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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Not much to report been busy with work and house.

    My garage building has been on hold as my dad is moving house at the minute and I’m storing all his rubbish for him.

    Hopefully he should be moved within two weeks then we can get on with getting the garage torn down.

    Booked my mate josh in to do all the digging one weekend so hopefully after that we should start making some good progress.

    Oh and my mk2 is now tax free which is nice.
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    my road rally mk2

    So bit of a catch up with this.

    My house is finally finished and the garage is due to start in April once the weather has hopefully improved.

    Ali, who has navigated for me a few times is doing the founds and base and then i will be doing the brickwork and roof.

    In other matters I went to check on the car and it’s still there


    In November I was feeling a bit bored so decided to enter a 12 car in my diesel fiesta road car.

    Ali’s wife Lynsey had been talking about giving them ago so I was happy to drive for her. After a bit of training from Ali she knew most of the basics and we had a good run round despite taking a few wrong slots we were quickly back on the route. I also managed to reverse into a hedge but every panel on the car has a dent in it (even the roof it’s had a hard life moon lighting as a van recently) so no new damage was done.

    We manage to bounce around the lanes and eventually finished 3rd which we were more than happy with.

    Then it was onto December and our annual trip down to the Preston Road rally. Two crews from our club were doing it and despite me trying to sort a car i ran out of time so I was on trailer driving and marshalling duties! My mate josh had managed to prise the proton rally car key off his dad and was having his first go at driving with Chris’s Dodds on the maps. The other crew of James Hastings and Sophie Wickham were also entered in a near identical Proton. Josh and Chris finished 15th overall in 2nd in Class a brilliant result for a first timer

    James and Sophie finished 35th but were just happy to survive!

    We all had brilliant night even if we all questioned our sanity on Sunday!

    Was nice to see Gavin Rodgers out setting a very quick pace in Fly.

    Hopefully the event will run again but the main organisers have stepped down so it seems unlikely.


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    Re: my road rally mk2

    nice post luke, keep us updated on the garage build

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    my road rally mk2

    Still no garage building but have been messing with something else whilst I’m waiting!




    This little beauty is on loan to me at the minute
    It was my friends spare car but the original car, a blue enduro spec proton got written off, so he asked me if I would rebuild it for him into this car.

    Enduro cars had a very simple spec this is been built to use on targas and road rallies. It’s a standard 1.3 only upgrade is an induction kit. I fitted the cage sump guard harness and spotlights. Just had it motd and going to use of on a few events to get it dialled in.

    These are really underrated cars they handle very well as standard only other upgrade is some bigger brakes and calipers.

    It was good fun in the snow the other day!




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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Using the white wonder on a 12 car tomorrow night! It’s a bit slow really has to be caned to get it moving but handles very well and stops on a dime!


    Going to have to keep my foot in tomorrow night if I wanna be up there with the quick boys!
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    my road rally mk2

    John Robson/Hexham Historic 23/24 of February



    The main reason for borrowing the white wonder was I need a course car for our big event The John Robson/Hexham Historic Road rally.

    For the past three years a new team was asked to take over the running of the rally after the previous running had fallen below a decent standard and struggled for entries. In 2016 the current team took over and I was asked to help last year driving the course car.
    This year I was asked to be properly involved and took over chief marshal role as well as other roles along the way. Along with my regular navigator Josh as my deputy.

    The event went well last year with a strong entry but we hoped to right some mistakes that were made and to improve on the event once again.
    With no road rallying taking place in the north east we knew if we could get a good route and organise it well we could make it into one of the ‘must do’ events.

    This all started in October last year with lots of planning and organising we had a superb route sorted with minimal changes to be made. Interest was brimming and we had a full entry of 50 plus reserves. We then got permission from the MSA to extend the entry so 57 started the event with 13 Historics.

    We were overwhelmed with marshals some coming as far as north wales to help out!

    Competitors had come from far and wide so all we had to do was deal with any problems on the night.

    Aside to all this I was rebuilding the white proton as my mk2 wasn’t anywhere near ready. It being a standard 1.3 it was going to be a challenge keeping the main field behind me and we just hoped for no problems.

    Based just outside of Corbridge at Brockbushes Garden centre we left at 9 pm with a short run out to the first section.

    Here we met the clock car who was waiting to go ahead . He would act as a course car to wake the marshals up and we were car ‘0’ as one final check and also we would be a control competitor. If we found a control board then all the others should.
    First section was from the start marshal 200m not as map hairpin left

    There’s was a good mix of competitive sections with short transport sections heading from Corbridge down to Allanheads then a transport section down to Durham for the last two competitive sections before petrol at Mickleton on tees. These two sections have largely been unused in a number of years. They were very challenging with lots of yumps and blind crests. Even after all the times going over it I was still struggling to remember it. We only had one heavy landing but got away unscathed. After this we headed to petrol which was run by local stage rallying regular at his garage complete with homemade cakes and tea and coffee. Also his staff came and filled the cars up so we could get a bite.
    Unfortunately the protons filler neck had gotten damaged so started to leak which we managed to bodge up.



    After this it the event headed to the top of hamsterly forest for the regroup.

    It was good to have a chat with the competitors who all seemed to be enjoying the route.
    We headed off on the next competing section but the fan belt started to squeal. We managed to get through the section but had to go on to side lights to stop the car from misfiring.
    At the end of the section we jumped out and managed to swap the fan belt and carry on.

    We got to start of the next section to see car one had already started so we cut and run to the start of the next.
    Luckily this section had lots of experienced marshals on so wasn’t a problem.
    We then carried on to the end of the event without any problems to set up the last section which turned off the road into the Garden centre itself through a very narrow tunnel to a hairpin right and over the finish of the section and the event.

    It all went well despite the car issues but I wish I’d been out in the escort! Fwd really doesn’t suit me.

    The event was won by my good friend Richard Hunter with Iain Tullie on the maps.

    After the prize giving I went to to drive home and got 1/2 a mile before the fan belt snapped so waited for it to get light then limped home!

    Planning has already started for next years event!
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    are they NS2R's i spy? how did they perform?

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    Well done on getting round - it's not as easy as it sounds doing Course Car!
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    why are protons so popular on road rallys ? not too common anywhere else ..........

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    Re: my road rally mk2

    They are a very underrated car but compared to a lot of cars you wouldn’t want to drive one everyday
    They are very cheap inside
    Rust just like a mk2 and the proton name doesn’t exactly do it for many people
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    Quote Originally Posted by onecamohv View Post
    are they NS2R's i spy? how did they perform?

    Very well according to rich and wear well too
    For the price not much else comes close
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    cool i was always meaning to give them a go, they just done look like they would be any use of slippy muddy lanes

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    my road rally mk2

    Finally there’s some garage progress!

    The old asbestos roof has been removed and we set to work taking the rest of the garage down


    And now it’s all into a flat pack garage


    Next step is to try and move the shed to the back of the garden
    Which will let us do all the landscaping and digging of the foundations in one go
    Just need to get saving the pennies up!


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    my road rally mk2

    Progress is slow with various other things that have happened over the past few months including a change of career but finally something has actually been happening



    First off I bought a concrete breaker to break up the base of the old concrete garage and I will be using this as hardcore

    You can see from the piles of soil that we have been digging as well!


    And finally managed to get the founds poured


    Digger is back this weekend so we will get the middle scraped out ready for hardcore and sand and dpm then Finally we can get the base poured!

    Looks small in the pic but I can fit two escorts side by side with space to spare

    Will have to get another one now!


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    Re: my road rally mk2

    nice, big garage is what a man needs

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    my road rally mk2

    Bit more of an update garage is plodding on slowly but the walls are finally going up



    Waiting on lintels to be delivered and roof materials are ordered


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    Re: my road rally mk2

    stick at it

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    pictures aren't showing for some reason?
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Well after finally realising Tapatalk is useless ive managed to remember how to use the uploader so thought id finally do a long overdue update.

    I finally got the garage finished and then a few weekends later i got my friend (and navigator) to come and dig out a and level the garden and driveway.




    the concrete came the next day and we managed to get it all levelled into a nice sloping driveway to link the existing driveway to the garage.

    this has taken a lot of work and the best part of two years but finally i have a nice space to work and a nice garden that we can actually use.

    i then set about painting the garage floor with epoxy paint which is brillliant stuff. expensive and has to be applied right but leaves a tough semi gloss finish that isnt too slippery but is easily cleaned.



    i then bought some 2nd hand kitchen units and a worktop to make into a bench and storage unit.



    then finally it was ready to bring the old road rally mk2 home

    of course i picked the wettest night to do it meaning it got a soaking (but at least did wash all the dust off) and water got into the trailer lights and damaged them!



    but here it is finally home.

    The garage it has been stored in is a bit damp and i was aware of a few repairs i was going to have to make before i put it away.

    one of the strut tops had some bubbling and i knew there was a little bit of rot in the chassis near the bulkhead i had chosen to ignore.

    but on the whole it hasn't fared too badly during its sabbatical.
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    So to work!!!!!


    i wanted to take the engine and box out both for a check over and a few upgrades plus the engine bay was starting to look a bit shabby.

    So i pulled the engine, box, front suspension and crossmember out ready to make a start.

    first off engine came out, took the head off and had a good luck to make sure everything looked ok. very little wear in the bores and everything looked in good condition.

    took the sump off and bearings all looked pretty much brand new as well, engine has only done about 1500 miles since last rebuild so this was to be expected but nice to find.

    then rebuilt with a new stage three head and twin dellorto 40s.



    I can now use twin carbs for some historic events but will have to resort back to the single 40 for some Road rallies.

    im keen to see what the upgrades bring

    With that done onto the shell itself. After a bit of screwdriver prodding it soon became obvious the strut top was being held together by the reinforcing plate which came off in one go. The original strut top was well rotten but luckily the top of the tower just had surface rust.



    this cleaned up nicely with a wire brush on the grinder then i could weld a new strut top panel on and new reinforcing plate.





    then onto cutting out the original rad panel and converting it to RS spec.



    not really necessary with a crossflow in but the rad fits much better and it looks a lot neater.

    im also toying with the idea of fitting a pinto in the future so it's worth doing it now so its ready.


    Then onto the scary bit.......................
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    I was aware there was a small bit of the front chassis that needed some attention but it turned out to be a bit worse than i thought

    Annoyingly i lost the before pictures but here it is all welded up



    its double skinned and made from 1.5mm plate so should easily be strong enough.

    luckily the rest of the car, although looking shabby, is very solid.

    The drivers door needs some work and the rear arches need some attention but none of its structural.

    obviously because of lockdown there isn't any events at the moment so i can afford to take my time.
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Quote Originally Posted by mexicotait View Post
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    I can now use twin carbs for some historic events but will have to resort back to the single 40 for some Road rallies.
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    Hi Luke,

    Are you talking about Historic Road Rallies?
    I don't think you will be allowed twin carbs on a Mk2

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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Why not?

    As far as I am aware and I have seen at various events as long as an exemption is signed then twin carbs are fine?
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    I've seen people with twin carbs on a Mk1 and they have been given a waiver as they are in Cat 2, but my reading of the Blue Book is that a Mk2 (in Cat 3) has to comply with Group 1 Homologation papers or has to be standard

    If you've seen Mk2's running with twin carbs then I know someone else who would be very interested (not me!)
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Group one papers state that a mk2 Ohv or Ohc car can use “single down draft Weber or single/twin Weber/dellorto carbs.

    Hrcr technical website has all the details on

    Does look like they have removed using princess callipers though
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Group 1 papers have the standard Weber 32 DGV carb
    I think most of the HRCT website is talking about rules for Historic Stage Rallies and not Road Rallies

    You'll have to request a waiver for an event and see what happens
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    Quote Originally Posted by GavinR View Post
    Group 1 papers have the standard Weber 32 DGV carb
    I think most of the HRCT website is talking about rules for Historic Stage Rallies and not Road Rallies

    You'll have to request a waiver for an event and see what happens

    it is but i have asked several clubs and scrutineers and they are happy to use those as a guide.

    i still have a My twin choke if not allowed but im confident they will be.
    at most events i have seen there isnt a single car that follows the regs to the letter as its near impossible. So a degree of common sense is applied as long as noone is taking the mick.

    I still have to use two choke rule for most road rallies anyway.

    When its finally back on the road i'd like to compare the single 40 and the twin choke and see which is better.

    although i still prefer the 40 for the noise
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Well i thought now we are back into another lockdown and i am working from home once again that id have loads of time to get on with this old yoke but work is keeping me very busy.

    Still managing to make some progress though.

    After struggling to get gearbox in and out with a standard tunnel and the fact the original tunnel was in a bad way i decided to bite the bullet and fit an auto tunnel. Using this tunnel gives me enough room to get the box on and off but means i can still run a heater and i prefer the shape of the auto tunnel to the group 4 one

    floors all in good condition





    much easier to face cutting this out when i realised the join to the bulkhead was made of rust probably due to the heater leaking when i first bought the car



    A much easier job than I first thought, this tunnel came from motorsports tools, really good fit.





    then once that was done I sealed it all up and chucked some primer on the engine bay to keep the tin worm away. Much nicer looking at it in one colour


    Then onto the next Job


    whilst doing that I found a small hole in the rear floor which steadily got digger



    at least im getting plenty of practice



    this bit looked a bit harder to repair!



    managed eventually after a couple of attempts to make a strong repair.
    Can anyone recommend a finger sander I think they are called or another tool I can use to dress this area off?





    Luckily the drivers side was much easier. The original jacking points weren't in good shape on either side so I have replicated them with the tube going through it so its now tied into the chassis.

    It feels much safer being underneath the car now rather than using axle stands.



    The front passenger side is in now but unfortunately when i started on the drivers side i round most of the sill bottom and door pillar is rotten which means i have to take the wing off.

    at least im not going to be bored in lock down.
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Never a job I like doing but after poking around at the bottom of the wing I found the hinge panel and front of the sill to be a bit crumbly

    So there was nothing for it but to take the wing off.

    I did the other side when the car last had some work and really I should have investigated this side as well.

    I managed to unpick the wing carefully and like the other side I to hope I will be able to reuse it.



    At least now I know why i was getting cold legs on night events
    going to stock up on cutting discs!!



    more soon.
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    That's looks familiar for rot!
    Hopefully the A pillar is ok

    And good choice fitting an Auto tunnel
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Hi Gavin

    Funnily enough i was looking at how you did the same repairs on fly many moons ago to try and see what shape this part of the car is meant to be.

    I definitely think the Auto tunnel is the right choice.

    Hopefully it will make refitting the carpet easier too. My original carpet is a bit tatty but useable and has to be cut around the seat bars etc. so I'm a bit reluctant to buy a new one to cut up.


    As for the rot yes its gone in all the usual places.

    Luckily the A post is sound just a small amount of surface rust. I am leaving the remains of the hinge panel in for now so I can repair the splash panel first and keep the line correct. That's the theory anyway.



    Not helped by a large plate welded over a small rust hole on the wing top. I wasn't happy with this so I cut it all out. I've bought a Flitch panel which turned up today but the rest I will make my self.




    I'm impressed with whoever did the previous repairs on the car not only did they plate over rust they also glued in this strengthening joint.



    Lesson learnt, should have taken this side apart in the last rebuild. I have been lucky that this was a mostly unmolested shell. Only bodged in a few areas.

    more soon.

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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Hi folks

    After cutting out some more bodges including a lovely bonded in panel i started cleaning up the splash panel. It didn't take long for me to realise although it was solid it was quite ropey, so for the sake of £40 i cut it out and ordered a new one.

    After strengthening the inner door hinge panel and the bottom of the inner sill I then welded the new splash panel in. I then had to make up a new hinge panel which was seam welded round the outside and plug welded to the inner a panel. this is now nice and strong and the door no longer drops when opened (which I thought was worn hinge pins but was the door pillar moving )





    I then moved onto making the top of the wing which was fiddly and took several cardboard templates to get right. Eventually I managed to get it to a shape i was happy with


    Then fully welded it in.



    I started to shape the top to match the flitch panel had to stop as it was 11pm at night. Keep finding that with my headphones in and a podcast on the hours seem to slip by easily in the garage!

    still no rush as most events keep getting cancelled at the moment!

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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Hi Folks been squirreling away trying to get as much done as possible.


    After all the welding I ground it all back and dressed it. Gave it a coat of etch primer.

    Before seam sealing, stone chipping and then finally painting it in topcoat.


    Then i set about trying to get the wing back on. I had made a bit of a mess of the wing rails when I took it off so these needed a fair bit of work before t would go back on.



    The wing gaps have never been great but after much fiddling and fettling I managed to get the gaps where I was happy with.




    Then i welded the wing on fully I also welded around the front seam where it had split before to try and strengthen it.



    Although ive still got a bit of work to do on the front corner. I could just cover it with filler like has been done previously but i might try getting it to line up a bit better here.



    Then I chucked the engine and box back in. So much easier with a big tunnel. Took 5 minutes to et the box on rather than hours its taken previously!!



    Then set about making some new exhaust mounts. the exhaust looks ropey but its solid and quiet enough an more importantly it fits. Apparently they are a better fit these days but i remember the buggering about i had to do to get this one to fit in the first place. My friend who runs a blasting company has been doing odd bits for me FOC he's said to drop it off and he will clean it up along with the axle etc. Tempting to get him to do the whole car



    hen when that was done a started on some gearbox mounts I will box these in but being 3mm steel it seems fairly strong anyway. But id rather they didn't get filled with mud or bend when I inevitably throw the car into a ditch again




    Ive put an entry in for a first event in July hopefully it will be ready and the event wont get cancelled

    More soon
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Interesting read as always, I am surprised you found so much rust after removing the wing, car looks fairly clean nice to see you getting stuck in

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    Quote Originally Posted by garageman View Post
    Interesting read as always, I am surprised you found so much rust after removing the wing, car looks fairly clean nice to see you getting stuck in

    Just shows how these old cars can hide the rot

    I’ve been lucky very little rust compared to some
    And now hopefully none!
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    Another day another few jobs done!

    Got back under the car and boxed the gearbox mounts in. This added a lot of strength and stops them from filling with mud. I also took the time to move the tunnel strengthener back so the RS box doesn't hit it. Now i can fit both a 5 speed and an RS box depending on what events I'm doing.



    I bought a gaiter surround to try and tidy up the tunnel joins so trimmed to fit and welded in.


    Then after all that i got on with painting the engine bay. After a final rub down and it had three coats of red followed by three coats of lacquer. Hopefully the paint will stay on this time. Its not a perfect job but looks tidy and is definitely red! All in all its cost me £30 quid to paint the engine bay so for that price i am happy.


    First event is The devils own Targa on the 22nd of May (hopefully it wont get cancelled ) so I need to keep at it!!
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    That looks very good
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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Once again I have fallen behind with the updates.
    whilst the engine bay paint was hardening off I got on with the lovely task of painting underneath. I then chucked the axle on.



    Once the engine bay had dried it was a simple matter of bolting the Crossmember, engine and box all back in. this was an easy job thanks to doing a dry build a few weeks before and luckily i didnt damage the shiny new paint.


    I then built up the front and rear suspension and brakes. This was two weeks before the first event!



    Then I got on with tidying up the front end



    Then finally I was able to roll it out of the garage and start it for the first time.



    Unfortunately the lack of door stopped me going any further than down the street on the test drive.



    I added all the under bonnet extras including the washer bottle etc



    And then onto repairing the door. this was two days before the first event. I had hoped to just use the door as it was but after a gentle poke the whole bottom of the door fell out. There was no way I could compete like this so there was only one thing for it.



    After cutting out all the rot i set about making a new bottom for it whilst leaving the remains of the old skin on. This meant I had something to work towards.
    After making up a folded repair section as work and i had it all welded in by midnight ready for some grinding and filling the next day.



    All dressed back ready for filler



    Not the best job as you can see but it was 1am at this point so it would have to do.

    I then spent another hour getting the door fitted before finally calling it a night. Turns out fitting a door with still wet paint is trickier than I thought.



    but this meant that the following day I was able to take it on a brief test drive before loading up for the event the next day.


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    Re: my road rally mk2

    Devils Own Targa rally

    Test drive completed with no problems all we needed was an entry! We had been 6th on the reserve list when we entered but I had been told by the organisers that there was a high chance of other people not being ready. All week i had been watching the entry list and come Friday morning we were 2nd on the reserve list. The organiser rang and told me that if i could get over for the start there was a good chance of taking the place of a non starter. I told them i was happy to come and if not id go and Marshal with my dad who was already going. I would be happy just to have a nice run out in the car. However ten minutes later they rang me back saying i had a run. A competitor had pulled out and the reserve in front of me had just rang to say his engine had seized.

    so bad luck for them but good for me. In a bit of a rush I headed towards my Dads where we loaded the car onto the trailer and had an early night ready for a 5AM start the next morning for the journey to Cockermouth.

    Arrived at the start did all the usual signing on etc before sitting down for breakfast and chatting with fellow competitors. After such a long lay off it was brilliant to be back out with rallying folk!





    As we were the last reserve we were given the number 66 and seeded at the back of the field we had to wait until everyone had gone before setting to the first set of tests at Broughton moor. After heavy rain the day before everywhere was very wet and slippery with lots of ‘mud’ all over the road.

    Having not done an event in this car in 4 years I was a bit nervous and having no proper test didn’t help either!

    We set off on the first test with very little grip but managed to keep it down the middle of the track.




    The second test I got a bit carried away and slid wide up a bank and stalled. Luckily it restarted and we carried on. After some words from my navigator Josh I was calmer on the next test!
    Then a small road section to Mary port speedway which was good despite getting caught out by the lack of grip and stalling again

    Then a further road section to the disused Arcan factory which was good fun blasting between the buildings and big potholes!



    Then onto a motor cross track before heading back to the start venue for lunch. Unfortunately Due to getting stuck at a railway crossing twice we only had 8 minutes for lunch so wolfed down our pie and chips before doing the same loop of tests again.
    These had a few changes in but were largely the same and were drying out nicely in the sunshine so we were getting quicker and I was remembering how to drive. However I started getting over confident and made a few stupid mistakes like over shooting a stop box!!






    On the next road section we noticed a slight knock on the front of the car Despite stopping to investigate we couldn’t find the cause so carried on.

    We completed the next tests despite the knocking getting worse! We were having a good battle with Darren and Nicole moon in their mk2 escort with next person in our class a few minutes behind. Unfortunately this ended when Darren and Nicole got a wrong test incurring a test maximum.

    This meant that all we had to do was not make any stupid mistakes and we could win our class. Even though I did destroy a cone on the last test we maintained our class lead and finished 20th overall.



    After stripping the front of the car on Sunday I Found the cause of the knocking to be the brand new top mounts on the suspension struts have disintegrated!!



    I need to get this sorted along with a few other jobs before rally East Yorkshire in two weeks time. The car felt great. Handing well and the engine although still in need of setting up was pulling really well.

    Most of all I was just happy to finish after fully rebuilding the car and only doing a gentle 10 miles before the event.
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    After rebuilding the front suspension with new Top mounts from GRP4 fabrications the knocking was gone and the steering felt lighter and lovely and smooth. Avoid the rally design style ones at al costs!!

    I redid all the setup of the suspension and went for a nice test drive on one of the lovely spring evenings we've been having. I stopped by a classic car meet that i found by chance where the car got lots of attention and no-one was too unkind about the state of the paintwork and dodgy filler!



    This meant that the car was ready for Rally East Yorkshire. This was a new event ran by a newly formed Club the Yorkshire Wolds motorclub. Both the Clerk of the course and his assistant are regular competitors and had promised a good event with good varied tests and minimal road mileage.
    Another early start and we headed down to Yorkshire for the start. it was a lovely sunny day and looked like it would be hot and dusty in the car.

    The first Test was at the start venue. A flat out drag down a field to a 90 left then a small crest into an open chicane a few more 90s round the perimeter of the field before a very slippery stop astride to finish.

    This was a good way to get started followed by a small road section to test 2.



    There was a short delay as the clocks had crashed but quickly fixed and we were away. We were warned in some of the test there would be manned stop boxed where we would be held for ten seconds. This seemed like a lot but once onto this test it became clear why. The test started on grass before switching to a gravel track then into a large gravel car park where a few cone had been laid out to slalom round before a stop box, to our left was another stop box where the previous car was just setting off. Now the ten seconds made sense because even when we left ten seconds later the dust was still hanging luckily Josh saw where we needed to split Hairpin left at the end of the hedge. I just chucked it in on the handbrake! We saw the Photographer at the end of the day who looked like he'd been tunnelling he was so dirty!



    Now out of the dust we were flying following the track with some lovely sweeping corners and a brilliant open hairpin round a pond! before coming back to the stop box we'd seen earlier. No other cars in sight meant we must have been going ok and down the long straight we caught the car in front just as he was splitting left we carried straight on round a series of fast sweeping bends before a tight 90 right through a gate to the finish.

    Then onto the road again for a nice road section. All the windows open to try and get some air into the car. Test three was a short tricky little test but we set a good time. Test 4 was on tarmac and i was gentle away from the start, bravery and some late breaking into a hairpin right nearly backfired but we got away with it to once again set a fast time.

    after this set of tests we were lying 4th overall but on test 5 it was all to go wrong!

    We pulled up to the start to see the car in front set away (a fwd proton) he struggled to get round the very tight cones and i knew with no run up id struggling too. I tried my best but when i went to handbrake it just understeered wide on the dusty concrete and i had to reverse to get round. Same at the other end of the cones but we managed to get round after a bit of faffing, after this there was a small drag to an uphill hairpin left. There was a big rut on the outside so i cut in tight to try and avoid it but there was an even bigger rut on the inside. The back end of the car took off an landed heavily with me having full throttle on at the same time this was enough for a halfshaft to snap with a big bang! We tried to climb the hill but 1 wheel drive wasnt enough so we rolled back down. Luckily the start marshal had heard the bang so held the next car which meant we could roll to the bottom of the hill and out of the test.



    So that was the end of that. I managed to get through to my dad who had just finished marshalling the morning test so he went to collect the trailer and come and collect us.
    Whilst we were waiting the farm residents came and asked if we would like a coffee so we went to join them in their front garden to watch the rest of the competitors and enjoy the sunshine which definitely cheered us up.


    then not too long after The cavalry turned up


    so that was a good if short lived event. We went and marshalled on the afternoon tests before heading home.
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