BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE.....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
UNDER THE BONNET.....
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CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
NEXT MORNING,THERE IS ALWAYS A FRESH SUPPLY OF BREAD ROLL'S FROM RECEPTION,AT THE CAMPSITE
THE 'FERRY' HAD JUST CROSSED OUR VIEW ON THE LAKE....SO WE HEADED BACK DOWN TO 'VADSTENA' FOR A STROLL,TO WATCH IT DOCKING......
AND WE WATCHED THE KID'S CATCHING CRAYFISH IN THE HARBOUR,LATE MORNING IN 'VADSTENA'......BEFORE, A TRADITIONAL MID-DAY 'SWEDISH FIKA'(COFFEE AND CAKE).
THE 'FERRY' HAD JUST CROSSED OUR VIEW ON THE LAKE....SO WE HEADED BACK DOWN TO 'VADSTENA' FOR A STROLL,TO WATCH IT DOCKING......
AND WE WATCHED THE KID'S CATCHING CRAYFISH IN THE HARBOUR,LATE MORNING IN 'VADSTENA'......BEFORE, A TRADITIONAL MID-DAY 'SWEDISH FIKA'(COFFEE AND CAKE).
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CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
OFF TO NEARBY 'MOTALA' IN THE AFTERNOON....
A FANTASTIC MOTOR MUSEUM.....
MY GRANDFATHER/MOTHER(THAT IS NOT HER,IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT !!) USED TO TAKE ME FOR DAY'S OUT IN ONE OF THESE LITTLE HEINKEL'S IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.......I WOULD SIT ON THE ENGINE COVER IN THE BACK,WHERE IT WAS NICE AND WARM ! CRASH GEARBOX,AND REAR WHEEL DRIVE.......ARRRHHHH,MEMORIES
A FANTASTIC MOTOR MUSEUM.....
MY GRANDFATHER/MOTHER(THAT IS NOT HER,IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT !!) USED TO TAKE ME FOR DAY'S OUT IN ONE OF THESE LITTLE HEINKEL'S IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.......I WOULD SIT ON THE ENGINE COVER IN THE BACK,WHERE IT WAS NICE AND WARM ! CRASH GEARBOX,AND REAR WHEEL DRIVE.......ARRRHHHH,MEMORIES
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CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
NOW,IT WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD TO SAMPLE THE 'SWEDISH MOTORSPORT CULTURE' TO IT'S TRUE POTENTIAL WHILST WE WERE HERE.....?
WE SET OFF FOR A TINY PLACE CALLED 'LAXA',ABOUT AN HOUR,SOUTH WEST FROM 'OREBRO'....WHICH ALLEGEDLY, WAS HOSTING THE WEEKEND'S 'FOLK RACING' FESTIVAL....?
TIME TO GO 'OFF ROAD' IN THE OLD CITROEN MOTORHOME,THE RATTLES WERE GETTING LOUDER......
A GOOD TEN MINUTE'S DEEP INTO THE FOREST,WE CAME ACROSS A CLEARING,AND A SMALL AIRFIELD/RUNWAY.......WITH LOTS OF ENGINES REVVING, NEARBY?
JUST 50 SEK EACH TO GET IN,THE RUNWAY WAS RAMMED FULL OF SPECTATOR'S CARS......SO WE WERE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE WOULD FIND,WHEN WE ACTUALLY FOUND WHERE ALL THIS 'NOISE' WAS COMING FROM....?
IT WAS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR US TO CAMP OVERNIGHT HERE,BUT WE DECIDED TO SPEND A GOOD FEW HOUR'S HERE,THEN HEAD DOWN TO LINKOPING.....
WE SET OFF FOR A TINY PLACE CALLED 'LAXA',ABOUT AN HOUR,SOUTH WEST FROM 'OREBRO'....WHICH ALLEGEDLY, WAS HOSTING THE WEEKEND'S 'FOLK RACING' FESTIVAL....?
TIME TO GO 'OFF ROAD' IN THE OLD CITROEN MOTORHOME,THE RATTLES WERE GETTING LOUDER......
A GOOD TEN MINUTE'S DEEP INTO THE FOREST,WE CAME ACROSS A CLEARING,AND A SMALL AIRFIELD/RUNWAY.......WITH LOTS OF ENGINES REVVING, NEARBY?
JUST 50 SEK EACH TO GET IN,THE RUNWAY WAS RAMMED FULL OF SPECTATOR'S CARS......SO WE WERE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE WOULD FIND,WHEN WE ACTUALLY FOUND WHERE ALL THIS 'NOISE' WAS COMING FROM....?
IT WAS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR US TO CAMP OVERNIGHT HERE,BUT WE DECIDED TO SPEND A GOOD FEW HOUR'S HERE,THEN HEAD DOWN TO LINKOPING.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
FIRST OF ALL THOUGH,WE HAD SOME GOOD QUALITY 'GRASSROOTS' RACING TO WATCH...
AND THIS IS WHAT MET US.....AS WE STROLLED AROUND THE PADDOCK !
MUCH ACTIVITY,AS SIX CAR'S AT A TIME ROLLED UP TO THE START LINE,THEN BATTLED IT OUT FOR 3 LAPS OF UTTER MAYHEM......
AND THIS IS WHAT MET US.....AS WE STROLLED AROUND THE PADDOCK !
MUCH ACTIVITY,AS SIX CAR'S AT A TIME ROLLED UP TO THE START LINE,THEN BATTLED IT OUT FOR 3 LAPS OF UTTER MAYHEM......
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
NO TURBO'S ALLOWED, AND K-JET ADAPTED TO THE 16V ENGINE.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
VOLVO'S AND VW BEETLE'S AS WELL.....
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
That is a really cool museum full of a lot of pretty obscure cars and motorcycles, and just general electronics 'stuff' from what I remember. Was the Koenigsegg prototype still there?BIRDIEMANGO wrote:OFF TO NEARBY 'MOTALA' IN THE AFTERNOON....
A FANTASTIC MOTOR MUSEUM.....
MY GRANDFATHER/MOTHER(THAT IS NOT HER,IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT !!) USED TO TAKE ME FOR DAY'S OUT IN ONE OF THESE LITTLE HEINKEL'S IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.......I WOULD SIT ON THE ENGINE COVER IN THE BACK,WHERE IT WAS NICE AND WARM ! CRASH GEARBOX,AND REAR WHEEL DRIVE.......ARRRHHHH,MEMORIES
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
HELLO HUTCH,YEP KOENIGSEGG WAS STILL THERE.....THE PLACE IS FULL OF PERIOD TELEVISION/RADIO SET'S AS WELL,A REAL BLAST FROM THE PAST,WELL WORTH A FEW HOUR'S WITH A CRACKING CAFE,SITUATED RIGHT ON THE LAKE.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
BACK TO THE 'FOLK RACING' THOUGH.....AND SOME OF THE ACTION!
A MIXTURE OF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE
A MIXTURE OF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
SOMETIMES,YOU HAD TO LOOK TWICE,TO TRY AND RECOGNISE EXACTLY,WHAT SOT OF CAR IT WAS BEING RACED....
USUALLY ABSOLUTE CARNAGE ON THE FIRST BEND....
USUALLY ABSOLUTE CARNAGE ON THE FIRST BEND....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
WHEN A COUPLE OF 99'S CAME OFF WORSE...?
THEY JUT SCOOP 'EM UP WITH A COUPLE OF VOLVO'S,AND BACK TO THE PADDOCK FOR
REPAIRS
THEY JUT SCOOP 'EM UP WITH A COUPLE OF VOLVO'S,AND BACK TO THE PADDOCK FOR
REPAIRS
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
BACK IN THE PADDOCK,THE WORK CONTINUES....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
THE VOLVO'S WERE RUNNING, OLD DUAL MASS FLYWHEELS,OR OLD VENTED BRAKE DISCS STACKED UP IN THE BOOT FOR EXTRA TRACTION OFF THE LINE.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..
SO,NOW YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE OLD SAAB'S & VOLVO'S IN SWEDEN HAVE ENDED UP....
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