TRDC national weekend

john · Postby **john** » 08 Jul 2008 08:24

I know i'm a light weight but it was hissing it down in Southampton on Sunday so we decided it would be a wash out and didn't bother driving up.

my lost and i'm glad to see those who did make it had a good time. lets hope i make a better effort next year eh!

[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

tr8coupe · Postby **tr8coupe** » 08 Jul 2008 09:46

[:D]same here as we looked the accuweather site and decided no to go
and plus with a 8 month baby is not easy ,
thing is next year is looking a yes with a new tow car or the 2+2 conversion in place [:D]
we need more pictures and some videos of the rides specially the ones on the rally cars [:D]

BMW Z1 ( sold)
Westfield sport carbon (sold)
Eurosport x1/9 turbo (sold)
TR8 coupe
TR7 v8 monster on 245 tyres all round
TVR VIXEN

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gaz · Postby **gaz** » 08 Jul 2008 12:09

another shot of the rally cars fo ya:

It rides again

John Clancy · Postby **John Clancy** » 08 Jul 2008 16:02

It was torrential here in Cornwall all week. Made for a wonderful drive in these modern performing TR's!!!

Anyway, just so all you people who were put off by the weather are going to feel really left out, I'm putting a little summary video together which I'll endeavour to get on YouTube. I'm sure everyone who was there will agree, there was more going on at this National Weekend than at any other previous National. Sadly I missed most of the Saturday as I was filming Triumph's in Norfolk but we both really enjoyed the time we had there (despite the howling gale and frequent showers!). So if anyone has video of the road run perhaps that could be put up too???

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stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 08 Jul 2008 16:18

John Laurence (Lebochet9)Was taking some video from inside my car on the run you could talk to him

Although I think he is still working in the uk I think he said that he would not get home until near the end of the week

But if I remember correct I think he managed to get a shot of the cars going in to the tunnel

If it's not broke don't fix it.

marknotgeorge · Postby **marknotgeorge** » 08 Jul 2008 19:31

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

[blue][b]marknotgeorge a wee apology to you ...
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Don't worry about it. It was good to meet you.

Mark, Derby, UK.
'80 DHC Sprint - '95 Vauxhall Astra - '00 Vauxhall Zafira
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Wayne S · Postby **Wayne S** » 09 Jul 2008 08:57

Had a great weekend. Arrived Friday night and made a weekend of it but still felt like I didnt get a chance to see all the cars properly and catch up with everyone.

Great event and was brill to finaly put some faces to forum names. I was surprised at the quality of the cars as well, hardly a rust bubble to be seen [:D]

Purple 2.0 Litre DHC Grinnal

tr8coupe · Postby **tr8coupe** » 09 Jul 2008 12:26

[:D]fantastic we need more pictures[:D]

BMW Z1 ( sold)
Westfield sport carbon (sold)
Eurosport x1/9 turbo (sold)
TR8 coupe
TR7 v8 monster on 245 tyres all round
TVR VIXEN

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John Clancy · Postby **John Clancy** » 09 Jul 2008 18:24

How about a video? It's in two parts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bltSroQND54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xBoJMxaYjE

I hope I got everyone's name correct on the captions. Also, when I refer to ACG97 as the oldest production TR7 on the road this refers to the UK and even though there are a couple of older cars around these were pre-production examples.

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tr8coupe · Postby **tr8coupe** » 09 Jul 2008 18:54

[:D]very nice[:D]
thing is we need some proper v8 action [:D]

BMW Z1 ( sold)
Westfield sport carbon (sold)
Eurosport x1/9 turbo (sold)
TR8 coupe
TR7 v8 monster on 245 tyres all round
TVR VIXEN

simon hubbard · Postby **simon hubbard** » 10 Jul 2008 11:47

Michelle, Grace and I braved horrible driving conditions on the M1 but arrived safely. We came down in the Rover as my Tr7 is still not working. It was fantastic to see all the cars together. It amazed me how few FHC versions were there. I really enjoyed looking at the couple of early white FHC models and Chris' red one that is on the front cover of the new TR7 book. Seeing the rally cars was fantastic and i hope that one day i will be able to bring my car to an event.

So many thanks to the organisers and for all those that brought their cars along for us to look at.

Simon

TRR676R Speke Built 2.0L Tahiti Blue TR7
1969 Mk2 Vitesse Convertible
1997 Rover 800 Vitesse Coupe

Phil Humphries · Postby **Phil Humphries** » 10 Jul 2008 16:37

[quote]Originally posted by gaz

well i just got back.... spent an extra night there it was fantastic to see so many wedges together i'm not sure if spoke to anyone of the forum much i didn't really mention who i was (shy i supose) any way stevie a i was driving the motorhome that was just in front of you as you were just entering the gate at billing on Saturday afternoon.
samco spoke to you as you know... nice guy
and what a nice guy phil humprey is ....
Chris Turner im sorry i didn't meen to interupt your conversation with simon from S&S (i was dropping off a cylinderhead)
and john clancy you commented on my t shirt lol oh and i commented your very practical "water keeperouterer on your petrol cap"

any way next year i'll be there again........ only next time i will bring my 7 and then there will be no hiding away in the background
cheers guy's for a great event....
..Garry

Thanks Gaz I like to think I'm a nice guy! -see you next year![;)]

lebochet9 · Postby **lebochet9** » 10 Jul 2008 21:29

Yes - great weekend. Really enjoyed meeting so many people off the forum (Steve-a, Steve, Rob, Paul, Samco and Nosher, to name a few) and people whose names we see in the mag. I do have some video of the road run, and photos of the weekend, which I will try to put together and post.

Though it was quite ironic, that Steve-a and I ended up on the the road run together, having done a combined odd 700 miles to get there, from near opposite directions. Hats off though, he bought his TR!! I came in more mundane transport!

1980 DHC TR7-V8 (was an 8V, then a Sprint)
Back on the road after 3 years restoring...

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 11 Jul 2008 07:28

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Just a thought on this subject

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by lebochet9

Though it was quite ironic, that Steve-a and I ended up on the the road run together, having done a combined odd 700 miles to get there, from near opposite directions. Hats off though, he bought his TR!! I came in more mundane transport!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I had went down to see Scottish Grinnall and tell him about the weekend and what he missed

He asked the question so did you get the furthest travailed?

In the passed John from Aberdeen normally won this title

My question is was this the first year that we did not have this prize or did I just miss who won it?

Not complaining just curious thatâ€™s all 

.

If it's not broke don't fix it.

Chris Turner · Postby **Chris Turner** » 11 Jul 2008 07:35

Stevie, I dont think we had the normal trophies, if we did it would probably have gone to Jim Tencate from the USA.

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