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Well, I'm just about capable of posting since the weekend adventures so here we are. Yes this is a thread about my stag night and yes it's in motors - please bear with me on this one!
The brief, when it arrived, was pretty simple. Turn up at Birch Services on the M62 Nr Manchester in a 1980's Sports car you've paid less than £500 for, in authentic 80's style and prepared some fashionable 80's smart-wear for the evening. All of this was arranged by mattpc of these forums who has too much time on his hands judging by the 'casual wear...
Matt is on the left.
Of all of the respondents, 11 said they were up for it, 6 running cars and the rest either in something sensible for when we broke down, or simply to come out on a mystery trip and get drunk later on! However, before we had even started, there were casualties along the way....
Ian, first to drop out, was planning to run a hearse with viper stripes and not worry about if it broke down as he had somewhere to sleep. He got landed in it at work and couldn't attend. He's pictured with another fallen comrade, Corporal Wayne Lupton. In the RAF so things can change... Finally, no pic of this one but the day before, my mate john managed to sever several tendons in his had, lost several pints of blood and many hours before making it to A&E after we'd set off. He fell over, put his hand out and - oops - large rusty nail in the way. His flat was an interesting colour when I saw it that morning...!!!
On the day, I had to make it from Hartlepool to Birch via York so wasn't particularly early. First to arrive was James. Due to infamous timing issues, he was told 1pm rather than 2pm and duly turned up at 1.15pm. His choice of 80's classic was a beautiful 1985 Escort Cabriolet 1.6i, purchased from a Miss J England no less for just £280!!! James used to be my boss and at the time sold cars. he went for the Del Boy Special and can be seen stood next to matt above.
Although the Escort had class and Matt had spent a good while on his costume, the you've-got-far-too-much-time-on-your-hands-special-award goes to Ray with the Saab Asbo Shark. No explanation needed to be honest!
Ray is pictured later and is err..hard to miss! The Saab Asbo (formally a Saab Aero) is the 900 Turbo and was fairly rapid and even though it was on near-starship mileage of 171k, she was still a fearsome creature of the deep and all for less than £300!. Ray managed to pick Lucky up along the way (not the dog...) meaning 3 of the 8 survivors had arrived!
Next to roll up was mattpc himself, in what I see as a stunning choice of vehicle - a Nissan Silvia Turbo on the F plate with a mere snip of 140k on the clock. Unfortunately it turned out matt had been robbed earlier on in the week.. He went to Hull and someone had taken a full £500 out of his pocket and forced him to take the Silvia instead. There are some rotten people out there!
Next of the 80's sports machines to arrive was, in my eyes, the most thoroughbred, the best of the bunch. In many ways, it had character and charm, plus it was the most heavily modded, with a cone air filter and lowered suspension (which made the wheels rub on the arches if the were more than 2 people and luggage in...). It had a big can exhaust (in the boot) and weight reduction (rear speakers - gone, parcel shelf half gone, service history - gone, MOT - 10 days) and a lovely dump valve that wasn't connected. Yup it was my car, bought for just £320 off some bird in Carlisle called Paulette who had bleach blonde hair and lived in a street that resembled down town Basra. With only 79k on the clock, she was the lowest mileage of the field, though her life had obviously been difficult!
I had bought....
The brief, when it arrived, was pretty simple. Turn up at Birch Services on the M62 Nr Manchester in a 1980's Sports car you've paid less than £500 for, in authentic 80's style and prepared some fashionable 80's smart-wear for the evening. All of this was arranged by mattpc of these forums who has too much time on his hands judging by the 'casual wear...
Matt is on the left.
Of all of the respondents, 11 said they were up for it, 6 running cars and the rest either in something sensible for when we broke down, or simply to come out on a mystery trip and get drunk later on! However, before we had even started, there were casualties along the way....
Ian, first to drop out, was planning to run a hearse with viper stripes and not worry about if it broke down as he had somewhere to sleep. He got landed in it at work and couldn't attend. He's pictured with another fallen comrade, Corporal Wayne Lupton. In the RAF so things can change... Finally, no pic of this one but the day before, my mate john managed to sever several tendons in his had, lost several pints of blood and many hours before making it to A&E after we'd set off. He fell over, put his hand out and - oops - large rusty nail in the way. His flat was an interesting colour when I saw it that morning...!!!
On the day, I had to make it from Hartlepool to Birch via York so wasn't particularly early. First to arrive was James. Due to infamous timing issues, he was told 1pm rather than 2pm and duly turned up at 1.15pm. His choice of 80's classic was a beautiful 1985 Escort Cabriolet 1.6i, purchased from a Miss J England no less for just £280!!! James used to be my boss and at the time sold cars. he went for the Del Boy Special and can be seen stood next to matt above.
Although the Escort had class and Matt had spent a good while on his costume, the you've-got-far-too-much-time-on-your-hands-special-award goes to Ray with the Saab Asbo Shark. No explanation needed to be honest!
Ray is pictured later and is err..hard to miss! The Saab Asbo (formally a Saab Aero) is the 900 Turbo and was fairly rapid and even though it was on near-starship mileage of 171k, she was still a fearsome creature of the deep and all for less than £300!. Ray managed to pick Lucky up along the way (not the dog...) meaning 3 of the 8 survivors had arrived!
Next to roll up was mattpc himself, in what I see as a stunning choice of vehicle - a Nissan Silvia Turbo on the F plate with a mere snip of 140k on the clock. Unfortunately it turned out matt had been robbed earlier on in the week.. He went to Hull and someone had taken a full £500 out of his pocket and forced him to take the Silvia instead. There are some rotten people out there!
Next of the 80's sports machines to arrive was, in my eyes, the most thoroughbred, the best of the bunch. In many ways, it had character and charm, plus it was the most heavily modded, with a cone air filter and lowered suspension (which made the wheels rub on the arches if the were more than 2 people and luggage in...). It had a big can exhaust (in the boot) and weight reduction (rear speakers - gone, parcel shelf half gone, service history - gone, MOT - 10 days) and a lovely dump valve that wasn't connected. Yup it was my car, bought for just £320 off some bird in Carlisle called Paulette who had bleach blonde hair and lived in a street that resembled down town Basra. With only 79k on the clock, she was the lowest mileage of the field, though her life had obviously been difficult!
I had bought....
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