- Stoneleigh National Kit-Car Show -
2005
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Blatt to the National Kit-car show at Stoneleigh. 5:30am start!
Meeting point at Horsham and five cars off, picked up three more in Guildford and another two in Oxford, only got lost twice on the way there and once on the way back... pretty dang good for me. Blinkin looooong way it was too, but a pretty good show once we were there and a good amount of interest in my car. The weather was very kind to us and made the show a good'un. Next time (and I know this will come as a shock to those that know me) I think we'll camp over one of the nights.
The show was 'OK' but the best bit was all the other cars in the fields. We even saw the Dax Cobra that we briefly owned (brrrrrah, dodged that bullet or what). Had a look at the new Catherham thingy... very nice welding on the chassis, but given the bhp the engine chucks out I think I'd be happier with more of it, although I suppose the company have done extensive FEA/stress tests on it. The finished item was pretty good with some very nice design touches however the front 'inboard' shockers let it down slightly. Serious dribbling at the Ultima stand and a bit of a smirk at the car that was trying to be a road going F1, boy it was..... yuk. Had a huge chassis as well. The Viper stand was oddly bland but this was probably because I was still quivering from the after effects of the Ultima jobbie. The Westfield stand was also understated but they did have a very pretty 11 on it. The Duratec car was there and I had a good look at the wide track front suspension... hum. The best though by far for me was the BEC spaceframe Mini.
The really sad thing was that I had a wallet stuffed full of pocket money but the only thing I bought was a £6 exhaust clamp, (Oh and a RBFY™ Burger).
J.C.
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