Wimped out of going on Gladis when I looked out and saw all the frost. Good choice, as I was scraping ice off the Golf, once I finally did get going (faffed watching Pilkington's header against Man Utd etc). Eventually found the Birmingham International Station, no thanks to Darth Tom Tom Vader, and huge roundabouts. Parking here half the price of the NEC and no queue.
Glad to see someone I recognised when I got to our stand.. but then all the CMA people are so friendly, got to meet some lovely people today. I must learn to chat to strangers though. I did reach Ian's target of talking to 6 people, but only 2 of them took a bible, and one person was on the FS1E stand and the other on the VW owners group stand.
Yeah.. Pops should have come!
I think we should get one, although even rough ones are over 2 grand! This was our stand, and the Triumph is Ian's. The dent is from the nasty BMW with stupid sticky out engine. I am stupid, so left it until we were packing down to take photos..
Went off in search of advice on VW insurance. Wandered off in one direction (bike show was in the middle) and got right to the end before discovering a map and, ooh no surprise, the VW stand was right at the other end. Learned how big the NEC is. But did go by some cool cars..
One from the Olympics Ceremony!!!
First time I really appreciated the stainless steel finish..
Wouldn't be a real DMC without one! ...
Finally made it.. and the guys at the VWOCGB were really helpful.. he even phoned his sister who also as a T4 partway through conversion.. completely agreed with his comment about the quality of insurance companies.. only found out when you need to make a claim..
Trying to sort plans for Bumble, really must get him sorted this year, once he is all fixed up.. I like the LEDs and the free standing table in this one..
I like the speakers too, but my panel will need to be removable to get a surfboard in under the RnR bed.
Prefer this to Pops' Golf. I am very grateful for it's loan, but I think in general I prefer old classics to modern new-ness.
If only I'd started getting into buying classics 20 years ago.. when they were still affordable!
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