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Never heard of it before, but was made aware last week so I decided to go last Sunday, and it was a great day out helped by the dry weather :) Around 200 cars attended our local event a static display on the green at Dawlish, a 35 mile round trip and a good first run for the XR this year.

Got a pic of my car in this too :D https://www.classiccarweekly.co.uk/buy- ... april-2018

Looking forward to this event in 2019.
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Hi Andy,
That does sound like a brilliant day out, and a nice 35 mile spin is probably just what your car needs to clear the cobwebs after the winter lay-up.
Congrats on getting your car into the mag. 8-)

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Hi Andy,
That does sound like a brilliant day out, and a nice 35 mile spin is probably just what your car needs to clear the cobwebs after the winter lay-up.
Congrats on getting your car into the mag. 8-)

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andyd wrote:Never heard of it before, but was made aware last week so I decided to go last Sunday, and it was a great day out helped by the dry weather :) Around 200 cars attended our local event a static display on the green at Dawlish, a 35 mile round trip and a good first run for the XR this year
Hey Andy, I had a copy of CCW in my hand today at Sainsburys. Sneaked off for a quick read while Mrs F was in the vegetable section ;)

Yep i seen the article on Drive it Day. In fact the first 8/10 pages were full of it with loads of pics of cars taking part. If I get a chance I must pop back and get a copy. Thing is I usually do do what made me put it back on the shelf I will never know :doh:

Great your XR got into this issue. Did you check behind you to check if I was photo bombing you mate :wave: :lol:

Glad you had s good day and faultless drive. Nice one mate
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Fordoholic Nick wrote:
andyd wrote:Never heard of it before, but was made aware last week so I decided to go last Sunday, and it was a great day out helped by the dry weather :) Around 200 cars attended our local event a static display on the green at Dawlish, a 35 mile round trip and a good first run for the XR this year
Hey Andy, I had a copy of CCW in my hand today at Sainsburys. Sneaked off for a quick read while Mrs F was in the vegetable section ;)

Yep i seen the article on Drive it Day. In fact the first 8/10 pages were full of it with loads of pics of cars taking part. If I get a chance I must pop back and get a copy. Thing is I usually do do what made me put it back on the shelf I will never know :doh:

Great your XR got into this issue. Did you check behind you to check if I was photo bombing you mate :wave: :lol:

Glad you had s good day and faultless drive. Nice one mate
Hi Nick,
I'm on page 18 as are many more from the Dawlish show! The photographer insisted we had to stand next to our cars :doh: so you photo bombing would have been the least of my worries :)

I checked first to make sure I was in it before spending £2.99 :lol:
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andyd wrote:The photographer insisted we had to stand next to our cars :doh: so you photo bombing would have been the least of my worries :)
:lol: But Andy you are normally sitting in a foldable chair enjoying a Mr Whippy aren't you!!! :wave:

I must get a copy of CCW now and send page18 to you to autograph for me please :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Fordoholic Nick wrote:
andyd wrote:The photographer insisted we had to stand next to our cars :doh: so you photo bombing would have been the least of my worries :)
:lol: But Andy you are normally sitting in a foldable chair enjoying a Mr Whippy aren't you!!! :wave:

I must get a copy of CCW now and send page18 to you to autograph for me please :lol: :lol: :lol:
:applaud: Form an orderly queue :wave:
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The wife needs a new walking dog coat and she taking me to bluewater today so will be going straight to W H Smith for a copy .
No it’s nice that these magazines are reporting like the old days at events .
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Jasonmarie wrote: will be going straight to W H Smith for a copy.
Perfect !! Jason can you photocopy page 18 for me and send it to me :wave: :)

This will save me £2.99 :lol: :lol: :lol:

Only joking of course. Andy you are worth the £2.99...
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Fordoholic Nick wrote:
Jasonmarie wrote: will be going straight to W H Smith for a copy.
Perfect !! Jason can you photocopy page 18 for me and send it to me :wave: :)

This will save me £2.99 :lol: :lol: :lol:

Only joking of course. Andy you are worth the £2.99...
:poke: :boxing:
Although I did think about tearing that page out myself :whistle: :D
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I tried to find somewhere that sold CCW, but without success.
Hopefully somebody will post the photo on here.

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Here we go .

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And a close up

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Wife just said it’s not normal to take pictures of papers
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Jasonmarie wrote:Here we go .

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And a close up

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Wife just said it’s not normal to take pictures of papers
Fame at last :wave:

Your wife might be right :?
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Hi Andy,
Your car looks stunning, and how fortunate that you happened to be wearing a Ford T-shirt that day!
Judging by those few photos shown here, that show you went to looks like it had some very tasty cars there.
Thanks for posting the photo, Jason.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Hi Andy,
Your car looks stunning, and how fortunate that you happened to be wearing a Ford T-shirt that day!
Judging by those few photos shown here, that show you went to looks like it had some very tasty cars there.
Thanks for posting the photo, Jason.

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Thanks Andrew,
Shame about the lump on the passenger side..... :lol:

Re; T Shirt, you should get one :D https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Never-U ... CiBKkSq2uA
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andyd wrote: Got a pic of my car in this too :D https://www.classiccarweekly.co.uk/buy- ... april-2018
:applaud: Nice one.
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Caprifan Rob wrote:
andyd wrote: Got a pic of my car in this too :D https://www.classiccarweekly.co.uk/buy- ... april-2018
:applaud: Nice one.
:cheers: Rob
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