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Santa’s New Sleigh

Red visited Santa and tried out for becoming his new sleigh but unfortunately she lacks the boot space though the Bears wasted no time in putting in their Xmas wish list.

On dropping Red back at Classic Mini’s where hopefully we can get a set of Recaro’s fitted before my next visit we spotted a Bunnie, a rather large Bunnie who stopped by to visit the Mini’s.  And I finally got the bears proper Fish-n-Chip with mushy peas for dinner!

Brookland, Concorde & Mercedes World

I visited Brookland Museum, the birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation.   Only a small section of the historic track still exists and most of the original track land has been sold off, one section now home of Mercedes-Benz World.

The Concorde Experience – home of first Brookland Concorde’s.  1/3 of each Concorde was built at Brookland and those components transported for full assembly.  A total of 20 were built but 17 were for general flight.  Picture has the current history of each and their current location.

Mercedes-Benz World and Performance Center a rather huge complex with several floors covering all the current models, including Smart as well as historic cars.  Didn’t have time but may return some day to schedule a track session.  They have several to choose from.

 All the Day’s Pictures

Red Goes Topless..Almost

Picked up Red from Classic Minis after she was fitted with the Webasto Fabric roof and John Cooper Works Tuning Kit  last month.

Now she’s almost a convertible!   The roof opens up almost all the way back and although I had a lot of reservations of having the roof cut to have it installed I am really glad I did.   It is amazingly rather quite with it open and the blast of fresh air is welcoming.

 The weather cleared up from the morning rain and was able to keep it open and enjoy the weather and scenic trek up to Cobham.   Roof open makes on the road photo’s a breeze. 

Will find out later in the week on the HP gain but so far the JCW conversion has provided enough HP to make a world of difference in hwy driveability and she almost sounds as good as the GP with her RC40 Stainless steel exhaust.   Now to figure out the fuel economy hit .

2009 Classic Motor Show @ NEC

Flew in this morning and drove up to Birmingham to meet up with my friend Martin who I met over the summer during the Mini events and was so gracious in making a custom boot liner for Red like the one he made for his own Blue Cooper Sport.  (future post to follow).

We attended the 2009 Classic Motor Show held at the N.E.C. and boy is it a huge event with a vast array of classic cars.  Just amazed how many good ole american classics there are in the U.K.    here are some highlights.

All the Day’s Pictures