This is a show where clubs are encourged
to actively restore their cars on the Club stands. We tipped Brian
Birch's 1957 8 Gold Star on its side, cleaned and painted it and
prepared some copper brakepipes.
Our
correspondent, Ian Leggett, emails me a with the following on-the-spot
report:
"With
rust dust flying high it was good that some had brought dust masks to
wear. Brushing away at the underside of the 8 soon showed that it was
quite solid really and during the morning a coat of Hammerite red oxide
was put on the floor panel underside. After lunch it was decided to
lower the car off the home made roll over frame and turn the whole car
over to see the other side. With 6 manpower pushing and shoving soon the
car was turned and the frame re fitted to roll over again. The underside
was then finished. The biggest crowd of spectators was when the car was
undergoing this operation, and several asked where they could get a roll
over frame from. I think Brian Birch could have several orders. At prize
giving time there was some resistance from the workers who thought they
would win nothing but Peter, Steve and Ian did go over and were really
pleased to have achieved a second."
Ian
Leggett.
And we won the £150 prize for our
efforts!
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(left to right)
John Maxwell, Austin Tuckey, Brian Birch and Malcolm Graham take
a breather to pose for the camera.
Above:
Austin Tuckey and Brian Birch work on the rusty but very sound
underside of the 8. In the background is Peter Lockley's
similar car - the 'one we did earliAer'.
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