Simply Japanese: Beaulieu Motor Museum, Sunday, 20 July

[casey]

List updated

Looks like 12 cars on the stand, unless there are any more waiting to book?

Better be quick tho, as the organisers will surely cease taking bookings soon.

[casey]

I will post up details of the rendezvous point soon - the usual one, Tesco car park, for those who have been before.

Always fun to drive in convoy to the event, and easier to find the stand location.

The organisers have been in touch and will be sending out stand passes later this week, or early next. I will post up details here as soon as I receive them.

[Red & Black]

MEETING UP AND CONVOY ARRANGEMENTS

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR TICKET AND STAND PASS**!

You will have received an E-ticket when you booked your place, ensure you bring it with you. I will issue the STAND PASS** to everyone as soon as I received it (expected tomorrow or early next week).

From the Beaulieu organisers:

Clubs are requested to arrive at the same time in order to allow our stewards to park your members faster. Please note that club areas will only be reserved until 10.30am, after this time the area will be released to other participants. Individual club members arriving after 10.30am are not guaranteed to be able to join their booked club area.

Entrance gates open at 8.30am.

Therefore, please meet at a Tescos Dibden Superstore just off the A326 (Just after Applemore Hill) from 7.45am ready to leave 8.15am sharp and convoy in together to get to the car park holding area at Beaulieu by 08:30. Fuel is available as this Tesco store.

Address:
Tesco
Sizer Way
Dibden
Southampton
Hampshire
SO45 5JA

If you are running late, or cannot make the rendezvous point, then go directly to the main entrance gate (off B3056) or the event entrance gate (off B3054).

Address:
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu,
New Forest,
Hampshire,
United Kingdom
SO42 7ZN

If you have any questions about this eveny, then post up here or drop me a PM.

[Red & Black]

STAND PASS!!!

The stand pass is attached. It is essential you print this out and place it in your windscreen as you arrive at the entrance gate

R1 - RX-8 Owners Club.pdf

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[Red & Black]

We'll be bringing our 4 year old grandson, Marler. He'll be adorned in a blue T-shirt with a "red" RX8 printed on it!!!

[casey]

List updated - added Clive and Lisa, who are bringing their RX-4

Please check the list if you are coming to confirm I've got you listed correctly - thanks

Again - don't forget to print your stand pass (added to first post) to display on your windscreen on arrival at the venue

[casey]

As well as remembering your stand pass, we will have a limited supply of mugs for hot drinks, but if you can bring your own, that would be great.

Can attaendees confirm if they are going straight to the venue, or to the RV point at Tesco, so I'll know who to look out for - thanks.

[DrewR3]

Me and Lottie will be coming to RV point, as will Carl on the Yariiii. Could someone going to RV please print me an additional pass, I've not been able to get one printed and am now away from printing facilities. Thanks

[Ouzify]

Think Aaron has dropped out as he’s broken his finger at rugby

I have a spare stand pass thingy here Drew

[Tassaman]

Hi.
I will be meeting at the RV point.
See you all tomorrow

[MrC]

I will be going to the Tesco car park beforehand and could someone print an additional pass, don’t have a printer :/


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[casey]

Collect one from me tomorrow MrC

[Tassaman]

Currently in A&E
Twisted my knee bad skateboarding.
So might, probably will have to miss tomorrow.
If I am on crutches might be able to come down with out the ReX.
🫣‍

[Tassaman]

Definitely can't go.
Knee is too painful andcI must rest.

Two tickets going spare if anyone wants them.
Need an email address to pass them over.

Gutted I can't go, but need to get better or I can't work.
Enjoy the day everyone.

Chris

[Tassaman]

So sorry to hear this Chris

I hope the pain subsides and you recover quickly.

[MrC]

Beaulieu was a MOST enjoyable event, with only some short showers in the morning and lovely sunshine in the afternoon. During the showers, a group of us wandered around the musuem for some car nostalgia, inspiring us to share some of our personal stories and history.

Thank you to everyone who came along to the event and created a small, but interesting and varied range of cars to display to the public.

A massive thank again to Ian . He came along with Jackie and Felix and a carload of stuff for the stand. Without the gazebo he brought along, it would have been very unpleasant in the rain/sun at times. Not only that, but Ian brough all the kitchen supplies AND did all the bacon cooking too (having bought all the supplies prior to the day). Many thanks Ian, my 2 bacon rolls were very enjoyable!

As this is a museum venue event, I took my 1984 RX-7 and focussed the limited time on historical car stuff. There were several highlights in the musueum, but I will mention just two:

The first highlight was a part-completed restoration of an ENORMOUS 1,000hp Sunbeam 22,450 cc V12 land speed record monster (nicknamed "The Slug" due to it's shape) from 1927. The aim is to have it doing demo runs on it's 100th anniversary. One of the two engines powering this car - one in front of the driver, one behind, has been mounted and tested. The guide at the museum said the engine had been run statically and makes quite a sound and throws awesome coloured flames from the vertival exhausts. It couldn't be run for long as it used huge amounts of cooling water with no airflow through the rads. The history of this car and engines (only 2 of 18 made have survived) is fascinating.

The second museum highlight was a fantastic timeline of F1 cars from the 1950's to the 2020's. Being of a certain age, it brough back many memories of seeing these cars race on TV in the 1960's, and live from when I started to attend a few F1 races in the 1970's onwards.

and Nigel Mansell's iconic "red 5" Williams, in which I saw him win the Silverstone GP in dramatic style in 1987. This is a quote on that race:

For Mansell, the highlight of 1987 was his scintillating late race charge to beat his least favourite Brazilian, Nelson Piquet, at Silverstone. Mansell was simply unstoppable, setting lap records 11 times in the final moments as he reeled in the other Williams. On his victory lap, as thousands of patriotic fans in the feverish grip of 'Mansellmania' flooded onto the track, their hero stopped to kiss the tarmac at the spot where he'd overtaken Piquet at 180mph.

Another highlight of the day was sharing it with THREE other 1st Generation RX-7 FB's (plus mine, making 4) - FB's being very rare in road going condition in the UK.

Dave and Sally again brought their immaculate Opal Green 1st Gen Series 3 along to join me on our stand. Sadly, I didn't take any pictures of our stand, or of my car or Dave's, so credit to Tom Hopkins for this shot of RX-8's on the adjacent Familia stand with the RX-8 OC stand in the background. I hope others will post up some better pictures from the day.

I also met and had a long chat with Russell and Eliose about their gold 1st Gen Series 2, which was a family project for them both;

Finally, I met and chatted with Pete Fielder, who owned an old RX-7 many years ago, but has acquired this Series 3 just a year ago.