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oh good its made it in this week's edition. will get one at lunchtime. the journalist calls me up and says "i'm at the Vision van" i go "so am i, walk round the corner" lol

oh Bobby, check how close she is to your motor!

report on Autosport the most telling sound bite is: But [Jimmy] McRae admitted this would be the last of these kind of celebrations of Scotman's life. "It's been great to see this support and to meet up with friends again, it's been an incredible day, but we can't keep these things going," he said.

pics courtesy of Sam, series mcrae owner Strike the handy man, the fella that built the Start Finish ramp - we salute you!

there are already some videos on You Tube,

Jim was a true gent and signed a lot of things, hats, tops, books and even the dashboard of the Series McRae that travelled across from Ireland! there was a guy that asked him to sign this piece of front splitter that came off Carlos Sainz's car in '95 Jim gave a hearty chuckle then wrote "hard luck Carlos! Jim McRae" on it

aye but we already ken that fae Skye

fantastic venue and fantastic weather helped us finish the event with a bang. had a great convoy down and it was nice being in between jonboy and paul for the first bit (btw jon, how shiny is your exhaust?) slowed down when we caught up with Grant in the Vision van and unit and went straight to the racecourse. plans for a nice relaxing steak and glass of wine went out the window when the Chester chap says that the area we are in are secure and Grant decides to assemble the ramp on sat night instead of sun morning. the chippy and drink in the sun was nice. sunday started a bit frantically with unexpected problems taking up the hour i had to set up. the Series McRae volunteer marshals were brilliant and handled the parking very professionally. sincere thanks to Strike (Derek) and Big J (John) for building the ramp in such a short period of time - folk thought it was the genuined thing when they saw it. It was the centre piece of the day and we cant thank you enough many thanks to Cathy, Bobs + Mags for helping with the retail unit and sales, cant believe how much stock you sold think we managed to get most of scottish scoobies guys involved in the day in one way or the other. it was great to have the big screen and the piper there, I teared up a bit when the footage of Colin dancing the impreza through the forest and celebrating his win at the same place where we were standing came up. the auction went ok, though slightly dissappointed that Colins driving boots only went for £200 odd. really touched with Jim's speech (did anyone film it), we forget how difficult it must be for him to be back there. having L555 and N1 fired up at the same time was amazing and it felt right to bring the curtain down listening to the pair of them running. after spending the last 20 months doing this I can't believe its over, not quite sure what to do with myself now i was at the gate marshalling traffic and had to lol at this conversation: young passenger lad - oh are we parking on grass? how cool... me - yes you are and keep the speed down, no revving and no wheel spins young driver lad - ha! i'm not that daft, do you think i want to get thrown out?

please can we have all Chester posts in here not long in, one of our helpers had a slight mishap which meant i had to go with him to A&E - he's ok many many thanks to the scottish scoobies crew that mucked in and helped us out today, it was good to have reliable folks supporting us will post properly tomorow, totally shattered but couldnt resist logging on to see if there are any pics. edit found some photos on Series McRae Owners Club

I've managed to blag 6 of the forthcoming Jim Bamber models to auction on Sunday - 3 x Subaru and 3 x Ford these wont be released until September but you have the chance to bid for one at Chester the Gathering site has more info imy

Glyn, yes you still need a permit. the car park for the hotel is within the grounds of the racecourse, you'll need to drive by a parking attendant booth (+ attendant) to get to it. and on Sunday morning, I was wanting the cars belonging to folk that stayed overnight to re-park at the main grass car park, will free up the hotel car park for folk that are travelling on the Sunday but cant stay for whole event, and will also help me mark out the car park into rows. thanks, imy

a week to go if you're attending this please make sure you download and print this parking permit have we decided if we're going to the zoo on Saturday?

hi, good to see you've got your own account hope you have many happy miles with the scoob, dont let Jon knick too much stuff from it, it should be you taking stuff from his car for yours we can have a mini meet with all the 2-scoob households now... theres you and Jon, me and Grant, BobbyC and Mags, STi Pretender and Mandy, Cusco Kid and Aileen

thanks hoss, I've found what I need now, imy

does any one have any decent images of Colin and Derek's WRC winning champagne celebration in 95? Google didnt really give me what i'm looking for - I need the pic of the pair of them standing on L555 with the team in the background..... thanks, Imy title edited, I've found what I'm looking for.

sorry Ally, doubt I'll make the meet, will be busy with Gathering Chester stuff for the 9th.

lol i was expecting you to say the Laguna! you two like your green classics dont you and "pretty much standard" my erse, isnt that a front mount intercooler...

wondered where you'd got to... couldnt bear coming on here while the car was in the garage eh? glad its back and better than before. now go for a and tell Lisa that you're out to err familiarise yourself with the car again

glad you managed to get new wheels, knew you were pining for a set for a while i'm going to be bold and say that i prefer the old ones what counts is that you sound chuffed to bits with them bet you wont want to drive the car now that its had the detail and new wheels lol

I've started a thread in Off Topic

lol at this thread it can be a new weekly trivia quiz, take random pics of a part from your car, people guess what it is, winner gets to start the next one rich, hope you get your thingy sorted

hi folks, great to see that you are planning to come along to this, you will find loads of information regarding the day here, and will need to download and print the Parking Permit. thanks, imy

lol at the "heed scratchin", i can just see the pair of you doing that glad it all came together for you

ok peeps, info about the Handover has been added to the website if you are attending this you NEED to download and print the Parking Permit, otherwise Chester will charge you £4.50. cheers, imy