UNDER THE BONNET.....

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).

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

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.....

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......

NO TURBO'S ALLOWED, AND K-JET ADAPTED TO THE 16V ENGINE.....

VOLVO'S AND VW BEETLE'S AS WELL.....

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

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?

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.....

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

A MIXTURE OF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE

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....

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

BACK IN THE PADDOCK,THE WORK CONTINUES....

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.....

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