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Run 2006 report
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Run 2006 was an enjoyable event with many V8s Woodcote Green 2150 has its top down on the seafront at Brighton despite the cold wind. (Photo: Ian Quarrington) Ian Quarrington (Woodcote Green 2150) from Cambridgeshire reports thirteen V8s and eleven RV8s were among 456 cars registered to make the annual pilgrimage from Brooklands Museum near Weybridge to Madeira Drive on the seafront at Brighton using two tulip routes of approximately 68 miles - yes it is a lot less as the crow flies or even on the A23/M23 . Some roads were single track, some were rather bumpy but all led through pretty villages and countryside where many locals were waving us on. |
 Entrants leave the Brooklands Museum near Weybridge for the annual cross country run to Brighton. (Photo: Ian Quarrington) Those with soft tops braved the cold wind but as one MGB owner who followed us for most of the route said "it was wonderful to hear the exhaust note of the RV8" - in fact so much that it has inspired him to get a V8 for his next MG. One or two of us missed a turn here or there but we all got to Brighton where the good organisation of the two car clubs allowed us and the public to see MGs from 1920 to a recently registered 06 TF in the same place at the same time. (4.7.06) |