The 15th International Portafold & Ansfold Gathering) (i.e. 2024)

Our annual gathering will be returning to the Newbury Retrofestival.

So put the dates 9th, 10th & 11th of August 2024 in your diary now and get those dates booked off work early.

Show Address: Newbury Showground, Priors Court, Hermitage, Thatcham, West Berkshire, RG18 9QZ

Don't book direct with the show organisers it will cost you more money, just contact me (07771544419) to get your pitch saved.

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by txfsealord
Tue, 09 Oct 2018, 5:56 am
Forum: Maintenance & Restoration
Topic: Help with trim wanted
Replies: 4
Views: 17551

Re: Help with trim wanted

Hi Bigbird,

This 'trim' part is one that Portafold would have made for themselves, rather than buying it in from an outside supplier. Fortunately, it's very easy to make at home out of aluminium sheet, provided you have some wood and a bench vice.
Replacement weather fillet.jpg
Cheers,
Steve
by txfsealord
Wed, 29 Mar 2017, 8:15 am
Forum: Wheels, Tyres & Hubcaps
Topic: Replacement hub and drum
Replies: 3
Views: 16794

Re: Replacement hub and drum

Hi Daniel, The Rubery Owen axle has hubs and bearings which are much larger and stronger than those found on modern axles carrying this brake-size, either trailers or cars. This makes it difficult to find a direct replacement type of hub. Could your damaged hub be repaired? If so, this would be your...
by txfsealord
Sat, 26 Apr 2014, 7:01 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 6th National Gathering of Portafolds & Ansfolds (2014)
Replies: 35
Views: 62741

Re: 6th National Gathering of Portafolds & Ansfolds

Hi Matt, I thought I'd signed up for this event but I can't see any record of it on this forum. We're coming anyway, so please add us to the list if we aren't on there already.

Steve Lord
by txfsealord
Sat, 26 Apr 2014, 7:42 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Fawley Hill Vintage Extravaganza 16th-18th May 2014
Replies: 8
Views: 15480

Re: Fawley Hill Vintage Extravaganza

Well the wife is on-side; it fits in with her shifts perfectly - never been known before! Awaiting confirmation from my own employer but that is usually OK so I've booked in online for Friday & Saturday night camping. We are also Morris-towed, with a '53 Six series MS 21hp. See you there!

Steve
by txfsealord
Sat, 26 Apr 2014, 4:58 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Fawley Hill Vintage Extravaganza 16th-18th May 2014
Replies: 8
Views: 15480

Re: Fawley Hill Vintage Extravaganza

Wow, that looks really good & it's right on me doorstep as well! I am certainly interested, how much will it cost? I shall doubtless have the usual pain & anguish from her indoors over her shiftwork patterns. Last time we went through this over some show I wanted to attend, I suggested I took a (fem...
by txfsealord
Sat, 12 Apr 2014, 6:32 pm
Forum: Modifications & Upgrades
Topic: How much does the roof weigh?
Replies: 3
Views: 13783

Re: How much does the roof weigh?

Hi Anne, it isn't very heavy at all, in winch-terms. Buy the smallest, lightest, lowest-capacity winch you can find, & it'll still have a far greater capacity than you require. Our Ansfold roof weighs about 1cwt, & from memory, the smallest winch I could find lifted 5cwt. A Portafold's roof will be ...
by txfsealord
Sat, 05 Apr 2014, 7:46 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Restoration
Topic: Rubber seals (again)
Replies: 15
Views: 26701

Re: Rubber seals (again)

Oh heck, did I ask you to do that Matt? I don't remember anything about it; I have slept since then, many times of course, so recall was always going to be unlikely . It certainly wasn't my intention to put you to more costs than you incur already, but many thanks for going there! My camera takes ph...
by txfsealord
Fri, 04 Apr 2014, 6:17 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Restoration
Topic: Rubber seals (again)
Replies: 15
Views: 26701

Re: Rubber seals (again)

Hi Jan, sorry I didn't correctly remember your name! It's been a while since I posted on here. If you'd like to send your email address, I'll send you some pictures of the tape. I have never found out how to operate Matt's Machiavellian photo-bucket system, I gave up on it a long time ago. Steve Lord
by txfsealord
Thu, 03 Apr 2014, 8:06 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Restoration
Topic: Rubber seals (again)
Replies: 15
Views: 26701

Re: Rubber seals (again)

Hi Vanessa, there should certainly be a covering over the joint between the folding side-walls & the hull. On my Ansfold when I got it, this consisted of the remains of a strip of plasticised canvas-type material glued to the top surface of the hull & also to the horizontal-when-unfolded face of eac...
by txfsealord
Wed, 02 Apr 2014, 9:30 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Restoration
Topic: Interior Roof Lining
Replies: 6
Views: 19241

Re: Interior Roof Lining

Hi AMc, You mention a problem with your internal 'belt-buckle' door latch not returning. Does it return OK when the door is open, & not when it's closed? I had this problem on my Ansfold's doorlatch & it was caused by poor hull rigidity! I discovered that if I stood an arm's length from the door whe...