After speaking to Dave Maton on the Saturday we decided to meet up at the Breakfast meet at North Weald on Sunday morning. Dave wanted to give his car a run after his recent engine replacement and he also has some bits that I need for my Triumph estate, so I could get these off of him while I was there.
I decided to take the Cortina estate as it hasn't been out for a run for some time. So, after playing musical cars so I could get the estate out I set off around 9.15am. The Cortina was running well and the heater was lovely and warm. I was just about to turn onto the A130 to head across to Chelmsford and then then the A414 to North Weald when I got a phone call from Dave. We had already spoken this morning and arranged to meet at 10am, so if he was ringing me, I was guessing there was a problem.
Sure enough, he was ringing me to tell me his engine had blown a core plug and that he had broken down. He was also sitting in a lay-by awaiting recovery. Not a good day for him. Well, I could have carried on, but I didn't know anyone else going and I suspect the cold weather would have kept quite a few people away anyway, so I turned round and headed home. Pity, as I was enjoying the drive. Oh well, maybe another time.
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