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FOR SALE/A VENDRE COUILLET PRV

 
FOR SALE COUILLET PRV 1997 25,000 euros 
*3440cc
*about 300bhp
*central mount engine with Sadev box
*Diffs BMW
*totally rebuilt 2 rallies ago
*shock absorbers - front Ohlins, rear Proflex
*New electronic power steering from Clio
*3 times winner of Des Cimes
*Lots of spares: diff, prop driveshaft (front and rear), power steering, transfer box, trailing arm, hub, swinging arm, 20 wheels + tyres - Rallies and Fedima
Contact Chris/Sumo Ford: 0044 (0) 7976383439 or email laurabellford@hotmail.com for enquiries/more information/more photos etc

Lift to Plaines

Lift to Plaines and Vallees...

Is anyone going out to Plaines from England on Friday 28th November with 1 spare seat and coming back Sunday night (or know of anyone else coming back Sunday night?)??

Let me know asap: laurabellford@hotmail.com

Many thanks

Dunes et Marais Photos

Photos of the Dunes 2008 have finally made an appearence in the left hand column below.  Thank you Emma, Laura, Lesley and John Hilton.

Reglement and Entry form for Plaines et Vallees 2008

Just for you Mr Burley: http://www.asaca.asso.fr/

Here is the link for the Rules, (they've kindly done them in English too!) and below it is the entry form. Just click on Plaines et Vallees 2008 et voila!

If you can't find anything else or need any more info, I'm always happy to help (if I can)!

Room available in the Cheval Noir/Black Horse

Hi as you already know I'm not organising the Black Horse/Cheval Noir this year.  Keith Banyard is very kindly doing it all.

I have been told there are still a couple of rooms available - so if you haven't already, make sure you contact Keith Banyard as soon as possible to reserve yourself a room!!! Tel: 07818000931 or email him: Cyclonengines@aol.com

For those of you that don't know - it's a perfect location for the rally - completely central in St Andre de L'eure.

Dunes and Marais 2008

1st Daniel Favy
2nd Daniel Voisin
3rd Stephanie Simmonite

For final results from the weekend: http://www.rally-news.fr/resultats/1/77

Des Cimes 2008 write up by Laura Davis (thank you!!)

Des Cimes 2008
by Laura Davis

The Rally Des Cimes; the event that most of us, me included, spend all year looking forward to……..

The Stunning views, the good weather (most of the time), good company, food and drink & most importantly the harsh terrain which makes this event the most spectacular event of the season both to race & to watch.

The race this year was of its usual structure, but with a few adjustments with Bois De Bedat (which turned out to be a let down for most) & Viodos Mauleon as Prologue stages on Friday.

Starting off a misty Saturday morning was Salhagagne, though much smoother than previous years followed by an extended Mehatze then onto Occabe (the best for acquiring punctures for most) then Mehatze again & onto a rather slippery Bandetia to finish the day at Licq.

A very hot Sunday morning began with Uthurry Handia followed by Esquiule, a bad stage for some, then out to Ambeltze, onto Barcus for Barcus Suhola and finally back to Tardets for the spectacular finale of Tardets Madeline run twice.

Friday for many I think was a bit of a disappointment with a day of stopping & starting and some only running through 1 stage out of 2. Bois De Bedat was run by the front runners but many became stuck in the boggy parts in the trees causing blockages and the stage start to stop further runners departing. The organizers decided to cancel the rest of the stage and therefore everyone had a standard stage time and their times for Viodos Mauleon were the ones they went from for running order for Saturday morning.

Saturday started off for most very well with the Urrutia brothers, the local boys who own a garage in Mauleon, getting scratch for most stages, but with the usual likes of Orhategaray & Garicoix not far behind who always do well at Des Cimes.

Unfortunately for Dan Lofthouse he had clutch & brake problems on the liason from Salhagagne to Mehatze & so made the decision to discontinue any further on Saturday.

Mehatze 1 was not a good stage for Terry & Chris as they, for some unknown reason, lost fuel pressure & stopped half way round the stage losing time. Luckily it suddenly came back & they managed to continue but with a nasty puncture down to the rim made it difficult to regain any time.

Occabe & Mehatze 2 went well without any further problems other than punctures, which really goes without saying, but Orhategaray lost a lot of time coming 31^st on Mehatze 2.

Bandetia was the most eventful stage of the day taking runners out & causing many to become stuck in a very slippery, boggy ditch.

Orhategaray & Matt Harrison had problems on Liason to Bandetia taking them out, & Morisse & Garat amongst others were taken out in Bandetia.

Sunday was a good day; Dan Lofthouse managed to fix his car so he could race under the Super Rally rules of Sunday runners & did spectacularly well, especially on Madeline 2; he absolutely flew up the hill as if it wasn’t even there with 7^th fastest stage time, which for his first time at Cimes I think is awesome – it was amazing to watch!

Esquiule unfortunately took Robin & Howard out with a rear suspension problem, which was disappointing as they were the top Brit runners up until then.

Terry & Chris had ended up running in the 40’s after their problem from Mehatze, but the organisers kindly agreed to give them a 3 minute gap on stage start after the 2-wheel drive car in front so that they didn’t catch it up & lose more time.

Tim Henry had problems throughout the day with his car in 2 wheel drive, but again still managed to do incredibly well.

Chris Hammond was the fastest Brit up Madeline 2, with 6^th fastest time which is awesome being that he was unsure he would even get to the end of Cimes as he’d not managed to finish an English event in his new Milner.

Mark & Clare Budgen finished Madeline 2 with many punctures, but still managing 12^th fastest on stage!

An absolutely brilliant result all round for the Brits:

Hammond 9th

Budgen 11th

Henry 18th

Banyard 19th

With the top 3 finishers of:

            1^st Urrutia, with a massive lead of 55.6 seconds

            2^nd Garicoix

            3^rd Hirigoyen

Once more a fantastic event, roll on next year!

See you all at the Dunes.

Laura Davis

Cheval Noir/Black Horse - Plaines et Vallees 2008

We (Sumo and I) can't make it to Plaines and Vallees this year - which means I wont be organising the hotel (Cheval Noir) for the first time in YEARS!!! Is there anyone else out there who could/would like to sort it all out for everyone this year??  Call me on 07968 748866 or contact me here on the blog or via email: laurabellford@hotmail.com so I can hand it all over!

I'm already REALLY looking forward to Dunes et Marais!! Just hoping and praying for sunshine!!!!

See below for all the information for Dunes.

See you there.....

Dunes et Marais 2008 Information

For all information on Dunes et Marais please see the following websites: http://www.dunesetmarais.com/ or http://www.as-touterrain.org/

Rules/Reglement :

http://www.dunesetmarais.com/infos_pratiques/reglement_particulier.pdf

Timing :

http://www.dunesetmarais.com/infos_pratiques/timing.pdf

 

Entry Form/Engagement : http://www.dunesetmarais.com/infos_pratiques/bulletin_engagement.pdf

 

Where to stay/pour se loger :
http://www.dunesetmarais.com/infos_pratiques/se-loger.asp

If you would like to enter by email instead of fax, please email your entry form to Jacky Herbert at the following address: jacky.herbert@wanadoo.fr

Navigator wanted for Dunes et Marais 2008

Paul Lund would like to do Dunes et Marais in his Rav 4, in October and is in need of a navigator.  If you or anyone you know is interested please contact Paul as soon as possible - paul@autografix.co.uk