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The reps like me had no say in this, it was just presented to us at last Sunday's meeting and went live almost straight after. At the time we did not get a handle on what the deeper implications were. It was presented as being simple because everything was multiples of £5. Clearly there are winners compared to last year, like two people in a car staying for one night.

The cost has never been as low as that. Even day entry alone was £10. Similar cost for PVS this year was £25.

VBOA SHOW 2020 now POSTPONED ANY TICKETS PLUS ONSITE HOTEL BOOKINGS WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR Date to be set in 2021 that will avoid F1 at Silverstone when that date is set. NOTE THE NEW DATE caused by the FIA moving the British GP and driving up the cost of everything, especially Loos, on our original weekend. More info coming on the info thread. Following lots of suggestions the pricing structure has totally changed, allowing in particular much lower cost single night stays. It is basically £5 a day for a car £5 a day for a person over 16, free if younger. There are kids fun activities wrist bands for £5 a day or £10 for all 3 days. £5 a day for camping There is a new booking system with the ticket being issued as an email, exchangeable on site for various colour wristbands. Bookings before 31st December get a 20% discount, but not on the hotel which will be VBOA only. The voucher code is VBOAEARLY20 Book via www.vboa.org.uk from now on as some have already done, especially the hotel rooms.

Welcome. Where abouts are you? If you end up needing one of those bulb holders I'll post you one. I'll dig out what the bulb is tomorrow.

Thought that might be it but I had forgotten what they were called. I'll be on it

I must be missing something. Why?

Thanks for the replies, short or long no problem. Keep them coming, the VBOA meeting is on 6th Oct.

Welcome to the site. Bit of an evolution there

This was an earlier email from VBOA. I would suggest that he date is unlikely to change. " after a successful show at Sywell aerodrome this year we are excited to confirm that we have been invited back by the owners for next year. However, The only available date is Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July. We have taken the decision to go ahead with these dates. We have also secured a deal with the hotel to keep all the room rates at the same rates as this year. This means all hotel booking will be made direct with the VBOA along with ticket sales. "

Just had the following from VBOA. Note the later date. The VBOA are pleased to announce that we are going back to Sywell Aerodrome for the VBOA Rally 17th-19th July 2020. We have listened and learnt lots from the success of the 2019 event and plan to build from that to deliver another show that we as an association and community can be proud of! At present, exact details aren't going to be released with regards to activities/vendors etc but we will keep you all updated as and when we secure them. All camping, hotel, day and other tickets will be on sale from the 1st of September 2019 in the relaunch of the VBOA website/shop, additionally a telephone booking option will be available. This will also include merchandise and left over plaques and stickers from prior years shows (where available). The ticketing and hotel bookings will be taken "in-house" this year so we will have a one stop shop for all your VBOA rally needs. There have been lots of people contacting us for hotel rooms at the Aviator hotel onsite, please note we are NOT pre-reserving rooms as that is unfair, it will be a first come first served basis. There is a VBOA meeting on the 6th October 2019, so if you have something to offer the event, be it help on the day(s)/being a vendor/a band or anything else then please let me know ahead of the meeting. The VBOA Events committee are looking forward to seeing you all there next year and at any other shows in the between time. Just to emphasize the above, please do NOT try to pre-reserve hotel rooms with until the booking is open.

Just been notified that there will be a VBOA stand there.

Suggest you leave the brakes as is. It certainly isn't worth the hassle of changing the rears to disc, drum brakes just sit there and go on and on, bloody rear discs rust away if not continuously used, a real pain. Also you might have difficulty finding original 13" as most of them seem to have gone motor racing, I know mine did. There was/is a class that uses wide 13" like that. And welcome to Mk2Cav by the way

Is it a manual? What's the mileage? As you say, quite different to drive than a Mk3 CD. Much more involving.

Now that's a nice car.

Going to have to move comments here myself Rich Dale I loved the new location personally. We often look at Billing through rose-tinted glasses but it was us lot who made it what it was, not the site. Billing had a lot of flaws, not to mention asbo types causing issues! We were talking about it Saturday night and how I once had to shout at a group to shut up in the middle of the night making loads of noise and keeping us all awake! That was just one example! At least now, it’s only us show goers there and no chavs or gypos wanting to cause trouble! We need to do like we discussed and have a huge proper get together like we used to! Make it a big huge party on our stand, get other clubs to want to join us! Be loud and rowdy like we used to haha! Sywell has HUGE potential and I’d hate to see it move again! Darren Hilburn +1 andy above. i dont think the political wranglings last year helped, billing>MH>sywell. but i think the site was brilliant, easy to get to, well kept, spacious, genuinely hope it survives and grows in the future Andy Gray I thought it was great. I am sure it will be even better next year now they know what’s what. On mk2astra we were missing a 6-7 regulars too. Hopefully back at sywell for 2020 ! I guess similar to the first year at mh some don’t come until they see what it’s like. John Waddell Sarah Thurlow The big old clubs are not what they were, perhaps with the exception of Manta. VxON (good old Cavweb as was) is no more, gone. Sites like this have done them in. What are appearing are new flourishing clubs coming out of social media, there were two new ones to VBOA this weekend and they were heaving. What the past three years has shown is the impact on our show of hundreds of non Vauxhall caravan owners walking round, making it look very busy. Strip them out and that's what we have now. Given the conflicting objectives of Billing and VBOA the show had to move and I recon that Sywell is going to be a damn good successor site. Robert Macdonald Thought it was a great venue and lay out. Sadly a very quiet event...car clubs quiet and auto jumble quiet. Still had a great time and will be back next year. Rich Dale Ivan Jay yeh was a fantastic atmosphere in there both nights, but Saturday was way busier. Dance floor was packed later on!

Please give me some feedback, good or bad, on the event in general at Sywell so that I can take it to the next VBOA meeting. Make that feedback comments on our stand as well please. Also, if you are suggesting it be a bit more than I achieved with our basic stand this year, if you would be up for helping us out next year. Thanks John

Hi all If you have any photos/video can you please upload it here so that, unlike on the Facebook thread, we can see them in the future. Thanks Posterity Please resist the temptation to make comments as they might be deleted if too far O/T

More information from VBOA If you are going this weekend please read it. VBOA Rally 2019 Information and Rules.pdf

VBOA Rally this Friday. If you are planning to arrive on Friday bear in mind that, unlike previous years, VBOA do not get onto the site until that morning and have to lay out the stands before we get there. In prior years at Billing and Market Harborough we have been able to do that on Thursday. SO, ON FRIDAY PLEASE DO NOT TURN UP AT THE SITE BEFORE 13.00 AT THE VERY EARLIEST. YOU WILL NOT GET IN BEFORE THAT. ALSO, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR QUEUING TRAFFIC THE MAIN WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD WAITING TO GET ONTO THE SITE AHEAD OF THAT TIME. The entrance to the site is off the Wellingborough Road at the strange shaped blue bit to the right of the Manta stand at the bottom of the map. It may be possible to access sooner but VBOA will only know on the day and will publish via email and social media.

Double click on the plan and after a couple of links it will come up larger. I tried to get us a similar size stand to past years, it looks like I succeeded but no scale on the map. From memory site access is half way up the blue track bottom right. Yellow area is the autojumble, its massive. My suggestion is we leave an access track down one side with the Mk2s in line(s) across the front and all the non Mk2s and tents etc at the back of the stand at the Viva Drivers end. Unlike past years when set up was on Thursday, this year set up is on Friday morning. I will be there with the bunting/posts and a Mk2 Cavalier banner. Any help very welcome both on our stand and elsewhere no doubt, it looks like a huge marking out job for VBOA volunteers..

Serious size autojumble this year with the Auto Jumble/Trader area having around 250Meters of stalls (ranging from 4M wide to 12M wide) VBOA intend to be capable of taking card payments for gate entry and also at the VBOA stall for Tracktime, T'-Shirts, mugs and other memorabilia/merchandise (cash fine too). We will all get a wrist band so entry and exit after the initial entry is allowed.

Family Challenge There will be loads of stuff for kids and families. On Saturday morning we have the family challenge in the arena. Fun and games for adults and children. We want teams from every club to take part and there is an award for the winning team. We will be coming around on Friday afternoon badgering clubs for teams. Each team must have 1 adult 1 child 4-7 1 child 8-12 So, if you are bringing kids, get ready to be badgered!!!

Track Time at the VBOA Rally We have the track action planned out now, and it received lots of positive feedback, pre booking of track time is available, again, on Ticketease at the bottom of the page, I shall be a little lazy and just copy from the facebook post, with a small change that Friday running is unlikely as this is their setup time but that may change on the day. The attached image is the current proposed layout, the organisers have mentioned that they could turn it into a straight 1/4 (ish) for some demo runs of the drag cars we have in our communities but it is not timed and wont be a full 1/4 due to the need to stop at the end. The approx length from the finish line to the 360 at the end is 400m (just shy of 1/4mile) with the chicane approx 300 from the end. Should provide some excitement for those who want to stretch their cars legs, or even parade your classic in a leisurely fashion. Per day One run is £15 Two runs £25 Unlimited £35 Available Saturday and Sunday. Whole weekend unlimited track pass £50 (day ticket runners get priority) Purchase your track time at in advance here https://ticketease.co.uk/…/vauxhall-bedford-opel-national-r… https://www.facebook.com/LightningHouse.co.uk/ To add. No noise limit, per say.... Bike helmets are permitted There will also be lids available to rent if needed. Bookings can be taken on the day(s), no change in price.

Prebooking for day tickets and weekend camping ends at 23:55 THIS Sunday and that there are savings to be had over buying on the day. A reminder that the Weekend camping is £50 in advance or £60 on the gate, Members day tickets are £9 in advance (buying Sat/Sun gets Friday too) or £10 each on the gate. https://ticketease.co.uk/event/vauxhall-bedford-opel-association-vboa/2019/07/vauxhall-bedford-opel-national-rally-%E2%80%9819

Don't forget it is the last day for advance tickets on Sunday. According to the BBC, who are never wrong the weather looks as if it should be good, especially Friday and Saturday nights.