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Old 07-29-04, 07:14 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Le Mans Classic 2004 Max\'s \'Personal\' Diary

Well what a fantastic trip, a big thanks to Roy Snook for organising it for everyone. Much fun was had by all, despite a few car problems (not just my own).

Cheers Roy

From my own perspective, a big thanks also to all those who (once again) helped me with the problems with the car. Especially to one of our party who helped me massively, only to end up in hospital (viral infection) and miss most of the actual event and could not return with us. I wish him a speedy recovery & return home.

Anyway, nobody seems to have posted any pictures as yet, so I am going to put some up. Not all of them by any means, but just a selction that reflect some of my own experiences of the trip.
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My car on the ferry over to France.
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Old 07-29-04, 07:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Our setup on the camp site. Actually there were 3 further tents opposite, plus some more + cars & camper to the side too (see next pic).

Good job Roy left his door open to hide the Marcos at the back (sorry Ken)!
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Old 07-29-04, 07:22 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Camp site again, including tents/cars/camper of Dick Townsend & Richard Guest, Richard Craven, and Peter Thompson.
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View of the track/grandstands from immediately behind the trees behind the tents.
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View of the Start/Finish line from the closest grandstand to our campsite.
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The boys enjoying a few beers.
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The Town Square in Bouloire, where we all congregated at a restuarant for a meal on the Thursday night.
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Another view of the square.
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Some of the '40s outside the restaurant.
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The square from the front of the restaurant.
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Our table in the restaurant. Clockwise from bottom left: Tony Hunt, his son Andrew, Ian Anderson, his mate Mike, and my mate Paul. Ian/Mike forgot to say thanks above for your hospitality at the club stand before we went out on the track.

There were about 5 tables used between everyone, with about 35 people attending.
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General shot of the bar end of the restaurant.
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Entrance to paddock 5, where the later GT40s were. I'm not going to post the 40 or so pics of the '40s in the paddock at present.
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An interesting way to take your kids!
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The new Ford GT being filmed down the Start/Finish straight.
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A MK1 which was also out on the track at the same time.
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The MK1 again, with a MK3, both just coming back into the pit lane (from the wrong end).
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