TR Action 228
Well folks it’s early June with a daytime temperature of 27 degrees, so no excuse for those cars that are roadworthy not to be out and about and supporting your local Group.
I am pleased to report that during the past few months, new members - Nick Fontannaz, TR6, Susanne and Richard Hales TR6, Gary and Karen Richardson, TR3A - have attended a WFTR monthly gathering and Cliff Gray, TR4A has also announced his intention to join with us when his business commitments permit.
It was good to see Jeff, Lesley, TR3, and Tim Roberts TR4 join us for a meeting recently. Jeff is overseas a lot but managed to co-incide his visit to the UK with our evening – hopefully Jeff will be able to repeat this in the near future. Barbara and Brian Mullins, TR7 DHC were unfortunate to suffer to broken throttle cable on the way home from an earlier meet, but a few of our members spotted them and offered assistance. Hopefully we will see them again soon.
In April we had our annual pilgrimage to the New Forest and this time invited some of our friends from the London Group to join us. As we met with the other Triumphs for this event our numbers had reached c. 90 – 100 but thanks to some great organisation we didn’t suffer any bad hold-ups. A great success on the day was the announcement that one of our members - Andrew Postlethwaite’s TR2 - had been voted the Best Car in the Run for which he was presented with an impressive cup – I have attached a photo of this. I should add that last year Andrew’s car was voted the Best TR2 – 3A; well done Andrew.
In May, thanks to Ray Groves, we enjoyed a good road run and visit to a Bus Museum in Oxfordshire which proved a popular venue as we enthused about the many exhibits – some excellently restored and others awaiting their turn.
Yesterday some of our membership joined with other classic car owners in the sweltering heat to help raise much needed funds for the Frimley Park Hospital and a local hospice, both exceedingly worthy causes. The vehicles in attendance certainly represented every decade from just prior to c.1920 so you can imagine we had much to reminisce about from the eras in which we started our lives but certainly not prior to the 1940s. We have numerous other events planned for the later months.
You may recall that I have previously issued a special message to those TR members within our area regardless of whether or not you have attended one of our monthly gatherings previously to please join with us as fellow owners/enthusiasts, with a TR of any condition or without, to share your experiences of TR ownership and hopefully gain even more value from your membership of the TR Register. We look forward to welcoming YOU.
Go wisely, go TR and Happy TRing.
TR Action 222
Events at this time of year are to be cherished as it will not be too long before the clocks have to be changed, signalling darker evenings, etc.
A number of our stalwarts - myself included - recently attended a fund raising event on behalf of a hospice. The organisers were rewarded with the largest display of classic cars I have seen at this event plus around 100 classic motorcycles including the likes of: Ariel, AJS, BSA, James, Francis Barnet, Norton, Triumph, Vincent, etc. Hopefully the hospice have really benefited this year.
Our monthly group meetings continue to both disappoint with some members not turning-up whilst new members do arrive. Our August meeting welcomed Mark Burningham – ex.TR owner, John Dixon – TR6 plus Susanne and Richard Hales – TR6. Welcome to each of you, we hope you enjoyed your first visit and will become regular attendees. This meeting was also notable for the first appearance this year of Stuart Cox – it was good to see you again Stuart. My youngest daughter Helen also attended with her Herald 1200 which always seems to attract attention in its Wedgwood blue livery.
Our September meeting saw the arrival of Steve Whatmore (TR6) a member we have not seen for some months due to his shift patterns whilst Ron Burningham (TR6) made his first visit of this year – good to see both of you. This meeting was also notable for the arrival of Colin Beale with his wife Angela as they attended in an ex-car of mine namely a Mk3 GT6. Colin purchased this car from me a few years ago and had just agreed to reluctantly sell it – parting company a few days after this meeting. Intriguingly this car had once been owned by Colin’s late father and when he died the vehicle had been sold to a dealer who in turn sold it to a young chap based in the Aylesbury area. I first saw the car when visiting the IT manager of a company in Aylesbury in my capacity as a field sales exec. In the late 1980s, I had commented about the car as I already had my TR6. A few months later my contact called me to advise the car was for sale, I acquired and ran it for 2 –3 years before selling it to Colin. Colin and I have remained in contact and with the cessation of his ownership imminent he very thoughtfully brought it along to our gathering as probably a last chance for me to view it before it leaves our region.
Mark Burningham and I yesterday viewed a TR7 FHC belonging to another WFTR member and he readily agreed to purchase the vehicle so becoming only the third owner – not bad for a car built at Speke in 1977. The TR Register have therefore gained a new member as have WFTR; welcome to Mark and here’s wishing you much enjoyment from your acquisition.
Go wisely, go TR!
