The Michalak project

[Benn]

Ah, had that happen to me while driving too..

[nova_niek]

Loving the pics Tom! Especially the ones on "straight type Belgian blocks" aka cobblestones. If your Nova doesn't rattle anywhere - it will rattle here!
Congrats on achieving the (near) impossible. Job well done.

BTW you Belgians can now have personalised plates for €1,000. Do you think it's worth having one for the Michalak? I for one think this is much much better than the pathetic Gatso-friendly yellow plates we get in clog country.

[CorsaBBoomer]

Thanks Niek, yes, if a car passes the "cobblestones" test... It passes all! It was 3 km's of this misery that we had to go through so you can imagine that we were still rattling even on a flat tarmac...

The plate.... Nice things we see these days on our roads: Tina, 00-00-00 (don't know why anybody spend a grand on 00's)... A €1,000 is alot atm as I'm also renovating my "little" house... But if I would make it to the age of 40, I could ask it for my B-day What's with the black and white plates? Can't you request one like that in NL?

[scott.parker]

Looking awesome Tom, looks a really good hight too on them wheels, I couldn't bare to drive on that cobbled Road! It would destroy me let alone the car
I did notice the speedo too

[CorsaBBoomer]

Thanks Scott!

Yeah, the guys with the Porsche's and Ferrari's had more to bother with driving there... I thought the Michalak was low but those guys had even more "kissing-ground-with-exhaust-and-oilpan" issue's there... But we all made it in the end (I think )

Yeah, the speedo, who needs it on a track So more motivation to get the lcd thing installed one of the upcomming weeks... The car has to be ready again in a "cleaned" status for the last Opel meeting here in Belgium in July...

[nova_niek]

What's with the black and white plates? Can't you request one like that in NL?

Black on white plates are only used for small trailers and bicycle racks in the Netherlands if that's what you mean.
Also, black on white plates are used as temporary plates round our end, like when importing/exporting a motor vehicle or when the original yellow plates are missing.

[CorsaBBoomer]

It's the other way I mean: black plate, white markings... I believe to have seen these on "older" cars?




About the Michalak: done lot's of driving this weekend... No pictures, just fun

[Benn]

In the UK yes, silver or white on black is for pre 1975 cars.

[nova_niek]

White on dark blue plates in the Netherlands were issued on pre 1978 vehicles. After that, we got the dreaded black on yellow plates. Running classic (white on dark blue) plates on newer vehicles is illegal. Well, it's only illegal when you get nicked by pc plod.

Source: https://www.rdw.nl/Particulier/Pagin...enplaten-.aspx

[CorsaBBoomer]

That explains it Niek, mmm, next time I'll ask the Nova driver if his car is pre 78