Afternoon All,
After a cracking week in France I thought Iād share the pictures with the ACOC collective. The plan was to leave North London and head, first to Poitiers, then onto the South of France to my Parents place, deep in driving country ā being an hour from the coast (great for sunbathing), but more importantly, and hour from the mountains (and their roads) around the French/Spanish Boarder ā cue the holiday:
Which to choose:
Abarth - Mrs Duggans Favourite - but not an "adventure"
Exige S1 (under the cover) - great, but a handbag of luggage space
AC Cobra 212 S/C - loud like you cannot even begin to imagine, fast in the same quantity and a big boot - the plan was on.....
Firstly.....sort out the sound for Mrs Duggan:
Communication - WRC Coms!
Windows (with ticket holes
)
Off :byebye: LeMans
Hotel first night - 69 euros a night!
Next morning - a little wet....not good in an AC Cobra with over 400bhp/tonne:
Arrival in SoF - bliss, but in 30 degree heat - a pain...
Boot - got a LOT of brownie points for this:
Cleaned and parked:
Mergez on:
To the mountains - Helicopter Building anyone:
Into Andora:
Local Mechanic:
....Real Local Mechanic - side exhaust mount went & dropped a bold on the other side:
...and the sum, he wouldn't take a thing for getting the chance to work on the car (had to give hime 20 euros for a drink!)
Back home now and totally knackered after an 800 mile non-stop (other than for petrol) trip back - tiring, but setting off at 2am and seeing the sun come up (inky blue and still stars visable) over the French countryside, over an AC Cobra's bonnet, is one of lifes great experiences.
Thanks for reading!
..and thanks to Bruce (for long distance AC Cobra driving advice) and Alan (for a scramble to get side windows - DK engineering did a cracking job as I couldn't get the others in time))