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Some recent pictures from ginga to help while away the minutes...

This Suzuki was spotted waiting for an MOT outside an Aylesbury garage recently. It had been spotted before, doing laps of the Maccy-D drive-in, when it had the "pre-owned" vibe about it but the addition of the Mazda front end is sheer genius. (click on the pics etc)

Note the precision wing fitting using the absolute minimum number of self tapping screws

Fusion Modding

The art of blending parts from multiple manufacturers in a seamless mix to create a unique look.

Here we can see the invisible repair to the rear bumper using tie-wraps and the lightweight sports perspex rear window complete with dividing rubber strip (!?!)

Moving on...

Budget vehicle transport - why bother with costly transporter hire when you can borrow a Luton van with a tail lift?

And Finally...

The typical Cornish tool kit

For all your precision engineering needs

Diary Dates

The show season will shortly be upon us, here are a few events for your consideration...

VolksWorld Show, 27-28th March at Sandown Park, Surrey KT10 9AJ

Tickets are £15/day for adults and kids under 16 are £4.25/day.

Good Friday, April 2nd sees the 36th Surrey Street Rodders' Wheels Day at Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, GU11 1SQ

Admission £5

See just about everything/anything with wheels!

 

Big Bang, 23-25 April at Santa Pod

All the usual cobblers,

Advance tickets are £30 for adults, kids under 13 go free

Tickets from Ticketmaster Tim tickets@loenuf.com

Yippy-ki-aye muddy funsters

Something a little different from the usual aircooleds and rods. Last Sunday a small group assembled at Bicester Services for the long trek into the Northern hinterlands that the locals call Warwickshire.

Sunday, early
(click on the pics blah blah blah)

They were venturing forth for a day's offroading at Future4x4's disused quarry at Avon Dassett. Cris and Matt Rose wanted to test their Scirocco trials car, Ross wanted to get his Shogun muddy and Barry (Jeep Cherokee) & John (Frontera) came along to watch and definitely not go off-road, honestly. Also along for the day were Nest to takes photo's, Greg to hinder Nest and a sprinkling of juniors.

At the quarry were quite a few vehicles, plenty of Land-Rovers, quite a few Suzuki SJ's, a couple of Specials and various others. Conditions were muddier than hoped for and the Scirocco struggled in the goop despite handling the terrain well. The sump guard etc all proved to be up to the job.

Matt throwing mud around

The 4x4's however were loving it. And it didn't take long for Barry and John to get out there.

Barry in the gangster Jeep

John & Frontera

Ross was out and about in his Shogun, giving rides and even letting ginga have a go, hmm...

ginga at the wheel

And then it broke
Luckily it was only a loose battery. Quick reconnection and it was going again.
And the sump guard had to be, ahem, helped off.

A herd of Suzuki's in their natural habitat

Nest at work

Made it look a bit easy

An excellent day's mucking about and entry only costs £20 per car. Plans are afoot for the next mission. Details can be found at Future4x4

Nest has a gallery of his pics at PLGPhoto.com

Time to go home

Lo 'E' Nuf club night

It's that time again - the monthly club meet.

The next Aircooled night / club night is Tuesday 16th February at the Ace Cafe.

We'd like to see as many club logos (stickers & clothing) as possible!

ShelterBox disaster relief

ShelterBox is a Cornwall based charity that provides essential shelter and survival supplies to victims of diasaster. They have helped survivors of the 2001 Indian earthquake, the 2004 Tsunami, 2005 Hurricane Katrina as well as countless other natural disasters and war zones.

Each ShelterBox contains a 10-man Vango tent, thermal blankets/ground sheets, water purification equipment, a basic tool kit, wood-burning or multifuel stove, cooking/storage pans/containers and tools. The kit contents are tailored to the destination.

A typical ShelterBox kit

ShelterBox are providing assistance in Haiti, ShelterBox tents are being used by hospitals in Port au Prince to provide emergency shelter for post surgery patients in Haiti’s capital. The first ShelterBoxes to arrive in the country have been immediately utilised by doctors in desperate need of equipment to help treat huge numbers of injured Haitians. The Response Team in Haiti are facing huge challenges on a daily basis. ShelterBox Response Team member Mark Pearson, who has been in Port au Prince since Thursday, said: ‘The first tents are being used by Bernard Mews hospital in Port au Prince. The tents have been immediately put into use by doctors for post surgery patients. The doctors are desperate for all our equipment. The hospital has no electricity, no food, no running water. The injured are constantly coming in with untreated injuries.'

The first ShelterBoxes arriving at Port Au Prince airport

Each ShelterBox costs £490 - this includes the box, contents, packing, storage, transport and distribution. You can donate here or by phoning 0300 0300 500

Lo 'E' Nuf club night

Happy New Year!

To kick off 2010 we thought we'd try something pretty radical - a monthly club meet!

Bearing in mind that Lo 'E' Nuf is spread across many counties/countries finding a suitable venue could have been very tricky so we plumped for the Aircooled night at the Ace Cafe - easily accessible for most of us.

The next Aircooled night / club night is Tuesday 19th January.

We'd like to see as many club logos (stickers & clothing) as possible!

Merry Christmas!

Another new addition to the fleet

Darren, Big Daz to those who dare, used to have a particularly lovely black Dodge Charger back in the day before life, wife and kids got in the way.

The good old days

He's decided it's time he got back into cars - with the wife's blessing, lucky man! After a slight false start looking at a collander pretending to be a Chevy Bel Air he's landed himself a 1954 Buick Century project. Currently without engine, although one may be sourced by the time you read this.

Trademark Buick grill

This will be a big project for Darren who'll be learning to weld, make repair panels etc as he goes along. We look forward to seeing it on the road soon-ish.

Slough Swapmeet

Sunday 8th was the Slough Swapmeet and a Lo 'E' Nuf contingent trooped along.

(click on pics for larger versions)

Montem Hall wasn't its usual crush.

Back out in the car park and club chef Cristophe Le Fantôme Chaud whipped up some fine bacon sarnies and coffee.

Also in the car park, Chris Kinnarney was selling his Type 3 and Beetle.

And an old Lo 'E' Nuf car was spotted.

Main task of the day was to give Josh's wallet a good spanking.

By the end of play he had amassed a useful collection of parts which were dropped off at the workshop on the way home.

The new arrival

Sneaking into Cris' workshop late at night is the latest addition to the Lo 'E' Nuf fleet imported, by Josh, all the way from Wales.

It's a Brazilian 15 window microbus that has seen a hard life. Now it's here to be rescued and cossetted.


The following evening saw the usual...

"It came off in my hand, honest"

Josh made panels

Cris welded them in.

Next on the agenda is a shopping trip to the Slough Swap Meet. You can follow the build on Josh's Thread on the SSVC Forum