Stoneleigh Kit Car Show - May 4th & 5th 2014 - BKCC Stand

[Bulldog Bri]

Just got in the door, A very gentle run home as we got stuck behind a few that just didn't want to get moving but also I had a blowing exhaust downpipe and my front brakes ( I think are now binding somewhere) but still could have gone faster than what was in front

Sorry I wasn't there to make them pull over out the way mate. 

Yeah, that was a great move pulling those horse boxes out of the way

[Pilgrim Anna]

Another great weekend at Stoneleigh. Heres some of what you missed whoever didnt make it!

[Bulldog Bri]

Great weekend away as ever. won't bother putting more photo's up as Anna has covered pretty much all of what we saw ;-)

[Moleman]

They were good pic's mate. 

[benchmark51]

Had a great day, wish I could have stayed over but had to get back for Rex. Gonna have to get him a harness and train him to travel in Ratbag. Took a very lengthy and meandering route back and got back to the White Harte and took a travel break and a swift half or two. Got to within 50 feet of the garage and suffered a breakdown - fuse went on the main beam. So overalls on today and sort that out, work work work, does it never end  .

[Iancider]

Great photos - good show and comiserations to Peter W.   

Sadly I think I witnessed the event without realising it .  Passing Peter as a load of tin-tops tried to invade the convoy, I got an olily misting on my screen - so sorry Peter I had no idea it was your car.  If I can assist with your repairs being just down the road please let me know - only too happy to help.

I too had a mishap on the way home.  Spent ages crawling in traffic and just as I got going, I gave Wifey an involuntary hot shower in the passenger seat as a heater hose blew off again.  A different one this time but it seems to be a problem with silicone hoses on un-swaged connecting spiggots.  Wifey very impressed that I managed to fix it in 20 minutes by the roadside.  A very kindly local brought me a watering can to refill and off we went.  We met at least a hundred horse boxes on the way back, several thousand cyclists riding at least two abreast, thousands of hikers and the rest were tourists. It must have been a bank holiday 

Regards
Ian

[YellaBelly]

Sounds like another good show and a good time for all! Gutted, this is the first one I've missed for a long time

Maybe next year we can make it in the Midget, if I ever get my finger out and put it on the road!! Almost taking as long as Bri's Locost 

Glad you all enjoyed it, shame for Peter though, let's hope it's sorted soon.

[Hairy Santa]

A very nice 2 day break,

Thanks to Brian and Anna for putting me up, ---- or putting up with me 

Well worth going, great weather, great company and more than enough nice cars to look at

[Bulldog Bri]

I'm going stir things a little now

When we arrived there on the Sunday our pitch wasn't marked out with out marker, but the 'National Street Rod Association' and they didn't seem to pleased that we just came in and took most of their pitch! Either something didn't get fully sorted with our paperwork for our usual pitch at our end or the organisers messed up!

Now with our club putting on the best attendance ever on the Sunday and also me being part of the Pilgrim Owners club which is showing less cars by the year with a much larger and more prominent pitch, I'm happy to see if they may like to pitch share for next year, giving half up for us and at the same time helping them keep a prime spot and boosting their numbers as we do have a few Pilgrims in our club

Thoughts please

[benchmark51]

I couldn't find 'National Street Rod Association' on the list. Was it a case of them squatting?
Isn't there provision of space for 'ad hoc' arrivals.

[Bulldog Bri]

Not really, as they had a sign with their club name on it, we didn't! 

[robp]

There was an empty plot next to us.  It wasn't labelled.  It couldn't have been for us though; far too small.

[robp]

Heh, just noticed.  I've just been promoted to Hero member!!!  500 posts! 


Sorry, back on topic now! 

[Moleman]

There must have been a cock up at there end as there was an empty plot next to us but that was smaller than our normal plot. I don't have to tell you Bri that we parked in our normal plot. 
I also don't have a problem with sharing with the Bulldog club if it is big enough mate. 

Congrats Rob on 500 posts.

[Bulldog Bri]

Heh, just noticed.  I've just been promoted to Hero member!!!  500 posts! 

Here's to the next 500

[Pilgrim Anna]

Hi Mozzy,
                       Sorry to hear you haven't been well. Don't worry plenty more Stoneleigh visits to come. Speedy recovery. Let me know if theres anything you need at all. After all that's what I do best is look after people! That's why Im a  carer x

['Mendip Wurzel']

Great photos - good show and comiserations to Peter W.   

I too had a mishap on the way home.  Spent ages crawling in traffic and just as I got going, I gave Wifey an involuntary hot shower in the passenger seat as a heater hose blew off again.  A different one this time but it seems to be a problem with silicone hoses on un-swaged connecting spiggots.  Wifey very impressed that I managed to fix it in 20 minutes by the roadside.
Regards
Ian

I limit the use of Silicone hoses for the same reason it that they have a habit of somehow loosening themselves. I've generally gone back to good old rubber hoses as in my opinion much more reliable.

['Mendip Wurzel']

So that is at least 3 of our cars that had mechanical problems.... Peter, Benchmark and Iancider

Just to add to the list my car decided it did not want to tick-over for the last 20mls and I kept stalling at every junction, most annoying. I think I may have cured the problem in that there was a partial blockage in the fuel pump, probably not helped by me almost running the tank dry and having to use the spare gallon of fuel that I always carry.   

[peterw]

I don't feel quite so bad now

[Big Red]

Hey there, lovely to meet lots of you at stoneleigh on Monday - it was a great day....

['The Gaffer']

I'm going stir things a little now

When we arrived there on the Sunday our pitch wasn't marked out with out marker, but the 'National Street Rod Association' and they didn't seem to pleased that we just came in and took most of their pitch! Either something didn't get fully sorted with our paperwork for our usual pitch at our end or the organisers messed up!

Now with our club putting on the best attendance ever on the Sunday and also me being part of the Pilgrim Owners club which is showing less cars by the year with a much larger and more prominent pitch, I'm happy to see if they may like to pitch share for next year, giving half up for us and at the same time helping them keep a prime spot and boosting their numbers as we do have a few Pilgrims in our club

Thoughts please

Interesting. I have confirmation letter for the usual pitch, will check with organisers as to what went wrong.

Bri, Just get pilgrim owners to join our club if they want to, I'm not too keen on dividing our pitch. This would boost our presence too and make admin easier.

I really had the best intentions of going this year but have recently taken on a new contract which is getting in the way of everything at the mo. Pleased everybody had a great time. Nice pics.

Happy 500th Rob

[Bulldog Bri]

The idea is to share their much larger more prominent pitch. Right on the main drag up from the entrance gate, which they bearly fill a quarter of. This would boost our presence and help them keep a high profile spot.

[Bulldog Bri]

Also, on the Sunday we had 16.5 cars there we pretty much filled our pitch! If we put on a bigger showing next year we won't have room

[benchmark51]

The Formula 27 pitch was quite big yet was filled with just 1 car!

According to the owner of that car the Formula 27 club no longer exist
and he was suprised to see the pitch at all.

[Bulldog Bri]

problem is, their pitch is right out of the way.

[Moleman]

Was there pitch opposite the westfield one Bri? or was that the Pilgrim cobra one. 

[Bulldog Bri]

Was there pitch opposite the westfield one Bri? or was that the Pilgrim cobra one. 

Yep. That's the one. There was a cobra on there, a gold one for sale. 

['The Gaffer']

I am of the view that our club identity is of the upmost importance because of its multi marque presence so sharing another clubs pitch would go against that and would do nothing to promote us as a club.

[benchmark51]

I am of the view that our club identity is of the upmost importance because of its multi marque presence so sharing another clubs pitch would go against that and would do nothing to promote us as a club.

I agree, which is why taking the formula 27 pitch makes sense to me. Solve the space problem and maybe help the formula 27 enthusiast/s by incorporating them within our club. Beside the formula 27 is a 7esque car that would fit in well. Their position at the end of avenue F isn't bad. Between 2 entrances/exits, closeish to the WC's and at the end of a road that leads right up the middle of the site. Not to mention away from the rubber burning.

[Bulldog Bri]

I wasn't looking to just join them on their pitch and just mingle in together, No! but more divide it up for the 2 clubs, half each as its also a  much deeper pitch. The club identity wouldnt be compromised because as people are walking up to the pitch the first thing they would see would be our banners. Also would be easier for anyone who needs to leave earlier to get going, as with ours at the moment if we contine to grow  like we are then its just going to make that more difficult as we only really just fit on our pitch now.
The clubs identity is very important to me as well and I'm extremely proud to belong to this club thats why our cars are on our pitch not the Pilgrim one, and feel this would promote our club to a higher level not lower our standing as it would show we ARE a serious club and need more room.

If this to much to ask I'll back off and let us stay where we are, But I will add that as someone that goes every year for both days, I see how full we get and how much foot traffic doesn't come down our road past our pitch.

[Moleman]

The pitch Bri is on about is a really nice size & in a great location. You could easy slit it for both clubs with loads of room for both.

[Bulldog Bri]

Quick map view


From this you can see the comparative pitch sizes and how much closer to the main halls meaning we'll be much more visible to people walking past. We are a constantly growing club, when we first went up  there as a club, we were new and small, we've grown and I think need to show this.

[CC Cyclone]

Well, my view is that the pitch we had was too small, on sunday at least. Other clubs seemed
to line 'the street' whereas we were three deep.

['The Gaffer']

I am still a little concerned that passers by will not be able to distinguish between the two clubs, I'm sure that not everyone will know what a Pilgrim is so having two clubs on one pitch with both signs could be confusing and dilute our presence rather than enhancing it. For me club identity is paramount and I have worked hard over the years making the BKCC multi-marque approach a success.

If the suggestion is to literally cut their current pitch in half with separate identities I don't have a problem with that at all, as long as it is done officially through the organisers so we are listed there.

I do realise that more space is needed as the club is growing every year and I have a lot of respect for Bri and the many others for attending year after year promoting us so I welcome suggestions from the people on the front line.

The logical thing to do would be to simply swap pitches, or for the Pilgrim owners to join our club, but I guess they don't want to lose their identity either.

[Crash Test Dummy]

Sorry for the delay guys... Been busy, but thanks to some bad weather I have managed to finish of the slide show for Stonleigh 2014.

[Bulldog Bri]

I belive that's Dave and Ratbag at the end of this one. LOL

[benchmark51]

Guilty, as charged M'lud.

[Moleman]

Nice video Barry. 

I remember though's guys sat at the exit.    I also think that was Iancider at the start. 

[Iancider]

Yep it sure was me.

[Bulldog Bri]

Hey Crash test, I nicked your video and linked it on my Facebook page, now Kit Car Mag have put it on theirs!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kit-Car-Magazine-The-UKs-Top-Selling-Kit-Car-Magazine/214754378619211