Stanford Hall, Auto Italia 5th June

[markymarc]

we will save you a place........................limited though, hell of a turnout i heard lol
marc

[Rusty's Uncle]

Will the weather and my exhaust hold ? 
Darrell I guess you posted that link because of the chat we had about welding exhausts. Well the failure confirmed what I said before that the metal some of these exhausts are made from is very poor quality and all of my welds held up fine. Still I learnt a lesson , carrying out even minor mods is a waste of time as it is a bit like trying to build a castle on sand. Anyway I got another 126 exhaust down from the old loft , probably got it on eBay and have been having a bit of a 'mare with it ! It was the worst fitting exhaust I have ever had on a 500 or a 126. I managed to get one of the supprt brackets on after a massive struggle & have given up on the other one 

[markymarc]

The time is coming to spruce up those 126s, 500s and the good old BISs and descend upon Stanford hall,  hope to see you all there guys and girls?  Do we have a final list of names?

marc

[Dr Moose]

Aye! You have my sword... 126!

[bis13]

rusty be very carefull using just one bracket as it will just send all the stress and vibrations to the one bracket and that will fail, the best results ive had of late is to make my own brackets using some 5mm flat steel so much more up for the job than the crap on the market.

[Darrell]

I agree with Mick.

ANY room to vibrate will result in a broken exhaust.

I have run the same exhaust now for 3 years. I make sure the clamp is 100% tight, it needs to be clamped right down onto the silencer.

Give it an opportunity to rattle itself to bits and it will.
 

[K666STW]

After destroying the head on the panda coming home from st andrews. We are now taking the 126 to stanford. See you guys there.

[Draigflag]

Might be going in my Abarth 500 with the Abarthforum, but i'll try and pop along and see your beautiful 126's/500's etc! 

[green-fly]

Sounding good guys! Hope you get sorted Uncle..sounds like a testing time and a long journey if you do make it!  Looking forward to catching up with you all..don't forget to take the second gate for display rather than parking areas and mention Phil Ward if you need to as he said he could find us an area to park up together.. he asked to put mine in the concours display but I'll see..
Thanks for 'getting out there'! 

[dajwid]

If I make it along, I can bring some old garage junk for you to buy

[markymarc]

Lets beat the "6" of Brooklands ??!!

[1973/126]

 I really wanted to do this show, and the car is actually booked in for an MOT tomorrow morning. Unfortunately it`s not looking promising as I`m having a nightmare with the brakes.  

[Amateb8]

I shall definitely be there. I might take the GTV due to lack of use. If I do, I shall be with the AROC area. Or I might decide to bring the 126 as planned, mmmmm.

[green-fly]

There's only one choice! 

[Rusty's Uncle]

OK you guys have twisted my arm and I managed to get the second exhaust bracket on , sort of 
Plus the front main support for the sunroof had taken a turn for the worst and had massive corrosion to the extent that the near side section had parted company with the main structure and fliped up at the front above 30 mph so a rain shower would have been a real problem. So sorted that today as well and green-fly you will be pleased to hear that I had a brand new one in my trusty loft