Sunday 24th August 2003 - Knebworth Park, Classic Car Show
A very well attended classic car show in the pretty location of Knebworth House. £5.50 per person entry fee unless you book in advance with Greenwood Exhibitions when it is £2 for the two day event which covers two adults and two children per car (a little difficult to get that many in a Hood!).
Alan Rowe and Pauline, Mario and Rose, Brian Camp and friend (building a kit at present), John and Sandie in their Cobra and John and Helen in her Marlin
There were also a few other kits there:
Locost, Westfield, Burlington Buretta, Dutton Mellos, 5 other Cobras, Ferrari replica (pontiac converted to look like a Ferrari - Stunning!), Jaguar, TVR Chimera, TVR Taymar(?) etc.
The weather was kinder this year, warm and sunny. A great deal of interest was shown in the cars and hopefully a few newcomers to the SG7s may come from the show.
Monday 26th August, another day at Knebworth!
Not such a sunny day. A great day for classic cars, more than yesterday. Reasonably good auto jumble. Mario had a good result, he bought a wooden centre console for his fuse box... and two horns.
John and Sandie - Cobra, Mario and Rose, John in Hoods and Helen with the Marlin.
Lots of Cobras, Dutton Melos, 2Westfields, Grinnell (club meet), Dax Rush. The kit car section had been taken over by the TVR club!!! I don't suppose they would like to be thought of as kits!
Two very good enjoyable days. So much interest shown in the cars and the SG7 web site. Definitely a good place to go for a social day out. Good luck to those who are building or intending to build a kit. If we can help, we will try.
Good to hear from some newcomers: Jason, Mal and Lynette Gwynne, Doug Ball and Adrian Hutton, with whom we spoke at the show.
Sunday 7th September - The Highwayman, Graveley
What a great turnout we had today! The forecast had been bad but at the last minute they had a change of heart and said it wouldn't rain until late evening (even then it didn't!). A good variety of cars turned out for the meet. It seemed to be the day to be taken out for a spin if you were lucky enough. Chris Brown took a future hoodie Andy Barbet out and convinced him he was doing the right thing, Sandie took John and me out in the Cobra, WOW, fast or what, such a beast (Helen has the burn mark on her ankle to prove it, forgot all about the exhaust pipe being there) , Helen took out Doug Wilson in the Marlin who fell in love with her (the car that is) and bought her that afternoon.. and the Westfield went out as well.
Hoods : John, Chris Brown, Peter Bell, Mario and Rose, Mike Gouldsborough, Mike Montegue,
Builders: Pete 'Old Git' Cherry (I really don't think he deserves to be called 'Old Git') Andy Barbet, and Doug Willson (his father-in-law, soon to own the Marlin)
Cobra: Sandi, Mike and Rani
Beach Buggy: Sorry didn't get their names, we met them at the Buntingford Classic Show on 6th September. The Buntingford show is an annual event where classics and sports cars are invited to show themselves in the High Street and car parks in Buntingford. It is free entry, just have to book in advance. A little rain but generally a very well attended show with lots of interest shown in the cars (John's Hood and Helen's Marlin). Other kits there were the beach buggy as mentioned, Birkin, Ginetta, Westfield and a couple of others.
Westfield: Stuart and Elaine,
Westfield builders: Steve and Jacqui
Prospective buyers/builders: Ricky and Keith Brown
Tin Top: Alan Rowe and Pauline, Myra Gouldsborough
A raffle was held to help pay towards the barbeque to which everyone was invited. Many couldn't make it for one reason or another. Those who did come home with us, were taken on a 'show off' detour through the High Street in Stevenage, quite impressive to see the Hoods snaking through the High Street. We had held a raffle to help pay towards the barbeque, the remainder being kept for the Christmas buffet, if we can arrange it again this year. (Might possible do another raffle in the October meet if it is a good turnout - any prize contributions would be welcomed). Last Christmas we had an open house one Sunday in December, I will sort the date out asap so you can keep it clear if you wish to come.
Thank you all for coming along, it was a great day.
DONNINGTON KIT CAR SHOW - 13/14 September
A really good turnout of Hoods this year. John went up Saturday for the evening barbeque and stayed over in a tent, a very small tent... looked like a kennel apparently next to Chris Brown's tent! Great weather, lots of cars and a good friendly atmosphere. Hoodies from the Herts area included:
Chris, John,
Pete Cherry, Andy Barbet (builders)
Sandie and John (Cobra)
Tin Tops: Alan, Richard and Helen (no car, looking for a Hood!) (Marlin went on Saturday morning to a good new home)
St Mary's Motor Show 2003 (St. Mary's Catholic School, Bishops Stortford - Sunday 21st September
John and Helen went with the Hood to this show, went last year and it was well attended. Mainly a classic car show but there was a good selection of kits there today, including a very nice Dax, photo can be seen in photos section. The Beach Buggy was also there, still don't know the owner's name, sorry. This will be on again next year, Sunday 19th September 2004. It is free if you pre-book and the driver gets a bacon roll! (Helen ate that, surprise surprise...) A small auto jumble is there as well, managed to pick up a 38DGAS carb, well pleased, it works too which is even better. Needed some tlc but the car definitely goes better with it on.
A nice day, although you do need to get there early otherwise you end up in the upper field away from the show, not so good. We were there by 0945 which was in good time. Worth going to.
DAX Open Day 27th September Harlow
Thought we would be cheeky and turn up at the Dax open day in the Hood! John and Sandie were there with their Cobra. Some nice cars. Pete Cherry's son was also there, he is building a Dax himself.
Sunday 5th October 2003 - Highwayman, Graveley
What a fantastic turnout! The sky was blue, the sun was shining and so were the cars! We had two new cars to look at, Nick's Fisher Fury and Mal's Westfield. Hopefully they enjoyed the meeting and will come back next time. Chris Brown did well on the raffle, won a model 1:18th scale car and a ride out in John and Sandie's Cobra, that certainly put a smile on his face. Thanks to everyone who came along.
Mario, Peter Bell and Peter, Richard, Chris, John and Helen, Paul Boatman - Hoodies
John and Sandie - Cobra
Mal Gwynne - Westfield
Nick and Alan Ferris - Fisher Fury
Mike Montegue and friend - Hoodie on two wheels!
Pete Cherry (2b builder), Andy Barbet (2b builder) and Doug Willson (proud owner of Helen's Marlin)
Ricky - prospective buyer, hurry up Ricky!
Alisdair and Steph- prospective buyer,looking for a 2B with wishbone suspension. (friends of Paul Boatman)
The meetings are proving to be very successful, relaxed and friendly thanks to everyone for your support. A deal was done between Helen and Mario so Helen should be back on wheels by the November meet. She can't wait, she is already browsing the catalogues to see what she can buy for the car!
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