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(Message started by: Jonnycab on Sep 4^th, 2008, 2:34am)

Title: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 4^th, 2008, 2:34am

Sunday the 28th ....can anyone make it ?

Bodgers, sorry Badgers Mount Pub ;D

I'll turn up in my Scorp this time & not the wifes ;)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 4^th, 2008, 7:22am

Aiming to be be there Jon. ;). Mike.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by pagey on Sep 4^th, 2008, 7:40pm

Can't make this one i'm afraid. Will be in the good ol' U.S of A. :(
Hope you have a good turnout.
Trev. :)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gost on Sep 4^th, 2008, 8:27pm

hope to be there

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by pinto on Sep 5^th, 2008, 10:46pm

Should be there with luck :)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by v4-max aka Cheekyboy1 on Sep 6^th, 2008, 9:34am

should be there, if any one at the meet has a 24v that does there own oil changes i have 2 new genuine ford oil filters they can have foc. just let me know and i will bring them with me.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Pegasus on Sep 6^th, 2008, 3:05pm

on 09/06/08 at 09:34:44, v4-max aka Cheekyboy1 wrote:

should be there, if any one at the meet has a 24v that does there own oil changes i have 2 new genuine ford oil filters they can have foc. just let me know and i will bring them with me.

I'll be there... and yes please John, I still change my own oil - must be worth a pint at least ;)

Cheers

Paul

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by v4-max aka Cheekyboy1 on Sep 6^th, 2008, 5:07pm

they are yours paul.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gost on Sep 7^th, 2008, 12:22pm

Hi Mike am i right in thinking u are bringing an HBC module??? If so please give me an idea how much u want for it regards bruce

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 7^th, 2008, 2:16pm

Yes I will. Check your PMs. Mike. ;)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by davem on Sep 16^th, 2008, 1:44pm

Yes...I can make it....I still have the Cossie, but I may bring my new car :)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by freddieboy on Sep 17^th, 2008, 11:29am

Are Essex Boys welcome ;)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 17^th, 2008, 12:39pm

on 09/17/08 at 11:29:30, freddieboy wrote:

Are Essex Boys welcome ;)

Yup, I'm an Essex boy & I managed to infiltrate the last meet no problem ;)....... ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gozz on Sep 17^th, 2008, 7:46pm

You Essex boys will see a segregation barrier to keep you all away from the fine gents of Kent ! ;D
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 17^th, 2008, 9:30pm

Gozz, You are a 'wind up' merchant. ;D.

Freddie, the Kent meet has guys and gals from Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Essex. As JC says he came along with his family and enjoyed the banter and a pint. Cars get checked over by those with the lap tops, others get parts replaced and above all there is a great spirit of friendship and much mickey taking. Pity Gozz is not local 'cos he'd be a prime target!!. :D ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gozz on Sep 17^th, 2008, 9:59pm

Simmo.
Beware I may come amongst you without warning,not on the 28th though,I usually go to Showbus at Duxford ;)
GOZZ

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 18^th, 2008, 12:22am

on 09/17/08 at 19:46:33, gozz wrote:

You Essex boys will see a segregation barrier to keep you all away from the fine gents of Kent ! ;D
GOZZ.

There already is one.....it's called the Dartford toll booths ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by freddieboy on Sep 18^th, 2008, 5:33am

on 09/17/08 at 19:46:33, gozz wrote:

You Essex boys will see a segregation barrier to keep you all away from the fine gents of Kent ! ;D
GOZZ.

We might even nick your wheels. ;D
What time does it kick off. and can we do wheelies in the car park!
Planning to attend if its not raining--I hate to get my tyres wet! cheers freddieboy

Could someone please post the postcode for the venue?
Thanks freddieboy.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by scorpio_man on Sep 18^th, 2008, 7:53am

on 09/18/08 at 05:33:31, freddieboy wrote:

Could someone please post the postcode for the venue?
Thanks freddieboy.

TN14 7AD

map (http://www.aboutmyplace.co.uk/showmap?id=867272&type=postcode&search_location=TN14%207AD)

hth

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Tompion on Sep 18^th, 2008, 9:35am

We normally gather here:

http://i.imgur.com/0m1ezZQ.jpg

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by scorpio_man on Sep 18^th, 2008, 11:24am

}{ ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by freddieboy on Sep 19^th, 2008, 3:43am

Thanks Tompion, Just wanted to check that my trusty ::) satnav had it right!!
See you there. cheers. fred.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 24^th, 2008, 1:11am

I might not be able to make it this Sunday as I've just found out that this Sunday (28th) is the main annual Battlesbridge classic car show....the biggest in Essex & just a couple of miles from me....what do I do ? ::)

You guys wouldn't hate me if I didn't show up this Sunday......would you ? ;)

Can't resist the temptation of showing off the old MK1 at such a big event.......that's if I can get it through the MOT by the end of the week :)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/Family110.jpg

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 24^th, 2008, 8:44am

JC, we'll miss you if you don't arrive but we'll forgive you!!. More importantly Tompion won't be able to fiddle with your car to sort out the idle problem BUT my ABS light is still on so he'll have another project to have a go at and Bruce has got to sort his HBC unit. Is your fuel flap fixed?. Good luck with the 'classic' and its MOT. :D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gost on Sep 24^th, 2008, 8:21pm

Mike, I didnt know u had the ABS light problem, You know mine was cured by soldering the 2 points, anyway i have the old spare controller which u ae more than welcome to have, ill bing it on Sunday Buce

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gost on Sep 24^th, 2008, 8:22pm

Lol all my r are missing, sorry

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Tompion on Sep 24^th, 2008, 9:42pm

Bruce

Mike's is the earlier version of ABS controller.

Dave

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gost on Sep 24^th, 2008, 9:58pm

Ok Dave, shame that , but it will be in boot

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Sep 24^th, 2008, 10:38pm

Sorry to hear you can't make it on Sunday JC - maybe you could bring the Mk1 along some other time ?
I'm sure we could allow that.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 25^th, 2008, 1:17am

Maybe next summer....she only gets uncovered on nice days ;)

Simmo (Mike), the rear motor noise behind the fuel cap has been silent ever since I threatened to give the Scorp a good hiding...... ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gozz on Sep 25^th, 2008, 10:07am

JC.
Did you threaten it with a tank of Derv or a brake fluid engine oil change ? ;D.
Let me know your method,I sometimes need it ???
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 25^th, 2008, 2:40pm

I tend to use the Basil Fawlty approach ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gozz on Sep 25^th, 2008, 8:01pm

JC.
Thanks,I will obtain a lusty leafy bough with which to smite them 8)
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Daven on Sep 26^th, 2008, 7:59am

Not sure if I can make it this time - depends how the rest of the weekend goes :-/

Dave

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by freddieboy on Sep 27^th, 2008, 9:01pm

weathers lookin good for tomorrows meet ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 27^th, 2008, 9:24pm

on 09/26/08 at 07:59:42, Daven wrote:

Not sure if I can make it this time - depends how the rest of the weekend goes :-/

Dave

Actually he means " I'll see what Joe says !!!!! " ;D }{

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Daven on Sep 27^th, 2008, 9:44pm

on 09/27/08 at 21:24:45, Simmo wrote:

Actually he means " I'll see what Jo says !!!!! " ;D }{

LOL - now who's being cheeky? :P

You know she would be there to defend you Mike! ::)

Dave

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 28^th, 2008, 5:19pm

Well another great Kent meet. Tompion in action with his lap=top, Bruce trying to sort his Heater blower and Freddie learning how to clean his MAF. Several 'regulars' away on other ventures and we hope they had successful days Taliban was missed by CB1.

At the end of the meet as we were leaving the pub a young man in a Saab estate stopped the guys and said he wanted to hand over some spares from his Scorp Estate which had been written off. Although he has never been a 'member' on here he had used the site and so,rather than putting the items on E-bay, he handed them to us for sale on the site for the benefit of the site. What a great gesture and he'd made the trip to Kent in order to hand the items over. I was 'appointed' custodian so as and when a request for an item appears I will obviously try to sell it and pass the cash to Steve. We did also 'raise a glass' to our Scottish friends wishing you as good a meet as we had. ;) :).

For Tompions info: I did power up the ABS unit and the motor ran perfectly. Mike

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Sep 28^th, 2008, 7:22pm

Yes, a good meet - nice to see some familiar faces again and a couple of new ones too.
Think we had 6 Scorpios ( No Cossie's :o ??? though ), a Chysler Crossfire and a Ford Cougar.
Apologies to everyone for my having to depart so quickly, simply lost track of the time - guess we were having too much fun - and I had to be somewhere.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Pegasus on Sep 28^th, 2008, 10:03pm

on 09/28/08 at 19:22:36, Scorpio_Mike wrote:

Think we had 6 Scorpios ( No Cossie's :o ??? though ), a Chysler Crossfire and a Ford Cougar.

Sorry I missed this 1 - had to be elsewhere - at least it was a success. The Cossie & I will be at the next meet.

What a nice Saab owner!

Cheers

Paul

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Sep 28^th, 2008, 10:11pm

well i havent logged on here for a month or more so missed this meet, i had a feeling there would be one today.....and the weather was great so would defineately have cycled it... ;D however, in some ways it was a good job i missed it, i had so many important things to do around the place.............so....simmo mugged a saab driver and nicked what he could........ ::)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 29^th, 2008, 8:09am

Still managing to maintain your CB status despite only having a bike!!. Scorpio Mikes' wife actually checked out the car park in case you'd hidden your guano covered car elsewhere!!. ::). You missed out because you could have discussed bio fuels with one of our new arrivals. ;D. Hope to see you next time. :)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by gozz on Sep 29^th, 2008, 9:21am

Simmo.
Is that the bio fuel CB2 is manufacturing on the roof of his car ? 8)
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by pinto on Sep 29^th, 2008, 10:21pm

Nice to finally put a few faces to names :) - i'll try to arrive a bit earlier next time lol ;D

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Sep 30^th, 2008, 7:33am

Good to see you Geoff and if your 'Ball joint mod' is a success you could find yourself in business !. ;)

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Sep 30^th, 2008, 6:28pm

dont use veggie oil anymore......its more expensive than diesel........ :-X

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by pinto on Sep 30^th, 2008, 10:02pm

on 09/30/08 at 07:33:36, Simmo wrote:

Good to see you Geoff and if your 'Ball joint mod' is a success you could find yourself in business !. ;)

Thanks Simmo :) - If anyone happens to have a pair of wishbones with defunct balljoints that they'd be willing to donate to experimentation, it might happen sooner than later ;)

on 09/30/08 at 18:28:20, taliban aka Cheekyboy2 wrote:

dont use veggie oil anymore......its more expensive than diesel........ :-X

It was going that way over a year ago :) high demands and poor crop yields in '97 put the price of virgin OSR up to trade suppliers by 40% overnight !

It was worse with palm oil, but that makes rubbish biodiesel anyway lol

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by freddieboy on Oct 1^st, 2008, 1:45am

Nice to meet you lads Sunday. Thanks to Simmo for the Maff info.. Cleaned mine out yesterday, and replaced sponge filter. Unfortunately lost spring clip from the electrical connection in the process, but will probably find it later somewhere in the engine bay. Thanks also to Tompion for the OBD check. Roll on next meet. cheers F :)red.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Simmo on Oct 1^st, 2008, 9:02am

Freddie, it's probably laying in the engine cover. Four screws release it but you have to get under the car !! which I know is not your favourite place ;D.

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by Tompion on Oct 1^st, 2008, 9:39am

on 09/30/08 at 22:02:56, pinto wrote:

Thanks Simmo :) - If anyone happens to have a pair of wishbones with defunct balljoints that they'd be willing to donate to experimentation, it might happen sooner than later ;)

I can bring a pair along to the next meet.

Dave

Title: Re: Kent meet - 28 September
Post by pinto on Oct 2^nd, 2008, 11:17pm

Thanks Tompion :)

If its sucessful, i'll do you a set at cost ;D lol

my initial research indicates i can obtain threaded rose joints and matching collars - so it might even be possible to create adjustable joints that can be fine tuned....