Loughgall Festival of Motorsport. 7 May 2016

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Here in Ulster we will be attending this event en-mass as the UVORWD Community, see Spring ReVival magazine.  This year there is a celebration of Vauxhall/Opel in Motorsport and we have arranged a combined Viva OC and other related Vaux /Opel club display as the central attraction.  We'll be showing, Firenzas, Chevettes, Mantas, the odd Viva and Magnum and a few Novas etc and hopefully a Sports Hatch or two..  Hope the weather is fine.

[Fred Dukes]

Good luck with the weather David - the show I was going to today - Gawsworthall has been cancelled due to soggy ground!

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Just got the Hatch back together tonight after an engine and gearbox refresh so it will be going. My Firenza is running on a temp fuel supply after fuel supply troubles so a bit of tweaking and an electric fuel pump later this week should see it fit for action too.

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The confirmed entry list suggests that we'll have about 40 Vaux/Op cars on the main display. Hoping for a reasonable turn out of the Viva / Firenza / Magnum range.

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A bit wet today but a good turnout of about 50 Vauxhall/Opel cars on the UVORWD Community combined club display. Of course Mantas were out in force but there were a few nice HB and HC's as well. My camera got wet so I'm relying on other people's photos!

David Irwin's '71 1600 with tuned 2300, ZF 5 speed and LSD.


Beautiful '79 1300L


Gary Campbell's GT with an odd looking blue Firenza in the background, I wonder who owns that....


Sean Curran's '73 Firenza fitted with Magard Droop Snoot front.


All 3 Northern Ireland's roadworthy Sports Hatches in a row


Rodger Lindsay's immaculate '72 Kadette coupe.

[Fred Dukes]

Nice display there David - cant be many places you would see 3 working Sportshatch's in one place There was one at Weston Park on the back of a trailer Easter Sunday:roll: