Mike Pass
Supporter
Bolton is a small town in Lancashire and is one of the cotton spinning and weaving towns in the north of England. It was news to me but it is twinned with Le Mans. We supported the Bolton Le Mans Festival yesterday with three cars. My red/gold car, Pete Thompson's burgundy/white 7 litre car and Steve Barker's blue/white Mk2. Once we had overcome the dead hand of bureaucracy in the form of a local jobsworthy parking obergruppenfuehrer we set up the cars and the club Le Mans pitwall banner on Le Mans Crescent for the second time.
It was the first time we had put the cars on show away from car based venues so we got a much wider spectrum of visitors. Many had not seen these cars before so there was a lot more explaining to be done but the cars seemed to be a big hit and were the stars of the show.
I managed to shoehorn the mayor into the car but it was a bit of a struggle to get him out again. We also had two very attractive assistants on hand to add a few more interesting curves to the automotive ones on display. Many pics were taken and even some of the cars! I have a very interesting print on my drivers side window which may not be washed off for some time.
Fortunately we were blessed with a sunny day and hopefully this show will grow into a regular event.
Cheers
Mike
It was the first time we had put the cars on show away from car based venues so we got a much wider spectrum of visitors. Many had not seen these cars before so there was a lot more explaining to be done but the cars seemed to be a big hit and were the stars of the show.
I managed to shoehorn the mayor into the car but it was a bit of a struggle to get him out again. We also had two very attractive assistants on hand to add a few more interesting curves to the automotive ones on display. Many pics were taken and even some of the cars! I have a very interesting print on my drivers side window which may not be washed off for some time.
Fortunately we were blessed with a sunny day and hopefully this show will grow into a regular event.
Cheers
Mike