Ace cafe today

[zoe]

Went to ace cafe today , was very hot about 11 tr7 /8 there, was very nice to meet every one , nice breakfast , and thanks Paul for my 'bits' much appeciated,nice to see lots at Ace ,as im usually the only one there !! so hope John comes next time ,as he said he mite ,all the other 'non' tr7 ownwers very friendly , was a good morning out , but at lunchtime had to retreat to the shade of Ikea .as it was tooooooo hot !!zoe

[john 215]

Hi
Great morning out [8D] 'normal suspects there' [;)] Pleased to have met Adam at last! Good to have spent some time chatting to Zoe and Steve top car mad couple [8D] As Zoe said bl88dy hot [}:)] head sun burnt again [B)] (note to self, put hat in car other than a wooly one).
Zoe, planning to get down at the August meet, eldest daughter ( Charli) coming down with me, she wants a night out in London Village! and she is on her summer holidays from school so we can get there on time.
Few picture from today-



Adams V8 (love the colour)






Mega clean DHC






Another Mega clean DHC, just over 20k miles!






Line of sevens [8D] including Zoe's 'Amber' and my front number plate just! (dont you hate when people walk into a shot!!)






Old but clean!!!





Over view of the car park

All in all a good day, even got home to see the start(ish [;)]) of Le Mans!
Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

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

[zoe]

john, nice pictures , i didnt take many , glad to here u will come to Ace in august , we will bring our boys so Charli wont be the youngest !! but we will see u at Billing before then , youve convinced me that camping mite not be so bad lol, im still not 100% on that one tho!!! we will wait and see !!! ,zoe

[john 215]

Hi Zoe,
Planning on having a good drink to numb out any discomfort of camping!! that way wont know if i ache through camping [B)] or its a hangover [;)]
Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

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

[zoe]

good thinking john, !!!

[Odd]

I guess that front row lineup annoyed more than one old side-screen fart?

[zoe]

Odd , they all seemed quite friendly about it !!

[john 215]

Hi Odd
To be honest it was a friendly type 'do' if we did get up the noses of people they were polite about it! Only had one bad comment i heard when a gent was telling someone else how much he disliked the 7 and then spent 15 minutes looking over 'something ' he did'nt like Bizzare!
Either passed or got passed by several older TR's on the way home and got a wave from them all, even had breakfast with a TR6 owner, but keep that to yourself!! we were the first 2 there!



Just been on The TR Register Forum and it was mentioned how good it was to see so many TR7/8/V8's, also pictures of Paul W , Rob, Ian, Zoe and myself on there [:I]


Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

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

[paul w]

Just woke from a long sleep after nearly 40 hours sleep deprivation!
Good to finally meet Zoe and Steve and all the usual suspects.
Shame i could'nt stay longer but the drive home with Ian and Rob was
great-all those tunnels and flyovers on the north circular to amplify
the Grinnalls exhaust!I might try to get to the 'ACE' on the tuesday
meet too.

See ya',Paul.

[john]

good turnout yeh unfortunatly couldn't make it this time to many Family jobs to do, how i wish i was useless [:D]

pictures are excellent better turnout than last year i reckon

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry


John

[Ianftr8]

Just Got home,

A fantastic weekend. A great drive to the Ace and a mega breakfast,then as Paul said all of those tunnels and bridges on the North Circular with the sound of three very different V8s!!![:D]
Then, 24hrs of Le Mans and drink and BBQ - not quite the same as being there (first time I have missed out in quite a while) especially now that Peugeot have hit their target - I expect that there will be some great parties in France on the strength of that!

Good job Im not working at the moment, I will be able cath up with some sleep.

Cheers
Ian

Ian Freeman
1979 TR8 DHC California car that never crossed the pond, started life as KDU 315V.
1962 Triumph Courier

[busheytrader]

It was good to put some names to the faces at long last. John picked the most flattering angle for my V8 so thanks for that, it's in my signature.

A Rover V8 engined TR6 looked immaculate and had an unusual steering shaft. At least one extra U/J was fitted and it passed <i>through</i> the exhaust manifold. Apart from some louvres on the bonnet (what model of TR was that borrowed from?) it looked outwardly standard.

A good Wedgefest early on and I think 7V8's may have outnumbered the 2.0L at times. Nice breakfast followed by too much sunshine outside and a red face later on. Driving back from my parents (put that Aftersun away)in St Albans late afternoon proved troublesome. The engine refused to idle and there was a strong smell of petrol. The needle valve in the secondary float chamber wasn't closing and was flooding the carb. 5 minutes saw it removed, blown through and returned to work again. Must have been a bit of crud.

Adam



TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & PolyBushes, Anti- Dive, Granada Vented Discs & Calipers, Braided Hoses, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AT 5 Spokes and Cruise Lights. No Door Stickers. Mine since July 1986, V8 from 1991

[silverseven]

wow, thanks for all the pixxors John, looks like a great meet!

(notes taken on venue, wifey and I are planning a trip to London for our 10th anniversary next year((finally first trip in 14 years on our own, without the critters)) and along with bobsport, and maybe the ex-Solihulll plant should fill my car needs.......)

Ron.

[john 215]

Hi Ron,
No problem, Ace Cafe on the out skirts of London Village, great venue and do a mean breakfast!-

http://www.ace-cafe-london.com/

How about getting over for TRDC national next year [?], only up the road from London, if at the same venue [;)] would be great to meet some of 'our' trans alantic 'brothers and sisters'
Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

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