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Another cracking day, lovely to meet new people with the same interest. As you can see we spent a lot of time comparing engines. Personally I was pleased to see three Superspecs together. Looking forward to the next one.

September was one of our worst months I can remember. We had 12 non-renewals and unfortunately only one explained we he had left (sold his car). IF anyone can give us a reason for such a high churn rate, please let us know. The good news is we gained 2 new members so a warm welcome to : Forum name Location Area Sec Andrew Harrup Okehampton Robbie2B Ken Dando Scaptoft philshelton Al

Our first meeting of the month is different as it will be next Sunday (4th Oct) instead of our usual mid-week meets. This should enable those of us who are still working to attend. We will be parking up at Burghley House in Stamford from 12:00 for a picnic lunch. If anyone else wishes to join in just let me know and I'll send full details. Al

As we have limited storage we have to limit the size of pictures. It is very easy to resize them to upload them. There are lots of programs to do that, personally I use paint.net, a free graphics program. If I take a picture with my iPhone I find shrinking them to 15% of the original size works well. Al (Webmaster)

No, as a Club we have tended to concentrate on dedicated Kit Car Shows. However, if there is a local meet that you think is appropriate for a meet then contact your Area Secretary, (me in your case 😄) and he should try and organise it. I see this event isn't until July next year so remind me nearer the date. Al

Another poor month I'm afraid as we had 13 members fail to renew, However, the good news is we picked up 6 new members to soften the blow. So a warm welcome to : Forum Name Location Area Secretary Alan Crooks Cambridge Me Gerson (Tom) Eastleigh ThanasisPolitis) Patrick Huntingdon Me Cklyde Houghton Le Spring alantoon John Mitchell Newton Abbott Robbie 2B Steve_norfolk Beckles Me Al

For those new to kit cars or thinking of buying one it is worth emphasising that it is very difficult to get insurance if you go directly to an insurance company or use any of the normal comparison sites. Most will not touch kit cars What most of us do is go to a specialist insurance broker who has the contacts with insurance companies who will deal with kit cars. Obviously you pay an extra fee for their services, but they will usually find a good deal. I have no experience of trying to get insurance for a young person, and obviously it will differ from person to person, but for the majority of us you will be looking at a total figure of around £200 a year. There are quite a few brokers around but the two who sponsor us, Adrian Flux and Heritage are a good starting point. You can link to them from the Home Page. Personally I have been with Adrian Flux for 13 years and they have always given me a good quote. I think I have been with about 10 different insurance companies, it just depends who gives the best quote each year.

I've just sent out the PDF copy of the latest magazine. If you had opted to receive the magazine this way and it hasn't arrived then please let me know and I will send you a 'personal' copy, For all the other members, this is a reminder that this will be the last magazine to be sent as hard copy and all future magazines will be sent electronically. So make sure the email address on your profile is still correct, Cheers Al (With Webmaster hat on 😄)

June wasn't very good I'm afraid, we lost 11 members who didn't renew (One of whom actually told me 😄). But we did gain 5 new members. So a warm welcome to Forum Name Location Area Secretary KitCat (Christopher) Sunderland alantoon AutoCon (Anthony) Norwich Me Liam Cookson Rotherham Grim Tom Chesman Ireland Me AdrianChester No idea, waiting to be told Cheers Al

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As usual we had a good time at the Show yesterday. Perfect weather (although we found ourselves in the only windy part of the grounds.) Plenty of cars, more retail stands than last year and a very punchy overflight by a Hurricane 😄 Again, as usual, our turnout was very poor, with only 4 of us showing up, although the presence of the Chairmans's gazebo made it look a lot better and provided some very welcome shade.. I guess I shouldn't complain too much as the Westfield stand had only 6 cars on the Tiger stand had only 5 cars, but it is sad to see how much participation at all the shows have shrunk over the years. Our stand is rated for 8-10 cars and it would be lovely to see it filled. Maybe next year ? Al

Not meeting up this year as we know what we are doing. Aiming to be on the stand 10:00 ish. See you there, be nice to have 3 Superspecs on show 😄

I'm not aware of any Superspec owner that has fitted one. If it help the steering column is off a Mondeo.

I've just had confirmation that we have been allocated a Club stand at this years show on Sunday 19th July and it is our usual Castle Square 44 (see map below). When I posted this event I asked for people to notify me if they were attending, so far I have only 2 (Foz & AndyW). If that is all we get on the stand it will be rather embarrassing and will not look good if we want to have a stand in the future. So once again I find myself asking members to please support the Club and come along, particularly members who are within reasonable driving distance. As the Chairman said in an earlier post: "This is a brilliant show with loads of cars, music, side stalls, acts in the arena etc." and I couldn't agree more. Full details are at https://kimboltoncountryfayre.com/ I have attached a copy of the information Booklet for those who are going. Cheers Al Kimbolton Driver Information Pack 2026.pdf

June was a good month. We lost 7 members but we gained 9 😄 So it's a warm welcome to: Forum Name Location Area Secretary Fraz (Tony) Huntley Robbie 2B4 Andy Tamworth Andi terry.g.prosse Tipton RichyB66 Sparky (Ian) Leatherhead ThanasisPolitis RedSpec Chester-le-street alantoon Simon Turner Shipton on Stour Richyb66 JoeT92 Chepstow smpaarrkky Poolshark72 (Chris) Witney ThanasisPolitis Connor Rochdale IanS And 2 members who have returned following a sabbaticak Ian Watkins Bracknell ThanasisPolitis RichardWalker Navenby alanrichey

Andy and I have a spare one you could borrow to test. It’s in my attic. I’m on holiday ATM back on 11th July.

I don't think there was an 'official' alternator for the T16, any one that provided sufficient power would be OK. It looks like your engine, like mine, was designed decided for a Rover fitted with aircon. If you send us your engine Number we can give you a complete history for it. It looks to me that for some reason known only to RHE, on our engines they decided to mount the alternator on the aircon compressor mount rather than in the usual place. When it comes to mounting it you have to be resourceful 😄 You can see that my builder didn't worry about how many washers he used. What you can't see is that this is the back of the alternator and the bolt goes another 6" or so to the mount on the front of the alternator. It looks like a bodge but has been fine now for 18 years, . And here is the front view

I assume you mean the fuel pressure relief valve at the end of the fuel rail ? A quick check for that would be to disconnect the return fuel pipe and see if fuel comes out of the rail when you try and start.

Just shrink them. There are plenty of programs around that will do it. Personally I use paint.net, which is free. I find if I take a pictures with my iPhone and resize them to be 20% of the original size they are just about perfect for the forum (See my recent post on East of England meets). It reduces the size from 3.5Mb to just 200Kb.

A cracking day today for a drive and a meet up. We decided to try a brand new venue that Nigel found on Google Earth, It was called East Carlton Country Park near Corby. That was a roughly one drive for each of us. It turned out to be a real gem, it is 102 acres of fields and woodland surrounding a derelict stately home. All the usual amenities, cafe, seats, toilets, walking trails, children's play area, scenic views etc... But the icing on the cake was an absolutely huge car park that was absolutely free to park. We talked to a park ranger who said he had never seen it full, so it will ideal for when we do a weekend meet when most car parks tend to be full. There were also mementoes of the days when Corby was a major steel proceeding town, so there were bits of heavy engineering placed all around (including the train). And also a WW2 bomb shelter that we left for our next visit.

That's good news, fingers crossed

No, I started transitioning to inside ones a couple of years ago. Ironically the only colour where I still have outside ones is green, the other colours are now inside.

I've still got a load now I only issue them on demand, so I could add them to the Club stash.

Great news it is staying in the Club 😀

Yet another poor month I'm afraid. We lost 9 members but only had 2 new ones. So we welcome Forum Name Location Area Secretary Richie74 Durham alantoon OLD2B04 (Victor) Basingstone ThanasisPolitis A special welcome back to Victor, who was a previous member who has been away for a few years and has returned. To a much changed Club. And not in a good way Cheers Al