Thursday 27 September 2018

OUT AND ABOUT IN SEPTEMBER

The weather for this years Goodwood Revival was dry and fine, last year it was very wet, but we didn't go to that one. Six of us went this time, our usual Revival chums plus our classic car touring friends, who this time chose their MG RV8 over and above their beautiful but drafty Triumph TR3A.


We all dressed appropriately for the occasion and looked very lovely/dapper. We enjoyed every aspect of the day, the food, the racing, people watching and all the other attractions, including a full size steam engine, borrowed from the Watercress Line. Finally there was the Retail therapy, a vintage fur coat, hats and spectacles just to mention a few of the items purchased.


The day passed all to soon and we paused for a final photo as the sun started to set over Goodwood.

There were a couple of jobs I did on Stella. The first was to replace the small O rings in the tops of the Stromberg carbs. Any oil I put in the dashpots instantly leaked away and new O ring would prevent this. The theory is the dampening effect that oil in the dashpots has is to temporally richen the mixture for instant acceleration. The oil now stays were it should,but I cant say that I have noticed any difference. The other job completed, which did make a substantial change for the better, was to re time the ignition. I bought a timing light at the Silverstone Classic meet as I thought Stella was pinking under load and my suspicion was correct as we powered back up the Stokenchurch Cutting on the way back from Silverstone. The timing light proved that Stella was indeed too advanced and it was a simple matter to set it correctly by twisting the distributor a tad after loosening the two securing bolts.

We have just returned from a fantastic, extended weekend on the Isle of Wight, the trip was organised by Chris of The South Eastern  Area of the Stag Owners Club and five Stags and one TR4A IRS met up at Cobham Services on a drizzling Saturday morning, with first stop at the Beaulieu Motor Museum. It was pouring with rain by then, so those who hadn't already put their hoods up, certainly did now. It continued to rain for our arrival on the island and through to the next morning. Osbourne House was our Sunday detstination, as at the very least it would be dry inside and by the time we had seen all that Queen Victoria's favourite home could offer, including her bathing machine on the beach, the rain stopped and the sun came out.


The next morning the Stags lined up for a photo shoot before heading off to Alum Bay and the Needles. The wind had dropped from the previous day and the chair lift took us down to the beach where we were able to get a close up of the 21 different coloured sands, amazing that there is still any left  considering the amount that has been packed into glass lighthouses by now.

A boat trip on the Rambling Rose took us out to the lighthouse at the end of the famous Needles.



That day was rounded off by a great trip along the coast again pausing for a photo call at a disused National Petrol Station.


The sun still shone for our last day and we headed to Carisbrook Castle before heading to the pretty ferry terminal at Fishbourne for the return journey to the mainland.





Despite the early rain it was a great trip, no breakdowns or mishaps and enjoyed by all, plans are afoot for a Devon/Dorset trip in the Spring of next year.

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