superb cars :)

team47b

December cars 'n' coffee...55 cars, well the mini club turned up with 20 minis, quite a lot bikes too

interesting Peugeot











cafe was closed!!



bloke on the right is a portuguese pro :roll:



more general pics...warning may contain photos of a sunny beach
http://s1251.photobucket.com/user/photo ... %20meeting

Stevo_666

The coffee maker is the most impressive machine out of that lot

pblakeney

Stevo 666 wrote:

The coffee maker is the most impressive machine out of that lot

I don't know.
I always fancied one of those Mercs.

tim_wand

Love the coffee machine, got to get one of them for camping.

Is that Elan s2 standard or has someone wide bodied it?

Take it the green isetta yours? and by the way not jealous of the weather at all, -1oc on the club run this morning and not an expresso in sight.

team47b

It makes great espresso, the coffe machine that is, not the Isetta

The lotus had a plate on the side, it said it was a lotus made wide body, not sure though.

veronese68

Not keen on the wide Lotus, standard is far prettier. The Alfa 105 is lovely, but I would say that.

napoleond

Love the Alfa

sloppyschleckonds

Love those Mavic SLR's

pinno

Was that a cf bonnet on the mini or that sticky stuff you can get for rusting white appliances in Aldi?

rollemynot

The Vulva is my favourite

VTech

Stunning cars.

Silly Old Hector

Veronese68 wrote:

Not keen on the wide Lotus, standard is far prettier. The Alfa 105 is lovely, but I would say that.

Indeed


(Rollbar added to provide a modicum of side protection - it does come out again)

8)

tlw1

Love the elan

team47b

Veronese68 wrote:

Not keen on the wide Lotus, standard is far prettier. The Alfa 105 is lovely, but I would say that.

I liked the Alfa too, it was the GT1300 junior.

Matthewfalle

Anyone got a link to the coffee machine - I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed one now.

team47b

I bought the coffee machine at a local shop, they also had smaller ones with one nozzle, for one shot espresso, I sent one to my son to use when he's out on his bike

Would you like me to see if they still have them, I could start a cute coffee machine business, supplying all you addicts, free pack of arabica with every purchase, that would give the post office sniffer dogs something to think about

pblakeney

Is it not just this?



and this?

veronese68

Pretty much so, but the second one looks more like this:

arthur_scrimshaw

Was it cold? The cyclists in long sleeved tops and leg warmers?
I was in Barcelona last month, temperatures in the mid 20's and saw lots of roadies on nice bikes dressed in a similar way - is it an Iberian thing?

team47b

Similar gas burner although mine comes with piezo electric starter, muito posh

It may be 18c at the hottest point of the day, but that's cold when you are used to 34c, everyone dresses up until it gets to about 23c, we would never go out at all in your weather! Yesterday ( same day as car event) I went out in the afternoon and was wearing full sleeves and legs and two jerseys!

Coldest I have cycled in is 6c one morning, not doing going that again, you'll be telling me next that in the UK you go out cycling in the rain too!

arthur_scrimshaw

team47b wrote:

Similar gas burner although mine comes with piezo electric starter, muito posh

It may be 18c at the hottest point of the day, but that's cold when you are used to 34c, everyone dresses up until it gets to about 23c, we would never go out at all in your weather! Yesterday ( same day as car event) I went out in the afternoon and was wearing full sleeves and legs and two jerseys!

Coldest I have cycled in is 6c one morning, not doing going that again, you'll be telling me next that in the UK you go out cycling in the rain too!

well we do get rain very occasionally. 3c on my commute this morning although thankfully no ice. This is the South as well!

Matthewfalle

team47b wrote:

I bought the coffee machine at a local shop, they also had smaller ones with one nozzle, for one shot espresso, I sent one to my son to use when he's out on his bike

Would you like me to see if they still have them, I could start a cute coffee machine business, supplying all you addicts, free pack of arabica with every purchase, that would give the post office sniffer dogs something to think about

If you could have a look that would be brilliant - agree that's it's just a moca pot in a different form but would look so much cooler pulling that out in the field rather than a sachet of Nescafé ,.......

pinno

MF - I had a double like this in white enamel. They are more common than you think. I got fed up of accidentally knocking the little espresso cups off, which is very easy to do (especially balanced on a little gas burner) and ditched it for a single two cup S/S Bialetti - better than Lavazza as they not made from Aluminium - coffee and Aluminium; great. I think that the Aluminium stove tops are the reason why Italians are so flaky DUCK
Although Italians do not cook tomato based dishes in Aluminium for similar reasons, they seem to have forgotten about their Alu stove tops.

I used a little piece of mesh on top of the gas burner, helps the balancing act.

Fleabay:



Amazon:





Flantes.com:



Nice:



Cool:

http://www.orphanespresso.com

Flâneur

can we go back to cars, find me the merc, a warm country and an open road

team47b

Just for you, here are two other merc's...

Flâneur

If only I was the guy who could recite the names of cars, but the red merc would be a blast, yes the lights aren't the most attractive but the rest of it suits a coast road

team47b

A friend's father owns the red merc and lives in an apartment in front of where the monthly meet is held, so he drives it from the underground garage, 30metres, parks it and goes back to the cafe in his building or home, and comes back to drive it home again, so I guess if you live actually on the coast it still counts as a drive on the coastal road!

Matthewfalle

team47b wrote:

Just for you, here are two other merc's...

Absolutely bleedin' gorgeous, especially the red one. Proper cars, like. Me and a young Diana Rigg or, if she's not available, Audrey Hepburn hooning down the coast road chasing the sun and champers. Paradise.

Matthewfalle

pinarello001 wrote:

MF - I had a double like this in white enamel. They are more common than you think. I got fed up of accidentally knocking the little espresso cups off, which is very easy to do (especially balanced on a little gas burner) and ditched it for a single two cup S/S Bialetti - better than Lavazza as they not made from Aluminium - coffee and Aluminium; great. I think that the Aluminium stove tops are the reason why Italians are so flaky DUCK
Although Italians do not cook tomato based dishes in Aluminium for similar reasons, they seem to have forgotten about their Alu stove tops.

I used a little piece of mesh on top of the gas burner, helps the balancing act.

Fleabay:



Amazon:





Flantes.com:



Nice:



Cool:

http://www.orphanespresso.com

Cheers Piña - will go a hunting. Just this once I'll forgive the Italian comment

Flâneur

team47b wrote:

A friend's father owns the red merc and lives in an apartment in front of where the monthly meet is held, so he drives it from the underground garage, 30metres, parks it and goes back to the cafe in his building or home, and comes back to drive it home again, so I guess if you live actually on the coast it still counts as a drive on the coastal road!

wasted in my opinion but it is his to do what he wants with

team47b

He's in his eighties and has owned it since new so I imagine he has done a few kms