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T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T O R O N to T RIU M PH C LUB W IN T ER 2 0 1 9 6-PACK TRials A Modern Stag • Basil Faulty • Toxic Heads "Keep‘em On The Road"® contents Parts and Accessories for Winter 2019 TR2, TR3, TR4, TR4A, TR250, TR6, TR7, TR8, GT6, Spitfire 18 15 26 Member Pages From the Editor .......................5 22 From the President . 7 Club Hub .............................8 Owner’s Manual......................12 Features 32 Club Events: 33rd Canadian Classic . 15 Events: 36 My 6-PACK TRials Experience..........18 The True Spirit of 6-PACK .............22 T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T ORONTO T RIUMPH C LUB W INTER 2 0 1 9 Model Focus: 6-PACK Love of Triumphs .....................26 41 TRials Triumph TR7 Sprint...................29 Basil Faulty...........................32 VictoriaBritish.com (800) 255-0088 195 HP Triumph Stag . .36 Triumph Travels: On the Cover Triumph vs BMW .....................41 TR6 Custom Interior ©2016 Long Motor Corp. at 6-Pack TRials Tech & Resto: A Modern Stag • Basil Faulty • Toxic Heads Photo By: Alan Findlay Toxic Heads ..........................44 19 Ragtop Winter 04.indd 1 19-01-22 1:26 PM RAGTOP I WINTER I 2019 www.TorontoTriumph.com 3 from the editor SUBMISSIONS Format: MS Word files are preferred. Send via email or on CD, 20Mb limit on email files. Send photos separately with clear cutline/captions; do NOT embed in the text file. Hard copy submissions are It’s 2019 acceptable, but not preferred. Graphics must be in major graphics formats, jpeg, tiff or Photoshop 35 Years Since the Demise of the Triumph Motor Company files. In Person: To the editor at a monthly meeting, other Club event or e-mail: E-mail: [email protected] AS WE BEGIN THE New YEAR, THE Ragtop team extends Best Wishes ADVERTISING Contact the Club’s advertising representative for to our readers and advertisers. details of dates and submissions. Submit ads as We’re looking forward to bringing high resolution (min 300 ppi) PDF files, saved for you another exciting series of print in CMYK format, fonts embedded, by E-mail to [email protected] Ragtop issues, together with the The advertising year is from Mar. 1 to Feb. 28. BCD souvenir programme, in 2019. A copy of Ragtop is sent to all paid advertisers (electronic copy to business card ads.) At the Club’s Annual General Meeting, held at Streetsville’s Royal Canadian Legion at the ADVERTISING RATES per year Rear Cover ....................... $500 per year end of November, a slate of Inside Front Cover .........................$475 officers and other volunteers Inside Back Cover ..........................$450 Full Page Inside ............................$420 were elected to hold office for the Half Page..................................$300 ensuing year. A big thank you to all who volunteered their time over the past year and a Quarter Page ..............................$230 special welcome to all who have stepped up to the plate to ensure the Club is effectively Business Cards .............................$70 Double page inside cover or centre spread...$840 managed for another year. As usual, there are still a few positions remaining vacant, which (All rates are for 4 issues) is not a good situation. A full AGM report is included in this issue’s Club Hub. Special advertising rates apply to the BCD There are a number of Triumph anniversaries to be celebrated this year, some of souvenir programme [email protected] which will be featured at British Car Day in September. The Giovanni Michelotti-styled Herald, introduced by Standard-Triumph in 1959 to replace the then aging Standard 2018 SCHEDULE 10, celebrates its 60th anniversary. Other Triumph anniversaries include the post-war Issue Editorial Deadline Mailed Triumph Roadster 2000, as well as the Mayflower and the Renown saloons, at 70 years Winter..............January 1.......February 10 Spring..............April 1..............May 20 and the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Mark 2 version of the very successful Summer ............July 1 ........... August 15 Triumph 2000/2500 executive saloons. Sadly, 2019 also represents the 35th anniversary Fall.................October 1 ....November 10 of the demise of the Triumph Motor Company. Furthermore, two of my other favourite BCD ................August 1 ....not mailed out British models share a 60th anniversary – the innovative Alex Issigonis-designed Austin/ Morris Mini and the Series I Sunbeam Alpine. As well, one of the oldest, continuously General Enquiries [email protected] active British marques - the Morgan Car Company - will celebrate its 110th anniversary, a landmark milestone for the Malvern-based company, which still remains privately owned Ragtop is published quarterly by the Toronto Triumph Club Inc. (“TTC”) and is distributed to its by the Morgan family. members as part of their annual dues. The TTC or In this issue, we have a report by Al Findlay and Skip Gould on their participation at the Editors cannot accept responsibility for the the 2018 Six Pack Trials, held at Fontana Village Resort, NC in late September and the near safe return of any submitted material. We will do our best, but accidents do occur. fatal accidents encountered en-route. Sticking with the six-cylinder theme, Garth Saddler introduces us to his newly acquired bright yellow TR6 while Robin Searle and Gord We accept no responsibility for errors or Linkletter provide two Stag-related articles. Jonathan Schofield describes misfortunes omissions. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the encountered with a TR8 called Basil while I complete the wedge theme with a closer look TTC Executive or Membership. at a relatively unknown version of the TR7. Non-profit groups may reprint articles from this publication, where the author has not reserved Terence McKillen – Editor rights, provided we get credited and both the [email protected] author and TTC receive a copy of the publication in its entirety. Distribution by Pillar Direct. Printed by The UPS Store for the Toronto Triumph Club. Copyright © 2018 by the TTC. Canada Post Publications # 40022175 RAGTOP I WINTER I 2019 www.TorontoTriumph.com 5 from the president Treat Kids as Prospective Customers Executives To be updated THE WINTER EDITION OF RAGtop … HOPEFUlly those words (and this fine edition) will President . .Dave . Sims 905 .331 .1496 warm you up on a cold wintry day. I received a very interesting “Ted Talks” video the other TRF and Canadian Enthusiasts Vice President . Derek McAllister 416 .435 .1235 Secretary . Terence McKillen 905 .855 .2463 day from Tony Fox. It featured Magnus Walker, a lad from Sheffield now living in the U.S., The Roadster Factory has enjoyed dealing with Canadian Triumph and MG Enthusiasts for more Treasurer . Clive Huizinga 705 .074 .2547 describing how cars have influenced his life … which got me thinking. Director of Communications . (Vacant) than thirty years. We have supplied customers with parts by mail order and over the counter at Membership Chair . Rob Ragsdale 416 .303 .4035 When I was a boy Director at Large . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 growing up in Britain our location in Western Pennsylvania. Our commitment to quality and our personal connection to Director at Large . Don Johnson 705 .721 .1231 customers are our greatest strengths. We are located just 225 miles from Toronto, and orders may Director at Large . Laura Allen 416 .841 .2777 I was lucky enough Past President . David Tushingham 416 .419 .2201 be placed for pick-up (six days each week) by customers who are traveling in Pennsylvania. to attend the Motor Show at Earl’s Court Ragtop Magazine Ragtop Editor . Terence McKillen 647 .202 .8243 a number of times. Parts Catalogues Assistant Editor . Sean Doherty 416 .562 .2871 The sheer joy of Sub-Editor . Alison Postma 705 .435 .2223 Our catalogues are all found online. The best way to Distribution . Rod Jones – Pillar Direct 416 .755 .9494 seeing all of those Art Director . Michael Cleland 416 .388 .9546 fabulous cars in one Advertising Sales . J-P . Gauthier 416 .892 .3172 access them is to log on to our web site and then to scroll location was mind down our home page to find links to all catalogues, web Website blowing. My pal site specials, shipping deals, photos of the week, links to Web Manager/Classifieds . Keith Stewart 519 .660 .1916 Steve and I spent the our weekly newsletters, British car events, cars for sale, whole day trekking Club Coordinators round (what felt like) and much more. A “New Navigation” page has been Meeting Coordinator . (Vacant) Interclub Coordinator . Tony Fox Sr . 905 .632 .0479 hundreds of stands added to most catalogues and to all weekly deals as they Ambassador-at-Large . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 collecting brochures on every make and model possible. By the time we had finished, our Regalia . (Vacant) are offered, making them very easy to use. Historian . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 arms were a couple of inches longer from the weight of all the stuffed plastic bags we had Honorary Historian . Frank Manning 905 .643 .2359 been lugging around. We even snuck onto the Rolls Royce and Bentley stands where a Shipping Deals Volunteer Coordinator . (Vacant) BCD Sponsors . Dave Sims 905 .331 .1496 gentleman wearing a handle bar mustache and bow tie took pity on us and furnished us One method of shipping used by TRF is by Priority Mail in flat-rate boxes. This is an inexpensive Motorsports . Simon Rasmussen 905 .853 .2514 with lavish brochures on their over-the-top models. At the 1964 show, the Triumph Spitfire way to ship with weight limits up to 9 kg. or about 20 pounds. TRF provides shipping quotes on all Model Coordinators was on display and was on sale for (I think) £641 which seemed quite reasonable to us, even TR-2, 3, 3A & 3B .
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