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    Posted: 23 Aug 2011 at 11:07pm
 
 
A few members of the Wessex Region attended the Retro Rides Gathering at Prescott Hill Climb on Sunday.
 
We formed a small club display and had a very relaxed day, with some great action on the famous hill climb.
 
Co-ordinated by Regional Chairman Tim Maltby, assisted by Alpina guru Simon Alcorn, they rustled up a great selection of cars.
 
Tim - E28 535i Trackmiester
Simon - E30 Alpina
Steve H - E12 M535i
Steve - E30 325i Trackmiester
Mark - E21 M50
Martin - E3
PWP - E30 325i
 
Plus we were joined at the last minute by E30 LO in his stunning M3 (sorry, forgotten you name).
 
Unfortunatley it looks likely that this event will clash with Gaydon next year, which is a shame....
 
We met up on route
 
 
Wessex Region Display
 
 
 
 
 
Steve tackles the hill climb
 
 
 
 
 
There were a few off's and mechanical failures
 
 
 
This Berg Cup Golf was stunningly quick and sounded awesome - 2.0 16v on throttle bodies, sequential gearbox and what sounded like c.8.5k rev limit - what a screamer!
 
 
Yet again, we had a fun run home in convoy
 
 
More pics to follow!
 
Cheers,
 
Martin.
 
 
 
 


Edited by BMW250L - 23 Aug 2011 at 11:50pm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Motorhead Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Aug 2011 at 9:33am
Looks fun, sorry I missed it.
 
Hope that was not the last nice sunny weekend of the year!!
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As Martin said a nice relaxed day in the country with like minded petrol heads....thats the way to spend the weekend. It was warm though and im sorry to say i was glad to get in the shade when i could :-). Great write up martin... Keep the pics coming folks ;-)
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Very enjoyable day and a nice display of BMW's.

So nice in fact, that I just found myself buying a set of triple 45's after seeing Martins E3.

Went home with quite a tan too.

It was great to see the motorway littered with so many nice cars amongst the usual dross.
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Pics of the drive home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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