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Love this show. Sunburn every year!  8)

Clicky the piccy  :D

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I'll certainly be there... Maybe even in a buggy!!! (no promises)

Who else is coming to chill on Southsea Common?

i will be there in the buggy really like this show ;-)up

Quote from: chrisbarker on February 27, 2013, 05:25:18 PM
i will be there in the buggy really like this show ;-)up

Convoy down the A3 with you behind me again  ::)

;D  ;D  ;D

Buggys and my birthday don't get Eny better unless we find a tunnnnnnnnel

Quote from: Hunter on February 27, 2013, 05:31:32 PM

Quote from: chrisbarker on February 27, 2013, 05:25:18 PM
i will be there in the buggy really like this show ;-)up

Convoy down the A3 with you behind me again  ::)

;D  ;D  ;D

by then we should be up to full speed ahead and let them horses go plus i will have ear plugs :) :) :)

Beach Buggin 13 is on Sunday 11th August. Southsea sea front Hampshire. Info can be found at www.beachbuggin.co.uk
Timbo ;-)up

Cheers Timbo - will be good to meet you there, if not before  ;-)up In the mean time I will merge this with the other post about it. Always good to do a bit of housekeeping!  ;)

I will be there again boys ;-)up

I hope to be in the A3 convoy myself ;-)up :-\

ill chase you down there ,will have different exhaust by then ,may not be able to throw flames safer for those behind me lol

Ill be there for sure. Roy

no one fancy sweetcorn  :'( its the same weekend

Sorry Aaron, can't compete with beach buggin for us - the day out in Portsmouth is one of the best in the calendar.

What are the plans for this then is anyone camping making a weekend of it  ;-)up
Amy route planed anyone meeting at Thurrock 

A whole pile of us used to get together and campout, but that seemed to die a death a couple of years ago.  :'( I only live 20 miles away and still used to camp out cos it was a good laugh!

Jon

I will be up from sunny Bournemouth

well all meet at mine this end and then meet at the same places as last year and then a blast down hey guys  ;-)up

I'm in

Hope to make this  ;-)up

Mornin all 8) Any idea what time you'll be heading down the A3? I live in Waterlooville so can keep a look out on the bridge at junction 2, then catch you up and join in ;-)up

 8) Any ideas as to what time people are heading down the A3 to the show ? Looking forward to meeting up  ;-)up

Hi Timbo, don't quote me on this yet, but typically the Surrey lot meet at wisely (M25/A3 junction) at about 9am then head down the A3. But next week or so (as it gets closer) hunter or Chris B / Emma will confirm I guess. But rest assured, I know we will coordinate with you to meet up on the way down.  ;-)up

Looking forward to it, hope this weather holds out :-\ ;-)up

Right then, as it stands at the moment.

Leaving Ockham bites cafe (Wisley lakes, A3 slip rd south bound off of J10 M25).

You should be fueled up (car and you, cafe is open from about 08.00) ready to leave there 09.30 sharp for a run down the A3.
We will be stopping about 3mls after the Hindhead tunnel at the large shell garage for a swift pitstop, then onward to Southsea aiming to arrive realistically about 11.00.

How does that sound or do you wanna make it earlier?  ???

H  :)

Morning all 8). As I only live 10 miles from the show I was aiming to get there for 9.30/10.00 ish to beat the Q's, so will see you all down there  ;-)up

I love a free show. think we camped at hayling island in times past.

was intending to enjoy this as its my birthday but turns out i shall be near enough in the bay of naples by then.so have one for me ill think of you when im floating about on the isle of capri lol ;-)up

so whos going then ?whos meeting at mine then off to the cafe? ;-)up

Anyone going down the a27 ??
Want to meet up on the way ??

Cheers
Phill

Assuming I get Tango finished and MoT'd I am going M25 M3 picking my lad up from Winchester and going down from there.

Paul.

you will I am sure be nice to see the old girl and I cant waite for another good blast....lots to do tho this week ha ha  ;-)up

so whos going ? surely loads must be ...this is a top day out and a fantastic drive down ,come on guys lets drive em ....ha ha  ;-)up

I'm going....will be at Ockham café around 9.15am-ish.

see you there buddy ;)

Unfortunatley I won't be at this one, just remembered its my youngest daughters birthday

Quote from: mk4buggy on August 05, 2013, 02:48:34 PM
Unfortunatley I won't be at this one, just remembered its my youngest daughters birthday

bring her to the seaside for the day ;-)up

Quote from: chrisbarker on August 05, 2013, 03:01:07 PM

Quote from: mk4buggy on August 05, 2013, 02:48:34 PM
Unfortunatley I won't be at this one, just remembered its my youngest daughters birthday

bring her to the seaside for the day ;-)up

Exactly!

(meanwhile.... I WILL be there meeting at the A3/M25 cafe meeting point, and I WILL BE IN THE BUGGY!!!   ::) ::) ::)

I did see mention of staying at Hayling on the Sat ,is anyone doing this ?

Me
Chris Barker
Mel Baker

Who else are we gonna be looking out for at the cafe at Wisely then?

Dont wanna be leaving without you if we're gonna be having fun chugging down the A3

H

Oh I love a list....

At Wisley:

Him (Hunter)
Chris Barker
Mel Baker
Andy R.

me and road runner lol

So then.....

At Wisley:

Him (Hunter)
Chris Barker
Mel Baker
Andy R.
Chris Bullshead Allen
Gordon + 1

Are Fran and Inigo going?

sorry kai is with me too ;-)up

Am I not going then  :(

Quote from: juicylucy on August 07, 2013, 10:03:20 AM
Am I not going then  :(

( :o alert)overuse of smilies  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

:-[  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ??? Well I dont know if your gonna be in yours or his  :-\  :-\  :-\  :-\  :-\


H

they should be both in there own ....... ;-)up

I will be in my own.  Whats the point of having a buggy if your not going to use it!!!   :D :D :D :D

Quote from: juicylucy on August 07, 2013, 10:33:09 AM
I will be in my own.  Whats the point of having a buggy if your not going to use it!!!   :D :D :D :D

Ouch.............

Thats below the belt  :-[

H

go girl lol....looking forward to the drive x ;D :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

Quote from: juicylucy on August 07, 2013, 10:33:09 AM
I will be in my own.  Whats the point of having a buggy if your not going to use it!!!   :D :D :D :D

:P :P :P :P :P


;D ;D ;D ;D  ;-)up

Me me me :D :D I'll be at wisely & my boy Sonny should be with me too ;-)up

Meanwhile we have Allyson (one of the organisers of BeachBuggin) just joined us here. Am sure you will understand she is a tad busy getting ready for the show this weekend.

But thanks to a suggestion by Dave B, she is up for doing something to celebrate the 50th anniversary next year. So we will need to get back on the case with ideas for 2014 (not just Beachbuggin but other events around the country)

Chris @ bulls head what time are you going to be leaving,
i will meet you at the pub

about 8 dude or get here earlier if you wish matey ;D

is this scott from enfield with the blue volksrod.. ;-)up

Yes it is scott with the volksrod
Happy days will be to you about 7.45

cool dude see you then,coffee or tea..... ;-)up

any more for beachbuggin........ :P

seen a post on mizfits saying the common gets closed to vehicles at 1000 ? so anyone planning to arrive at 1100 are you parking along the seafront ?

if your in a buggy you wont be turned away...we have our own area mate so all groovy baby lol ;-)up

Quote from: Andys9 on August 09, 2013, 06:59:00 PM
seen a post on mizfits saying the common gets closed to vehicles at 1000 ? so anyone planning to arrive at 1100 are you parking along the seafront ?

???  ???  ??? Thats a bit odd as it doesn't start till 10.00 am in their flyer  :o

http://www.beachbuggin.co.uk/

H

More or less just got in from workshop, still lots to do, I reckon it's going to be a fine Lin getting finished by tomorrow evening but am determined to make it. Quick trip in morning to buy yet new drums from GSF.  ???

Same for me Andy, gonna be a last minute decision on whether the buggy makes it.

If I do come down in the bug I will be leaving Dover about 7 and having to go via Winchester to pick up my son, then aiming to get to Southsea about 10:30.

Cheers,

Paul.

I'll be down but in the daily, Tango's toast  :'(

Paul.

dam shame buddy ,see you there ;)

Hi all 8) As one of the shows former owner/organiser, I can assure you that the common IS NOT closed to cars after 10am. You can rock up and park any time  ;-)up. See you all tomorrow  ;-)(-;

Cheers Timbo see you there, can you assure the suns going to be out too ??? :-\ ;-)up ;D ;D  ;D

eeeeeerrrr no.... Just looked at the forecast, it shows a big old rain cloud between 10 and 12 o'clock  :-\ Might have to dig the roof out me thinks  >:(

I'll be there with my dad in the beetle

if its raining think i may not play out as no roof and a small boy who like me will get soaked so may end up missing this one boys and girls if i aint there enjoy yourselfs  ;-)up

Just looked at BBC weather for Pompey and it looks ok  ???

Getting me worried now as I have  no roof  :(

Quote from: Twitch247 on August 10, 2013, 07:19:43 PM
Just looked at BBC weather for Pompey and it looks ok  ???

Getting me worried now as I have  no roof  :(

Sorry
Looked at the wrong bit sunny showers from 10 till 2  :'(

It's only water, I've got no roof either but been looking forward to this one all year damn you weather I'm still going  ;-)up :D ;D

Enough said

I'll man up  ;D

ok I have a cover lol...I will man up and do it yet again,just worried about my boy that's all ..hes southern lol..and I am northern ha ha ha  ;-)up

What! you may not go cos a bit of rain chris,drive the thing,you not going to miss this are you? hang on where have i heard that saying before lol.

Quote from: poacher on August 11, 2013, 11:27:36 AM
What! you may not go cos a bit of rain chris,drive the thing,you not going to miss this are you? hang on where have i heard that saying before lol.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

excellent day  ;-)up

Yep, nice day down there, met Mel B with his lovely light blue Manx.

Had a chat to the owner of a nice lwb orange Jas - is he on here, forgot to ask him?

Was hoping to see Phill's buggy, what happened mate?

And guessing you didn't get the tranny fixed in time Andy?  :(

Cheers,

Paul.

Quote from: mm289 on August 11, 2013, 06:57:19 PM
Yep, nice day down there, met Mel B with his lovely light blue Manx.

Had a chat to the owner of a nice lwb orange Jas - is he on here, forgot to ask him?

Was hoping to see Phill's buggy, what happened mate?

And guessing you didn't get the tranny fixed in time Andy?  :(

Cheers,

Paul.

Hi Paul

Funny you should ask

First off buggy battery was flat so waited to charge a bit in the morning, got it started and off I set, got just pass arundel and the heavens open and the buggy started to take on water like a sinking ship.
So made the dessicion then to head home as I was wetter than a otters pocket and the buggy was not running great due to the amount of water on  the engine I guess.
Made it home only to find tranny oil purring out, so the engine is back out again.

Totally gutted that missed this show again :'(

Any pics ???

Quote from: Twitch247 on August 11, 2013, 07:09:21 PM

Quote from: mm289 on August 11, 2013, 06:57:19 PM
Yep, nice day down there, met Mel B with his lovely light blue Manx.

Had a chat to the owner of a nice lwb orange Jas - is he on here, forgot to ask him?

Was hoping to see Phill's buggy, what happened mate?

And guessing you didn't get the tranny fixed in time Andy?  :(

Cheers,

Paul.

Hi Paul

Funny you should ask

First off buggy battery was flat so waited to charge a bit in the morning, got it started and off I set, got just pass arundel and the heavens open and the buggy started to take on water like a sinking ship.
So made the dessicion then to head home as I was wetter than a otters pocket and the buggy was not running great due to the amount of water on  the engine I guess.
Made it home only to find tranny oil purring out, so the engine is back out again.

Totally gutted that missed this show again :'(

It really did chuck it down, we caught it at Fontwell, but pressed on. Interestingly, although it rain most of the way, we didn't get too wet despite having no roof - my hair and right-hand leg were the only wet bits - and the inside of the screen!

The Manx does have this wonderful design feature which dumps the rain from the windscreen straight into the footwell. Glad we made the effort as it cleared up nicely and pretty much everything dried out.

Enjoyed the show ;-)up, and was parked next to the orange LWB Jas.

See you next year!!

Phill I did wonder where you were, that's a shame but lucky you turned back because of the rain if your gearbox was dumping oil ???
It was a great day and turned out scorchio even after we went into the hindhead tunnel with relatively warm weather to come out the other side to a real downpour :o ::) luckily quickly made it to the services until it cleared up ;-)up :D

Quote from: Twitch247 on August 11, 2013, 07:11:12 PM
Any pics ???

Some photos here  http://www.solent-renegades.co.uk/members/transamdan-albums-beach-buggin-2013.html (http://www.solent-renegades.co.uk/members/transamdan-albums-beach-buggin-2013.html) over 260 photos.
More artistic photos http://www.solent-renegades.co.uk/members/sarah-albums-beach-buggin-2013.html (http://www.solent-renegades.co.uk/members/sarah-albums-beach-buggin-2013.html)

What a great day out, a little wet to start with. The field held up well, about 30mins after it rained there was no evidence it rained. Soo many great cars to see, took hours to walk round them all. turned into a hot day, some of us ended up getting a little burnt.

Really liked the colour of this one, First one I've seen with the front opening window.
(http://cdn.solent-renegades.co.uk/members/transamdan-albums-beach-buggin-2013-picture26624-147.jpg)

Gutted for you Phill, if its not one thing its another mate, chin up though it looks great, just need to get it running.  ;-)up

Funny about the rain, we came down the M3 via Winchester and only drove through a few light showers!

Didn't take any pics I'm afraid  :( the blue Beetle pictured above was pretty special, detailing was amazing although I didn't like the paint - the flake was so heavy it made it look like it had really bad orange peel (which it didn't), but beautifully built.

My son's favourite was a metallic lime green T5 which had been chopped and turned into a crewcab with a lovely wood lined bed.

Our joint pick was a bronze mark 3 cortina with a beautifully fitted 289 small block Ford complete with Vortech supercharger blowing through a Holley double pumper - I used to do a bit of American muscle (hence the username) so really appreciated this one. the best thing about it was it was a true sleeper, practically nothing on the outside to show it was packing probs about 300bhp of blown V8!!!

Cheers,

Paul.

It was a good show - the  afternoon the sun came out and in true british fashion i got burnt.
I got to meet Chris and had a chat but the missus got bored quickly so i didnt get to meet the rest of you.

I did get some pics though - i love the metal flake buggies in the sunlight - my pics don't do them justice.

My first pic is a rat razor - I love the faded painted number plate - a cool car

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I had seen pics of this car before -  This buggy is brilliant

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Chris and the purple sidewinder - very nice and i can't wait to see it when the details chris plans for next year

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This buggy was immaculate - i would have been scared to drive it in case i got it dirty

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd431/retroroadster/blue_zps23396ea4.jpg) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/retroroadster/media/blue_zps23396ea4.jpg.html)

Ah a Jas lwb you say that would be me mm289
first time I've been down to beachbuggin well worth the wet drive down all was good until we hit the m27 then it got darker and darker and wetter once we hit Portsmouth and could see the spinnaker ( how ever it's spelt) the thing was lit up with a beam of light, the rest of the day was hot and sunny.  Good to put a few more faces to names off her.  Will defo be going again next year

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Quote from: volksferkin on August 11, 2013, 10:09:33 PM
Ah a Jas lwb you say that would be me mm289
first time I've been down to beachbuggin well worth the wet drive down all was good until we hit the m27 then it got darker and darker and wetter once we hit Portsmouth and could see the spinnaker ( how ever it's spelt) the thing was lit up with a beam of light, the rest of the day was hot and sunny.  Good to put a few more faces to names off her.  Will defo be going again next year

Cool, I was chatting to you about the exhaust and stuff whilst you were cleaning it :)

Names Paul btw  ;-)up

Cheers,

Here's few of my pics from today...

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Love this roof!!!

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Rusty razor (ouch!) caught my eye

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(http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h458/SamHorwill/IMG_3609.jpg)
Lulubelle was my favourite thing at the whole show  ;D

Good to bump into Tony and Chris and show my face, hope everyone had a good time  :)

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Well I like it  :D :D :D and not just because it is rusty!

And it's not even rusty it's paint believe it or not

Quote from: volksferkin on August 11, 2013, 11:18:06 PM
And it's not even rusty it's paint believe it or not

I thought it might be  ;)

Why you would do that to a type34 I don't know.

Quote from: mm289 on August 11, 2013, 09:45:58 PM

My son's favourite was a metallic lime green T5 which had been chopped and turned into a crewcab with a lovely wood lined bed.

I think this is the one you mean Paul I loved it too ;-)up
(http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/kennyh71/null_zpsd2eb8557.jpg) (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/kennyh71/media/null_zpsd2eb8557.jpg.html)

And that metalflake bug was superb too a well deserved winner amateur built too, my son was in love with it :D 8)

Yep, thats the one Kenny, very clever idea but actaully not that difficult to do I would think with a bit of metal bending.

Cheers,

Paul.

I was trying to work out what bits of which T5 they had used ???

Looking at the van in the back ground it's  been cut off at window hieght and the rear door hinge lowered.

Saw this at the heritage meet the other month, been done to a high standard  ;-)up crazy thing to do to an expensive van unless it was a mess to start of with.

Yes but too much work in the crew cab doors i reckon so it must've been a crew cab flat bed/tipper body with a cut down panel van back end grafted on, best cut n shut I've seen in years... Apart from swb buggies that is ;D

Now you said that I guess a tipper truck modified would be the easier route to go ?
Will ask the owner on Thursday if it turns up again.

Be good to know ;-)up
Picture of the engine in that sweet flake bug :D
(http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/kennyh71/null_zpse70c314a.jpg)

Quote from: BugDream on August 11, 2013, 10:53:48 PM


(http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h458/SamHorwill/IMG_3585.jpg)

Wasn't someone on here making enquiries after this buggy a couple of months back????

Mel won best buggy.  ;-)up ;-)up
(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a436/mickb22/2013-08-11153526_zps44bf7994.jpg)

So many nice little bits on Mel's buggy I can look around it for hours

There are some lovely touches so simple I notice something else every time I see it, nothing too flash just subtle bits a plain and simple buggy which is immaculate if I didn't know that he drives it regularly to events you would think it was a "trailer queen" ;-)up

Thanks for your nice comments; it was built by Mark Dryden at Flatlands Engineering last year so the trick bits etc was down to him, but I have done some tweeking this year!

Was a really good day out as always. Got monumentally soaked in the monsoon on the way down, and then sun burnt in the afternoon, figure that one out  ;D

Well I wimped out, left the buggy at home, and took the bay instead. Still parked it near all the buggy a  ;D

One word from me.... Gutted!!!

Really sorry I didn't make it. :(

And really really embarrassed why I didn't!  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

But it's sorted now, and running well with new gearbox (well for the next couple of days before something else goes pear shaped!)

Really looking forward to Ace Cafe run now!!!  :) :) :)

Just spotted your update, so ignore the question on members buggies, glad to hear you are up and running again  ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up