T'was an honour to be invited along - somehow people have the opinion I like this kind of thing... Set off Friday afternoon in the Fordor, met up with three V8 powered cars on route, instantly lost them with the sheer power of the old four banger... The first rough climb to the top of the south Downs was enough to shake the rear window out - and a tooth from the head of Ratty - my Map Bitch for the weekend. And then we headed off road!
Few more pictures. This was around a 400 mile trip for us - picked some scenic roads on the way home too around Henley on Thames. In the sunshine! Thrashed the stone stock Sedan the last 100 miles home at a steady 55-65 mph. Never missed a beat.
Ernie , that was self inflicted , Phil playing silly buggers and found a deeeeep puddle ! Cheers for the ride Phil (Map Bitch indeed !) , was a total gas from start to finish . I'll get some more piccies up soon ...
Well. Never missed a beat on the way home anyway. And left all those V8's behind on the way there too...
WoW!!! You guys out there are HARD CORE!!! I want to come out to England a film this shit,,,dammit!!! the totaly RULES!!! maybe next year.. evel
Here's a few more, had an absolute blast all weekend, thanks to everyone that was there and a big thanks to those who organised it. Still on a high now and i think we all did pretty well, only 2 punctures, 2 head gaskets, a dizzy failure and a light lens!!!! oh yea and a dead deer!!!! So only 5 cars out of about 20 didn't make all the way. Looking forward to the next one.
Thoroughly enjoyed the run up until I got a puncture. I was fortunate that in the little village where I waited for the recovery truck, there was a wedding taking place, and the victim, sorry groom, was obviously a member of the vintage sports car club as the lane quickly filled up with pre-war 'specials' and a charabanc for the guests. Something to look at whilst waiting.
On the way home, dwindling the country lanes just north of the 20 pence toll bridge over the Thames north of Reading we turned up a tiny track where the sign at the bottom read "Failed Road". Had us in stitches after the route we'd driven the day before...
Damn Kelvin,you shoulda given me a call mate,I would have sorted the Deer for you(I`m was a butcher for 15 years,moved on from butchering meat to butchering cars,lol).Great pics.Hotrods being used as God intended!
man thats hard core shit, like to see that down here , i can here em now (but aint that dirt up ahead), love the pics , now thats traditional, rockon dude....
The Kopy Kat Run was organised by myself and Clive 'wot no chips' Griesel. Their will be another next year sometime. If anyone is interested they can email their contact and car details to me on [email protected] and you may well be sent an invite. Thanks to all those who were involved this year, it was a brilliant weekend and I'm still amazed what two drunken idiots such as we can pull off! Mrs Hippy
Oh and I presume it goes without saying that only 'traditional' hotrods need apply. We welcome new faces though so send me a photo and the details of your car. It is an invite only event and the car is invited not the driver - it would be great to get some 'foreigners' over to have a go so spread the word.....
Sorry fella! Didn't get to chat and stuff - on a bit of a high AND knackered. Cooked our lunch up right there on the running board... Pop in when you're visiting the folks?
These pictures and more right here... http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i66/meltdownRR/KopyKat-2007/ There'll be some video when I find a moment!
Looks like real fun. Period. Bet this is ordinary stuff for the Dutch rodders. They have got shitloads of canals to drive around in Paul
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