Ford Fair 2007

[Taps]

Would just like to thank you all for attending today, despite the cock up at the gates hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

[fluff]

Hi had a great day
was a great place for the stand - so nice to see all the cars that we read about...
once again cheers
really cool ( well bloody hot lol)
Fluf aka Dan

[magnum]

Rob, I did come over to say hi to you and Tony, but you had gone walkies.

Got my first ever look at a Minker K1 too.

[Owain]

Think it should read, "thankyou, to yourself and tony", glad ya got home ok, i started to have a little kip on the A1 so pulled in at the services, after showing the prick in the rover that there are more than one lane and to stop the "progression of traffic" along with some uniformly recognised hand gestures, once in the services the car yet again refused to start, now know it is most definatley my starter motor thats fooked, along with my back and my shoulder pushing my car across the car park pmsl. Had an excellent day, was nice meeting you all.

Owain.

[dens24v4i]

[attachmentid=1824]the suns shines on FORD POWER   thanks to all for a great day
Den Sue & boys

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[Tony]

well that was by far the best day ever, only clouded by taps missfortune with his gearbox, but i can only guess he made it home ok! couldnt call as my mobile battery was flat (due to all the calls first thing...

i was very pleased with our turnout and dispite the right old cockup it worked out ok in the end. the stand was really good, large enough again this year and we had the best day this year i think.wwoow it was hot,

i have to say what took me back was geoff kershaw and his car, i really found him very interested in most our projects, he gave some very good input  and he also seemed to enjoy his time with us!
(what other stand has ever had this?)
his car he allowed us to show for the day was a scorpio estate,,
but no every day scorpio estate
it had been converted to 4 wheel drive,had a BOA engine with twin turbo's. at this time the power was dialed back for MOT but i was informed this engine would be able to produce 500bhp...wwooowww
what a good job of that he has done of that...

tony

[gregmartin]

Glad to hear you had a good day, wasnt able to make it down in end due to wife had to go into hospital friday night after hurting leg ahd to pick her up from hospital today.  Look forward to seeing some show pics

[Dave]

Yeah hope everyone got home O.K.

Thanks to Taps & Tony.

These events are headaches at the best of times but what Ford Fair did to us took the piss.
You two managed to sort it all out & I think a good day was had by all + the weather was amazing  
Thankyou both.  

Found out why I couldn't stay on the track, I had a brake fluid leak on the pipe join.
Only squirted when I hit the brakes hard which of course was just before every corner covering the front wheel & taking out the rear.


Luckily no damage.

Did a 4.43 on the 0-60 run.
& averaged 22mpg for the whole day

[TwinTurbo]

Got back about 45 mins ago.. ( 8:30 ) which is not bad 4hrs... And MPG was 29.9!!!

Was a super day, I did not have any trouble at the gate?

Nice to finaly put faces to names I have known for so long..

Sadly it's the llast yourney the scorp will be doing for a while

But hopefully the sapph will be ready way before this time next year..

TT

[xr4isparescentre]

luvvly jubbly      

[kostey]

thanks to everybody for great day!

yes we got home OK, we arrived at 2:00AM, around Edinburgh was fog so I drive 40mph  

[turboshed]

cheers to tony and taps for organising,was good to put names to faces even though i did'nt get to meet all of ya because i was parked up most of the day doing 0-60 had a greatday even though my car was underperforming with a crappy fuel pump,it did make laugh though when my best time was 5.14 so i stripped the car and filled jurgen's boot and tried again and got a 5.34!
took me a while to get home due to the m40 being shagged,it was a shame as there where loads of cossies all caught up in the traffic and i could'nt race em!
was great to meet Geoff at last as i've spoke with him numerous times and i'm sure there's a filing cabanet with my name on a tt...full of receipts!

DAVE.....dam good job you did'nt do that 3rd session then bud

[grimbo]

hi we had a great day thanks

done 7.07 in the sprint not to bad me thinks but looking at the rest of you i need MORE POWER
thanks again to taps and tony

grimbo

[Tony]

it was dave who talked to geoff and asked him if he would like to come
we only suppled him with tickets and pass!
and what a nice man he is, it made my day for sure!!!!

so from me and taps
many thanks dave

thanks also to jurgen and olaf dor there help in setting the gazebo up while taps and i "discussed" the ticket problems with the entry staff

ow and sorry to the marshal i called "a jobs worth james hunt" but it was in the heat of the moment
tony

[Owain]

ow and sorry to the marshal i called "a jobs worth james hunt" but it was in the heat of the moment
tony

Ya didn't, brilliant fpmsl

[Sean]

I just missed Geoff, his car rocks mind, nice and subtle but obviously something a bit fruity, liked seeing 3 of the six remaining minkers, couldn't stay longer and got dragged away plus it took me ages to find you guys - should have car working and be able to show with you next time around!!!

[sutmut]

hi to all,  wot a day i have never seen so meny fords in one pleace...... i've not been on here in a bit cos i now drive a mazda (sorry) but seeing all them fords has made me want to get my estate back on the road.
me and ford girl did pop over to see fluff and see all your cars, thanks for them bits by the way they are a big help, with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work i will have my estate back on the road for next year....  

[Dave]

Yeah I think it was a wise move Gray.
I actually lost my front brakes on the way home for a bit then they started working again!
All fixed now.

[fordrwd4ever]

I really had a great time on the show.  
(need to bring a lot more drinks next year...)

I should have filmed a bit more, but i did manage to get the runs from the blue XR4x4 twin turbo, the green 24v automatic and MOB`s car.

see attachments..

I can make better ones if someone needs them, but the filesize will be huge then

Also i would like to thank Madoldbugger for letting me stay @ his house for a few days

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[Tony]

ow guess what,, yes i got the tickets today!
posted on the 25th... doh!

tony

[Taps]

Does anyone know just how much the White Minker was up for sale for?

[cossiemk2]

Thought it was 5k.

[TwinTurbo]

quote

"Well if I only get 5k, then it has to go. Just has to be to the right person"

end quote.

TT

One of those problems, it's so rare. But if peeps want a fast sierra they will spend 5k on a Cossy.

It's worth far more than 5k, but not many peeps will be interested. if I had that spare doing nowt then it woul d be in my garage..

Could only see a couple of blemishes that would be easily and cheaply sorted.

Lovely car.

TT

[ianturbo]

[attachmentid=1829][attachmentid=1830][attachmentid=1831]looks like you all had a top weekend   couldn't get there other things on like wedding and pikkin up family estate , which then decided to go thee wheel drive on me   as wheel decided it didn't want to stay with car   only had it a day !!
ian

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[TwinTurbo]

Is that a V4?

TT

[ianturbo]

Is that a V4?

TT

well it was wheni picked it up , then went to a vr3    
ian

[Xrphwoar]

hey,
    Just wanted to thank everyone (especially taps and tony) for a brilliant day. Have just (about 2 hours ago arrived home) due to rough seas preventing the ferry from sailing!!!!     (what can you do?) But enjoyed myself and again i cant wait for next year to role in.  Hope everyone else got home ok!

cheers
michael

[turboshed]

Roger offered it to me for 5k but it does need some work,probably overhauling.if i had 5k i would'nt buy it for that,probably a little bit less due to work involved in overhauling these cars.
anybody wants to contact roger then pm me as i have his number.
i've spent 7k on mine since i've had it,i wish he was selling 2 years ago,i would of bit his hand off,mines more of track car than road but rogers minker has the nice diffs etc.
the car looks solid enough to bring it back to 100%
yes the car is rare but in a very small niche market
Roger did say he would only sell to someone who will look after it..and i got the impression he meant it

[TwinTurbo]

I got the feeling he did not need the cash  hence the sale was less about money and more about the right owner. But obviously he's not going to give it away.

I do prefere his wheels to the standard minker ones though

TT

[kostey]

On Ford Fair I hear first time the word "Minker" can somebody tell me what does it mean?