the car for the first time.
We made a great team, helping work on the cars and chatting to the public, and catching up on MK1 gossip.

To top off a great day, the MK1 Club Stand won 2nd prize for the club displays, which was a great surpirise but also a great credit to all of those who helped put on a real good show. Thank you again =D> =D> =D>

I will post a few photos, and i'm sure that the others have more to follow.

[mr2mk1chick]

The Club Stand


Chris (Unleash) working on his car


Chris’s Car Restoration Board


Garrick’s Car Restoration Board


Club Events Board


Club Website Sale Board


Garrick’s New disc, pads and brake hoses


Jinxy to Kev…. “Now where does that bit go?”


Woo-Hoo – The Trophy

[System-G]

I would also personally like to thank everyone involved =D>

The trophy alone is well worth every effort put in by everyone

I would especially like to thank Chris (LimeyMK1) and John (JohnR) for all the assistance with the brakes. I had previously done front discs and pads on numerous cars so many times, But never rears before. Today I really learned lot lot more and saw how slack I have been on brake changes in the past.

Jinxy, I think the curse is finally over (I hope) [-o< Nothing went wrong today despite your presence

It was also good meeting so many people in person who frequent the forums - good putting faces to names etc...

Bring on the next one Lets go for 1st prize eh?

[System-G]

Caption of the day:

Chris: "Need a hand with your tool, Tom?"

[Icsunonove]

Yes, spent most of the day on my back!

Wasn't trusted to do anything technical, just "get those rusty bolts out Tom!"

Anyway, job was a good 'un.

Really enjoyed the day and well done Jo and Garrick for all your hard work. =D>

Photos to follow (once I've washed all the WD40 out of my hair).....

[Icsunonove]

The "A Team":

Left to Right: Chris (Unleash), Jon (jrleech), Chris (LimeyMk1), Jo (MR2Mk1Chick), Kev (crazylegs), Garrick (SystemG), Me, Tom ("I-can't-buy-a-nova"), Tony (tony jinxy froude) and Jon (Jon Redmond)

Well done gang, good day out! =D>

[waynestoyotamr2]

Can I just say that the stand, and overall presentation of the club looks absolutely top class! Well Done all!

[anna]

Shame we missed it being all of 5 mins down the road....

But how did they manage to timetable a classic car show on mothering sunday!!!

Oh well, if i'm not down the other end of the country, i'll come along to the next one

[Icsunonove]

Can I just say that the stand, and overall presentation of the club looks absolutely top class! Well Done all!

Jo and Garrick stayed up 'till 2am last night sorting this. I must say they both did a brilliant job! =D>

Shame we missed it being all of 5 mins down the road....

But how did they manage to timetable a classic car show on mothering sunday!!!

Oh well, if i'm not down the other end of the country, i'll come along to the next one

Anna, *think* there's another one in the autumn (Jo will confirm). I'm booking my car in Jobs that need doing on the day: Front and rear suspension bushes (all of them are knacked ), front and rear anti-roll bar bushes, T-bar seals replacing. If time permits, perhaps we can fit my turbo manifold and get it twincharged! and then sort out the NOS.....

[Stumr2]

Congratulations =D> to Jo and Garrick for a marvellous club stand - I could have made it in the afternoon but a broken down aeroplane at Gatwick caused a long delay in getting back from France on Saturday evening/Sunday morning.
And thanks to all of you present on the stand for a superb team effort.

[John R]

Just finishing washing the brake fluid off my hands!

Must say thanks to Jo and Garrick, great job! I really enjoyed today, first time for me at Stoneleigh, what a great venue! I didn't know what to expect, but the team spirit on the stand was just brilliant!
One of the things that has stuck in my mind was the other car clubs who were genuinely happy for us when we won the prize, I went along with Jo to the presentation and people were wanting to shake our hands and congratulate us, good to see.
All of the days tasks where completed successfully (with no mishaps) and I hope a little group knowledge was passed on.

John R

On to some pics...


Firstly Jo picking up the trophy


Kev Crane (Crazylegs) and his head..


Garrick (systemG) about to stick the screwdriver into his finger (ouch!)


Chris's (unleash) car before the trolley jack arrived..

[jrleech]

Just back myself, excellent day, great stand and some not so simple tasks.

A few more pictures from the day....

Jinxy with blowtorch


Jo fighting with a wheel:



Tom expelling serious amounts of energy removing very stubborn bolts:


Chris's arch less suspension arms:


Chris's threaded bar and socket method of removing bushes... worked really well:



New poly bushes waiting to go in:


.... and fitted:



Jon Redmond helping out with Garricks brakes:


New disks and pads fitted:


Garricks nice clean engine:



Kev's shiney cylinder head:







The crew:


Cheers,
Jon

[un1eash]

Hi, first thanks to jo and garrick for setting everything up. Was a great day and event, shame i didnt get much time to explore. The help and support from fellow imoc'ers was great.

A special thanks to tom for all his help and getting his hands very dirty, dont think i would of finished in time if it werent for him. The results are great.

[crazylegs]

thanks to Jo and Garrick for all the hard work they put in and to the rest of the team as well, a great day out .second place in the show at the first attempt, brilliant. we worked on the cars, had fun, saw the show, what more could you ask for.
just got home by the way, b..... M40, 1.5 hours to get there 5 hours to get home

[aaronjb]

Looks like a fun day out

The crew:
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Made me chuckle, though - every group shot has at least one of you looking like a crazy Motley crew apart from Jo.. <Joey> Hey, how you doin? </Joey>

Aaaanyway.. congrats on picking up an award, and some nice shiny Mk1's there (Top tip for getting bushes out, too, that threaded rod & socket - I'll be making use of that, for sure!)

[spudgun]

Looks like you all had a good day. Stand looks great by the way.
Nice one there Kev, looks like you picked a nice little number
Tony is as photogenic as ever
Good effort though chaps.

[crazylegs]

mate cant you see the sweat ! i never knew i still had that much hair.

[Tony jinxy froude]

Jo & Garrick... what a superb effort you put in bringing it all together & we got a 2nd place to boot !!! =D> =D> . It was great to put faces to names at long last & as mentioned before, team spirit on the stand was second to none,................ not sure why everyone started to scatter in different directions when i picked up the blow torch though . there was so much going on all day that i didnt get much chance to spend time with any particular car. Well done everyone, what a great team, put me down for the next one please Jo..... if you take all my rabbiting . Will post some piccy's tomorrow, too knackered now... up since 5am... just got in 10 pm , cheers, Jinx ZZZZZzzzzzzz !

[spudgun]

Just been having another look at the photos. Never seen sugar used on head work before. Whats that for grinding the valves in or something

[crazylegs]

this is where you have been going wrong. the sugar is a vital tool for any project, along with the tea and digestives !
Steve any chance of getting me a couple of those rose joints ? i want to have a play at sorting out some drop links.