HERE ARE THE RESULTS FROM THE FIRST DAY UP .... 'THE SLOC' :thumbsup: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://www.timeteamtiming.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SLOC_Final_Results.pdf BEARING IN MIND HERE,THAT THE 99 TURBO(IN ROAD-GOING CLASS) HAS TO KEEP ALL THE INTERIOR TRIM ,G...

:huh: :thumbsup: SPENT AN HOUR IN AMBULANCE RIGGED UP TO ALLSORTS OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING,TO MAKE SURE I WAS COHERENT.....AND ME BRAIN HADN'T FELL OUT? HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICS OF THE OTHER CARS COMPETING... I WAS 1.5 SECS DOWN ON THE '71 MCLAREN F1 CAR ON SLICKS,AND HE CAN DRIVE !! THE ESCORT IS A...

VERY SORE TODAY,BUT ALSO VERY LUCKY !! YOU CAN'T HIT STONE EMBANKMENTS THAT KIND OF SPEED,AND WALK AWAY FROM IT...

CAR IS DESTROYED....I HAVE A '76 COMBI-COUPE GOOD SHELL HERE,READY TO BUILD AGAIN...

HELLO GEOFF,I THINK I NEED SOME MORE BOSCH RALLYE KNICK LAMPS....

TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE,LAST YEAR I WAS COMPETING IN THE WHITE K900 TURBO 8V.... AND MY PRACTICE RUN IN THE DRY BACK THEN,I HAD JUST MATCHED WITH THE 99 TURBO,BUT THIS TIME IN THE RAIN....!! :yay: BLOODY HELL,THIS 99 TURBO IS VERY QUICK !!! 1ST TIMED RUN, DAMP CONDITIONS GAVE ME 61.02 SECS,LA...

MORNING GENTEMEN,SO THE FIRST DAY WAS THE RATHER IMPOSING 'THE SLOC' UP THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN,IN THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND,IT HAS THE HIGHEST FINISH LINE IN THE UK,AND THE WEATHER CAN BE SUNNY,AT THE BOTTOM,AND RAIN AND DAMP AT THE TOP....STONE WALL ON THE OUTSIDE,WITH BIG DROPS,AND OPEN ROCK FACE ON...

OK GUYS,GOT ONTO THE ISLAND LATE AFTERNOON.... JUST SOME TIME TO DO A LITTLE TESTING,BUT THE ROADS DON'T CLOSE UNTIL TOMORROW PROPER.... AMBIENT WAS 8 DEG CENTIGRADE LAST NIGHT,SO QUICK CHECK OF 'AFR' ALL SEEMS OK SO FAR.... FINGERS CROSSED... :huh: LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST DAY IS GONNA BE DRY, WET THE ...

EVENING GENTLEMEN, WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN.... I LEAVE ON THE FERRY TO THE 'ISLE OF MAN' TUESDAY 23RD APRIL. SCRUTINEERING IS WEDNESDAY AT THE 'TT GRANDSTAND' https://manx-v2.genesis-ws.co.uk/ ITS BEEN A HECTIC 12 MONTHS,BUT THE 99 TURBO IS READY TO GO....LETS HOPE WE DON'T HOLE ANY PISTONS!! https://...

MORNING 99 SUPER,THE CAR LOOKS VERY PURPOSEFUL! IS THAT METALLIC BLUE AN ORIGINAL COLOUR?

WHAT SORT OF SPEC. IS THE ENGINE&TRANSMISSION? POWER/TORQUE? PICTURES UNDER BONNET?

ARE YOU RUNNNING GLASS,OR LEXAN WINDOWS,STRIPPED OUT INTERIOR? ANY IDEA WHAT WEIGHT THE CAR IS RIGHT NOW IN KG?

BIRDIE

MY COMPATRIOT SEEMED SO PLEASED THAT I HAD RETURNED HIS 'PRIDE&JOY' BACK DOWN THE HILL IN ONE PIECE? THAT HE SUGGESTED I SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER GO? :huh: :dunno: :yay: :thumbsup: BUT THIS TIME I WOULD HAVE A PASSENGER? THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY NEVER MET.....? A FATHER AND DAUGHTER,HAD ATTENED THE HILL...

ONCE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL,AND THE 'BATCH' OF CARS HAS RUN THE COURSE.WE ALL DRIVE BACK DOWN AGAIN.....TO THE PADDOCK. THIS TIME,I SLID THE DRIVERS SEAT FORWARD,ADJUSTED THE HARNESSES'S.......AND THROUGH NO OTHER REASON,TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL,TO ENSURE THERE WAS STILL PRESSURE :dunno: (ITS A RALLY ...

NOW THEN,AS WE KNOW 'SAABS' IN MOTORSPORT,ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN? ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE UK.... SO I WAS QUITE REFRESHING TO SEE A RATHER NICE 900 TURBO THERE,ALSO COMPETING IN 16V 185BHP FORM....ALBEIT IN JUST ROAD-GOING SPEC. WITH 200,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK. :yay: THE GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE IN TH...

OF COURSE,THERE WERE PLENTY MORE 'CLASSIC' CARS IN MOTORSPORT..... JUST SOME OF THE STUFF 'RUNNIN UP THAT HILL' AS 'KATE BUSH' WOULD SAY... o_O :yay: AS WE NEARED 09.00 THE FIRST BATCH OF EARLY 1900'S VINTAGE STUFF,BEGAIN TO ASCEND THE HILL.... MOST OF THESE VEHICLE'S ARE 'PUSH' STARTED,WITH EXPOSED...

BUT,WE MUST REMEMBER THIS WAS JUST THE ERA OF THE MID-EIGHTIES? AND ALTHOUGH 'GROUP-B' WAS CONSIDERED THE 'PINNACLE' OF RALLYING,OF THAT TIME? THERE IS SO MUCH MORE BEFORE IT.... :-O :thumbsup: :yay: FORD'S ILL-FATED ESCORT RS1700T,LATER EVOLVED INTO THE RS200.... THERE ARE VERY FEW EXAMPLES LEFT OF...