alanrichey

I've just heard that Ivan Farrington (wanderer on the forum) passed away recently. Ivan was a long time Club member and many of us will remember him well as he made a point of going to every show and Club meet possible, even driving 4-5 hours to get to them. I was particularly close to him as he was one of the first Superspec owners I encountered, some 9 years ago, and it was the first time I had seen one of the gold 'titanium' finished cars. We spent lots of time discussing the foibles of the car design and how we were going to fix them. I will miss his company. I am trying to contact his family through the new owner of his car and I will pass on condolences on behalf of the Club.

Lovely day out, each of us had between 40mins and 80 mins drive. Plenty of room in the car park so we parked in our usual position next to the Hunter and the Jetstream. Sat on the grass for our picnic, watching the aircraft, including the Spitfire. A bit hot of course so we had to move into the shade. And we managed to meet up with a new member who is getting his turbo Superspec being built so we could show him 2 completed examples, although the naturally aspirated types. That might be it for June now, although you never know

You are probably going to have to dismantle some of it. Firstly as the IVA inspector will want photos of the invisible bits (think seat belt lower mountings) and, more importantly, that the work carried out so far is safe and of a high standard.

You will probably be OK although that depends on the examiner. it might be worth checking with the IVA staton you intend to use. They may that a plate could be removed so you must engrave the number on the chassis itself.

Interesting. My VIN Is stamped on the top chassis tube on the left side of the car. Mind you, she went through the SVA in 2008, maybe it changed with introduction of the IVA.

As I thought, although we have already had a meet for June, it was very early, and the weather is so good that we are going to have another. It will be our usual lunchtime picnic (bring a chair) and it will be on Tuesday 21st June. We are going to revisit Sywell Aerodrome (NN6 0BN) as it has a reasonably big car park, nice grass areas to sit on, overlooking the airfield, a small mesuem and, of course, aircraft. It is the home of the Blades aerobatic team who were at home when we last there and we also had a Spitfire selling rides. See you there Al

Not an easy question Offically all the guidance said it was off a Ford Fiesta, but looking a bit desper we now think it came from a Ford Escort. That makes more sense as the instrument cluster is off a Ford Escort so the sensor and guage would match. The problem is that some of the cars had a Mk2 instrument cluster and some had a Mk5 cluster. I've looked at pictures of each one and the Mk5 looks the closest to what I have. Hope that helps.

A great day out. For me a 100 mile round trip in perfect weather and road conditions (Except for the occasional gust of wind to make it 'interesting'). Unlike the last time when you just couldn't move for cars, this time there were a reasonable turnout, mainly GBS Zeros, 4 Robin Hoods (I think, although I may have missed some)) and a smattering of 'others' (Ford Mustang, Ferrari kit...), so there was plenty of room to park in the forecourt. Apart from Dave(Hawknorth) , by coincidence the other 2 hoods were from Grantham very close to me. As the new Membership Secretary I gave the hard sell for the Club Note the price on the latest Zero (Ouch!) Here are 2 Hoods And I managed a prime position in front of the Showroom And the cakes were as good as ever !! Al

Cracking day again, beautiful weather and a lovely drive there. As expected, being half-term it was quite busy, but we all managed to park together. And met up with a new member from Lincolnshire. Probably have to have another one in June Al

As some of may know I have taken over from richyb66 as the new Membership Secretary. I have always thought this was a good idea to post the new member details, in my case, as an Area Secretary, to see if anyone has joined from Lincolnshire. So I intened to keep it going. As a reminder, the second column is their forum username so if you wish to contact them then use the forum Message system to send a private message. So welcome to the following new members who joined in May: Simon P Simon Parish Bolsover Robin S Robs931 Tewksbury Ivan H Ug1y Hull Simon K-D Simon1966 Doncaster Richard W Richard Walker Chesterfield Alex W Alex137 Hereford Moreton S Mort Blakeney, Garry R Garry Richardson Sutton Coldfield Stuart H Stuart Hall Nafferton Andy B andybdunoon Dunnoon Simon H Simon Hoskins Little Fenton Richard N Kermit Western Super-Mare That brings the total membership to 379. Al

Me as well please.

A new month, so time to get out again. We are starting early, so are having our regular picnic on Thursday 2nd at 12:00. As it is half-term, everywhere will be busy so we are playing safe and going to Burghley House in Stamford (PE9 3JY) which has plenty of free parking. We normally park up in the field shown in the picture. See you all there

The Superspec uses an Escort rack and is also bolted directly to a cross member. In fact I can’t think why you would fit rubber mountings. Surely the last thing you want in a steering system is movement or flexing, it should be rock solid, when attached to the chassis. Or have I misunderstood what you mean ?

That would be me I started off just bunging it up with a tea towel, but eventually graduated to rubber bung off EBay (Item 272283417049) (see below). But it was mainly to pass the emissions test, I don't think it affects the noise level. For some reason I missed you when I was collating Superspec owners (Up to 40 now). I'll PM you with the details. Al

Whoops Shan’t do that again. Thanks

And what a cracking day out it was. Very quiet car park, good turnout, good company and a very pleasant walk down the Foxton staircase and a visit to the Museum, including a good look at the historical lift system that was used before the locks were build. Enough left to visualise how the boats were floated into a box and then lowered/raised on the slope to the lower/upper parts of the canal.

Weather is fine for both days so we are going for Wednesday. All welcome.

We've decided to revisit Foxton Locks (LE16 7RA). Nice place for a picnic, it is the longest, steepest staircase of canal locks in Britain. Two car parks, museum, cafe, pubs, toilets and a very interesting inclined boat lift which preceded the locks. We will be parking up in the top (southerly) car park by about 12:00. Parking costs £3.50 and unless it has changed since last time, it will not take credit cards, so it's either cash or a phone call. Still planning for Wednesday 18th, but if the weather on the 17th looks dramatically better we might go then. Final decision on Monday 16th.

Now Stoneleigh is done and dusted (rather annoyingly, having avoided it for 2 years, I picked up Covid there at some point, luckily a very mild case) it's time for the next Lincolnshire 'picnic'. It will be at 12:00 next Wednesday 18th May. Location yet to be decided, it will depend on participants, I like to give everyone a decent run in the car as well as meeting up somewhere nice. All welcome.

Definitely not a Superspec. The Superspec has a tubed stainless steel chassis like all the 2B models. Yours sounds like it has a monocoque chassis which was used in earlier models like the S3A, S7, Exmo… and I agree you probably need to adjust the cable to bring the bite point up. I assume at the moment the bite point is right at the bottom of the clutch pedal travel so that when you push the pedal to the floor it isn’t fully releasing the clutch. Use the 2 nuts shown in your picture to tighten the cable a bit and reduce the slack in the cable.

Good question Actually, re-reading your post I see you mention a quadrant in the pedal box. The Superspec doesn’t have that, the cable simply bolts directly to the pedal. So ignore me

Put me down as well. Cracking event.

Is your car a Superspec? (not shown on the identification link) Reason I ask is that they are notorious for clutch cable breaking (I am on its 3rd). If so the cable is from a 1984 Fiat Ducati. Amazingly they are still available on E-Bay.