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Ian

My road trip to Beaulieu



During my travel, I stopped to meet some friends and some family, and I've made 2500kms in 4 days. The mini ran smoothly, I'd only filled it with 0.25 gallons of oil.




Here we go !


The Route Nationale 7 (Paris to Nice), typical with his plane trees..




Arrival in Tours. We'll be 4 cars for the travel : an october 1961 traveller, an Innocenti 1300 and the Sprint (on a trailer)


Last check up the travel, the Traveller has a small exhaust leak and the Sprint his missing his Dulles dashboard.


This Sprint is a recreation from Neville, made a couple of years ago.






This is also The 24 hours of Le Mans this week-end, and we saw a lot of nice cars. The owner of the DBS came to tell me that his first car was a 63 Cooper !


After Le Mans, the sky became unfriendly..


The first shower of the week-end !


Nice weather arriving on Dieppe, we could see the sea.


Boat in sight !



Crossing fingers not to see that truck kissing my boot.


We have 4 hours of rest.



Uk, here we come !




The weather became increasingly cold, the minis are trying to get warm in regrouping themselves.




Last paint touches for the Concours


The weather is awful, but the minis are here !





Nicolas bring the Sprint on the Concours place, we are engaged in class 4, modified minis before 1970


Usual suspects..












Lovely Twini Replica


It must be a madness to drive such a car..





Steve Burkinshaw present his Sprint Stewart et Arden.










Sprint Traveller wanabee.. A member of the forum ?


Pick your color !


It's time to leave.


The beaulieu field was slippy..


The Traveller has seen the fuel pump 2 times more often than us !

I am so gutted that it was my weekend to work again as although it rained it looked to be a great weekend of Minis and meeting up with good friends.

Fantastic pictures ! Thanks for sharing.

Great pics, if there'd have been a spirit of the event award you should have won it !

fantastic pics, I wish I could have made it.

I believe the majority of visitors had a really good time the day they went to Bulee despite the rain. It was a truly International event with visitors from all over Europe and the UK. A typically English international Mini Cooper meeting with some fantastic cars and some adventures as the pictures show. Steve B was soaked to the skin when he returned home on Sunday evening but still cheerful. Enjoy your Coopers.

Thanks for all your nice comments, and I'm pleased to share what I've lived during this week-end..

Forget to tell that you can see many more pics on my website : http://almondgreen.net/index.php?/category/105

Great pics Alex, thanks for sharing.

hanlminiman wrote:I believe the majority of visitors had a really good time the day they went to Bulee despite the rain. It was a truly International event with visitors from all over Europe and the UK. A typically English international Mini Cooper meeting with some fantastic cars and some adventures as the pictures show. Steve B was soaked to the skin when he returned home on Sunday evening but still cheerful. Enjoy your Coopers.

Hear hear I really had a good time, and it was soo nice to meet you all.

Jens Christian

guru_1071 wrote:


your a man who everyone looks up to!

He he, yes people DO look when I "climb" out of a Mini

Time for more pics

First up a interiorshot, of the Dark Blue Wood & Pickett MARGRAVE.

Next, one of the nice Radfords, belong to a regular poster inhere(nice meeting you)

Jens Christian

Thanks for sharing your superb pictures Alex, a real photo story of what looked like an excellent trip.

I'm only sorry that I wasn't there to meet you & about the merde temps anglais.

Great photos Alex! Is the beige car yours? Love the colour scheme

alexdenevers wrote:

Sprint Traveller wanabee.. A member of the forum ?

seen this on eBay a few times... looks well built....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-Sprint-Woody ... 3a672c9a2a

and here it is!!


EDIT: fab pictures! love your mini! elpasso beige??

Ed

PEU 22 ......... I have seen pictures of this hatch back car before but what is the story behind it

IAIN wrote:PEU 22 ......... I have seen pictures of this hatch back car before but what is the story behind it

I dont have the story on this nice car, so the owner has to answer that one.

but here is a picture of the nice interior

I believe that PEU was/is owned by Steve Burkinshaw who also ownes the black S&A Sprint, another very nice car.

tomkidd wrote:Great photos Alex! Is the beige car yours? Love the colour scheme

tedmcedd wrote: EDIT: fab pictures! love your mini! elpasso beige??

Ed

Thanks ! Yes, Beige El Paso. Orginally it was a 850 Automatic. .

Yes PEU was owned by Steve, he sold it in order to restore the S&A.

There was a very nice bunch of cars in the middle, shame for the rain, but it was only for the brave ! I was surprised of the horizontal rain, even with an umbrella I was wet from my belt to my feet !

Oh, and I've bought a puzzle with "my" car on it !



Too bad 3 pieces are missing..

Génial! Je connaissais pas.