Getting ready for 3ma11

[simon131]

That's excellent news Rene. I can't wait to see you all again and have another beer with Ernst!

[Thotos]

Just over 48 days to go for 3ma11  You still have a couple of weeks to book your hotel rooms so do it now not to miss out  Booked hotel rooms can be cancelled with no penalty if things don't work out for you. Details at http://www.131mirafiori.com/travelacc.htm#Accommodation

[stathe174]

Are you on the way so soon Do you need 48 days to get there?

[Thotos]

People who know me will tell you I'm always late; I was even born 15 days late!   
So this time I want to make sure I'll be there on time 

[simon131]

There's a first time for everything I suppose!

[Thotos]

Oops! Wrong car! But using my Gamma after a 27 month restoration (wasn't meant to take that long but the work was a lot more than anticipated and stalled several times for various reasons)  is the main reason that I haven't had the time to devote to the 131 and make sure it's ready for 3ma11.  But unlike temperamental Gammas (did I really say that?  shouldn't tempt fate like that  ) 131s are very dependable so I have no doubt my car is up to the task of driving a few hundred miles around Devon, Cornwall and Somerset 

So the Gamma was used today (so it IS part of getting ready for the 3ma  ) to liberate the 131 from it's storage garage.



So the 131 is home, had an oil change (don't know why I bothered as it leaks so much the oil is always fresh  ),  tightened all the exhaust clamps and brackets (my car has a habit of leaving behind parts of its exhaust at 3mas  ), emptied the oil breather catch-tank and adjusted the throttle linkage (must get new return springs, the Mini springs I fitted last year don't seem strong enough).

[Thotos]

Off with the old



and on with the new 

[simon131]

Looking good Theo!   Glad to see that you are at last making time for the 131 again!

Andy C and his lovely wife Nita stayed with us for a couple of nights across Good Friday and we went in our 131s to the Rushmoor Wheels Show at Aldershot. The weather was superb and the attendance was HUGE but the organisation was poor. Despite us getting in the queue good and early it took almost 40 mins to do about half a mile to the entrance, only to find that traffic was being let in to the single gate event entrance from the other way - effectively two lines of cars trying to get into a single gate. Utter madness.

Then when Andy and I tried to leave the event we found that the cars had been parked without any clearly defined 'emergency access' routes - so emergency vehicles couldn't have got in and we struggled to get out!  

Had a great time with A&A however and they gave their 131 a good blast to get to us from Eastbourne - and will do again for AI next weekend - which also coincides with Nita's birthday (note for the diary!).

Only a week left until 3MA11 starts properly, so we should start to get excited now

[jasonh131]

Kicked the tyre's,  washed it and got a janspeed exhaust trimm   sorted

[Thotos]

3ma11 starts in a week from today  In fact, less than a week to go 

[jasonh131]

Just looked cornwall on uk weather   its umbreller ella ella time

[jasonh131]

But only for sat and sunday now ,its staying still off the atlantic 

[Jacquie131]

Looking forward to seeing you all again on Weds - don't worry, the sun always shines in Cornwall (well I would say that, wouldn't I???!!) I am sure Kev can't wait to set off in the early hours of Weds - and I plan to chat and sing in his ear all the way from Co.Clare to S.Devon....safe driving everyone...

[jasonh131]

the sun always shines in Cornwall (well I would say that, wouldn't I???!!)

Well at least some where in cornwall for 10 mins at a time 
 look forward to seeing  you Jacquie and kev again its only been a whole  year 

[Thotos]

It was a day of car washing and polishing today. 
Car cleaned up well and almost ready for 3ma11 now.