GavinR's Mk2 Stage Car - DVY

[tim]

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taken by Robert C on photographty online

[team_zi]

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Seeded 7th, finished 7th. Cant argue with that.

Great result Gavin, and was a pleasure to meet you at the Mid Speed Dinner Dance. Nice collection of silverware, and the socket set looked handy too.

[GavinR]

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Seeded 7th, finished 7th. Cant argue with that.

Great result Gavin, and was a pleasure to meet you at the Mid Speed Dinner Dance. Nice collection of silverware, and the socket set looked handy too.

Nice to meet you as well. Haven't used the socket set yet but I'm sure it will be useful

Since Goodwood I've been doing a few bits to DVY to make sure everything is 100% for Ireland next month. I've bought 2 new starter motors and been investigating a slight oil leak coming from above that starter - removed the rocker cover but that all looked ok (I checked the head bolts and changed the plugs while I was in there), replaced the block breather pipe, then removed the oil pressure switch and sender unit and resealed everything before putting it back together.

I'd also been worried about the state of the windows - although the windscreen is E-marked, it does not say Laminated on it anywhere, and the polycarb is quite scratched so I fitted a new windscreen last week and bought a new set of polycarb windows.

For Irish Rallies this year both driver and co-driver need to wear HANS devices, and its recommended that the rear harness belts are pretty much horizontal, so yesterday I took DVY on a day trip to see Gary at Retro Motorsport to have a harness bar welded to the cage, and turned the single diagonal into an X
To get better access, I removed the rear screen and rear quarter windows and put the new ones back in afterwards.







Just got to paint it now

[Tazman]

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sweet looks like you are building your own little jungle gym in there what with the extra cross bars fitted in the doors

[GavinR]

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After another couple of busy weeks working on DVY - changing the suspension, putting the interior back in, strengthening the handbrake, fitting a sumpguard, changing the windows and windscreen, sorting the boot out to make the spare wheel, jack and tool box secure, fitting mudflaps, filling and painting the rear arch (with help from Guy), wiring in the trip and getting some more slicks, fitting a new starter and battery, I managed to take DVY for a quick drive up the road and back to check everything was working ok before loading her onto the trailer this afternoon - the suspension might be a bit high but we can think about that when we're over there



As I started the test drive, she wasn't pulling that well so I switched to the 2nd fuel pump and everything started running perfectly, so Carrie & Guy will pick up a new pump from Gareth tomorrow on the way to Pembroke (they're service crew this weekend )

And the van's all loaded with more spares than usual, all ready to catch the ferry tomorrow from Pembroke and hopefully we'll get to West Cork by 10pm

Then 2 days of recceing before 80 miles of stages on Saturday and another 80 miles on Sunday

Cath and I are Car 85 out of 150 entries which is good, I'm just hoping for a good run without any problems

[PaulAlex]

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I'm sooooooo jealous!!! West Cork stages are fantastic.....

.....as, of course, is the "craic" while you're out there

Good luck!

Paul.

[cossie matt]

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Good luck Gavin

look forward to the write up next week

[MCURZON]

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I'm jealous too! I really want to do an Irish event one of these days.

Hope you have a clean, safe, fast run and loads of laughs along the way

Matt

[PERKY]

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Good luck mate Dont forget the write up after.

[Dave]

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Best of luck Gavin

[Joe-Tait]

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Good Luck Gav

[Retromotorsport]

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Good luck Gavin, bring back a pot

[celeron]

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Best of luck at the weekend. I'll be marshaling on the Ardfield stage on Sunday. Be sure to fling DVY around on that one

anyone wanting to follow Gavins progress over the weekend can keep an eye on the rallys website

www.westcorkrally.com

[rallyladgaz]

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best of luck for the weekend cant wait for the rite up nxt week

[mattj]

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heres the results looks like gav was in the 30's overall

http://www.rallyroots.com/WCR09_Overall3.pdf