southwest uk roadster builders group/club

[baz-r]

as above realy couple of us thinking of setting up an informal group to help each other out, tool share, meet up for a beer, go for days/drive outs (when your finished) and have a laugh with

to start off have no one person in charge
no member fees tho might raise some pennys for charity or somthing at some point (excuse to have some fun doing somthing) and see how it goes

pm me your details and i will make a note of everyone who is intersted and see how it goes from there

has even been talk of a build party to kick things off

[eSteve]

baz-r,

sounds a reasonable idea.

I'm near Bournemouth, do I qualify or am I not Westerly enough?



Car not on road yet, probably 1-2 years off at my rate, it's taken me a year to get to a (nearly) fully welded chassis.


Would I be able to phone you when I breakdown in it near Exeter?

[baz-r]

Originally Posted by eSteve

baz-r,

sounds a reasonable idea.

I'm near Bournemouth, do I qualify or am I not Westerly enough?

Car not on road yet, probably 1-2 years off at my rate, it's taken me a year to get to a (nearly) fully welded chassis.

Would I be able to phone you when I breakdown in it near Exeter?

yes thats still the sw to me and you can call me i could charge you a reasonable fee for recovery we can call it club discount LOL!

im sure it would become tricky for everyone to meet all the time everyone so far apart so an idea i had would be to have local smaller meets more often
then organise bigger meets like say the exeter show etc.

i could get a chat room sorted somewhere down the line will be helpful

[baz-r]

ok looks like im already getting some interst

if you could cut n paste in this to your pm it would be real helpful

forum name:
name:
email:
nearest town:
moby no. (optional):

[baz-r]

details given will NOT be posted in the forum

also a few people are saying after my car is finished
point i would like to make is my car is not finished. it is a builders and owners club/group so you dont need to have your car finished
its more of a thing to chat have a laugh help each other out and have fun
of corse you can arive in your car so we can all dribble over it and there will be drive outs for thoes that have finished
you could always take one of the other members in the spare seat, or the wife if she cant trust you to be out on your own

[Spikehaus]

How about ideas for a local venue for a meet, I reckon the Haynes Museam at Yeovil is a good starting point, if its a nice sunny day, its not a bad place for other builders in both Devon & Dorset to get too. I also think it should not be limited to the SW and or anyone who fancies a day out. Where better to kick start things. They often have other club events at weekends. Maybe we could combine a first meet with another event so that there is lots to see, and if numbers are low we will not be rattling around!

http://www.haynesmotormuseum.com/museum/events.html

It way even be possible to get the day listed as "The Haynes Roadster Builders Day" on the website to attract more interest.

I have a great image of a row of completed roadsters lined up outside the entrance!

You also have the fleet air arm museam just a few miles down the road, just in case we run out of things to look at, discuss and keep it lively.

Anyone interested or have other ideas?

[baz-r]

great idea spikehaus
technicly meets are not just for us southwestners but that is like one of the ideas for the future
karting race to raise money for charity was another good one
show meets and car share on the way list is endless

the one thing i want to avoid and one or two others have mentioned is when the last club was forming it went all wrong causing forum members at each others necks
i rember visiting the group to say hi and buy some raffle tickets at stonleigh every one seemed nice and friendly then it turned out there was a lot of people with issues with who was getting involved behind each others backs.
all alot of upset and wasted effort sadly (thanks for thoes that put in the time and effort by the way)

everything has to start somewhere and as i live in the sw and wanted to find and chat to local builders it seemed a logical place to start
who knows if a few smaller local clubs where to form one day thay could all join into one big one
but we all have to start somewhere and the somewhere only needs to be a few blokes willing to turn up at a pub over a pint/coke to talk things trough.

after that we can get all the wheels in motion who knows. the last thing i want to do is tread on someone else's toes

[Eternal]

Sweet idea im from Bournemout as well. Sending you a PM in a sec heh

[baz-r]

sorry have been busy work,home and been a bit of a push to get some stuff done on the car
been mixed feedback and im not looking to run with this before i can walk with it first so i have made a list to anyone who has sent me thair info
at some point i will be contacting people to arange a meet at a pub for just a drink and a chat.
we all need to start somewhere and we dont want to go all serious if you know what i meen

[Eternal]

Sounds good im up for a pint. As long as its not miles and miles away hahah