This seems a good place to say that I’ve just treated myself to Peter Vacher’s book on R4118 for all of a fiver second hand (much better than paying twenty quid for a book that size!)

Nice reading, with some excellent photos, though not really detailed enough about the restoration for me. Too many chapters on the Indian red tape, and not enough on the nuts and bolts!

Beautiful example of a lovely breed, though.

This thread is rubbish; needs some pictures of the ladies in question. 😀 😉

Thanks Bruce- I’ll see what I can find out.

Bruce- I don’t know, but I’ll go ask!

Oh, hey, no probs mate.

Now, who here knows anything about that Gnat, or speaks the appropriate foreign? The thing is decaying fast, and could be a very valuable source of spares for K7. Can anyone help? Contact has been attempted via phone and email to the museum, but literally no one seems to speak English there!

As a matter of fact, when I made my ‘back in the lake’ comment some time ago, it was in the depths of the Lottery wrangling, and was a sentiment said by Gina Campbell herself in the media!

Anyway, K7 has moved on- she WILL be rebuilt, and she WILL be a lot more original than you might think- a lot more so than many of the ‘Spitfires’ that are flying around, that’s for sure!

I certainly DO support Bill Smith- he’s a great guy, and it’s only physical distance that has prevented my from volunteering to go up and help out with the old girl, be it drilling rivets, making the tea, sweeping the workshop…
As a matter of fact, I actually designed a DVD cover that is being sold to help with funding, so n’er! 😀

For those that don’t know, K7 is rapdily being taken apart, and is very nearly down to her bare spaceframe already; 5 years after she was recovered, water is still coming out every now and then!

If you’d like to follow progress, take a shufty here-

http://www.bluebirdproject.com/

-and if you’d like to discuss all things Campbell related, this is a superb discussion group-

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speedrecordgroup/