S.T.A.R Today ( You Guessed It Pic Heavy !! ) Plus

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 20 May 2013 19:10

Hi John,

Great clip, even better the fact one of 'our' cars won and very well deserved, as was the car of the show the sexy Italia [8D], as for 'Shouldnt Be On The Road Winner ', what can I say

You cannot recreate originality, you only get that once [8D]

Speaking for myself, would be great to see the Pro Drive track stuff, had to work so couldnt make it [:(]

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Ianftr8 · Postby **Ianftr8** » 20 May 2013 19:18

John,

I for one really enjoyed your video footage of the prize-giving, sadly I had dissapeared by then as I had to get back for my nephews birthday party.

I was really sad I couldn't make the Saturday and as ever I'd like to see your video on that.

John please don't take any offence from our own thoughts for the day!

Regards
Ian

Oh and John L - excellent piccy of my car resplendent in all of it's Poseidon Greens![:D][:D] as you can see I spent seconds polishing it ready for the day![:D]

Ian Freeman
1979 TR8 DHC
Triumph Courier
Triumph owner for 31 years

laney · Postby **laney** » 20 May 2013 19:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Neil_W

Was quietly enjoying seeing the great pictures & appreciating the efforts the guys, who take the time to post them for us all to see, until I came to the below comment.

Don't think 50 wedges in one place is a failure & you don't have to blow your own whistle to show people, TR7's are being preserved.

Other Triumph Clubs won't loose any sleep if all TR7's rusted away, as I certainly don't think, when I see 200 Stags at an event - oh my goodness they are sought after - you get more reaction from multi make events when Joe public ( who usually attend events by paying at the gate to see more than rows of Triumphs ) sees a TR7 amongst the rows MG's Mini's & Moggie's.

Some people don't have the luxury of being able to have a free day off at the weekend or want to spend 4 hours there & 4 hours back to sit in a carpark.

Sometimes a hobby becomes too serious - life doesn't revolve around a TR7/8 for most of us.

[quote]Originally posted by John Clancy

I reckon there were only about 40 or 50 wedges there which is a bit of a disaster really. More coupes than dropheads visible so it's good that people are now cherishing fixed head. But we really could have done with showing the rest of the Triumph clubs the TR7 and TR8 is a sought after car and make it obvious many of us are preserving them. Sadly we didn't do that. But despite the dearth of our favourite cars it was a great show. Chunk's V8 around the Prodrive circuit was a sight (and sound) to behold as was the other red V8 driven by the Auckland brothers. Guess who got video of them both???

Loads of great cars and a great couple of days. A shame so many of you missed it all. But at least you can see the ten award winning cars including John Wood in TR7 Sprint SJW 550S...

laney · Postby **laney** » 20 May 2013 19:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Neil_W

Was quietly enjoying seeing the great pictures & appreciating the efforts the guys, who take the time to post them for us all to see, until I came to the below comment.

Don't think 50 wedges in one place is a failure & you don't have to blow your own whistle to show people, TR7's are being preserved.

Other Triumph Clubs won't loose any sleep if all TR7's rusted away, as I certainly don't think, when I see 200 Stags at an event - oh my goodness they are sought after - you get more reaction from multi make events when Joe public ( who usually attend events by paying at the gate to see more than rows of Triumphs ) sees a TR7 amongst the rows MG's Mini's & Moggie's.

Some people don't have the luxury of being able to have a free day off at the weekend or want to spend 4 hours there & 4 hours back to sit in a carpark.

Sometimes a hobby becomes too serious - life doesn't revolve around a TR7/8 for most of us.

[quote]Originally posted by John Clancy

I reckon there were only about 40 or 50 wedges there which is a bit of a disaster really. More coupes than dropheads visible so it's good that people are now cherishing fixed head. But we really could have done with showing the rest of the Triumph clubs the TR7 and TR8 is a sought after car and make it obvious many of us are preserving them. Sadly we didn't do that. But despite the dearth of our favourite cars it was a great show. Chunk's V8 around the Prodrive circuit was a sight (and sound) to behold as was the other red V8 driven by the Auckland brothers. Guess who got video of them both???

Loads of great cars and a great couple of days. A shame so many of you missed it all. But at least you can see the ten award winning cars including John Wood in TR7 Sprint SJW 550S...

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Alan + Angela
A TR7 is not just for Christmas its for The rest of thr year as well...

laney · Postby **laney** » 20 May 2013 20:07

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Wood

Great pictures as always John. Can't wait for the rest.
Nice to catch up with everyone who attended and what a fantastic turnout of Standards and Triumphs. Sorry if I missed saying goodbye to anyone.
One the way back I was passed by the the yellow and orange P reg V8 cars. A great spectacle and they sounded superb (sorry didn't catch your names).

TR7 Sprint SJW550S

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
That was us John, Alan + Angela extolling the virtues of TR7 ownership to the great unwashed...
Fab Day, Fab cars and Fab people...
Want to do it again. Angela[:X]

John Wood · Postby **John Wood** » 20 May 2013 20:18

Leave the video up John and put any others you have as well please.

When the Italia was in the ring earlier in the day I was with Jim Johnson, John Lucas and my Brother and everyone was quite taken by how beautiful it looked. A deserved car of the day.

BTW has anyone got a picture of when we had the TR7/8 line up in the ring at the end of the day?

TR7 Sprint SJW550S

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 20 May 2013 20:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Wood

BTW has anyone got a picture of when we had the TR7/8 line up in the ring at the end of the day?
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No - we were all sat in our cars! Actually I think John L might surprise us in his next batch of pictures from the day, I am sure I saw him taking some.

It was a great day out, with some wonderful cars to look at, & good to catch up with all our friends from the club. And as I had never been in the Museum before, it was great to have a look round in there too.

Tony

1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow

Chunk · Postby **Chunk** » 20 May 2013 22:01

Any video of my old barge howling round would be nice to see John.
Such videos are quite rare of my car, so your efforts are appreciated.

I don't do many shows, but i have never seen so many Triumphs or Wedges together. The man with the Grinnall on the TR Register stand said to me he thought Wedges were slowly increasing in value. It's only demand that does that. And Mk2 Escorts are now silly money.

1979 TR7V8 FHC.
DJE 4.6 Block and Heads.
24 years of tinkering and tuning......So far!
Now available in red.

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 21 May 2013 05:10

Hi,

Would love to see your car going round the Pro Drive track, seeing as didnt get to take mine round and your engine spec is very similar to mine

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Wayne S · Postby **Wayne S** » 21 May 2013 08:25

Phil's V8 looked great as I hung on to him in the TR Register Coke Car through the twisty bits!

On which note, Saturday proved if ever proof were needed that even if you drive a 4 speed Speke built FHC in standard trim you can have some real fun out on a track.

The TR Register Coke Car spent nearly 4 hours on track while I was giving high speed rides to members. Although down on power in the straights compared to the 8 and 6 cylinder cars it easily out-performed all but the hottest tuned TR's in the corners and provided enough balance and feedback to give real confidence to drift and steer with the throttle through the quicker corners and enough precision to place the car perfectly through the tight chicanes.

Sure, push it too hard and you catch a handful of terminal oversteer but it showed undoubtedly that even the most standard of early TR7s is a very capable and most of all fun machine! Great advert for the marque! (and that's coming from a Grinnall pilot) [:D]

Red 4.0 Litre V8 DHC Grinnall (with huuuuuge arches...!)

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 21 May 2013 17:27

Hi,

And they keep comming !!

More later !

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

fixed-head · Postby **fixed-head** » 21 May 2013 19:52

Really enjoyed ALL those pics, thanks for posting!! I'd promised to go to another show before I knew this was on, aarrrhhh!! Wish I had known sooner!

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