Lancia Motor Club

The date for the 2012 Sliding Pillar Rally is Friday 8th to Monday 11th June 2012.
The location is the north Cotswolds, the rally will be based near Broadway.
Full details a bit nearer the time!

A few more details:-

The programme will include a Fish & Chip lunch on a steam train, a visit to Hidcote gardens, lunch in Lower Slaughter and a visit to a lavender farm.

More later.

Hi
would like to take part next year how de we put our name down
Christo

Christo, I will put you on the mailing list for details of next year (sent via email), but if you can P.M. me your address I will make sure you are sent the Sliding Pillar Gazette which will contain a report on this years event and details for next year.
Ade.

Perhaps you could use one of our old Cotswold Economy Drive routes, we begin in Broadway, have used the train and take in all the small villages.

Thanks Peter, I have a good idea of the routes for next year but would welcome your input, just in case there is a better route. Ade.

Let me know, will be pleased to help.

Hi Ade, I've been on one SPR and would dearly love to attend, but the dates are (again) too early.  :(

What are the drivers for having the SPR on the first weekend in June?

Thanks.

Guy, the main reason for choice of date is not to clash with other events in the Classic car world, next year is a week earlier than I would have liked, but the hotel was booked for the date I originally wanted. Ade.

Ade, I understand that there's a full motoring calendar, but the SPR seems to be getting earlier and earlier, and I'm left wondering if I'll ever be able to get on another one...  :'(

Ade

Pls put my name down on your mailing list as will want to go - first time...

Does it need to go in the LMC calendar?

Tim Heath

Tim, I will put your name on the list, brochures will be sent out early next year. Yes you can put the date on the calendar.

I have now linked the SPR to the calendar.

These are the web sites for the places we will visit on this year's rally.
http://www.cotswoldconferencecentre.com/

http://www.broadwaytower.co.uk/

http://www.gwsr.com/about-the-gwr.aspx

http://www.snowshill-lavender.co.uk/cm/

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-hidcote.htm

http://www.washbournecourt.co.uk/

http://www.stanwayfountain.co.uk/fountain.html

I will publish a full programme, brochure and booking form in the next few days.

Looks excellent - can't wait!

This is the provisional programme for the Sliding Pillar Rally 2012.

Friday 8th June, Arrive at our hotel for the weekend, The Cotswold Conference Center, Near Broadway, Glos.

Evening BBQ at the Hotel.

Saturday 9th June, Cotswold tour, visit Broadway tower, Fish & Chip lunch on a steam train, afternoon visit to a Lavender farm.

Evening meal at the hotel.

Sunday 10th June, visit to Hidcote gardens, lunch at Washbourne Court Hotel in Lower Slaughter. Visit to Stanway House gardens and fountain.  Evening meal at the Hotel.

Monday 11th June, goodbyes!

 

The cost for the whole weekend including all visits, meals (wine at evening meals) accomodation, route books, rally plaque and gift is £350 per person based on two people sharing a double or twin room.  I will be sending out entry forms to everyone on my mailing list shortly.   This year being the 80th anniversary of the Augusta we hope to have a good turn out of this model!

Ade Rudler 07411 884125

Open the leaflet below for more details.

Having got (well she did it all on her own) OVS a new MOT, I am raring to go on the sliding pillar. Has the application form come out yet??

Thanks

Tim

" This year being the 80th anniversary of the Augusta we hope to have a good turn out of this model!"

And so I thought but when putting together the model anniversary schedule (which I published in Dec 2011 VL) I was persauded that the real launch date of the Augusta was a year later so 80th is next year. I don't mind 'cept no body commented on the schedule what so ever!!!

Tim

This is the brochure for the 2012 Sliding Pillar Rally.
Please contact me directly if you would like a booking form.
Ade Rudler.

Bookings for this year's Sliding Pillar Rally have been flooding in, so far half of the rooms have been booked, so if you were thinking of coming please don't delay. Last time we had to refuse entries due to lack of space!

Only two rooms left now.
So if you were thinking of attending be quick!!!

I did manage to get a couple of extra rooms, but these have been filled too. I am now up to the maximum number that can be accomodated both at the hotel and at the venues during the daytime parts of the rally.
So the event is now defintely FULL!

I have had one late cancellation, so there is a room for two people available for the weekend.
if you are interested please be quick.  Ade Rudler.

Another vintage Sliding Pillar Rally with great weather on both Saturday and Sunday.
A selection of pictures below

more photos

more photos

Great weekend. Good company, great cars, excellent choice of  car tour and attractions. Tower and fountain particularly impressive.

Well done to Ade and Sarah for a seemless and enjoyable time in the Cotswolds. And for sorting the weather (well not the journey days  :'( but you can't have everything).

OVS ran faultlessly apart from breaking a window winder, the speedo breaking and the dynamo brushes deciding to stick and stop charging. Fixed the dynamo during the weekend, and will fix the other 2 in next few days.

Roll on 2014!!

Thanks

Tim and Sarah

Our congratulations and thanks to Ade and Sarah for a wonderful weekend, and especially to Louis for his 'Car Park Attendant' duties
allowing him the privilege of being able to park his own vehicle at the front door of many of the places visited!!


Many thanks again.

Steve and Amanda

Cracking weekend, thoroughly enjoyed, ade thats a sneaky photo! i feel almost naked in it OVERALLS instead of my famous TROUSERS!! chugga performed flawlessly accept for loosig the linings off the ns rear brake shoes, quick fix with a self tapping screw up the brake pipe to block off the hydrolics to that brake and did another 200 miles on 3 brakes, old cars are great, fix it at the side of the road with the most primative tools, did you get any pics of it in bits in the hotel?? i forgot to take some as i was a little preoccupied trying to fix it, well done for organising a great event , fantastic hotel and places to visit

Thanks again to Ade and Sarah for an excellent SPR this year. An excellent attendance - as always the SPR attracts a wonderful variety of great Lancias, and a good selection of interesting places to visit. And  - for what is a very popular part of England - some great roads with very little traffic! A very enjoyable weekend

Yes, it was a splendid rally, as usual. A good turn-out of Augustas on their 80th. anniversary, but a shame a few notable ones were missing. I was particularly sorry not to be able to admire Chugga's efforts.
(http://) Regards, John

What a lovely photo John

Superb weekend in the Cotswolds, many thanks Ade et al. What a superb club LMC is made up of wonderful cars and equally splendid people. It was so good to meet up with old friends and to make new ones. Doug and Kathleen Crowther used to visit the farm where we are now living for Bentley and Ferrari gatherings and Ben Courage, I discovered ,went to the same junior school as I did. Small world eh!?

Modestine was only readied for the rally at 3pm on the Friday afternoon (see details in the Dilambda section) and ran perfectly until just before Sunday lunch when the ignition system packed up altogether. Many thanks to Reg Maybury (Rachel nee Wilcock's husband)who towed us to the lunch stop assisted by James Parry. I then took a huge amount of stick for converting the distributor to electronic ignition which precluded any hope of repair and resulted in our homeward journey being courtesy of AA Recovery. On the bright side we saved about £60 worth of petrol!

Returned the distributor to the guy who carried out the conversion to find that the module had indeed failed which he replace under warranty.  I am totally unrepentant for the doing the conversion having enjoyed perfect starting, smooth running and lovely tick over since. However, I will now be carrying a spare module, coil and a set of refurbished points!

Here's to next year in Belgium,

Robin.