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Celebrating 45 years of the Triumph lifestyle TRIUMPHS, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS Volume 24 Issue 8 August 2019 Additional information on page 5
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Celebrating 45 years of the Triumph lifestyle
TRIUMPHS, TRIALS
AND
TRIBULATIONS
Volume 24 Issue 8 August 2019
Additional information on page 5
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Executive Officers President: Mike Cave
(760) 940-8249 or [email protected]
Treasurer: Jim Porter (858-205-9431 or [email protected]
Secretary: Gary Butzke
((619) 447-8627or [email protected]
Vice President: Sasson Mojtahedi ((949)351-4594 or [email protected]
San Diego Auto Museum: Open
SGT-at-Arms: Dave Claypool (858) 565-4252 or [email protected]
Membership: Stuart Greenwood
Newsletter: Jim Porter (858) 566-3063 or [email protected]
Webmaster: Jim Porter
(858) 566-3063 or [email protected]
Activities: Jack Fuller (619) 889-3761 or [email protected]
Regalia: Glenn & Jane Rattmann
G:(760) 749-3936 or [email protected] J: (760) 638 0655 or [email protected]
SD British Car Club Council: Deirdre Lee (619) 299-1644 or [email protected]
President Emiratis: Craig Humphrey
(858) 829-2675 or [email protected]
Our Charter:
The Triumph Sports Car Club of San Diego
was established in July, 1963 as a non-profit
organization to promote enthusiasm for the
Triumph marquee by sponsoring rallies, sla-
loms, Concours, racing, restoration, tech-
nical sessions, and social events.
Regular meeting place for 2018 is yet to be determined.
Membership is open to anyone owning or having an interest in Triumph or Triumph
derivative automobiles.
If you would like to become a member,
memberships are $30 per year.
New members receive a packet including
name badge, welcome letter, one license
plate frame and newsletter.
Website
http://clubs.hemmings.com/
sandiegotriumph
New Date, New location, New time.
August 3 Saturday, Membership meeting
New Location: Broken Yoke Restaurant, 11630 Carmel Mountain
Rd https://goo.gl/maps/ofWvZkDRWrwfbGTy7
New time: 830AM
Triumphs Trials and Tribulations is a monthly publication for members of the Triumph Sports Car Club of San Diego.
Newsletter deadline for contributions is the 20th of each month., unless special arrangements are made in advance.
Send all inquires, contributions or advertisements to: [email protected]
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Summer is almost over and I hope you’ve all had a chance to get out and enjoy the
weather with your Triumph. There’s nothing better than taking a picnic on a warm
summer day to some secluded, secret spot in your Triumph with your significant oth-
er. Throw in a wine tasting, or maybe a piece of Julian pie and you have a perfect
date.
Speaking of Julian, the Southern California Triumph Owners Association, SCTOA, will
be hosting their usual Julian escape Nov. 3rd-5th. They have invited anyone from the
San Diego group to join them either for the weekend or just the day. Contact Rob
Bowen at 909 899-5312 or email: [email protected] for more details. For
room reservations, contact the Julian Lodge at 800 542-1420.
Speaking of getaways, Triumphest 2019 is approaching fast. If you haven’t regis-
tered yet, do it now. Registration fees increase August 16. Their web address is:
https://triumphest2019.com/triumphest-registration
Planning for Triumhest 2020 in San Diego are coming along. We have a great team
that are focused on making the event memorable and fun. You won’t want to miss it.
We’ll be making a formal announcement at Triumphest 2019 in Santa Maria.
Happy Motoring,
Mike
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TSCCSD General Meeting Minutes: 3 July 2019 Gary Butzke, Secretary Called to Order at: 7:02 by Past President Craig Humphrey at Mimi’s Restaurant. Officers and Board members not present: Mike Cave, Jim Porter, Dave Claypool, Stu-art Greenwood. Recap of past events
Two days at the Del Mar Fair were attended by members to show their cars. Mi-chael Tan won best of show with his TR6.
Members and guests
15 attendees at today’s meeting. Guests attending: John Toombs (62 TR3), Chuck Zepf (68 GT6, Israel Lefebre (79 spit)
New Business/Upcoming Events • Club website is being updated by Bob Conover. • August 10: Cars and Coffee car show. Huge car show with all makes and models attending. Meet at the McDonalds in Oceanside at 7:30 and caravan to show site at the Oceanside Outlet Mall. Video of each weeks event is posted on-line. Look for email updates from Jack. • If anyone comes up with impromptu drives, contact Jack to send out emails. • British Car Day at El Cajon: nothing currently scheduled. • Drive to Triumphest in Santa Maria in September. • Triumphest 2020 update: “The Dana” on Mission Bay has been reserved for the weekend after Labor Day. Hotel rate is $155 per night and is good for two before and after the event. Hospitality parties will be on the patio (first night) and on the grass (second night). Craig gave a brief history of our dropping out of the host rotation and decision to get back in for 2020. Changes to the event include no autocross or funka-na will be planned and the funcourse will be changed to a people’s choice car show. The Lighthouse logo has been settled on. On-line registration will be set up. One comp room may be used as incentive for early registration.
Breakfast meetings at the Mira Mesa Broken Yolk no longer possible because
meeting room has been turned into a separate restaurant. The Broken Yolk on
Carmel Mountain is available and will be checked into for future breakfast meet-
ings.
Meeting adjourned at 7:55. No raffle.
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Early Registration Ends July 31st for 2019 VTR National Conven-tion, Reserve Your Spot Today!
VTR's 2019 North American Triumph Challenge takes place in Dripping Springs, Texas -- the heart of Texas Hill Country! It runs from October 6-11. Be sure to register on or before July 31st, after that date fees increase $20! Click here for the event website.
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2019 Events
Aug 3rd Breakfast Meeting, Broken Yolk in Carmel Mountain Ranch
Aug 10th Drive to Cars and Coffee in San Clemente
Sept 12-14 Triumphest in Santa Maria
Oct 6-11 VTR
Nov TBD
Dec Cork Inspection Tour
If you are interested in sponsoring an event, contact:
Mike Cave or Jack Fuller
Saturday Aug10th
Driving event to San Clemente to attend Cars and Coffee with the Triumph Club. Other
San Diego British Car Clubs invited via the British Car Council.
See flyer below: Meet at McDonalds parking lot at I-5 and Oceanside Blvd, 7:45am
http://www.southoccarsandcoffee.com
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TSCCSD Regalia order form (use separate order form for each person) Member Name____________________________ *optional, embroidered first
name______________
Phone (___)________________ email_________________________
*Add first name, right chest (or back of cap), $7ea. **For 2XL and up, call for higher price. ORDER TOTAL
$____________
***Cap note: Structured BX002, front panel stiffer, logo stands a little higher. Unstructured BX001, softer front, more
conformable.
Both are ‘medium profile.’ Call Glenn with any questions on items. Find more Ladies Items in catalog.
Make order, pre-paid check to: TSCCSD. Mail checks with order form to Glenn/Jane Rattmann. Embroidery
Express catalog online at http://www.embxp.com (Catalog #2 on website). Other items can be listed on
bottom line, recommend call us first. Above items are suggestions only. Pick up items at club meetings, and
some events; no shipping. Price subject to change.
ITEM ALL include club
‘flags’ logo in price
Size Small to 3x
**
COLOR(circle one) *Name
Monogram (color is white-script style)
*Name Monogram price (add to total)
$7
Price at club cost
TOTAL PRICE
Emb. Express n/a leave blank
Item number, catalog
Sweatshirts ash, red, blue, forest green, maroon
18.00 G120
Hooded sweatshirts
Maroon, forest green, red, navy, royal, oxford , ash
30.00 4997
Polo shirt, men’s Royal, Stone, Wine, lime, forest gr, navy, red, black, burgundy
25.00 D100
Polo shirt, lady’s, V-Neck
Royal, Stone, Wine, lime, forest gr, navy, red, black, burgundy
25.00 D100W
Denim long sleeve shirt, man, pocket
Dark blue Denim, button down collar. Also avail. in washed blue and short sleeve
26.00 8960
Denim long sleeve shirt, lady, no pkt.
Dark blue Denim, no pockets, button down collar. Also avail. in washed blue and short sleeve
26.00 8966
Tee shirts red, deep blue, yellow, medium green, maroon
11.00 G200
Windbreaker jacket, hooded
Red/blk, royal/navy, navy, black, yellow
21.00 M750
Fleece jackets, Full zipper
( contrast inside color)
Royal/navy, cherry/black, black/steel, navy/steel, dark green/black, black/black
42.00 M740
Cap, ***structured
Cap, ***unstruct.
N/A N/A
Royal, black, red, forest gr., navy, many others…
10.00 10.00
BX002 BX001
Other catalog item # here (see on-line catalog, call us for details.)
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ONCE A CAR-GUY OR CAR-GAL, ALWAYS………
Article by Ron Lambrecht and Steve Loeffler
Given the shortage of TCCSD and British Car events in July, we thought we would throw a different kind of car experience at you – the Coronado 4th of July Parade. In the early ‘70’s, Steve Loeffler, ’69 TR-6, and an Austin Healy 3000 owner drove in the parade carrying senior class officers from Coronado High School sit-ting on the back decks of their roadsters. This year it was Ron and Anne Lambrecht’s turn ~ for their 5th 4th Parade!
Ron: “My parade-ride isn’t quite as fast as my ’70 Spitsix, but it is a hoot none-the-less. Coronado averages around 200,000 spectators. I had to stop half way through the parade and add water to my radiator (thought it was full but apparently it wasn’t) and got a standing ovation when I fired the “T” back up and continued down the parade route.
Since high school I have been carrying around an old buggy seat that I restored a couple years ago and had planned to use it as a garden bench. The seat turned out too nice for that purpose, so I made a bracket and mounted it in the bed of my “T” pickup. It comes in handy for parades and taking neighbors bar hopping. The couple in the back seat are our Merrill Lynch money manager and his fiancé.”
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If you have never driven your Triumph, or something as racy as a Model “T” in a parade, perhaps it is some-thing we should look into as a club. There are more than enough parades to go around in San Diego County as well as Rosarita Beach and Ensenada, and they are always looking for new entrants with more than one horse-power.
If you do an internet search for the Coronado 4th of July parade the suggestion you will find follows:
“You should get there by 4:30AM and wait across the street from ‘your spot’ if you want front row seating on the curb or grassy median! Blankets and chairs can be placed in position at 5:00AM in order to reserve your place. Tip, you can also take the ferry over from downtown San Diego to Coronado. The traffic is going to be heavy, so plan on walking or biking.”
This best describes the level of spectator participation in the Coronado parade. Anne and I have participated in the parade for the past five years and it is one of the year’s great highlights. Smiles and cheers light up the route as the “Ts” garner excitement and enthusiasm from children of all ages to military veterans and commu-nity leaders.
This year’s Uncle Sam says he wants your Triumph in the parade next year ~ either the Christmas Parade or the 4th of July Parade.
Come join the Parade!
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Make your calendar show our Club activities
If you want to keep informed of all our activities on your phone or computer, it’s pretty easy to do if you have a google account.
You just log into your google account from your phone (for instance). Then you go to our web page at
sandiegotriumphclub.com
And navigate to the “Activites” menu. From there you will see a screen like the following:
At the bottom is a “+Google Calendar” button. Just press it and this will add our calendar to your google calendars.
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European Vacation: Mary Turner and Hailie Style!
For the past couple of years I have been obsessed with moving to France to enjoy the European car culture. Origi-
nally I wanted to give England a shot, but the weather and the cost took the shine off of that dream. I have been
to France but have never looked with an eye to living there. Being a fan of classic car racing, I knew about the rac-
ing that takes place in the ancient city center of Angouleme in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Charente region of south-
west France. I was checking out the region’s tourist website one day and found out that it is the second-most sun-
ny location in France after to Cote d’Azur. That led me to wondering about what it might cost to live there on a
semi-permanent basis. The internet is an evil thing with real estate websites a close second. Oh yeah… and House
Hunters International is evil too!
I started digging around and what I found was that housing prices are really affordable and that foreigners are
able to purchase real estate with no restrictions. Further research led me to a number of other positives: cheese,
butter, bread, fantastic roads, and amazing landscapes. And excellent healthcare that is reasonable to afford.
With all of this in mind, I started planning my last big trip with Hailie for the foreseeable future before she gradu-
ates from college and heads off to work with its attendant lack of vacation time. Whenever we travel a big priority
is finding at least one car event to attend. This time we found two!
The first was hosted by the TR Register Germany and specifically by the Hannover and Teutonen (Osnabrück)
groups. This event was to celebrate the 50th Birthday of the TR6. Osnabruck was the perfect location, being home
of the design firm Karmann who designed the TR6 for Triumph. The event included a visit to the Karmann factory
where we toured their very good and rarely open to the public museum. The museum contains many rare proto-
types from the long and storied life of Karmann. Included were Porches, Volkswagens, Audis, a bunch of German
marques that I have never heard of, and a few Fords to boot. There was even a TR6! The breadth of design was
amazing with some of their prototypes from the 1980’s and 90s looking modern even today. The firm was really
quite forward thinking which made it all the more tragic for them to go out of independent business. However,
they were purchased by Volkswagen who kept the facility open and maintains design functions there today. The
highlight of the day at Karmann was seeing so many TR6s all parked together in the factory lot. This must have
been how the cars looked in Coventry- all lined up and ready to ship to America.
The rest of the weekend was filled with beautiful and well-planned scenic drives. The Host Clubs did a fantastic
job of making sure that nobody could get lost by having people at every turn there to wave us on through. Chase
cars made sure that anyone who broke down did not do so alone. They also had a Welcome Event that was the
most fun that we have ever had on arrival day. This was followed the next night by a banquet that actually had
good food. The highlight of the weekend however was the presence of Mr. Wilhelm Schwebe (TR6 Design Group
Manager of Karmann). The 91 year old Mr. Schwebe was moved to tears with a standing ovation that lasted sev-
eral minutes. A video was shown of Mr. Schwebe being interviewed which detailed the birth of the TR6 from con-
cept to final product (if I can get permission to share a link to the interview I will pass it along). The final day
found the group at the Melle Motor Museum which is worth a stop if you are in the area. The museum is rightly
proud that all of their cars are functional and are used at events regularly. We were sad to depart as the organiz-
ers had made us so welcome and included. They were patient with my ancient German and made every effort to
speak
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English whenever possible. Participation included people from all over Europe and the UK. One person even
drove their TR6 from Southern Spain, around 2500 miles round trip he said.
The next event was in jolly ole England and was something that I have wanted to do for quite some time. It is
called the Super Scramble and takes place at the Bicester Heritage Centre. The site is a former RAF base that
has been preserved and repurposed as a car-centric destination. There are dealers, specialists of all kinds
(need a magneto restored for your Bentley anyone?), and other esoteric car related businesses. We totally
lucked out with the weather and were greeted with 68 degrees and partly cloudy skies with no chance of
rain. We took the train from London and walked to the Centre on a road full of classic and exotic cars and
motorcycles. Some folks didn’t bother with walking or driving as the event also caters to classic airplanes
with quite a few flying in for the day. We spent the next six hours enjoying seeing cars that we don’t usually
get to see up close much less running and driving around. There was also a small track where various cars
and motorcycles took laps which was an awesome bonus. The laps are popular enough that many people just
set up their chairs and hang out the whole time watching the cars, chatting, and drinking beer. Hailie and I
ended the event with a power walk back to the station in time to catch our train by literally 10 seconds. If you
ever find yourself in the UK, I highly recommend checking this place out (http://bicesterheritage.co.uk/). You
won’t regret it!
Hailie and I were gone a month and had a great time. We visited the monolithic site of Carnac in Brittany,
found that there is really no coast road on the French Atlantic, stayed in a few dodgy hotels here and there,
went to two German spas and did them German-style, I walked to Belgium from France while Hailie did
homework, and we went to two Women’s World Cup Soccer games. I would say that we were pretty lucky all
the way around with nice people everywhere and fantastic weather as a bonus.
That leads me back full circle to the reason we took this trip to begin with: checking out the Charente region
of France as a possible landing spot for my dream car-centric retirement home. We spent five days in the
town of Nanteuil-en-Vallee which is named as a Small Town of Character. It is an ancient and beautiful village
along the river. The gite we rented was amazing and I would highly recommend it to anyone. The hosts were
friendly and just our sort of people. We knew this to be true when Hailie went through the gate to get the
key and I hear her exclaim “Wow… what a nice TR3!” to their utter amazement.
We chose this area due to the proximity of the towns of Ruffec and Civray. Both are big enough to provide
anything you might want and have transportation links as well. We drew a 20 kilometer circle around Ruffec
and did a quarter each day to get a feel for the land. We learned a lot this way which may help to narrow
down a location. We also talked to a real estate agent to find out what it really takes to buy and set up house
which was pretty illuminating. We were able to find some of the houses that we saw online which helped to
clarify what you can get for the money (a lot) and in what kind of environment I would prefer to live (we
stayed in a village to see if that was the life for me but quickly found out that it wasn’t). I came back from the
trip more enthused about France as a possibility. In five years or so, if you don’t see me around, that is where
you will probably find me. So come for a visit. Time will tell if I can make it happen but you have to have
dreams
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Nanteuil en Vallee- our host’s TR3
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Germany TR6 show- arrival day
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Germany TR6 Show- TRs at the Karmann Factory
Germany TR6 show- hotel parking lot
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Super Scramble- Bentley workshop
Super Scramble- Field of Bugatti’s
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Super Scramble– Classic Car Field
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Super Scramble- Dealer showroom
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Super Scramble- Fly in parking
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Link to other club newsletters
Tech
Tips
Other
Club
News
Links to some old TV commercials for Triumphs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onA1WlraUc0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_b2trPkrns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXuLsKDxlvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQXKGwqJRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwdTC3srgro&list=PLOiB3tvOOfKzZ-woIkGs7t-JeF557u3LS&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5nW2CjR7Ro&list=PLOiB3tvOOfKzZ-woIkGs7t-JeF557u3LS&index=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBbhnC8aoaA&index=11&list=PLOiB3tvOOfKzZ-woIkGs7t-JeF557u3LS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id8_5Mmy350
