after a pleasant saturday night in the swan hotel bar in stafford i woke early…
… to a very frosty morning in the hightop westie wedgebus. i’d parked up behind the main hall at stafford county showground after unloading and setting up the stall on saturday. given that the temperature outside was someway below zero it had been a toast night…
a cup of tea and some breakfast and off to finish setting up the stall. Hubbs had come across from the east the night before and between us we got it all set up with very little hassle….

dubfreeze is the first show of the year and i’ve been going for years. often i ask myself why i went when i return home in the cold february greyness but i’ve come to really like it over the last few years. it’s a social more than anything. a chance to catch up with friends i’ve not seen since the autumn. a chance to do a little bit of window shopping for parts or even to buy a few (although there is often very little that can’t be got via mailorder)

although this year there is a whole list of things i need/want for the buses the budget is tight and i need to maintain my self control! The total budget for the wedge racebus is ?1,000, all in, for everything…
So i need to be counting the pennies on everylittle bit….

I did make one impulse buy though…. wandering round to get more cups of tea from the cafe during the afternoon i called past the club 80-90 stall. (i’ve never been too sure about club 80-90 – not that i’d ever admit that in public- they all seem a really nice friendly bunch but it seems a little too harry and hilda – if that makes sense… then again i used to think that about the split screen van club and they all turned out alright….
SO! sorry if you’re from club80-90 and i’ve upset you…
… 😉

anyhow, they had a wedge bus quickshift kit on the stall so i grabbed one….
…the kits is very simple (pictures soon) – a diamond shaped plastic spacer about 20mm thick, two bolt extenders and the destructions showing how to fit it…

i’ll try it in the 5speed high top and let you know how i get on…

there were all sorts of other bits but none to take home – though i was sorely tempted to relieve mick from kinky micks happy wheel shack of a nice set of porsche 928 wheels that he had…
…this man is passionate about his wheels,

hubbs got some shopping done too and seemed very happy with his new crosshair style crystal headlamps for his wedge of beigeness… good price on them too – thanks to the young guys at gwent VW…

the day was great, clearing old clothing stock (all the money is allocated to the Nitrous kit for the panel van….) and chatting to all the faces i havent seen since it was warm last year…

so much news and so much to write…. i’ll write more later… pictures too…

🙂

d