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AC Owners Club Forum => General Forum => Topic started by: cobham cobra on February 08, 2012, 14:02:09
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I have been in contact with one of the organisers of the Double Twelve event at Brooklands (Surrey).
www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/double12
We have the opportunity for a few of our cars to be part part of a static ACOC display during the weekend of the event. We don’t have to have the same cars for both days so you can only do one day if you want. The one requirement from the organisers is we must have at least one club member man the stand at all times. This is because in previous years they’ve had complaints from the public who have been unable to talk owners / club reps because some clubs have got in for free and then leave their display unmanned.
I would appreciate an indication of interest in order to let Brooklands know. Please email me if you are interested and I will start a list and email the paperwork to you.
Thanks – John.
john@moonlightmedia.co.uk
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Hi John,
You can put me down for the Double Twelve stand, along with the Greyhound, if you like...
Mike Frayn
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Hi Mike,
Your name is now on the list, thanks for the support - John.
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Further information on this event is on the AC Heritage Website:
AC Heritage are opening the Motorworks with displays on the site, original Thames Ditton factory tooling and Brooklands Racing Trophies. The factory 'bibles', cars built at Brooklands will be on display. A special Autokraft era display of the MK1V, the latest in AC factory production and an all Cobra Scalextric race! The AC Heritage factory prototype cars.
http://www.accars.co.uk/
And from the Brooklands Museum Site:
A spectacular display of AC Cobras, celebrating 50 years of the iconic Anglo-American sports car, will be a highlight of the Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival.
‘We’re aiming to have at least one example of every significant variant on display, starting with the Ace on which the Cobra was based, right up to the very latest machine’, says Steve Gray of Brooklands Motor Works, which is organising the display on behalf of the Museum. Also on show throughout the Double Twelve weekend in the original Members’ Restaurant at the top of the Brooklands Test Hill will be some of the AC Cars racing trophies, medals and other artefacts associated with the marque, including items from Le Mans 1963, when AC Cars entered with Sir Stirling Moss as Team Manager.
Visitors will be invited to ascend the Hill and see inside the recently restored Restaurant Building where the Brooklands Motor Company will be unveiling the first 50th Anniversary aluminium Cobra built by AC Cars. Additionally some of the best surviving Cobras will be seen as entries in the Spirit of Brooklands: Post-war Sports and Touring Class of the Driving Concours as part of the competition throughout the weekend, and in a parade on the Sunday of the event on the Mercedes-Benz World circuit.
On the Sunday afternoon, spectators lining both sides of the Hill for the Test Hill Challenge (a series of competitions and demonstrations featuring everything from C5s and children’s races to Bentleys and MGs ascending (and descending) the famous Hill) will see even more Cobras in action. To emphasise its involvement with the Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival and its increasing presence on the Museum site, Brooklands Motor Works will be the official Test Hill sponsor for the weekend.
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/double12/news-detail/AC-Cobras
Excerpts of the preview event are on 'You Tube'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorWRXCxUaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf11oJE9P3w
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Originally posted by Chafford
Further information on this event is on the AC Heritage Website:
AC Heritage are opening the Motorworks with displays on the site, original Thames Ditton factory tooling and Brooklands Racing Trophies. The factory 'bibles', cars built at Brooklands will be on display. A special Autokraft era display of the MK1V, the latest in AC factory production and an all Cobra Scalextric race! The AC Heritage factory prototype cars.
http://www.accars.co.uk/
If I was not already booked for the Pageant Of Power, I would be there.
And from the Brooklands Museum Site:
A spectacular display of AC Cobras, celebrating 50 years of the iconic Anglo-American sports car, will be a highlight of the Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival.
‘We’re aiming to have at least one example of every significant variant on display, starting with the Ace on which the Cobra was based, right up to the very latest machine’, says Steve Gray of Brooklands Motor Works, which is organising the display on behalf of the Museum. Also on show throughout the Double Twelve weekend in the original Members’ Restaurant at the top of the Brooklands Test Hill will be some of the AC Cars racing trophies, medals and other artefacts associated with the marque, including items from Le Mans 1963, when AC Cars entered with Sir Stirling Moss as Team Manager.
Visitors will be invited to ascend the Hill and see inside the recently restored Restaurant Building where the Brooklands Motor Company will be unveiling the first 50th Anniversary aluminium Cobra built by AC Cars. Additionally some of the best surviving Cobras will be seen as entries in the Spirit of Brooklands: Post-war Sports and Touring Class of the Driving Concours as part of the competition throughout the weekend, and in a parade on the Sunday of the event on the Mercedes-Benz World circuit.
On the Sunday afternoon, spectators lining both sides of the Hill for the Test Hill Challenge (a series of competitions and demonstrations featuring everything from C5s and children’s races to Bentleys and MGs ascending (and descending) the famous Hill) will see even more Cobras in action. To emphasise its involvement with the Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival and its increasing presence on the Museum site, Brooklands Motor Works will be the official Test Hill sponsor for the weekend.
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/double12/news-detail/AC-Cobras
Excerpts of the preview event are on 'You Tube'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorWRXCxUaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf11oJE9P3w
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There's another link to the event here:
http://www.classicandsportscar.com/
It's video of the recent 12 X 12 Press Day on Test Hill.
John.
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Originally posted by cobham cobra
There's another link to the event here:
http://www.classicandsportscar.com/
It's video of the recent 12 X 12 Press Day on Test Hill.
John.
A very sedate event interrupted by a hooligan in a black Cobra [:D]
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Who are you calling a hooligan ? I’m just not very good at hill starts that’s all[:D]
BTW - the 1911 GP car was anything but sedate, it just sounded relaxed because it did everything on tick-over.
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Originally posted by cobham cobra: Who are you calling a hooligan ? I’m just not very good at hill starts that’s all[:D]
Having eaten your dust on a couple of occasions, I have to say you are a very poor learner! [;)]Unless of course, your mentor is Chris Williams, who pilots the Napier & Packard Bentleys with equal zeal! [8D]
Check out the Daytona Coupé that lays 11`s ALL the way to the top of the hill though. [:0]
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Hi Nik,,
The interesting thing about that Daytona is the owner/driver is a (young) district nurse from Bristol and she had planned to buy new rears anyway so was just having fun. When talking with her at the event the thing that really surprised me is she starts each run in second gear because she says “otherwise I get too much wheelspin” [:0]!
Cheers - John.
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This one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23yahGsIVmw
http://www.superformance.org/ownersgallery_COUPE/47.html
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You should see Nadine launch her Dodge Viper off the line!! Those nurses....
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There's got to be something in here about the NHS somewhere....
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The Brooklands Double Twelve 16th – 17th June.
Right, the event is getting close and I would like to get an idea of how many members are interested in attending (with their cars), and supporting the ACOC display. This will be the first time the club has displayed at the event and I think it will also be the first time we’ve displayed at a multi club event in a long time.
We will have space for between 5 and 10 cars and our area will be next to Concorde. You don’t have to commit to both days, you can choose which day you want, please just don’t all choose the same day.
Participation get the driver and one passenger into the event for free and if you’ve not been to the X12 before, it’s a VSCC event and Concours d’Elegance plus you get access to all the usual museum exhibits and buildings.
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/double12/
The orgainsers are aware it’s the Cobra’s 50th and would like a few as part of the display, but they are very keen to have a good representation of as many other AC models as possible.
Please let me know if you are keen, interested or a maybe as it will help greatly to put the team sheet together.
john@moonlightmedia.co.uk 0207 250 4770
Thanks –John.
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I would be interested in attending, and could put the Brooklands on the stand?
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Hi John, On Sunday a few of us met at the Princess Royal Pub at Runfold Surrey. I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Pepper and his family, who had turned out in their White 1953 AC 2 litre Sport Convertible. He was quite interested in bringing his car to the Double Twelve, if you would like him to. What a lovely Sunday, sunshine, lovely cars and good beer! (Health and Safety: The ACOC does not encourage drinking and driving, but does encourage like minded enthusiasts to share their interest in cars) Here endeth the reading.
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Last call for any additions to the club display. Anyone interested in coming along with their car on either day, please email or call me.
Thanks – John.
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John, do you have access to some sort of portal in the time-space continuum that allows you to be at Brooklands AND Cholmondeley at the same time?
(As Murray would say:)'Unless I`m very much mistaken', TACO is on the ENTRIES LIST (http://"http://www.cpop.co.uk/the-track/car-entries-2012") page for the CPOP!!![:D]
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Originally posted by nikbj68
John, do you have access to some sort of portal in the time-space continuum that allows you to be at Brooklands AND Cholmondeley at the same time?
(As Murray would say:)'Unless I`m very much mistaken', TACO is on the ENTRIES LIST (http://"http://www.cpop.co.uk/the-track/car-entries-2012") page for the CPOP!!![:D]
Come on Nik, it is perfectly feasable to do two events in one day [:)]
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Originally posted by aaron: Come on Nik, it is perfectly feasable to do two events in one day [:)]
One weekend, maybe, but I think any 'quality time' at 2 events 200 miles apart in a day is pushing it... even for a Cobra! [:o)]
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Simple, two Cobras. One real and a copy [:)]
No, the real answer is that I wanted to support the POP and contacted them long before I got the dates for the X12. I had already provided the photos and had planned to do the event. The situation changed, I am a trust member at Brooklands and in talking with them they suggested it would be good to have a club display etc.
The difficult decision was either to attend an event 200 miles away, or one that is less than 3 miles away ? I would really like to do both, but I don’t think I can. Having recently returned from an 1800 mile trip to the Monaco Historic GP, I’ve had more than enough motorway miles for a while.
I do feel a bit bad about it, but there’s no way the Rev-limiter will sit in the car for another 500 mile round trip – not with the Le Mans trip coming up soon.
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OK, you`re excused! Hopefully next year the CPOP won`t clash with anything & you can come oop for a reet grand northern knees-oop!
As long as we have an exchange of photos etc. here for those that cannot attend one or both events that`ll have to do. [;)]