green68 wrote:harvester60 wrote:Blackpool to santa pod would be a hell of a trek. Hopefully my truck will be back one the road by then. Maybe i will come up. Luke
That meet is at the end of July, normally around the weekend of the 29th.....Do you go to watch any of the meetings there? The Mopar one, they have people attending/many drive their cars from France, Germany etc Theres a guy attends and sometimes brings a genuine hemi engined/rare car etc. This year he brought a genuine all original Charger 500 (the one with the altered roofline they ran in Nascar and used to make the Daytona from).
Thought you meant in your reply above you would drive your International to Blackpool, but take it you actually meant Santa Pod Raceway?
I was going to take ny International to a meet in Cheshire about an hours (normally) drive to me but......The only sensible route is on the motorway, 40 mph is a comfortable speed for the truck so it would take a looong time, but the main reason I did not take it was due again to the speed, with other road users travelling at 70 mph being a danger etc. I am confident the truck would get there but just too risky with the speed due to gearing etc......I looked at other routes on normal roads but the details of the journey trying to get sensible directions was just too involved/time consuming/not direct at all.
I am/was intending to take the Torino pace car to the same 2 meets but at the moment progress is slow, due to needing localised bodywork and struggling with finding the fender I need. I have other parts I ordered but these cannot be fitted until some welding has been done etc. The car will only need a small amount of paint, it has cleaned up well, will not be mint but very clean, but I am trying to preserve rather than restore it because of how original the car is plus unusual. I don't don't see the point in taking a car apart when there is no need. I now doubt the car will be ready in time for the meets in July 2018 but we'll have to see, car might be fit to tale but not how I would prefer/finish it before being taken out. They have a show and shine area at the meet at Santa Pod which is why I would take this car, your truck would be appreciated if you wanted to take it there, whether in that area or just parked up on the site. Its an enthusiasts meeting where anything goes. Tried to add a couple of pics but were too big.
Paul.