Cork Forest Rally, here we come…. admin, August 18, 2023September 26, 2023 Ya it’s that time of the year, time for the local rally. We are off competing on Cork Motor Club’s “Grand Prix on gravel”, the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally. Bitzy is back out after her bale bashing escapades and has been treated to a splash of paint. Below is… Continue Reading
Alright, Holidays are over, Back to the shed…… admin, August 10, 2023September 26, 2023 Well, the holidays are over now for another year and naturally, its back to the shed. The issue is that Cork Forest Rally is only a week away and naturally the car is in 10 million pieces spread around the world. There will be some midnight oil burnt getting things… Continue Reading
Some Disassembly Underway…. admin, July 15, 2023September 26, 2023 Preparations for Cork Forest Rally are underway in the Red Mist shed. As I have the technical knowledge of an empty coke can, all I got was some words I didn’t understand. I heard something about a “missing 17” (whatever that means), “faded stickers” and “scrapyard”…. I believe this was… Continue Reading
We’re back auto-testing soon admin, July 3, 2023September 26, 2023 Its time for the Birr Motor Club summer autotest. It’s taking place in Garahy’s Garage outside Birr on Sunday 16th July. Some of us are even threatening to do results….. It’s an event with Simple Open Tests on Mixed Surfaces (Loose & Sealed) for maximum enjoyment (even I can remember… Continue Reading
Moonraker Preparation update – a second tee-shirt ruined…. admin, June 23, 2023September 26, 2023 Well, not quite last minute preparations are underway for Sunday. Everything “should” be ready for Sunday. The car has been dug out of it’s hiding place after the last event and the “spit&polish” had been broken out. Work is progressing fueled by a special Canadian delivery. We’ll endeavor to have… Continue Reading
Moonraker Preparation Update – A Tee-Shirt ruined……….. admin, June 18, 2023September 26, 2023 Well, just a quick update on the preparations for the Moonraker Forest Rally that’s on next weekend. The “plan” is that a certain white Honda Civic would be competing and as such, a few of us were getting the car ready for it’s spin around the woods, curtesy of the… Continue Reading
moonraker forestry 23 Ian McCarthy, April 8, 2023September 26, 2023 So finally, after a lot of headscratching the engine gremlins have been identified and rectified. A complicated issue solved by different minds asking different questions. Oh and some very technical laptop stuff with Damien. Massive thanks to everyone on here and to Stafford Performance Engines for his amazing patience. Bitsy… Continue Reading
Temporary interruption to service….. admin, April 2, 2023September 26, 2023 There will be a temporary interruption to service as the website overlord fecks off on holidays. What passes for normal service will resume when they return from their travels. In the meantime, we can let you know that the struggle to gather up all the electricity in Bitzy continues. We… Continue Reading
Bitzy Lives, kinda…. admin, March 30, 2023September 26, 2023 Well, we can report that Bitzy’s current stroppy streak may be over and it looks like it’ll live to fight again. Somehow, it looks like some electricity escaped from somewhere but we are trying to gather it all up and push it back in where it belongs. It got so… Continue Reading