Gathering Off the Hill, Preston, Aug 24th

[manixman]

hey y'all,

pretty new to the shoe-county scene, but just checking who be going to this one?? www.volkswigan.co.uk/Gathering.html

big event, near preston, lancashire, this weekend, from friday 24th until monday 27th!! anyone wanting to cruise, who wanna follow the ugliest van in the world (thus making even rusted veedubs look good) is welcome, give me a messege or something.


and i be going down in Prudence, my 1980 air cooled t25 joy-mobile (cant miss her, big fat, green, with f**k off great vinyls, and stonking 5 berth viking conv. pop top), also when i arrive, i shall sound the horn (xtra loud, xtra funky, COW, plus a PA for those BMW twats and chav-mobile Nova types, to say, GET THE FOOK OUTTA MY WAY, dirty buggars

neways, wanted to see opinions on this one...

[volksworld]

would love to go mate unfortunatly i pre booked but hope to see you at action net w/end though. look forward to mmeting you & your funky t25

[manixman]

i shall upload pics here for those who miss it, i am heading off now, and will be at VW Action (should be able to do the cruise too if one is on) and the next meet (whenever that is!!). should be good. p.s. nice bus ;-) funkier than mine!!

[manixman]

Alas, no pictures. I never made it...

...Caught on fire on the A50 near Derby, and had to be towed home (after fire brigade put it out of course...;-))

Seems as if the fan belt snapped, causing the engine to overheat massivly, causing oil to buble out, hit the heat exchangers, caught alight, and thus ended our weekend.

But never fear, for i fixed it!! 1x replacement fanbelt, 4 hours of fixing, replace a few bits and bob, and then fix my right side carb (as air valve was kaput), and she ran fine (only overheated a little after 4 hours in a traffic jam after i fixed it, no suprise for an air cooled!!)

Ready for VW Action?? I am!!