The very first Pistonheads meet? and history of Pistonheads

[markbigears]

What with Pistonheads being 10 years old, wouldn't it be great to have a history of how it got started. I attended the first "S" club meet at Virginia Waters, must be 8 years ago, when Dave had his "S" the car I assume started the whole thing off? Was this the first ever meet? Would love to know the history of how it got going. Anyone else remember that meet?

[markbigears]

Just seen a bloody big article on the front page! I'll get me coat......

[Soovy]

markbigears said:

Just seen a bloody big article on the front page! I'll get me coat......

[spend]

Were markbigears burning when he said:

Just seen a bloody big article on the front page!........

[John D.]

And who's Dave?

[Soovy]

T66ORA said:

John D. said:

And who's Dave?

Petrol Ted`s real name Dave Rockefeller(sp)

EFA.

[T66ORA]

Soovy said:

T66ORA said:

John D. said:

And who's Dave?

Petrol Ted`s real name Dave Rockefeller(sp)

EFA.

Sorry you have lost me

[threespins]

I met Dave at Oulton Park in I think 96 when he was handing out his first batch of stickers. (will stand to be corrected, could be a senior moment)

[Johno]

threespins said:

I met Dave at Oulton Park in I think 96 when he was handing out his first batch of stickers. (will stand to be corrected, could be a senior moment)

If it was '96 with stickers that may make PH 12yrs old . . . , although Ted may have distributing stickers that early, but I don't think he was . . .

I organised the 'S' meet and now I feel soooo old

[markbigears]

Remember you well Johno, we sat with you for a nice lunch, seem to remember you did something for a brewery? So do we think this was the first ever meet?
Found this : http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

Edited by markbigears on Wednesday 31st December 00:23

[Hoover.]

I've had a look through that thread, out of curiousty and its good to see there are still a few names from it around and also that humour/joking has been about from the early days too....

PetrolTed said:

In a blatant piece of commercialism I have just got a new box of Pistonheads polo shirts, baseball caps, jackets and now fleeces (essential gear for roof off motoring in the freezing weather). Discounts for cash on Sunday

Roy C said:

So what's printed on them? "I've been fleeced by PetrolTed?"

Edited by Roy C on Thursday 15th November 11:02

[Keithyboy]

. . . just had a look too - those were the days . . . how things have changed

[Johno]

S Club Heaven

Edited by Johno on Wednesday 31st December 13:00

[Johno]

markbigears said:

Remember you well Johno, we sat with you for a nice lunch, seem to remember you did something for a brewery? So do we think this was the first ever meet?
Found this : http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

Edited by markbigears on Wednesday 31st December 00:23

Still working for a Brewery, although it's now owned by a certain Dutch brewer . . . hint of green and a red star.

[S27]

Good day out that, and a good long drive from Wales to attend in the S, just found the pic of my then car, displaying the PH sticker as well, now owned by another PH "Rower" still have some regrets in selling that car



Steve Parker

[Gaffer]

There were "meets" before PH got going, at Tuscan Races back in the 90's (how werid does that look...back in the 90's..!):

Ted, Slappy, MonkeyBoy, Finian (Oilypages), Roop, Pikey, GREG, Justine (with an E), myself, BendyWendy, Throbber, RevLimiter etc etc

so I think they could be classed as the orginal PH meets.

Claire

[Cotty]

Gaffer I remember some of those names from the TVR City Region meets in Dirty Dicks from before Ted attempted his first a web site, I think we were using egroups back then. I did Le Mans wih the city region in 1989.

Before I got a digital camera so no pics on the pc.

[trackcar]

I remember way back in the day being on the domino mailing list before we all swapped to yahoo groups etc, think that was a few years pre PH? .. nice to look back on the old threads popping up on PH at the moment and seeing familiar names

[Gaffer]

Aye, thats them. I didnt have a PC till the middle 90's so used Roops (and his ID) when I saw him and could get online.

Claire

[JonRB]

Don's Basingstoke Pie & Pints were fairly early meets - the first ones being in 2002.

Pictures here:
http://www.jonrb.com/photo/PHBasingstoke/index.htm...
http://www.jonrb.com/photo/PHBasingstoke2/index.ht...

I think the first Virginia Waters meet was 2002 as well, wasn't it?
http://www.jonrb.com/photo/PHVirginaWaters/index.h...

Edited by JonRB on Thursday 1st January 17:16