GARIOCH VEHICLE RESTORATION SOCIETY RALLY AT OLDMELDRUM SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST 2009

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Well this coming Sundays see the annual Garioch rally at Oldmeldrum pleasure park. Not a huge rally but a friendly atmposphere and one where you still get a bite to eat a plate of stovies and an oatcake for lunch. I have my 1951 International Farmall Cub entered and my father has my 1948 Ransomes MG2 crawler entered. This will be the first outing for my Cub at any shows this year so I hope the weather is kind. If it turns out to be a rainy day we will only be taking the Cub since the crawler is a nightmare to clean with the tracks and there are more brass bits on it than the cub ;)

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Well it rained quite a lot on Saturday and I was beginning to wonder if I would be going to the Oldmeldrum rally on Sunday. Anyway around 2 pm it stopped long enough to get the Cub out and loaded and after it was roped on down the rain came again so on the overnight cover went.

Didn't hitch on the crawler but had the car ready to hitch up in the morning if conditions improved

Morning came and it was dry but I decided only to take the one since there was a forcast of rain showers in the afternoon.

Ready for unloading at OldMeldrum

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On with the show and first of all around the commercials

A late entry a local Aberdeen Dennis fire engine

1930 Albion 31 Seater Bus which won the commercial section

1980 Leyland Leopard Bus

1946 Austin K2 Dropside lorry

Late entry for the Willys Jeep

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A 1969 Austin Minor Van for a plumber

Late entry a Landrover

A Ferguson Tattie digger behind a 1950 David Brown on the ferguson Club stand

A Ferguson and Ferguson saw bench

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1949 Ferguson TE20

1957 Fordson Major

My one 1951 Farmall Cub which ended up winning the A.J and D.R Cooper Tractor Challenge Shield for the Best 1951 Tractor onwards for the 3rd consecutive year. The tanyo broke down at the prize giving and the shiled was awarded to the giver of the shield by the rather confused chairman. I got a call later on in the evening form Vic Mather's with the 50D saying that I had won and he had taken the shield for me.

1962 Massey Ferguson FE35

1980 International

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Late entry Circa 1972 David Brown 995

Late entry A15 Holder 4wd articulated garden tractor

A 1948 Case VA straight petrol which I have never seen before

Late entry a ride on mower

1952 TED 20 Ferguson

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A 1938 John Deere L which was the winner of the Tractor Challenge Shield - Best Tractor to 1950

1963 Fordson Super Major

A 1956 David Brown from Vic Mathers currently undergoing restoration and will be up for sale at Cheffins later on this year.

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1964 International B414

1978 Leyland 272 Synchro

1970 Ford 400 with Sekura cab

1952 Ferguson TED 20 with cab

A stick chooper

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Late Entry a P3 Ferguson

1985 Burrell Traction Engine 4 inch scale

1999 Burrell 6 HP minature

1993 Burrell traction engine 3 inch scale

2002 Fowler Road locomotive - 3 inch scale

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Some of the bikes and motorbikes

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Well thats it from the 45th rally at Oldmeldrum in 2009

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There was a bit of a disaster at the prize giving and the PA system broke as the award for the post 1951 class of tractors was being announced. Once back up and running they moved on to another class so we never found out who won that class and headed for home. Later on in the evening I got a call from Vic mathers with the 50D saying i had won it and he had taken it for me. He them offered to drop it into the engravers since he was going there to collect a trophy he had won in the commercials last year but had not got it engraved in time to get it back to the rally. he said that he would then deliver it to the winner which turned out to be the old Albion bus.

Last night I got me certificate through the post. Again on the day they had computer printing problems. That the third consecutive year I have won this shield with my Cub so next year the Cub will stay at home and I will enter my Farmall A or MG2 in the pre 1951 Class.

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Whilst in Inverurie yesterday I collected my engraved shield

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Whilst in Inverurie yesterday I collected my engraved shield

...to be proudly displayed I hope. 

Well done and obviously well deserved as you must have put in a lot of work making it ready for the day.

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Thanks Sue. Its been restored 9 years now but there was 4 years before that of blood sweet and tears and of course a bunch of money but I'm pleased with the end result.