Stanford Hall

[Guest]

I shall be going to this on Sunday 4th May (weather permitting). If anyone else is interested then I' m happy to meet up and go in convoy.

 

[Helen Goff]

WE will be attending but i think we will be arriving from a diffrent direction. but it will be nice to see you there.

 

[Guest]

The weather forecast is looking good.
The only problem is, should I take a VW or the Porsche?

 

[Helen Goff]

I' ll drive the porsche for you![]


SATURDAY:my husband is cleaning the car in the garage as it' s pissing with rain let' s hope tomorrow is better weather.

 

[Guest]

What a fantastic day!
The weather was superb (perhaps even too hot) and the turn out was incredible. Interestingly, each time I wandered past the Porsche club area the members hadn' t moved - is this because the Stanford hall organisers asked for a static display?

 

[Helen Goff]

congrates to Steve Screaton and co for a truely great day and many thanks to Bev and Darell for the (sorry lost count of how many)glasses of wine.thats proberly why we weren' t moving much. thanks to my husband for staying sober and driving home.
looking foreward to next year.

 

[Guest]

So you didn' t get further than the gazebo?

 

[Helen Goff]

we had a good wonder about the show especally the concours area and spoke to quite a few owners, had a look around the HUGE auto jumble (didn' t hold much interest for me)and found a old porsche speedster in a state of dis-repair in amunge the VW trade stands,couldn' t find the owner. tried to find a rude sticker to put on my boxster' s tiny pop up rear wing....it needs something to make it noticable!! then got thirsty so scuttled back to the safety of the gazebo' s

 

[Helen Goff]

so Brian i take it you didn' t bring the porsche so which VW did you take?

 

[Guest]

We did take the Porsche, but parked in the visitors car park - it is difficult to agree to leave the car in a static display when you have 2 small children. We had a lovely picnic by the car (no wine, unfortunately) and was a bit miffed that most of the food vendors had run out of cold drinks.

I also noticed there was an ' 88 911 Turbo in the Porsche area which appeared to be the same colour combination as our 3.2. Any idea who owns it?

 

[Helen Goff]

Which region does this show come under? fight you for it next year![]

 

[Guest]

Was this the first year that the Porsche club were invited to the VW event at Stanford Hall?

 

[Helen Goff]

No the 914' s have been attending for quite a while.thay put on a really good display this sunday lots of diffrent colours and finishes.

 

[Guest]

So a register event and not a regional? [&:]

 

[Helen Goff]

[:-]shush! don' t let mr Ives hear you!


by the way Brian whats a Mexican VW" jeans Bug" or are we wondering into Brasilian swimwear again!

 

[Guest]

Good question.

VW Type 1, 1200cc - Hecho en Mexico.
The seats are covered in a heavy duty blue denim.
The original VW model it is based on was from 1974.

I could be wrong but I think there are only 3 like it in the UK.

I' m a bit of an anorak on Beetles.[8|]