Le Mans Classic; new classsic should I risk it ?

[Roger King]

Following on from my experience at the Le Mans Classic in 2010, where I had fuel pump issues, I initially contacted the breakdown service provided by my insurance company and all they did was send a breakdown truck with a non English speaking driver who took my car back to the chateau. The following day I called the RAC with whom I had European cover and they sent an English speaking mechanic who is brought in to Le Mans for the duration of the Classic as there is a high rate of breakdowns that week. He was excellent and specialized in classic cars, he also gave me his mobile number so I could contact him directly should I need to, before I returned to the UK

That photo is of Norman, the boss of Britassist, and you can see that that is a Britassist van not an RAC one. Norman and his crews are all ex-RAC and brilliant. They are always contracted to provide cover for the Euroclassic runs and the MSA Spring Classic, and will be doing duty on the Ireland tour in September, which some of you might like to think about signing up for....

[clive]

It speaks volumes when we know the breakdown guys by their first names!
I guess the RAC don't have loads of vans and patrolmen located all over Europe, but use English speaking mechanics like Britassist rather than the local non-English speaking tow truck drivers who only want to take your car to a pound until it can be recovered back to Blighty, especially when a major event involving thousands of British cars are descending on the likes of Le Mans.

[Roger King]

Yes, Norman makes a very nice living out of Classic breakdown contracts. He also organises a few runs for classics himself.

http://www.britassist.eu

Please note the Euroclassic Irish tour in the link - we're doing it, and so's David Large and Denise. More takers would be fun!

[Maxakarudy]

I'd take the Mustang, what could go wrong that would make it a disaster?
Oil pressure good?, transmission ok?, steering and suspension a concern? if not drive it!
Main weak points with these old dinosaurs are fuel pumps and distributors, could you replace both of these on the roadside if you had a spare?, that would be my only thought.
Yes I woud have AA or RAC cover just in case, it's an adventure, the risk of breaking down never goes away, even in a new car, which btw,very few of us could fix on the side of the road, that's why I have AA cover now, but old cars aren't a risk imo.
Never stopped Clarkson did it

Martin

[Dave Woodward]

Got to be the Mustang. After all this is a team event so you'll have a sizeable support team with you should anything go wrong, which it won't. Every LMC I've ever been on has always entailed at least part of the weekend in a group huddle around one engine bay or another.

X3 not acceptable by a long shot ...

[chriskcode]

Got to be the Mustang. After all this is a team event so you'll have a sizeable support team with you should anything go wrong, which it won't. Every LMC I've ever been on has always entailed at least part of the weekend in a group huddle around one engine bay or another.

X3 not acceptable by a long shot ...

Dave, cheers, car arrived today, but still waiting for V5 and with 4 days to go looking very unlikely
Chris

[clive]

Every LMC I've ever been on has always entailed at least part of the weekend in a group huddle around one engine bay or another.

Ain't that the truth! This was 2010, an extremely hot weekend with a high casualty rate...













We all made it home safely.

[kaiserbilly1]

Hope you get the V5 in time Chris ???

Clive, those photos brought back a few memories. There was a high attrition rate that weekend

[Dave Woodward]

Fantastic. I'd forgotten there were so many that same year. Great team building exercise

[Colin Newbold]

Hope you get the V5 in time Chris ???

Clive, those photos brought back a few memories. There was a high attrition rate that weekend

The weekend you got shafted at Le Mans Bill?