Colin Lindsay Posted September 15 Report Share Posted September 15 TSSC Northern Ireland hit the road yesterday, covering quite a few miles in mixed weather so the hoods went up very early on, whilst I was waiting for them all to arrive at the start. It was a chance to test both the wipers and the suspension, but we made it almost to the top of the mountain - as far as we were allowed on wheels - and the views were spectacular. Lunch at a very busy Garden Centre and then evening meal at a restaurant which although the food was good we had a kind of a fallout with staff over paying for drinks that we hadn't ordered and a request for Seven Up and lime being told that they didn't have that brand of wine. A Sevenuppen wine? One slight mishap over an overheating Vitesse - turned out to be a faulty gauge - and my own Herald now needing new front springs, with one side seriously lower than the other, but as it also requires a new front wing and various other replacement bits it will be a temporary replacement until the winter refurbishment. It also seems to have a serious oil leak, but from where is anyone's guess - investigations ongoing. Otherwise, a good run to blow cobwebs off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 15 Author Report Share Posted September 15 Forgot to add the view! Belfast mountain and Cavehill to the centre right, Belfast the flat bit to the extreme right, the area just above the two wind turbines is Lisburn and Hillsborough hidden behind the green hills under the dark mountains, and the light grey strip to the centre left is Lough Neagh with the Black Mountain at Cookstown just visible at the extreme edge. That means we started about 1/3 in from the left just below the horizon, had lunch at the centre horizon, then drove all the way up here. A lovely drive despite the cloudy weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFL Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 Colin Looks like a good turn out, the Wedgwood Mk2 Vitesse Convertible was a car I enquired about back in March, but unfortunately it was sold before I had chance to view it in Scotland, it's looking good. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 16 Author Report Share Posted September 16 It's not often we colonials get in before the mainlanders! Now living in Donaghadee, on the coast, looking across to Wales, and seems to be a good car although the wheels aren't everyone's preference. The current owner's last Vitesse was a Club car for many many years, passed on from one owner to another, but met a sad end in Fermanagh a while back. Currently stored, may be rebuilt some day. Both owner and wife made a full recovery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 The recovery vehicle being a fork-lift truck is a give away that it's a write off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 17 Author Report Share Posted September 17 1 hour ago, JohnD said: The recovery vehicle being a fork-lift truck is a give away that it's a write off! Nah, that's just the way we do things here. Not far from me, a man dropped dead in his field and his son carried the body home in the front bucket of a low-loader. The forklift was probably from a local business helping out rather than a recovery flatbed; you can see the chains used to pull the car out rather than the front prongs perforating it, plus the straps going to the 4x4 parked just behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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