September 2010 44 Pages Draft.pdf - Renault Owners Club Forum

E V E N T R E p o RT sFRIENDSThis years Powderham vehicle gatheringtook place on July 10th & 11thThe weather leading up to the show hadbeen really great and we were all keepingour fingers crossed for good weather overthe weekend.I had decided that I would try to get mycars there on the Thursday evening afterwork leaving Friday free for setting up thestand and memorabilia tent.This is where friends come into action.Melvin who works at my accident repaircentre volunteered to drive the recoverytruck with 2 cars on board, The R15 &R17. These weren’t taxed so couldn’t bedriven to the show.Melvin had quite a hairy trip, as on hisway to Powderham, there was a problemwith the brakes on the truck and for amoment, had no brakes. I think this ratherfrightened him as he was a bit pale onarriving at the showground (But I couldn’tsmell anything and no brown stains) Itwas a seized calliper which has now beenfixed.My old work mate John drove the Renault10. My mate Becks and his son Markdrove the Renault Caravelle. My brotherin-law Rodney took my Renault scenictowing the memorabilia trailer. Rosedrove the Renault 8 and I took the 12Estate. Chris took over his own R5 turboOn arriving we found that we had beengiven a different site this year under ahuge tree, but we thought if it’s really hotat least we will have some shade.Once we had dropped the cars off and hada chat, Rose, Rodney and John went homein the Scenic. The rest off us all went inthe recovery truck to a place calledAshcombe, between Dawlish and Haldonto pick up a 4CV a car used for sprint andhill climbs with a R16 engine in it.Early on Friday morning I took the R6with John over to the show and Becks,Event ReportsMark and Rodney who had all taken theday off from their various work placescame on over to help with setting up thestand, positioning the cars in all the rightplaces and putting up the memorabiliatent, (tall people are very useful for this).This done it was time for me to take themall to the pub for a well earned carveryand a pint. My poor wallet!!!! Back in theafternoon it was mostly unpacking thememorabilia.Later in the day my wife Rose anddaughter Sarah arrived to complete thesetting up making sure everything waswell displayed. This took at least a coupleof hours.Chris turned up with his R21turbo 4wheel drive (Editor - Quadra). Gary wasnext to arrive, all the way from Lincoln,he was staying for the weekend in a localhotel. I lent him the R12 estate fortransport as his wife was using their carfor her needs.We left around about 8'o clock and wereglad to get home and in the shower. I waslooking forward to the weekend. Saturdaymorning arrives and John and I set outjust after 8a. m. to wipe over the cars andgreet Richard Hockin who arrived in hisDauphine.The day went very well with lots ofinterest. At 12.30 Rose and I went off todo our bit for the club, manning the backgate for an hour, when we got back to thedisplay, Rose cooked up some food on theB. B. Q. . Enjoyed by all.During the day I was given leads andphone numbers for other cars andmemorabilia. After a successful day weclosed up the tent, locked all the cars upand headed home for a well earned restand a couple of Bacardi and cokes.Sunday morning, a repeat of Saturday, butalso Rodney coming along with me andJohn.Rose and Karen (Rodney’s wife) camealong late morning. Between 9 & 10 othermembers arrived with their cars, BrianHunt with his R4 GTL from Falmouth,Andy & Sally with their R30TX fromSouthsea and Bernard Caddy with hisSafrane from Bristol. After introductionsand all getting to know one another theshow was open. 11.30 we had a parade ofRenaults in the ring.The organisers commented on ourimpressive stand and collection of carswhich they are happy to accommodate infuture year and also that it is nice to seeRenault cars back on the scene after along absence, which I was proud of asthat was my intention.We fired up the B. B. Q. again along withsome drinks for us all to enjoy.Another great day with more contacts.After the presentation ceremony westarted to pack everything away and I wasamazed at how many people were willingto help. In no time at all everything wasboxed up and ready for me to pack intothe display trailer.I would like to thank everyone for theirhelp and for giving up their time to makethis a successful and growing show.I was given an idea about next years showby Brian that next year is the R4 50thanniversary and maybe we could use thisas a theme. Incorporating other models. Iput this to Gary Creighton and he thoughtit would be a good idea. He mentioned iton the R4 forum and within a short whilehe had 2 positive replies of R4 owners tobe included. I have also mentioned this tothe Renault Owners’ Club and this will bea joint venture for both clubs.Put the date of July 9th & 10th 2011 inyour diaries if you would like to attendthis event. Celebrating the R4anniversary. Any enquiries please contactme. Rob Doran 01395 271116 or email;speedwayrob@hotmail. comLastly today I received a card and photothanking me from Andy & Sally sayingthey had a fantastic day and I think theyreally enjoyed the show and that they arealready looking forward to next yearsshow.6 R E N o T E s m A G A Z I N ER E N O T E S M A G A Z I N E