Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

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Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by dragonflyjewels » Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:49 pm

Schedule for Mini Meet:

NORTHAMPTON
NN4 0TG
Toby Carvery serving breakfast/teas/coffees
8.30 – 10.30 am

WHITWELL
RUTLAND WATER
LE15 8BL
1st photo shoot
& cafe lunch
12.00 – 2.30 pm

TATTERSHALL CASTLE
LN4 4LR
coffee stop with time to go round the castle for those interested, admission £7
3.45 – 4.45

CADWELL PARK entrance
LN11 9SE
2nd photoshoot
5.30 – 6 pm

ROYAL OAK
LN11 8LZ
evening meal
6.30 pm onwards

The pub would like to know numbers, so please pm me to let me know if you are coming for the meal and how many will be in your car. It would also help them if as many people as possible pre-order their main course so please look at their menu here:
http://www.royaloaksplash.co.uk/menus/s ... r.2017.pdf
and let me know which one if you want a main course.
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by dragonflyjewels » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:54 pm

Looks like being a great day out - we should have 10 480s. Don't forget to bring a camera if you want better photos than your phone takes.
Anyone interested who hasn't been in touch, please pm me.
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Rachel » Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:44 pm

Cool! I know we have at least one coming from the FB page, hopefully they'll be more!
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by dragonflyjewels » Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:36 pm

Rachel wrote:Cool! I know we have at least one coming from the FB page, hopefully they'll be more!
Hi Rachel - that's great. :hopping: Do you know any details ? (First name, car reg, where joining, staying for evening meal ?)
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Rachel » Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:20 pm

I'll find out and pm you :) I do know he can't attend the evening meal though.
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by frenchfries » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:15 am

Hi all

Ahead of seeing you all tonight/tomorrow, is there anyone who could bring some spare dashboard screws (especially the ones for the top side) and 1 screw to attach the speedo unit onto the car? It can get a bit......rattly in here :)

I don't know if the meet doubles up as a mini-market but it seems a good opportunity.

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Swanny » Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:50 am

Gutted I can't make this, it would be great to meet a few people and see your fine machines. It's a little too far for me from Norwich as I never get more than a couple of hours free at weekends. Enjoy, I look forward to seeing some glorious pictures! Swanny.
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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by dragonflyjewels » Fri Oct 06, 2017 1:27 pm

Hi Swanny,
We are 12 miles south of Norwich so we could see you for a micro meet one weekend.
PM me available dates if you want to.
cheers
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by dragonflyjewels » Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:28 pm

Sorry this is last minute - there I a charge for the car park at Rutland Water, I think £2.50, so we all need some change.
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by frenchfries » Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:35 pm

Just arrived at the Travelodge. My number is
07791 287875
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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by jamescarruthers » Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:55 pm

Never managed to get a tweeter. If anyone has a working spare and is coming to the meet, could I buy it?
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2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by brinkie » Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:35 pm

I hope you guys have better weather than we have here, it's been raining all day.
Too bad it's a week too early for the school vacation, otherwise we could have made the trip with the 480. The UK has lovely people and lovely driving roads. :)

James: is it just one tweeter you need? I just found one in a forgotten box of spares...
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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by jifflemon » Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:57 pm

It’s been an excellent day! Will do the photos tomorrow once home.

Think we had 11 cars at one point! Excellent company, fantastic roads and the weather held out long enough for photos shoots!

I’ve learnt not to trust my other half for booking hotels... the travelodge that was only 12 miles away from the pub turned out to be 48 miles away! And whilst Lincolnshire is lovely, it’s also very, very unlit! Thank heavens my driving lamps are most like ww2 searchlights at the moment! :rofl:
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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Rachel » Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:40 am

Thanks again to Sylvia for all the organising. You both have added so much to this forum and got us all back together. I can see these meets getting batter and better! My 480 and I had a great time, some great roads and that photo shoot at the Cadwell was brilliant! I have some nice shots but I'll have to look into posting them here because of stupid photo bucket :angry:

Thanks, again, to Ade for coming to the rescue with my dodgy wiper. Happy to report that it held up all the way home, there was little in the way of rain but there was plenty of spray! I will get it sorted this time, promise!! :lol:

Nice to see Ashley from the FB page. Hopefully next time we will have more from there joining us.

Great to see all the 480's again, and meeting some new ones. Also brilliant to hear there are others waiting to be finished, or put back together, it will be awesome to see those once they are finished.

It was horrible having to leave and go in the other direction, maybe I could stay for the whole event next time if I plan better, it would have been great to have enjoyed an evening and a drink or 2 with you all! ;) I really missed you and your 480 Ade on the motorways! ;)

I hope all the 480's get home safely. Mines all dirty now :cry: but so so worth it! :hopping:

All the best everyone.
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by jifflemon » Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:26 pm

Did someone say pictures?

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Rachel » Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:38 pm

Lovely photos. Particularly like the second one ;) :rofl:
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by dragonflyjewels » Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:47 pm

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Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by frenchfries » Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:25 pm

Hi all

It has been emotional :)

Thank you all for making us feel so welcome. We had a lot of fun, so much so I forgot to ask pretty much all the questions I was specifically supposed to ask except the one about the B/L button on the dashboard :lol:

Anyway, I will now ask my specific questions in the specific area of the forum.

NB: I hope you all made it home safely
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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Ade » Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:13 am

Great day everyone! Big thanks to Sylvia and Al for organising again. Some nice pictures too :D

Good to see you all again and I hope everyone got home safely and without incident!

Glad the 'Mk 2 twig mod' got you home alright Rach ;)

Quite something really, amongst a group of ancient, supposedly crap Volvo's, the only car issue was a wiper.... They're not so bad!
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Re: Final details for Mini Meet Saturday 7th October

Post by Swanny » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:49 am

Wow! Looking fantastic! Some great pictures there, I need to make the next one, I was sooooo close to jumping in the turbo on Sat morning to join in but I just couldn't justify the time. Hope you all enjoyed it. I did take her out for a consolatory trip to Aldi to cheers myself up though, although not quite the same :cry:
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