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[stardude]

wasn't impressed either, no good traders. and why the hell was there a stand selling fossils?!?!?!?!!??

[abersurfer]

iv no idea why he was selling fossils either..
...recon anyone brought one...or does anyone know of anyone who brought one?
Who goes to a mini show with cash and buy an expensive stone!!

[Dog]

The fossil man was there in November too...

Was a good show, met loads and loads of new faces Glad the Van made it there... but had a lift home in the RAC truck as my cltuch seems to be binding the engine up, and my oil pressure hose gave up, and squirted LOADS of oil everywhere.

Other than that, traders etc was C**p, company was awesome

[Shiftymini]

First i'd like to say thanks to Pie for getting me the tickets for the show and GottaDesigner and mother for the card, it's totally cool.

Apart from the carp weather and the lack of decent traders, the day turned out good for me. Managed to get my new exhaust, found the copy of Mini Magazine that I was missing from collection, got some new stainless wipers and arms, and to top the day off in style I won the best paintwork award (was,nt expecting that).



Got a few good pics of the day







All the photo's can be seen here

Edited by Shiftymini, 16 March 2008 - 10:08 PM.

[Dog]

It made it... although with clutch problems....





Then I killed it





Then superman came... (RAC)



Now, I need to drop the enigne, strip it, and inspoect why my clutch was binding oh and make a few tweaks

[Sleepy Stu]

Oh dog looks like you lost your arches too maybe the RAC man stole them when you werent looking lol

[Dog]

Oh dog looks like you lost your arches too maybe the RAC man stole them when you werent looking lol

Maybe

[minisprint]

It made it... although with clutch problems....





Then I killed it





Then superman came... (RAC)



Now, I need to drop the enigne, strip it, and inspoect why my clutch was binding oh and make a few tweaks

looks like it was dooms day for the vans mine broke down on the way and got left at the bike musium near brum airport!picked it up with the help of another orange truck with rac on the side!still made it to the show dont know why i bothered!lol

[Kibble]

I went and i really enjoyed it! gave me some good ideas for my project i saw Dog there and had a good chat with him about his broken mini lol, i also saw Raz n Tom. might of seen me, i had a brown beanie on. i saw you guys n gals at the TMF stand and when i was talking to NottsAboutMinis but anyway apart from the weather it was great.

Some Pics
The Real AA
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[Jammy]

I'd like to start off with a massive thanks to both Pie and Biggav. Pie for organising another good stand, I loved the MK1 Escort. And Biggav for making the trip to bring the gayzeebra and tables and stuff despite not feeling 100%. Also I'd like to thank all those that had their cars on our stand, all of them looked fantastic.

Personally the show was quite a let down. No real decent companies there, traders were rubbish, auto jumble wasn't that much better. No point in going to a show anymore to try and get stuff cheap because trader prices are usually more expensive than what the item costs from Minispares (with the TMF+ discount), and auto jumble isn't any cheaper than Ebay or forum prices! The show was far too cold, and certainly not worth the 700-800 mile round trip for me, and not one I think I'll bother making again.

The only redeeming feature I think, as other people have said is meeting other people from the forum. Oh, and possibly the entry fee, which relative to other shows was quite cheap, but then for what your getting it doesn't exactly represent fantastic value for money!

[Glos Mini Rebel]

I thought the show itself was good, was just the getting there that was a nightmare!!
My poor brake drums filled up with water so my pickup needed a written warning to stop!!
Still, all of our club members managed to get through it!
Here are some pics of our club cars:
The stand:



Beccas Cooper being a rocket launcher:


The rear of our stand:



The yellow van is my new baby!!! Meet Tweety Pie!!



Sam