The Lotus Grand Tourers

Everyone involved in the stand prep. and display vehicles should have an email from me with some essential information and passes, now. PLEASE do what it says in that email.

Received loud and clear. Will be getting the car ready Sunday. High Vis jacket already in motor.
Jim

Forgot to mention Angus, I have it on good authority that Barrie Wills (ex DeLorean ex Lotus ex lots of automotive stuff!) will be at the show on Friday. I'm pretty sure he will be popping by the stand.
Jim

Lotus Jim wrote:Forgot to mention Angus, I have it on good authority that Barrie Wills (ex DeLorean ex Lotus ex lots of automotive stuff!) will be at the show on Friday. I'm pretty sure he will be popping by the stand.
Jim

He won't be able to avoid us. Nice bloke. Lots of interesting stories about Reliant, DeLorean and M100. (And MJK and others)

Show guide : https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publica ... 2e7dbba8/1

I hope people are going to come and criticise our wreck (Sorry-project) -being shown for the first time. Please go easy-it's Mrs W.s car, and if you are mean she will either:
1. Cry, or
2. Knock you to the floor.
I'm not joking!
I'll be occupied organising the Allegro stand as usual, but I will be across as much as I can.

Stand looking better than ever!! Sorry I won't be there . Have a great weekend!

Pete

WOT? No more photos??

Pete

Brilliant Friday stand set-up.

I bet it was sooooooooo successful/busy that there has been no time/energy to post more picture atm?

First year my car wins the least oil on the NEC floor

The Torrey Canyon prize is coming out of retirement. Evidence to follow for the judges to consider.

Pete Boole wrote:WOT? No more photos??

It was a hectic show, this year, with special guests galore, a lot of interest on Friday and Saturday, and a rev. limiter to fit and door latch to fix. Couldn't have done it without the real heroes - the stand team of Stu, Brian, Isabel, Gill, Dr. Hoops, Ian and, of course, Mike & Dave from LotusBits. Thanks also to new(ish) member Peter for letting us show the 90% complete purple Excite.

From a club perspective it was a success - costs have been covered, more window frames sold (so more cars saved), and lots of people met and helped - but I'm no longer sure how welcome we are. Compared to other clubs we suffered from a lack of space - maybe because I'm always truthful about the number of cars we plan to bring instead of adding 2 or 3 to get extra space and parking passes. It feels like honesty is penalised.

Anyway - on to the photos. Some from Friday to Sunday, and a few I took on Monday morning (always the best day 'cos nobody's worrying about setting up and there's less clutter around). I only got shots from Hall 2, so please add your own to this thread.

Thursday









Friday


Saturday


Sunday







Sunday night - two contenders for the Torrey Canyon prize.




And if you want to see any of these in higher resolution, + all the photos I took on Monday morning - follow this link

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And, of course, HUGE THANKS to our special guests : Mike Kimberley, Oliver Winterbottom and Scott Walker, and also to Barrie Wills who popped by since our tea was better than the DeLoreans'

amarshall wrote:

Pete Boole wrote:WOT? No more photos??

Sunday night - two contenders for the Torrey Canyon prize.




And if you want to see any of these in higher resolution, + all the photos I took on Monday morning - follow this link

I vote for the other contender!