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Exeter Trial 2014 - the Candid Provocateurs ride again
Binky and Mrs Binky invoke ancient gods to bring us luck in the 2014 Exeter TrialThis year the weather was so bad I almost didn't make it to Binky's place "somewhere in England". I was all set to...
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Vintage Thing No.135 - Ford Popular Sports
My god the Exeter Trial was wet this yearI could take issue over the name of this special because it doesn't look like a Ford Pop and has a Fiat 1995cc twin cam engine in it. This machine is far...
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2014 Land's End Trial
New tyres make Binky very happyAfter our encouraging result in the 2014 Exeter, Binky and I were looking forward to the Land's End Trial even more than ever. Binkers had been unhappy with the front...
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I can't reply to comments
So here's a special post to reply to latest four that I've had on Engine Punk.This pickup was found in a barn a few years ago. (Photo : Jon Clark)Anonymous and Bones added to the chronicles if the UAZ...
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Wet but wonderful Whizz-combe
The GSM Delta was the first that I've ever seenWhen I arrived at Wiscombe Park I was amazed to see how cut up the the top field was. Under the trees it's sort of level but the ground was still...
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Vintage Thing No.137 - Miss Bacfire
Continuing the theme of Shelsley specials after the trip to Wisombe, here's Miss Bacfire. Or maybe that should Miss BACfire.That 2.4 litre vee twin originally lived in a 1920's motorcycle used for...
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Vintage Thing No.137 - GN
I'll be looking out for this device again! Driven by Duncan Pittaway, it appeared in the 2014 Land's End Trial running as a 3400cc GN.Combining the looks of a Brescia Bugatti with those a Shelsley...
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Exeter Trial 2015
I doubt that it will be this sunny on the 10th JanuaryBlimey - it wasn't so long ago I was getting warm again after the 2014 Exeter...My inability to learn sees me passengering Binky again in the...
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An outstanding failure for the Candidi Provocatores
The sun begins to set on the Allard's new wiper motorAfter the pleasant excess of Christmas and New Year, I was in the mood for adventure again in early January. Fortunately, for me this coincides with...
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Vintage Thing No.138 - Raven 4WD
You may well stare in wonder Pete - you're looking at the interesting sidePete Low and I spotted this little beauty in the paddock at Wiscombe Park hillclimb in 2014. There was no-one to ask when I...
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Candidi Provocatores are out again for Easter
Following on from our "outstanding failure" on the Exeter and Silver-that-would've-been-a-Gold-had-we-not-muffed-up-a-special-test in last year's Lands End (but we've put that behind us now), Binky and...
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Candid Provocateurs get 8 out of 13 in the 2015 Land's End Trial
For us the course closing car was never far awaySo Binky and I couldn’t manage to repeat our performance from last year but we still had a great event. It was a difficult trial and by the time we got...
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Vintage Thing No 139 - MG Midge
Stephen Bailey's MG Midge during tea and cake after his successful ascent of Sutcombe HillA Midge was a kit car you built from plans available back in the eighties. More of a self-build affair, some...
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Vintage Thing No.140 - Supercharged 2CV6
Looks quite innocent don't it?Many people remember the turbocharged 2CV that Car magazine featured back in the eighties. It famously caught fire but showed what could be achieved in squeezing out more...
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Mad Max Fury Road
People are complaining about it already but it's a cracking film. I saw it Plymuff on Thursday nite and although there wasn't much a sense of occasion (nobody dressed up for instance) it was a very...
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My stance as Bob Blackman MP
Vote for me!Thanks everyone for your messages of congratulation on my re-election as MP for Harrow East. I will admit to being a little surprised but am encouraged to think that I’ve been doing...
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Wonderful Wiscombe (again)
Our nighbour in the camping area this year was the supercharged Rawson RileyAs usual I went to the VSCC hillclimb at Wiscome Park this year. I met up with my old mate Pete Low (he who constructed the...
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Vintage Thing No 138.1 - Raven 4WD
The Raven 4WD in actionI was strolling nonchalantly round the paddock at Wiscombe the other day...No that's not right. Let's start again.I was running round the paddock at Wiscombe in an...
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Christmas means it's nearly the Exeter Trial
It probably won't be as sunny as it was on the 2015 LETI am just getting into the Christmas spirit. It's a time of year when you can connect with perfect strangers by simply wishing them a Merry...
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The 2016 Exeter Trial exploits of the Candidi Provocatores
We had poor visibility most of the wayAfter the wettest December on record, the going was going to be muddy for the 2016 Exeter Trial and as I headed east from Kernowfornia I could see great swathes of...
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