East Mids Area November Meet

**tonym** · 19-11-11, 10:48 AM

Sorry Dave, working on the car now it's finally out of the paintshop

**V8bassman** · 19-11-11, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by tonym

Sorry Dave, working on the car now it's finally out of the paintshop

Understood, send us some pics when you can.

**Big A** · 19-11-11, 01:54 PM

Hi Dave

I shall be there last of the year for me

Regards alan

**427scr** · 20-11-11, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by 427scr

I am going to try to get to this meet. Not been for a couple of years and the car needs a run. Won't be eating though.

Only made it 8 miles and somthing let go in my new engine of just 425 miles. Had to go home on the back of an RAC van. Oh the humiliation.

**wilf** · 20-11-11, 03:36 PM

Here's hoping that is something simple and cheap to fix..........

**Russ-Notts** · 20-11-11, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by 427scr

Only made it 8 miles and somthing let go in my new engine of just 425 miles. Had to go home on the back of an RAC van. Oh the humiliation.

Mark,
Where did you break down? Didn't see you on the A50 otherwise I would have pulled over. I hope the problem is not too major.
On the brighter side, it's a lot warmer in an RAC cab and improves the average mpg of your Cobra on the back of a flatbed.

Cheers,
Russ.

**bloke from stoke** · 20-11-11, 05:58 PM

Just a few pics from today, The pic of the dash is Martin's (Tinka) new creation (very nice

)

Kind regards Lester

**TINKA** · 20-11-11, 10:09 PM

Thanks Lester for the kind words

**427scr** · 06-12-11, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Russ-Notts

Mark,
Where did you break down? Didn't see you on the A50 otherwise I would have pulled over. I hope the problem is not too major.
On the brighter side, it's a lot warmer in an RAC cab and improves the average mpg of your Cobra on the back of a flatbed.

Cheers,
Russ.

Made it just off the M1 and pulled over on the island just over the bridge.

Stripped the engine this weekend and found a butterfly retaining screw had managed to work loose and had had a really good go at wrecking not 1, not 2 but 3 pistons!

How the hell it managed to do that I will never know.

She's off the road again. Looks like 3 new pistons, a full set of gaskets and oil should fix it.

Thanks for thinking of me in the cold.

**Purple AK** · 06-12-11, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by 427scr

Made it just off the M1 and pulled over on the island just over the bridge.

Stripped the engine this weekend and found a butterfly retaining screw had managed to work loose and had had a really good go at wrecking not 1, not 2 but 3 pistons!

How the hell it managed to do that I will never know.

She's off the road again. Looks like 3 new pistons, a full set of gaskets and oil should fix it.

Thanks for thinking of me in the cold.

I find it really hard to imagine how it would have done for three pistons! Either it disintergrated and three seperate bits entered through three inlet valves, or it entered one, got spat out of the inlet and entered another, and then did it again on the third one! Don't bother picking any lottery numbers for a while eh! Are you sure your not confusing the evidence with a detonation problem?