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Thur 19th April - Bray Hill Evening Sprint, T.T.Circuit.
Fri 20th April - Sloc Hill Climb
This saw Mick Stead running
 Mick
Stead on the start line ( Thurs 19 April) of
the Bray Hill speed climb on the TT Circuit
at Douglas, Isle of Man. Only the Manx could
hold a hill climb at night ! Mick had not
entered but the organisers accepted him as a
late entry with the number 0 , so he was
first off the line every time.
Sorry the photo is a bit dark...but it was
night time in the IOM !
 Mick
enjoyed his drives very much indeed
He
was the only side valve in his class
I'd better add
that this is another run the next day !!
Race Retro was a great
success with Chris Johns fantastic set for
SHO. David Montgomery had set up a great
slide show which attracted lots of interest.
There was a static display for The historic
Kart club that featured number 76 - seen on
the right. photos to follow.
The Kart display at the rally
track was amazing. The atmosphere was
fantastic and it was fun to see all the
different karts actually belting round the
equivalent of an Australian outback road. I
didn't actually hit a kangaroo but it sure
felt like it in the pub afterwards. The
pushers also deserve a thank you.
Simon had a technical hiccup
but was able to show off a bit on Saturday
and was caught on camera by the paparazzi
trying to fix it with a big hammer. The
other Mk2a ran quite well. We all suffered
the terribly rough surface with bits falling
off all over the place. 5 Buckler Karts were
present... (6 if you count the static
display) not all running but quite amazing
that they have survived at all.
Thanks to the organisers for all their
hard work.
800KBH has been spotted again at Wiscombe
for the MGCC event
 The Buckler Day 9th July 2006
The 2006 Buckler Register summer meeting,
run and pub lunch near Rugby was a great
success with 10 Buckler cars on the road
ranging from early Mark 5's ( one
supercharged) to a competition prepared DD2.
Supporting friends also brought along a
couple of Shirley Ford Specials and an E93A
based veteran replica and a Register member
arrived all the way from Sunderland on a
Rotary Norton, promising to drive his
Buckler down as soon as restored.
In the hall at Long Lawford, wonderful
refreshments were very kindly provided by
our female navigators. There was a mind
boggling Power Point presentation, albums of
priceless old photos and a resin model of
the prototype 90 ( now available to order).
All in all an excellent day with good
weather after a light shower. A meeting
always worth attending.
Malcolm Buckler
Reports are coming in from
The Historic & Classic Kart Club for Great Britain
run Shennington meet where 117 classic
karts appeared. 4 of them Bucklers ! more
soon...
Re Barbon, Cumbria/ Yorkshire border, Nr
Kirby Lonsdale.
The correct date Saturday 17 June.2006
Keith Thomas Mk5 & Keith Ambrose DD2
running.
Contact
Westmoreland Motor Club for details (
their website not been updated since 2005!!
)
A great day out
apparently report soon !
STOP
PRESS...Wiscombe
2006 was a great success with six Bucklers
attending. Watch out for write ups in the
new Buckler
Newsletter
  
After a great weekend as a spectator at the
'Speed On Tweed'
I have some news.
The Festival of Speed is a fantastic event,
marred only by the lack of a Buckler racing
round the Streets of Murwillumbah in New
South Wales.
I met lots of interesting people, even a
friend of Mr Roycroft the famous New Zealand
driver who once owned the Simpkin 90 now
owned by Steve Sharp.
Bruce Bloodworth is President of the Nota
Register. He told me about his drive in the
DD1 and that the Roycroft 90 was green with
a yellow stripe from it's very early days.
He also mentioned the Leighton DD2 and it's
Coventry Climax engine, that ended up in a Nota Prototype.
More write ups to come
soon
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