10-05-2020, 12:23 AM
1972 was the only time that I did the run. (In OY 8166)
An optimistic attempt at the MCC Lands End Trial on the way to the start at Lands End was a failure, mainly due to expecting that a racing Jack French camshaft would work wonders. It was the wrong choice for trialling.
We left Lands End at midnight and followed the main roads, including motorways.
Early afternoon, on the way down from Shap at high speed on the M6 there was an awful noise from the engine. Working on the hard shoulder, quick sump off , all ok, head off, three pistons at TDC!
Put it all back together, closed the points of the plug on the cylinder with the broken piston and drove slowly down to Gretna and a hotel.
Next morning we slowly set off north on three cylinders, but after about an hour it went on to four.
We reached John O'Groats just before midnight.
I am planning to do it again, but definitely not on motorways.
An optimistic attempt at the MCC Lands End Trial on the way to the start at Lands End was a failure, mainly due to expecting that a racing Jack French camshaft would work wonders. It was the wrong choice for trialling.
We left Lands End at midnight and followed the main roads, including motorways.
Early afternoon, on the way down from Shap at high speed on the M6 there was an awful noise from the engine. Working on the hard shoulder, quick sump off , all ok, head off, three pistons at TDC!
Put it all back together, closed the points of the plug on the cylinder with the broken piston and drove slowly down to Gretna and a hotel.
Next morning we slowly set off north on three cylinders, but after about an hour it went on to four.
We reached John O'Groats just before midnight.
I am planning to do it again, but definitely not on motorways.