My work here is done!

[Davey]

Well my work here in the workshop for this week that is:D . Tomorrow morning we roll for Goodwood and the Festival of Speed for a long weekend. We have to call in at Eastleigh on the way to tweek a cruise control I fitted on one of these http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/carspecs.php/?see=736 a month or two ago, pretty car but frankly underwhelming in performance I thought, then its on to Goodwood in the camper for a weekend of very high octane motorsport fun with a very big capital F!

See you all on Monday if I can't get a connection while down there, D.

P.S. Enoch, don't go doing anything rash like finishing your car:D .

In edit: if you're missing me you can always visit this thread and make us all happy :-) http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4444

[twinturbo]

I remember seeing the SZ in "Car" when it was launched.. I was still at scholl and it was stunning..

Have a nice weekend.

TT

[Davey]

Cheers TT, the SZ is a stunning looking car but despite being GRP bodied it felt really heavy to drive and performance wasn't as brisk as I expected, my daughter has a 1600 Fiesta Zetec S that feels a lot quicker and a bloody sight nimbler too. A classic case of form over function I think. We fully intend to enjoy every second of the weekend.
Cheers, D.:D

[Enoch]

Have a damn good weekend old chap:)
Wish I was going but too much to do. I have to do a car boot on Sunday and visit the mother in law and do some chores around the house. I have to work Saturday too :mad:
Don't think I will finish the car until at least next week at this rate :D
Best and all that,
Enoch

[Headshot]

Have a good one :)

I just love those SZ's wouldn't care if it was heavy and slow.... it would break down anyway lol

[Davey]

Well here we eare at Goodwood, parked next to us in the camping field is a Caterham Sprint and next to that is a little yellow roadster although I haven't as yet established exactly what it is but I think it might be a Westfield. We've seen a couple of Ferraris down here and a smattering of classic tin such as TR6s and GT6s.

Called in on the customer yesterday to sort the SZ and it took about fifteen minutes to sort out, then a pub lunch in Chichester before trundling down here for about 2.30 pm and getting set up so happy daze.

I'll try and tease you all with a few photos of the cars and stars later.

D.

[spud69]

That's going to be a fantastic weekend Davey you lucky burger. If only i had the time and money to be there....:o

Have a great weekend and give Jenson a kick up the butt for me - don't think he really needs it though.

AndyH

[SeriesLandy]

Have a great time at FoS I went today last year and enjoyed it however the weather was really sunny and hot.

Going to Chichester later hope the traffic isn't too bad.

[Davey]

Just got to the camper and have taken 339 photosd on my DSLR, 20 mins of footage on the camcorder and about 100 or so on the wife's pocket digital cam so a bit of sorting to do before i can post any, oh yeah a couple of shots on my phone too 'cos I hadn't time to change the lens on my DSLR. I'll try and post a few a bit later. Cheers Spud, didn't see Jenson today, I think its Sunday he's here. Did take a 46 second blast around a dirt track in a Bowler, cost £20 mind but it was a thrill ride for sure. Weather has been fantastic really, hot and sticky, some overcast spells but mostly sunny.

D.

P.S. sorry guys for some reason I can't post pictures when using my mobile as a modem so you'll have to wait till Monday evening.

[Davey]

Well that's the end of Goodwood FoS 2010 and what a weekend its been! We've had fantastic weather, seen some amazing cars and even a transit van going obscenely quickly up the hill. Met Freddie Sheene, Barry's son and my mate got his autograph too. Seen star drivers like Jackie Stewart, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, John Surtees, Bruno Senna, Karun Chandhok and loads more. Seen cars being driven ridiculously fast by the above named and more. Seen a 1938 Alfa Romeo GP car get slapped sideways into the hay bales. But the icing on the cake was as we were coming out tonight my wife spotted Murray Walker doing book signings and Stirling Moss signing autographs so I bought the Stirling Moss birthday book and got both autographs, and it was only a tenner :-). I will post some photos tomorrow when we're back home but I've got about 1100 to sort through!

D.

[gingea1pom]

Davey,

Insanely jealous:p can’t wait for the pictures.

Cheers Ginge

[spud69]

I'll second Ginge, me to am insanely jealous....

Jenson must get about a bit as the tv cameras zoomed in on him yesterday at wimbledon watching the mens final......Top bloke though.

AndyH

[Davey]

Jenson was at Goodwood on Saturday, Lewis was there yesterday. Justin Law was campaigning a G reg transit van up the hill:eek: obscenely fast with a best time of 59 seconds:eek: :eek: (the hill is 1.16 miles long so work out how quickly that thing was really moving). Mind you its got Jaguar XJ220 power plant and running gear. Nick Heidfeld was driving last years Brawn GP but in Mercedes livery and although the current F1 cars weren't doing timed runs I clocked him at about 44 seconds, he holds the record at 41.6 which he set in 1999. Photos are on the way but got to transfer them all from my travelling lappy to my home lappy and sort through them first, then choose a few of the best then post them. I might even open a photobucket or flickr account, anybody suggest which one is easiest/best?

D.

[gingea1pom]

Davey,

I am a Photo Bucket man myself never used the other one.

Cheers Ginge

[Davey]

Right boys and girls, hopefully here are a few selected photos from the weekend.
Picture "1905" is a 1905 Darracq with a 25.4 litre V8 producing 200 horse power delivered through tyres just three inches wide:eek: . This car set world, European and british land speed records between 1905 and 1908 reaching speeds of 121 MPH:eek: .

Picture "arrows" is self expanatory.

Picture "Citroengt" is the car that Citroen designed in 2008 for the computer game Gran Turismo, this year they decided to chuck an engine into it and opted for a V8. No details other than it produces more than 500BHP!

Picture "fasttranny" is Justin Law's 1990 transit with XJ220 power plant and running gear.

Picture "kenblock" is Ken Block the amazing stunt driver in a WRC Focus four wheel drive, his driving accuracy is incredible. Check out "ken block gymkhana" on youtube.

D.

[Davey]

OK I've signed up with Photobucket and posted a few photos up there, here's the link: http://s813.photobucket.com/albums/zz60/Davey0208/Goodwood%20FoS%202010/
I'll add more photos later.

D.

[alga]

The pipe and ladder on the Transit are a nice touch!

[Davey]

Hi Alga, I reckon he could have shaved another second off his time if he'd removed the roof rack and flashing beacon although he claimed the biggest problem with driving it quickly was corners, it wallowed badly being as it has such a high centre of gravity.

D.

[Chris Gibbs]

Some nice pictures Dave - I haven't been since 2008, I watched the tv coverage but it's not the same!

Cheers

Chris :)

[Davey]

Its certainly a fantastic weekend Chris. The Jim Clark Lotus 38/1 was apparently valued for insurance purposes at somewhere between 40 and 60 million dollars:eek: !!

What I love about FoS is you can walk around the cars, talk to the drivers (last year while walking around the F1 paddock I spotted a driver and said to my wife "that's Jochen Mass" and he said " yes it is, how do you do?" and held out his hand, how cool is that?). This year I not only got Stirling Moss' autograph along with Murray Walker's but I managed to get a couple of minutes chat with both, how cool is that?:D :D .

Going to have a look at www.goodwood.co.uk now and see if there's any way we can afford the Revival in September:D .

D.

[Davey]

For anyone who might be interested Goodwood FoS is on ITV 4 tonight at 8 pm.

D.