Moffat Rootes Show June 2011

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Moffat Rootes Show June 2011

Post by Tomaselli » Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:58 pm

usually end of June in bonny Scotland, have never been and would like to go next year. Anybody been, or recommend a hotel to stay in. I hear it's a popular event so I suspect booking of accomodation is advised - hence the early post.

http://www.sre-scot.co.uk/

Or indeed, perhaps organise a "group" meeting of Tigers if sufficient interest :?:

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Post by tgr747 » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:39 pm

its a good show.there is usually about 6 tigers there, sometimes more.its a nice part of scotland.there is a good moffat website that lists all the hotels,i have stopped in most of them over the years,will speak to you at donnington on saturday.

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Post by t1germk1 » Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:00 pm

Tony, Moffat is a 2 day show, Saturday is a run out and Sunday is the show. I go up on the Sunday, 73 miles 1hr 10/20mins. So you could stay in Lakes! :) and explore on the Saturady if you didnt want to do the run out around Moffat.

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Re: Moffat car show

Post by Tomaselli » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:24 pm

t1germk1 wrote:So you could stay in Lakes! :)
That Michael..........sounds like a plan!!

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Post by Tomaselli » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:23 pm

For one reason or another I didn't quite make the trip to Moffat back in 2011 (when I suggested it for this original thread) but with a business trip to Glasgow earlier this year I managed to stop off en-route and secured accommodation for the 2012 'Rootes' weekend which took place over the 23rd/24th June, and yes it did rain :shock:

Highly recommend the weekend, the Scots are a extremely welcoming making it most enjoyable for the visitors to the region and indeed there local produce (food and whiskies) was a great experience :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

A special thanks to regulars Fred Daynes a local Scot and Michael Rackham for making the Alpine/Tiger pitch stand out against all the interesting Rootes cars on show. It was good to see Tigers taking a few prizes on the day too!

A few pics from the weekend, and Saturday was the run out into the hills and Sunday the show in the town;



Red, White and Blue - to celebrate the Queens Jubilee :mrgreen:

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Getting ready for the run;

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A beautiful pre-production MK2 belonging to regular Bill Tolson;

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Wet start in the town's High St, though a great send-off from the locals/visitors who turned out in dreadful conditions to show their support;

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Lunch stop;

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With all that Whiskey on tap, Tiger with a sore head the following morning;

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A great turnout and mix of Alpines and Tigers;

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Get yourself North of the border, you won't regret it :D :D
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Post by Tomaselli » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:30 pm

Not technically a Rootes car but this has to be the car of the show for me Image

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Post by gtsmrt » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:03 am

Excellent... Thanks for posting the pictures.
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Post by gvickery » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:37 pm

Tony. That's a great spread of some stunning Tigers. The white MK II - FKV 357D is 'PP1' the first pre-production MKII - actually a MK IA adapted by Jensen. Its rarely seen at Tiger events - sadly the owner isn't a Club member. Did you get a shot of HBR alongside it?

It would be good to get all the UK 'PP' cars together sometime for a photo shoot....as we did for the 4 private sale RHD MKII's at Brooklands in 2010.

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Post by Tomaselli » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:48 pm

Sadly I didn't get HBR with the PP1 MK2 Tiger, but I did get the 'specialist' sampling the local brew;

Now was it Andrew Davenall who said that the STOC was a drinking club with a driving habit!!

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Post by Tomaselli » Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:03 pm

Forgot to say, this Gogomobile arrived at the Moffat event having been driven all the way from Munich, Germany!!

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I believe it is powered by a 250cc air cooled engine :mrgreen:

So no excuse to visit the Moffat weekend if you are in the UK :!: :!:

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Post by Mal » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:45 am

Thanks for posting all the nice pic's Tony.
I see the specialist is having trouble with a straw which was not mandrel bent, therefore restricting the flow of that energy drink and making him sag to his right . I am sure he will resolve the situation before the next pint of that energy drink turns up. :mrgreen:
The white MK II - FKV 357D is 'PP1' the first pre-production MKII - actually a MK IA adapted by Jensen.
The very rare MK 1A.5 :wink:
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