alanrichey

Poor old organisers can't win They got stick last year for charging to go on the Sunday. The way I see it, it is actually a one-day thing, running from 09:00 to 23:59 on Saturday. If you want there is the option to stay over Friday night to make an early start, or stay over Saturday night to avoid having to drive home. Nothing really happens on Sunday except a leisurely breakfast, a hangover recovery operation and a lot of banter. Most people, apart from the valuable few who volunteer to shut everything down, are probably gone by early afternoon. So my vote remains with a single payment for Saturday with the 'free' option to stay (camp/caravan) on the Friday and Saturday nights (or attend on the Sunday if you just want a chat),

Lincolnshire Area Meets Rather then go for the 'Third Wednesday of the month' model I watch the weather and arrange ad-hoc meetings normally for a Sunday lunchtime so families can come as well. I try and hold meetings in the North, South & Centre of the County to avoid the same person having to travel long distances. I announce these meetings on the forum but feel free to PM me with any questions (or suggestions)

Agree that venue is first rate (and food wagon), hope we can get it next year. Enjoyed seeing everyone again and would also like to add my thanks to that small and select band that do all the organising, setting up, shutting down etc... We really do appreciate your efforts.

When this happens to me (regularly) it is just the cable slipping out of the back of the instrument cluster, I just have to reach behind and push it back in. (One of these days I'll remove the dash and do a proper fix )

Last one of the year I think ?

Had planned on coming (heard about it from Paul). Do we RV somewhere to arrive together or just rock up ?

As the leading expert on Superspecs I have to admit I have absolutely no idea Although I agree they came with the kit, mine are identical.

Unfortunately, despite the title, there are no sheep on Sunday, the auction is held on Monday. But if anyone wants to pitch their tent on our lawn Sunday night......

Just a heads up for the diary. Many of us from Lincolnshire and surrounding counties take our cars to this event each year. It's a classic little village show, with stalls, food vans, dog show, morris dancing... and a display of cars of course. See www.sheepfair.co.uk for details, although there isn't much there yet. Timings are 10:00-16:00 but you can pitch up whenever you like and leave when you have had enough. We normally park on the village green around the war memorial (NG33 4NP, blue circle on map) There are 2 dropped kerbs to give you access to the site, one directly off the A151 and one off Station Road (red circles on map). Be nice to have an idea of numbers, so far I have 1. Me 2. Mick & Stella 3. Nigel & Helen 4. Paul & Sheena 5. Derek & Marilyn 6. Andy 7. Pete 8. Kerry & Sharon

Of course. Good scheme

Same here. Two fairly heavy duty U-clamps with the nuts facing downwards. And yes, I think it is an Escort one as well, I have a spare if you need it.

Yes, identical

OK, been under mine and it looks the same design, so we can't blame the builder. Although mine looks better engineered than yours, at least the bolt is central and not offset. And mine has the nuts on

Darren's car is a Superspec so that part of the suspension would have been assembled at the RH factory before being sold, so unless the original builder changed the design you can't blame him. Having said that I have just been under mine and cannot match it up with the picture. Is it the front bolt of the lower wishbone (which on my Superspec is mounted on to the cross-box that holds the steering rack), or the rear bolt ?

I must admit I was under the impression that they needed to go off when the sidelights were on, although I have seen lots of tintops with both illuminated. I wired mine through a 'Normally On' relay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-PIN-NORMALLY-CLOSED-RELAY-WITH-PRE-WIRED-HOLDER-12V-20AMP-NEW-N-C-/121332727298?hash=item1c3ffe7e02:g:0-0AAOxyYANTY3jw) and just ran a wire from the sidelight bulb to the switch pin so the relay opened when the sidelights went on. Just passed MOT in that state

Nice day out, lovely setting and a good turnout from the Club with 7 hoods and an MX5. Plenty of other interesting cars to view as well. Weather was good all day, seems to have rained everywhere else in Lincolnshire except Stamford Thanks to all who supported it.

Weather not looking inspiring, fingers crossed

You are right, there needs to be a minimum current flow to trigger the standard flasher relay and LEDs will not provide enough current on their own (unless standard LED units come fitted with a resistor ?) . But in my case it won't matter as in addition to the standard units I have two extra flasher indicator lights and an industrial strength buzzer (Got embarrassed at the amount of time I spent driving in blissful ignorance that the indicators were still flashing) . In fact when my front flasher bulb blew it had absolutely no effect on the flashing rate, it carried on as normal.

A friend of mine was following me today and said that while my new high-level LED third brake light showed up well, the normal indicators could hardly be seen in the bright sunshine. So time for an LED upgrade I think. My question is that the original cluster is mounted on a shaped rubber base that ensures the face of the plastic cluster cover is vertical. Is that just an IVA requirement or is it an MOT requirement as well ? If it's IVA-only I assume I could mount them directly to the mudguard, with the face about 10 degs off vertical ? Or would they still need an anti-vibration mount ? Al

See http://www.rhocar.org/index.php?showtopic=44510&page=2 for latest on Stamford Show

After much nagging the organisers have released the 2016 Site map. We have been given a club stand, unfortunately not as easy to get to as last year. As you can see from the map, after entering the field you turn right and go around the edge. Just take a copy of this map and your joining instructions and tell the marshall which club you are in, We are in between the Corvettes and the Italian Replicas (no pressure then ). I better give my car a clean this year, They have actually given us room for 7 cars rather than 8, but we should be able to squeeze in, otherwise it's first come first served. I will aim to get there at 09:00 to stake a claim. Cars should all be in position by 10:00. I'll try and sort out the weather this year.

Smashing couple of hours at Newark. As usual I arranged for superb weather Plenty to eat and drink. A good turn out, 100+ cars, and fewer 'ordinary' visitors than last time. Here's a few of the nicer ones: And the hoodies of course (Mick & Stella, Kerry & Sharon)

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It's actually looking good. Just a piece of advice. Last couple of times the queue to get in stretched all the way back down the A46 roundabout (red on the map). You are better off coming off the A1, take the A17 South and then take the small left turn signposted to the Newark Air Museum and come in from the other direction. (Black on the map)