French car day!! "SIMPLYFRENCH" Beaulieu sun 8th

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:49 pm

Kitch wrote:Best place to meet up would be the services at Ower, just east of the junction you need to come off at on the M27.

if anyones camping theres a very basic but was quite cheap campsite at Ower called Green Pastures ,
went there for five summers running between 2002 and 2007

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:44 pm

Susan Donym wrote:
Kitch wrote:I'm happy to jump in and help organise this one if anyone wants to join together and go in as one. It's right up my street....literally.
so its all round yours for breakfast then Richard

Could do, I just picked up a couple of boxes of Weetos for 99p each at the 99p store in Gosport. Dead chuffed!

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:34 pm

If anyone is interested, we're looking at having a "french car Convoy"! idea at present is to meet at Fleet services M3 southbound, and the services on the M27,
meeting about 8 am at fleet,

chris

citsncycles · Post by **citsncycles** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:29 pm

Sounds good to me

mds141 · Post by **mds141** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:31 pm

I seem to have missed this thread. Is this meet still on? Never been. To beaulieu and seeing as the valver was originally from Concord Citroen in Southampton it would be re-visiting it's ancestral home, so to speak.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:32 pm

It is as far as we're concerned

mds141 · Post by **mds141** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:28 pm

Anyone ever attended "La Vie en Bleu" at the Presscot hill climb?

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:48 pm

mds141 wrote:Anyone ever attended "La Vie en Bleu" at the Presscot hill climb?

Yes. It's a bloody great event. You get to watch some insane vehicles (from Edwardian bed frames with aero engines to Veyrons) going up the hill, while surrounded by beautiful Citroens, Renaults and Alpines etc. A lack of Peugeots and Panhards last year, but there were some Simcas.

Best bit is some cars are allowed to 'gently' cavalcade up the hill. I got to really give it the beans in my 2CV, though we did keep getting held up by a Morgan...

There was ONE BX last year - a valver that's used for autotesting.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:53 pm

mds141 wrote:I seem to have missed this thread. Is this meet still on? Never been. To beaulieu and seeing as the valver was originally from Concord Citroën in Southampton it would be re-visiting it's ancestral home, so to speak.

Concord?? Don't know that one? Does it give an address in the history?

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:50 am

Kitch wrote:
mds141 wrote:I seem to have missed this thread. Is this meet still on? Never been. To beaulieu and seeing as the valver was originally from Concord Citroën in Southampton it would be re-visiting it's ancestral home, so to speak.
Concord?? Don't know that one? Does it give an address in the history?

Presumably it was part of a group as there was a Concord Citroen in Wokingham too.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:13 pm

Way2go wrote:
Kitch wrote:
mds141 wrote:I seem to have missed this thread. Is this meet still on? Never been. To beaulieu and seeing as the valver was originally from Concord Citroën in Southampton it would be re-visiting it's ancestral home, so to speak.
Concord?? Don't know that one? Does it give an address in the history?
Presumably it was part of a group as there was a Concord Citroën in Wokingham too.

Which Wyatts of Winchester subsequently took over, but they weren't Concord before that. Pretty sure they were Wiggins Short. I'm only intriqued as I'm a local.

oilybox · Post by **oilybox** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:25 pm

I'll go to this! ....I'm only across the forest in Hythe... And I'll bring my 'new' Meteor!.....

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:54 pm

No pre-booking is required according to the website, you just turn up. Theres no allocated slots however, so if you want a load of BXs in a row, you'll need to turn up as one.

I'm going though. Be rude not to! I go every year for the fireworks, so it'll be twice this year

oilybox · Post by **oilybox** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:59 pm

Well my Meteors' M.O.T. Faults are now fixed, so, if my knee op on Thursday goes to plan, then I'll be there!.....

saintjamesy89 · Post by **saintjamesy89** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:56 am

Kitch wrote:No pre-booking is required according to the website, you just turn up. Theres no allocated slots however, so if you want a load of BXs in a row, you'll need to turn up as one.

I'm going though. Be rude not to! I go every year for the fireworks, so it'll be twice this year

So then we all need to meet up before going in, yes? Are we all game for meeting at fleet services M3 and then the services between J3 and J4 on the M27? If you're meeting at 8am at fleet, then about 9am at M27 services?

I'm aiming to have the GT roadworthy and mechanically good for this show, and then nearing perfection for the ICCCR.