Uxbridge Autoshow 09

Today the Thames Valley Area of RHOCaR when along to the Uxbridge Autoshow.
The show itself was a bit down on years in the past, this I think was down to the weather not playing ball again with shower forecast for the day but a good time was had by all.
It was nice to see some old members from the past and meet the new ones who drop by the stand.

The new set up for the TVH RHOCaR banner work well.

S7 on the TVH club stand.

Show Plates

I have treated the S7 to a new set of number plates and at the same time I had a set of show plates made up.

These plates are not for use on the road but will be on the car at shows, they fit over the normal plates and will save me time in running this blog having to blank out the number plates in photoshop.

Broken Exhaust Manifold

Since the Stoneleigh kit car show I have had what sounded to be a blow on the exhaust, having checked the silencer for leaks and the blow still apparent I then moved on to the manifold.


Thinking it may be a leaking gasket or a crack in the manifold I decided to remove the unit from the car to make the problem more easier to track down.

With the manifold out the cause of the trouble soon came to light, the weld on the middle two pipes had failed and it was only the outer two pipes holding the whole lot together.

With the manifold welded back up, reinforced and a set of new gaskets it is all back in the car.

Side pipe refitted with a new clamp.

Also have made up a cover to go over the joint just to tidy things up.