Nope.
Ray.
Ray.
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[quote="raynipper" I will see how it holds up after a week at Le Mans without the umbilical cord.
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That is, without a doubt a good test of man and van
Andrew
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That is, without a doubt a good test of man and van
Andrew
That is, without a doubt a good test of man and vanandroidGB said:
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Slightly OT but earlier in the week I rented the Steve McQueen film Le Mans and as it happens I was there the year they filmed it.
Three of us went in a Ford 100E Popular fitted with a Cortina GT angine and Corsair GT gearbox plus Cortina GT front struts. Many a driver was open mouthed at the performance of that lowly Pop. Q car.
Anyway we viewed the race from Maison Blanche and some of the nearby tented bars, especially when it started persisting down with rain in the evening. Following a good few cognac nightcaps the three of us (all over 6ft) bedded down in the Pop with Ferrari 512's and Porsche 917's howling past through the night about 50 yards from our parking place.
Going to Le Mans in a motorhome must be a peace of p***s after that.
SDA
SDA your description of the modded 100E, brought back loads of memories, and I planned to do the same with the very same components, but never had the money in those days,
I also did the sleeping in the car bit at LM, and recall sitting in one of the restaurants on the Mulsane Straight, about mid morning on the Sunday, and thinking the conversation had dried up a bit only to look up a see my 3 compatriots all peacefully asleep as the cars blasted by at well over 200mph.
You're right LM in a motorhome is a bit easier, but we're a lot older now and need our creature comforts.
Andrew
I also did the sleeping in the car bit at LM, and recall sitting in one of the restaurants on the Mulsane Straight, about mid morning on the Sunday, and thinking the conversation had dried up a bit only to look up a see my 3 compatriots all peacefully asleep as the cars blasted by at well over 200mph.
You're right LM in a motorhome is a bit easier, but we're a lot older now and need our creature comforts.
Andrew
We even fitted the 100E with a wooden dashboard made from a lump of ply with walnut veneer. The bodywork was sprayed that mid-blue that was fashionable on Rover 2000/3500s at the time.androidGB said:SDA your description of the modded 100E, brought back loads of memories, and I planned to do the same with the very same components, but never had the money in those days,
I also did the sleeping in the car bit at LM, and recall sitting in one of the restaurants on the Mulsane Straight, about mid morning on the Sunday, and thinking the conversation had dried up a bit only to look up a see my 3 compatriots all peacefully asleep as the cars blasted by at well over 200mph.
You're right LM in a motorhome is a bit easier, but we're a lot older now and need our creature comforts.
Andrew
If I remember correctly we wandered back from White House round to the end of Mulsanne and dived in a bar on the braking point just before the bend at the end.
My final memory is of eating frites for Sunday morning breakfast. 8O
SDA
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