Well that is the Classic Motor Show over with for another year and what a show we had. This year's stand was quite outstanding with the Mk1/Mk2 prototype (aka CNC297T), Gordon Murray's Midas -Alfa, Richard Street's prize winning Gold Convertible and Neil Franklin's Excelsior (the last from the Redditch factory). It was an impressive line up complemented by a fully carpeted stand and full-width backdrop. We must give a big thank you to all the owners who lent us their cars.
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We must also give a big thank you to the club members who helped out on the stand, especially those who came along on Wednesday and Thursday to help set up and everyone on Sunday who pitched in to take it all down (or up, in the case of the carpet). We had a full complement of helpers on each day, which meant we all got some time to look around the show. The days seemed to fly by thanks to a steady stream of visitors and the usual quota of banter among the members.
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The Gordon Murray car got a lot of attention and a lot of photos - see Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/midascarsforum/ I've been asked why there are no photos of the engine installation. Well it is boxed in from all sides and even with the engine cover off you don't see a lot. Furthermore, the interior is all black and the glass hatch limits access. So if anyone did get any good photos of the engine, perhaps by lying under the car (yes a few people did just that) then please post them up.
As I mentioned above, all the club helpers on Sunday stayed to help get the stand down and load the two non-driving cars onto the trailers. Meredith even got the honour of steering the Midas-Alfa backwards on to the covered trailer, not an easy task, but cars should always go engine first onto trailers. We then found that we couldn't open the door enough to get Meredith out again. Still he enjoyed the ride back to Guildford and is settling in very well at the GMD workshop where they have put him to work making the tea
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