Goodwood Revival meeting West Sussex UK

cobraboy · September 16, 2010 at 12:08 PM

Off to Goodwood for the weekend tomorrow, cant wait. Lots of pretty ladies in their finery, Oh and great cars and racing too!

Anyone going ?.

zray · September 16, 2010 at 3:48 PM

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Off to Goodwood for the weekend tomorrow, cant wait. Lots of pretty ladies in their finery, Oh and great cars and racing too!

Anyone going ?.

I'm with you in spirit

Z.

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cobraboy · September 16, 2010 at 3:56 PM

Will take a few pics, hope the weather improves, seems like winter has got here already.

jwc66k · September 16, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Have a great time, then put your car under cover. Global warming has been cancelled.

Jim

BoS_old · September 16, 2010 at 5:37 PM

Good luck with the weather Mark,

Still warm in Texas, in the 90's.

/Bo

SixT5HiPo · September 16, 2010 at 11:49 PM

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Will take a few pics, hope the weather improves...

Have a good time! Here's hoping you get some good pictures you can post for us to see.

65Rangoon_old · September 17, 2010 at 9:16 AM

Have a great time at Goodwood.

It was at this time of year in '79 the family & I arrived at Lakenheath and temps were in the mid to high 60's. Not cold, but I was really surprised to see a few bare chested old gents, trying to catch a last chance sun tan while they did some gardening. Good luck on that plan I thought.

As for tomorrow here in central Austin Texas, a group of us will be heading to McGregor for a Mustang show put on by the Heart of Texas(HOT) Mustang club. As Bos mentioned, it will be in the mid nineties. However, the 2 by 70 A/C unit should keep everything tolerable. [Blocked Image: http://s4.tinypic.com/30w2jyw_th.jpg]

cobraboy · September 19, 2010 at 5:17 PM

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Just got back - exhausted but happy.

Goodwood motor circuit is formed from the old perimiter track of RAF Westhampnett a prominant WW2 fighter base.

Racing started after the war and sadly the circuit closed in 1966.

In 1998 the circuit was re opened and it was decided to carry on where it was left off - so nothing post 1966 is allowed on site and everyone is encouraged to arrive in period dress.

The attention to detail is fantastic.

We left the Mustang at home this year and went in our red Elan. The shots of the Elan in the field are the car park !!!!! some amazing stuff in there.

Grab a beer and enjoy - slide show button top right.

http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/ss52/co…oodwood%202010/

65Rangoon_old · September 19, 2010 at 5:50 PM

Glad your day was a success. Thanks for the great collection of photos to drool over. I noticed a Boss 429 in the mix. Wow!!

At the 'Stang show in McGregor TX yesterday, there was both a '69 & '70 Boss 302 to lust over. I was fortunate to cop a 1st place in the 65-73 F/B class with the Hipo. The Boss cars were judged seperately. Good thing, as the '70 car would have pummeled me.

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zray · September 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM

love the photos, especially the clothes, and the graffiti.

Z.

SixT5HiPo · September 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM

Excellent photos... That is one spectacular show!

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Glad your day was a success. Thanks for the great collection of photos to drool over. I noticed a Boss 429 in the mix. Wow!!

Just saw a White '69 BOSS 429 sell at the Mecum Auction this weekend for only $220,000!

BoS_old · September 19, 2010 at 9:57 PM

Mark,

Thanks for sharing. Beautiful Lotus Elan and co-driver.

I used to own a Lotus Cortina with 25K miles on the odometer

in the 80's in Sweden. That car drove like a gocart.

It's in Norway nowadays.

/Bo

dunc289_old · September 20, 2010 at 8:55 AM

Mark, what a feast for the vintage eyes....Had one Elan and 16 Sevens. The Plus 2 the elegant choice for sure. Were there any right hand drive Cobras, do you know any Cobra owners in England? A PM would be appreciated...<img src=images/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=images/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

cobraboy · September 20, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Charlie, congratulations on the win - go beat a Boss next time.

The Boss I saw had 'price on application' I did not bother as the bronzy fastback is up for £42k. All those cars are expensive, he does not sell them very quick.

Bo the missus thanks you for the compliment and asked what you look like, she has a thing for Americans. I told her you were fat and ugly

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We parked next to a MK1 Cortina on one of the days, they are making strong money again now.

Sorry some of the pics were not too good, I only have a small camera which struggles sometimes.

There will be a programme on Brit TV shortly which will be available to watch on the net. I will put up a link as and when.

Duncan, will send you a pm.

So now you know what us daft Brits do on our weekends.

Cheers for the replys.

Mark

BoS_old · September 20, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Mark,

Unfortunately you were right about fat and ugly.

Probably because I was born a Swede and moving

to America didn't help in any of those two categories.

/Bo

cobraboy · September 20, 2010 at 5:39 PM

Bo

I had to make it sound bad. Could not take the risk, if she found out you had a couple of Shelbys and homes scattered around the world...........

cobraboy · September 30, 2010 at 4:33 PM

Heres the link to the TV highlights.

I dont think the programme is up to the usual standard, two presenters who know sod all about cars, let alone historic ones. And not enough racing.

See what you think.

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/sear…Filter=Goodwood Revival 2010

gjz30075 · September 30, 2010 at 6:13 PM

Thanks for the links Mark. Do I know you from lotuselan.net forum?

Greg Z

cobraboy · October 1, 2010 at 11:36 AM

Hi Greg

No as I am not on there

Cheers Mark

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