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If you mean 4L International it's in July.

Well, after a break of four years the great news is that 4L International has returned. It has moved from the venue at Thenay, where all the previous festivals were held, to the Paul Ricard Formula 1 circuit in the South of France, not far from Marseilles.

This is good my R4 friends, we seem to have some interest going on here. It would be nice if we could swell the numbers with cars from outside Italy, and our Italian friends would love it. Ah, Pastis, one of the first things I buy at Super U. A lovely pre-dinner drink on the campsite.

When I did this trip back in May it took me three days to cross France, from Roscoff to Grenoble. The first two on D roads, but the third on toll roads, which was less tiring and enabled me to have a rest day before crossing into Italy. On my fourth day of travelling I arrived at the venue in...

Well done harbourseal, maybe we have the start of a convoy, as I hear from the organisers that three of us from the UK have registered also. This photo was taken at this year's event, with yours truly well in the mix in centre of picture.

Thinking about next year, and Italy is calling. Any of you road-trip fans up for this?

Hello folks, here's an update on attempting to adjust the rear tracking. So ok, the left side which I recently worked on is probably easy to adjust, but the right side outer bearing housing, which I think has never been replaced is a different matter. I managed to undo two of the three bolts...

Classics show today at Wadebridge Cornwall.

Well, I'm happy to report that Genevieve passed her MOT test yesterday with flying colours. Everything went back on fairly easily, although the arm did put up a bit of a fight, but once one bolt was in, it was plain sailing. I had the extra weight of the torsion bar to contend with as my garage...

Well done fella, Clementine looks fab. Good luck with the MOT, a big day for you both.

Hello harbourseal, thank you for your kind advice, but I've managed to avoid removing the whole axle, and the fuel tank. When I cut what was left of the old bearing housing off I lost it's position on the swinging arm, and it was going to be difficult to align the new one. Luckily my good friend...

Hi. I hope when you lifted the head you didn't inadvertently lift one or more of the liners also. To clamp the liners down you need some large washers or some other means to straddle the liners to hold them down when you turn the engine over. Good luck.

Hello Jim, long time no see, and good to hear from you. Yes and bad timing too, middle of car show season. Sods law I guess. It would be great to see you, so call me when you are down this way. My number is 07855996827 Regards Brian.

Hello Joop. Well, I've had a rethink, and as I'm not in a hurry to get the car back on the road particularly, I'm going to delve a bit deeper, and maybe take the tank off, and remove the back suspension, and do any other remedial work while it's in pieces. The car has served me well, with...

Bit drastic Adam, but I get your point, I'm hoping it won't come to that. As I said, the chassis seems ok, it's just the very end that needs a bit of attention. I'm not going to scrape too much underseal off though :laughing:

Hello Joop, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately a bodyoff restoration is out of the question, so I have to make the best of what I've got, and hope there no hidden nasties which I can't see, but of course there probably are. I enjoyed the tutorial, just wish I'd taken photos before I...

Can of worms. Greetings guys n girls, I've not been on here for a while, but I've kept an eye on what's been going on. In Brians little world it's been quiet, but last week I took the GTL for its MOT, and for the first time in 5 years of ownership it failed. Left hand trailing arm outer bearing...

Just wondering Sprackers, are you going to this event? If so be prepared for an amazing time with our Italian R4 friends. Wish I could join you, and if you are going to Beaulieu on 17th July, catch up with you there, and hear about your trip. Kind regards Brian

I took two weeks to do the trip David, and the total mileage was around 2800, an amazing experience.