BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE.....

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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:42 pm

UNDER THE BONNET..... :bawl:
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:46 pm

NEXT MORNING,THERE IS ALWAYS A FRESH SUPPLY OF BREAD ROLL'S FROM RECEPTION,AT THE CAMPSITE :thumbsup:

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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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:59 pm

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 :thumbsup:
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:16 pm

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.....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:23 pm

FIRST OF ALL THOUGH,WE HAD SOME GOOD QUALITY 'GRASSROOTS' RACING TO WATCH... :thumbsup:

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......
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:28 pm

NO TURBO'S ALLOWED, AND K-JET ADAPTED TO THE 16V ENGINE.....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:32 pm

VOLVO'S AND VW BEETLE'S AS WELL.....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby hutch » Tue Aug 30, 2016 8:19 pm

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 :thumbsup:
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?

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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:24 am

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.....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:32 am

BACK TO THE 'FOLK RACING' THOUGH.....AND SOME OF THE ACTION!

A MIXTURE OF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:42 am

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....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:47 am

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 :crazy:
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:51 am

BACK IN THE PADDOCK,THE WORK CONTINUES....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:20 pm

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.....
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Re: BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE..

Postby BIRDIEMANGO » Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:27 pm

SO,NOW YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE OLD SAAB'S & VOLVO'S IN SWEDEN HAVE ENDED UP....
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