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Old 19th October 2019, 19:56   #51
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Cracking day despite getting caught in the M1 closure around Sheffield and it taking over 3 hours to get there.

Nice to see faces old and new, public thanks to woolysox for a much needed cuppa and thanks to my old friend Dattrike for the vis fixings, always welcome.

Not many V6's there but found a nice specimen with failed Vis motors and managed to repair both of them.

Helped Trebor with polishing his car as it was very dirty but sorry didn't have time to finish the whole car. (OK lets be honest, polished one door and half of the bonnet then legged it )

Thanks for having me chaps

Looking forward to next year already
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Old 19th October 2019, 20:08   #52
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Yes nice to see you and Marina today Dave and as ever your 75 looks great and thanks for the clean looks much better !!!!!!!

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Old 19th October 2019, 21:22   #53
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Wait. Marina? As in MarinaBrian?
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Old 20th October 2019, 06:20   #54
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Afraid not, Marina is my long suffering wife of 31yrs We have some great times at the four ashes and she looks forward to them as much as I do.
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Old 20th October 2019, 11:06   #55
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I attended yesterday (Saturday) the weather was surprisingly good. A lot more there than I expected saw some familiar faces and spent many a while chatting away to some really friendly people. Picked up a plenum rodding tool from Steve (Arctic) and some spongy things which are meant to stop the leaves and debris getting under the scuttle panels. All useful little goodies. And might I say I had a lovely dinner in the Four Ashes Pub about 3pm. Friendly staff, excellent piping hot food served in quick time and a pint of course. And I noticed on the menu that they do an all day breakfast as well which some weren't sure if they did or not. So lets here it for the Four Ashes Pub and try and give them some custom at the next meetings as I think they deserve it. Look forward to next year. The next outing for me is The Classic Car Show at the NEC next month.
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Old 20th October 2019, 17:00   #56
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I attended today ( Sunday ) , sadly I was late arriving so I didn't get manage to get a job done on my ZT, but it was great to meet people!

Plenty of advice, nice chatting to several members! I did have my bonnet cable thingy swapped over to help prevent the cables from popping out! Thanks very much for that!

( really sorry, I dont know who that was! But thank you! )

It was damn cold without a coat! It must of been 5 degrees colder on the field than in Derby! The wind didnt help though!
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Old 20th October 2019, 19:19   #57
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Default Nano meets over for 2019 roll on 2020 meets.

What can I say but the last meet of our 2019 season as been one of the best ever meets I have had the pleasure to be at, Saturday was exceptional over 40 cars, a record I would say for one of our meets, it was great to see and hear lots of different owners & members swapping stories & knowledge about these great cars, once again nice to all crew and members get together to work along side each other in complete harmony also complimenting each in the jobs they under took on their own or others cars.

Today Sunday was also a wonderful turn out, 32 cars I think I counted it could have been more at one point, happy to see that Chris & Pam got their light problem sorted out, and for making endless cup of tea & coffee for us, they also turn up along with Pete, Derek to camp on the Friday day nights looking after the tents if we have erected them, we even had a member ( John Grout20) drive over three hours to come to his first meet, the meets are still as good as when they first started, we had quite a few new faces and as always lots of familiar faces whom come to every meet.

Many thanks for those that attend, if you didn't then the meets could well die off, as long as we have the enthusiasm for these cars then I can only see the meets carrying on for quite a long time, big thank you to all the crew for as always willing to help out, thank you to Dave & Mariana traveling and putting up with the 3 hours traffic they got stuck in to share his special skills on vis motors and more, Mark for always turning up with the tent come rain or shine, jubbs for sharing his ICE knowledge, Jamie for his VT4 work he as come on leaps & bounds since I first meet him about 4 years ago to a very knowledgeable enthusiast, trebor & devlish for there gained knowledge in the field of FBH, Woolley for being one of the old stalwarts and our flag flyer come hot water kettle boiler, Scott who will always get stuck in on any job needing doing he as got the rear stuck seats down to a fine art now I watched him today release one with in about 40 seconds John who is great with electrics rear blinds etc he was sadly absent but quite a few people asked about him, and last but not least a special thank you to Duncan for all his work on the T4 on the Saturday he was well over run with cars to T4 you've got to have great patience, ability to wait for something without frustration is a skill itself to on car after car also answer questions fired at you from al angles, fountain of knowledge and a great aspect of one's personality, I owe him a very personal thank you for sorting out a touch screen for my T4 at home which I will now spend hours getting to learn on over the winter months really appreciated.

So once again lets give our selves members & crew a big see you all next year if not before pleasure to know and work along all of you cheers Arctic.

PS if i have missed anyone out I am truly sorry
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Old 20th October 2019, 19:27   #58
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PS if i have missed anyone out I am truly sorry
Yes you missed one, one of the stalwarts of the Nano Meets, one who never seems to stop all day, never known him miss a meet, always helping people and always available for a chat he is also what I consider to be a good friend of mine.
So, Steve thanks to ............. You.... for all the hard work you put into the meets along with all the other Nano meet members that keep these meets going
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Old 20th October 2019, 19:32   #59
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Hi all,

Like Odd Job I attended today. Great to meet and to chat to many, and to put faces to some names.

Thanks to everyone who gave advice and tips.

Rob (Trebor) and Steve (Arctic) are two that really deserve credit not just for the work they undertake at these meets, but also for doing the numerous "How To's" that I'm sure many of us have used on here. And that full FBH install that Devlish and Trebor were doing today was brilliant to watch!

Special thanks to Jamie for making up a second key for my V6 and the VT4 checkover.... even if he did confirm I need a couple of VIS motors

I should have driven up to the Saturday session to try to catch Stocktake to get some VIS's ! (Dave .... will be in touch shortly)

It was a 3 hour drive up but well worth it. Damn those 50mph stretches on the M1 and M6!

See you again in March next year I'm sure!

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Old 20th October 2019, 20:44   #60
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I went to the Nano today and was amazed at the amount and type of jobs that were being undertaken Mainly Jamie retrofitting Cruise control and Trebor and Devilish fitting a FBH complete with a remote control unit It truly amazes me that they undertake these tasks in a field.

I would also like to thank Jamie for doing the Health Check on my Replacement Engine and finding all was fine with it.

When I come over from France I always try to tie in with the Nano,s to meet up with people,here's looking to next years..
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