DRIVE IT DAY 2008
LEYLAND TRANSPORT MUSEUM
8:30am sunday morning another miserable day, weather wise. still we were going to enjoy ourselves
we had decided to drive to leyland transport museum along the A6 and were being joined by the american auto club northwest our meeting point was the brown cow at worsley thats where the american club hold there meetings.
by 9am most of us had arrived and we only had to wait for a couple of saturday night party goers.
there were six mk 11s (bernie came in his plymouth fury and gave his consul a rest) Five american cars set off with us. it must of been a great site from the side of the road.
everyone seemed to stop stare and smile we even got plenty of waves
half way there we arranged to meet some of our other members from the wigan and bolton area in the carpark of the red lion.
there was another four cars that joined in and it was difficult for us all to keep together but with a few stops we managed a great procession of cars without annoying or holding up the other drivers on the road.
we also met up with clive b from blackburn futher down the A6.
we eventually arrived at the museum about 10:30 and all parked up.bob (from blackpool) had arranged to meet us there with his consul and john smith with his very early hi-line zephyr had already arrived. all together there was twelve mk 11s, 5 consuls, 4 zephyrs and 3 zodiacs
a quick walk round the display of cars and then into the museum for a warm and a brew.
the museum is all about commercials, such as trucks,buses,vans and some bikes. there is also a lot of literature about all these vehicles.
back outside and it's still miserable but the car park was virtually full so we had another walk round to view the late arrivals and a chat with the owners.the weather really does make or break days like these and this was a miserable one but after all it is drive it day and its all about driving your classic.time for a sandwich and a coffee and say our goodbyes,by this time it was 3:00pm and ready to leave so we headed for the exit .a nice steady drive home and plenty of classics to view along the way.now looking forward to this seasons of runs and shows and hoping for better weather.
a big thanks to the mk 1 cortina owners club for the invite and also the american auto club north west for the joint organisation for the run up to the museum and to all our members who turned out on the day cheers guys and gals.
who remembers what the ESSO sign means?
HAPPY MOTORING BRIAN HAW