Luxembourg - Rendevous

We left the hotel to find the Siewerburen hotel and the other Sabre owners. Tony Heath must have anticipated that I would have trouble recognising it because the hotel was set well back from the road so he very kindly parked his SE6A with the bonnet up, and I spotted the distinctive shape immediately.

Poor Tony had fallen victim to one of the classic Scimitar troubles - a faulty fan motor. While it wasn't too noticeable on the motorway it would certainly not do for the tour. Fortunately Jean Kesseler had his workshop nearby, and a similar motor from which enough parts could be taken to repair the SE6A. As usual, it is almost impossible to do anything at all to a Scimitar without an audience.

The Belgium contingent decided to turn up shortly after repairs had been completed, (minus André and Carinne, for which I must take the blame. They had reserved the original days, and when I suggested that the date be changed to allow Geoff Cooper and Chris Gallagher to join in, were unable to rearrange their commitments. Sorry). But we had all of the cars present that had attended Reims the year before.

Robert's son Kevin was fascinated by the tatty black Sabre. After all the clean and shiny cars in Luxembourg it must be a shock to see cars that carry their history on the outside for all to see. I remember from schooldays a Norton 500cc single that always had a dark and brooding air about it. "I'm old", it seemed to say. "I've got nothing to lose". I suppose AAY says "Show me a tree and I'll ram it". Tatty old cars can be very friendly and forgiving, like well-worn but comfortable shoes. AAY has looked after us very well in the 15 or so thousand miles we've done in it (her/him ?).

We had just settled down for lunch when someone spotted a red Sabre pulling into the car park, and we went out to meet Malcom Marchbank and Val Lewis, who had brought their Sabre 4 roadster from Hereford, suffering a slight delay at Dover the day before with a clutch cylinder problem. They gain the (virtual) prize for furthest travelled. So now we had improved over last year.

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