Canadian International Auto Show Supplement
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T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T O R O N to T RIU M PH C LUB S PRING 2 0 1 2 On Vacation with TS2 Inside: Canadian International Auto Show Supplement Works Team TR4s • My TR8 • Fear of Driving? The Parts You Need To " " ® contents Keep’em on the Road Spring 2012 ® 24 18 26 30 Member Pages From the Editor......................5 From the President ..................7 Club Hub........................9-13 Event Calendar .................14/15 36 Owner’s Manual . 17 Activities TRavels: 2088 in TS2.....................18-22 T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T ORONTO T RIUMPH C LUB S PRING 2 0 1 2 Features Special Feature: On A review of the TTC display at the 2012 CanadianS1 International Auto Show Vacation TRIUMPH Nothing to Fear .................24/25 Historically Speaking: Ye with The History! The Glory! g 50 ars o TS2 tin f S Where are the Works TR4s.......26-28 a p r i b tf le r Marque my Words: e e ! C My TR8 .........................30-34 Restoration: Inside: Six and Two Threes .............36-37 Canadian International FREE Parts & Accessories Catalogs for: Auto Show Supplement Speke Easy A supplement to RAGTOP Bits and Pieces .................... 38 TR2, TR3, TR4, TR4A, TR250, Works Team TR4s • My TR8 • Fear of Driving? TR6, TR7, TR8, GT6, Spitfire On the Cover Don Elliott fording a 6” deep Special Supplement Fast Service, Simple Ordering and Quick Delivery. stream near the Welsh border on A review of the TTC display at a sunny Sunday afternoon outing www.VictoriaBritish.com 1-800-255-0088 with the Stoke-on-Trent and the the 2012 Canadian International Shropshire TR Groups. Auto Show .................S1-S16 FREE Parts & Accessories Catalogs Photo by Helen Critchley Also Available For: RAGTOP I SPRING I 2012 www.TorontoTriumph.com 3 ©2012 Long Motor Corporation, PO Box 14991, Lenexa, Kansas 66285-4991 from the editor SUBMISSIONS Format: MS Word files are preferred. Send via email or on CD, 10Mb limit on email files. Send photos separately, do NOT embed in the text file. Hard copy submissions are acceptable, but not “The Spring has sprung preferred. Graphics must be in major graphics for- mats, jpeg, tiff or Photoshop files. In Person: To the editor at the monthly meetings. The grass is ris Mail: 2421 Poplar Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4H2 E-mail: [email protected] I wonder where my Ragtop is?” ADVERTISING Contact the Club’s advertising representative for Yep, this really is the Spring issue, arriving just under the wire as we head details of dates and submissions. Submit ads as into summer. It’s a bumper 56 pager, so I know you’ll forgive me the high resolution (min 300 ppi) PDF files, saved for slight delay. print in CMYK format, fonts embedded, by E-mail to [email protected] Was it really 4 months ago that we were all at the Auto Show? It’s just The advertising year is from Jan.1 to Dec. 31. A been a blur for me since then and frankly, I was still on a high for most copy of Ragtop is sent to all paid advertisers. of that time (still am in fact). Our display continues to be talked about, putting our club firmly on the classic car club map. There is a 16 page 2012 ADVERTISING RATES souvenir review supplement in the centre of this issue for your enjoy- Rear Cover ....................... $500 per year Inside Front Cover .........................$475 ment. It can be pulled out if you wish, but we couldn’t afford an extra Inside Back Cover ..........................$450 staple to hold the pages together - so do so at your own risk! Full Page Inside ............................$305 As you know, last year I missed every major event in the calendar, mainly due to work Half Page..................................$185 Quarter Page ..............................$115 and my son’s wedding (Guess what? My youngest got engaged on Christmas Day, his Business Cards .............................$70 wedding is February 2013... here we go again!). Anyway, this year I vowed to try and Full colour ...........................$115 extra Second colour ........................ $75 extra make it to as many events as possible, so I was at Ancaster in April, went on the brunch Flyer Inserts ..............$190/issue (max 4 pgs) drive to Queenston Heights in May and Spring Fling in June (see summer issue for a full (All rates are for 4 issues, except flyers) report) and, as I write this, I’m about to head out to the annual BBQ and then we’re off to [email protected] the Finger Lakes for the 27th Canadian Classic. I hope to make it to Brits in the Park and Brits on the Lake too. 2012 SCHEDULE Rosie got new chrome on her front bumper over the winter, just in time for the Auto Issue Deadline Mailed Spring..............April 1..........End of April Show, plus one or two of her other parts got the ‘bling’ treatment. Not gratuitous bling you Summer ............June 10 .........End of July understand - strictly in accordance with original factory specs of course. I must say I’m glad Fall/BCD Program . .August 12 .. Mid September these outstanding items on my to-do list are now completed. The front bumper made me Winter..............Nov. 18......Mid December cringe every time I looked at it, which is why I used to have the bonnet open so often, to General Enquiries cover it up (honest Scott!). Unfortunately, my spot and fog lamp are gone now, but I might [email protected] replace them with some Lucas ones down the road. Ragtop is published quarterly by the Toronto Tri- I’ll shut up now, you’ve waited long enough to enjoy this issue, so ‘have at it’... I’m going umph Club Inc. (“TTC”) and is distributed to its to have a Guinness later to celebrate finally getting it finished! members as part of their annual dues. The TTC or the Editors cannot accept responsibility for the safe return of any submitted material. We will do — David Fidler our best, but accidents do occur. We accept no responsibility for errors or omissions. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the TTC Execu- tive or Membership. Copyright © 2012 by the TTC. Non-profit groups may reprint articles from this publication, where the author has not reserved rights, provided we get credited and both the au- thor and TTC receive a copy of the publication in its entirety. Distribution by Pillar Direct Marketing Services. H Printed by Printwell Offset for the Toronto Triumph IDRIC ON W ON Club. I Canada Post Publications # 40022175 Shiny new chrome on Rosie’s bumper at CIAS D PHOTO: RAGTOP I SPRING I 2012 www.TorontoTriumph.com 5 Obsolete Auto_MG&TRIUMPH AD2.pdf 19/02/2009 8:22:06 PM from the president Toll Free Order Line: ............................................. 1-800-265-7437 Customer Service / Technical Advice: ............ 1-519-337-3232 24 Hour Fax Line: ................................................... 1-519-336-5936 Executives Website: ............................................................www.obsoleteauto.com President . David Tushingham 905 .830 .9124 Vice President . .Ian Parkhill 905 .637 .2034 Business Hours: ........................... Monday to Friday - 8 AM to 5 PM Secretary . Andrew Grace 416 .763 .3824 Get Out and Drive Treasurer . .Chris Lindsay 416 .233 .7360 Director of Communications . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 Director at Large . W. ayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 Where does the time go? It seems like it was 142 Kendall Street, Point Edward, Ontario CANADA N7V 4G5 Director at Large . Scott Douglas 905 .334 .4020 only yesterday that we were at the Canadian Past President . Johan Aaltink 705 .456 .4276 International Auto Show proudly displaying the “History and the Glory” of the Triumph marque. For those of you that were not able to attend Ragtop Magazine Editor & Publisher . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 and those who want to reminisce, we have a MG & TRIUMPH Specialists Assistant Editor . Terrence McKillen 647 .202 .8243 special supplement in Ragtop to give you a Distribution . .Rod . Jones - Pillar Direct 416 .755 .9494 first-hand account of this tremendously suc- Art Director . Michael Cleland 905 .873 .7704 cessful event. Advertising Sales . .Ian Parkhill 905 .637 .2034 Browse the website David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 We are well into the driving season with www.obsoleteauto.com for Club Photographer . .Larry Llewellyn 416 .245 .9217 the Ancaster Flea Market and Spring Fling updates on stocked parts and secure Website events already behind us. If you haven’t had Web Manager . David Copping 905 .827 .6970 a chance to check out the events calendar access to online ordering. The parts Website Classifieds . David Copping 905 .827 .6970 lately at www.TorontoTriumph.com, you will see that we have many events scheduled C you need, any time or day. Club Coordinators throughout the summer and fall. I am really looking forward to the Canadian Classic M Membership . Scott Douglas 905 .334 .4020 this year, which is being held in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Dubbed the “Ca- Y Meeting Coordinators . Patrick Caria 416 .562 .1642 nadian Invasion Classic”, it combines our traditional “Around the Lake” summer drive Clive Huizinga 905 .884 .2091 CM and is once again being planned and organized by Clive and Jacquelynne Huizinga. Interclub Coordinator . Tony Fox 905 .632 .0479 MY Ambassador at Large . W. ayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 Alex and Sharon McLeod will also be lending a helping hand this year. Regalia . Dion Widrich 416 .464 .6057 Remember, we organize these events for YOU, so please take full advantage of them. CY Historians . .Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 Get out with your Triumph and spend some time with your friends in the TTC.