Fame!

[chris.richard]

Well, in the local rag anyway.. :rolleyes:

[Swamprat33]

Hmm, fame...
Not sure i want it if it gets my photo in the local rag, between some old tractors and a steam engine :p :D :p

[Bernard]

Can I have your autograph mi Lord ?..... B

[chris.richard]

Can I have your autograph mi Lord ?..... B

No Baldrick.

The car that won the kitcar section was a Teal 95 Bugatti replica. Beautifully done, with a Jaguar straight six. The noise through five feet of straight pipe was fantastic! The guys that raced those with drum brakes and no safety equipment (apart from an on-board mechanic to land on) were/are brave indeed. :eek:

I'm now off down to Cornwall or somehere down near the equator to pick up a 1933 Rolls Royce 20/25 and drive it back up here. Not mine unfortunately. I thought long and hard about tools and spares to take (that you're allowed to take on a plane) but have settled on a Good Pub guide and an AA card as the things that fit easiest in Plus 4s and tweed jacket. To coin a phrase, I may be gone some time.... :)

[GaryFitz]

I have just bought a Bugatti Type 51. It is not real but uses an origianl replacement chassis and many original parts. One thing I can tell you is that the brakes are something you need to think about a long time befor eyou need to use them. As for handling and performance...I was shocked, here is a car built in teh early 30's which would leave a lot of modern cars in it's exhaust smoke. Fabulous cart like handling and tremendous accelleration. I really fabulous car.

[tryphon]

I have just bought a Bugatti Type 51. It is not real but uses an origianl replacement chassis and many original parts.

Gary there is no such thing as an original Bugatti. 99,99% of those you see around are replicas/immitations.

One thing I can tell you is that the brakes are something you need to think about a long time befor eyou need to use them.

This is what you need to stop a Stratos:

[SUSIT]

Did originals have groves on the disc's?and really will you ever drive yours fast enough to need them :p

[tryphon]

Did originals have groves on the disc's?

Same as the factory cars.

and really will you ever drive yours fast enough to need them :p

As you may already know brakes are subject to friction when used which, in turn, causes wear. You should always avoid braking to eliminate wear.