13th-Aug-20, 09:51 PM
Many thanks for this history lesson. I tend to forget what happened in which year, so it's always good to be reminded!
Racers/collectors might not be aware, but the FREE Guides that were given away on the door are still available, in PDF format. These were produced in 2012/2013/2014. Sean contacted me and Ric Woods and asked us to put something together that looked expensive but cost not a lot. Virtually impossible, BUT we, plus quite a few contributors, added stories and pictures and came up with something half-decent, I think. Also, crazy as it sounds, the cheapest place to get them printed was in East Germany and then delivered by lorry to a small lock up in Bedfordshire before being moved on to Gaydon itself.
Real drama with the first issue, as you won't believe the utter shock I had when the TNT driver lost control of his fork-lift and all the boxes ended up in the middle of the road... fortunately only about 50 were damaged, but the embarrassed chap did receive a few choice (and very blue) words from the lady that was helping me organise things (nice one Carol).
It's sad that we no longer produce that brochure, but the work involved was immense (probably over 100 hours just from me and Ric, let alone the others) and we also seemed to be waiting for an advert from the same three manufacturers each year, even though they'd had a couple of months notice each time. I guess though that the money saved from these was put to better use elsewhere.
The links to download each of the three GUIDES are as follows...
2012 GUIDE
2013 GUIDE
2014 GUIDE
If you've never used LULU before, you'll need to register and then add the content to your basket. Once you commit to the FREE purchase you will receive an email acknowledging your "purchase". About 10-15 minutes later you'll get another email with the download links.
Two of the guides (2013 and 2014) can still be bought from Pendle Slot in their original paper format. If you're interested, go to the following link (they're at the bottom of the page)...
PENDLE LINK
Marc Abbott
Racers/collectors might not be aware, but the FREE Guides that were given away on the door are still available, in PDF format. These were produced in 2012/2013/2014. Sean contacted me and Ric Woods and asked us to put something together that looked expensive but cost not a lot. Virtually impossible, BUT we, plus quite a few contributors, added stories and pictures and came up with something half-decent, I think. Also, crazy as it sounds, the cheapest place to get them printed was in East Germany and then delivered by lorry to a small lock up in Bedfordshire before being moved on to Gaydon itself.
Real drama with the first issue, as you won't believe the utter shock I had when the TNT driver lost control of his fork-lift and all the boxes ended up in the middle of the road... fortunately only about 50 were damaged, but the embarrassed chap did receive a few choice (and very blue) words from the lady that was helping me organise things (nice one Carol).
It's sad that we no longer produce that brochure, but the work involved was immense (probably over 100 hours just from me and Ric, let alone the others) and we also seemed to be waiting for an advert from the same three manufacturers each year, even though they'd had a couple of months notice each time. I guess though that the money saved from these was put to better use elsewhere.
The links to download each of the three GUIDES are as follows...
2012 GUIDE
2013 GUIDE
2014 GUIDE
If you've never used LULU before, you'll need to register and then add the content to your basket. Once you commit to the FREE purchase you will receive an email acknowledging your "purchase". About 10-15 minutes later you'll get another email with the download links.
Two of the guides (2013 and 2014) can still be bought from Pendle Slot in their original paper format. If you're interested, go to the following link (they're at the bottom of the page)...
PENDLE LINK
Marc Abbott
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