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www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 1 “The Triumph Shield” Newsletter of Triumphs of Southwest Florida March 2018 Inside This Issue: President’s Corner: TSWFL Event Page 2 In October 2017 I took my 81 TR7 to the Tampa Bay Austin Healey Calendar, club’s Safety Harbor all British Car Show, which is about two hours Club Officers, north of us. It was entered into the TR7 & TR8 class. I had participated Treasure’s Report in this show in the past, but never with the TR7, just with the TR4A. This show has Preservation Judging for any car in all classes that are in Club Info Page 3 the show. The requirements for this judging are original paint, interior Member Bits Pages 4- 8 and engine, but the engine can have been rebuilt. Since that is what I have, I checked the box for the judging. Current Month’s Pages 9- Activity 21 Parts for sale & Pages 22- Classifieds – Cars 28 Vendor Services, Pages 29 - Suppliers and TSWFL 34 Supporters The yellow TR7 and the Black Spider on either side of me had also selected the preservation box. The judges disqualified both of their About TSWF Membership cars, because they had been repainted. Of all the classes in the show, my TR7 took the only Trophy for Preservation Judging in the show. Membership in the Triumphs of Southwest Florida is open to anyone who owns a Triumph car(s) or other British car with a Triumph engine/drive train or just has an interest in Triumph sports cars. Most of our members reside in Southwest Florida , either seasonally or permanently. th Just submit a completed annual club On April 9 my TR7 is heading for another All British Show in Winter application along with the membership fee Park, FL, but they do not have a preservation call. We will see what to start joining us on all of our Triumph happens. adventures. Our membership application can be found on our web site, Dennis McKinley www.tswfl.org President The Triumph Shield is the official publication of the Triumphs of Southwest Florida. Articles and photos are welcome, but the Newsletter Director reserves the right to edit submissions. The deadline for submission of materials is the 25th of each month for publication by the end of the month. The Triumph Shield is published 12 times per year. Unless otherwise noted, statements are the opinion of the author and may not reflect TSWFL policy. www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 2 TSWFL Officers TSWFL Event Calendar Date Event Host Contact President: Dennis McKinley 1829 NW 22nd Ave April Cape Coral, FL 33993 4th Dinner & Sunset Boat TSWFL Dennis McKinley (239) 283-1534 Cruise, Cape Coral, FL [email protected] [email protected] th 7th 34 Annual All British Car www.allbritishcarclub.com Show in Winter Park, FL Membership Director: th Gathering at 6:00 p.m. at Dennis McKinley 26 TSWFL Douglas Canfield PERKINS located at 12300 [email protected] Cleveland Avenue, Ft. 3299 Potomic Court Myers, FL 33907, just Naples, FL 34120 South of Page Field. (239) 331-7515 [email protected] May Being Planned Newsletter Director: Patricia Meier 5359 Cortez Ct. Cape Coral, FL 33904 813-326-3439 [email protected] Treasurer's Report - March 2018 Opening Balance: $6133.73 Income: P Dues $ 75.00 u BIG Show $ 1758.00 b Name Tag $ 14.00 l i Total Income $1847.00 s h Expenses: e BIG Trophies $2453.85 s C. Mahoney (BIG) $ 118.94 D. McKinley (BIG) $ 254.48 c D. McKinley (N. Tag) $10.00 l u Total Expense $2840.57 b Closing Balance $5143.46 r o s t e r v i a www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 3 TSWFL Club Information: Mark Your Calendars 1. We have changed our starting time for our monthly Gathering! Due to people having to deal with rush hour traffic to get to the Gathering each month we voted on moving the start time to 5:00 p.m. This new time started in February and will go through December. th 2. Food & Sunset Dolphin Boat Cruise is scheduled for Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in Cape Coral, FL. If you were unable to join us in September, when this event was originally scheduled, you have a second chance. Please purchase your boat tickets early, so we can all get on the boat together before others buy up the tickets. The boat holds about 40 people. Once you have bought your tickets send me an e-mail to let me know how many people are in your party that are joining us at 4:45 p.m. for food and drinks at Rum Runners, so I can make reservations for all. This is a 1.5 hour ride in San Carlos Bay, Adults $30. Here is the link to purchase tickets: https://bananabaytourcompany.com/sunset-dolphin-cruise.html The link to the Rum Runners restaurant is. http://rumrunnersrestaurant.com/ www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 4 Members Bits: Ideal Classic Cars, Venice, FL Author: Cynthia Mahoney, On Wednesday, March 21st, Dennis & I had our annual visit to Venice with my cousin Judy & her husband, Ken, who are snowbirds from Penn Yan, NY. They had discovered a ‘Classic Car Dealer’ called Ideal Classic Cars on US 41 (2224 S Tamiami Trl) in Venice. The showroom holds about 50 “used” and/or restored cars for sale from the 50‘s through the 80’s. There are also a few pickup trucks from the 50’s. This is a climate-controlled showroom, not a garage. Great lighting makes the cars sparkle. No prices are posted on the cars. If you are interested, the sales people at the information desk will provide the asking price for the car in which you are interested. We found only 2 British cars for sale: 1980 Spitfire w/OD, Asking Price $19,983 Morris Minor Many Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs and Thunderbirds were being displayed, plus some Cadillac convertibles with trunks the size of a child’s swimming pool!! www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 5 Cadillac Convertible 60’s Mustang Dashboard & Steering Wheel Specialty cars: VW with back window blinds Auburn www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 6 A VW “Thing” From the “Cars” movie The Batmobile Beverly Hillbillies’ Truck It was a great trip down memory lane. If you visit, here is the name & address: The Sales Person that gave us the Spitfire price www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 7 Author: Jan Linberg, Naples Depot Car Show March 2018 After not taking part for a couple of years in this show, I decided to participate with my TR6 this year. The show was smaller this time than normal as only 93 display spaces were available. This was due to the fact that AACA was no longer able to use the field adjacent to the Depot Museum property. I left home at 8 am with the top down wearing an extra jacket and sweater against the fairly cold air. At the show the boy scouts were running around and showing the cars to their parking spaces. It worked very well. After a quick last polish, I walked around to take some pictures before the crowds were to arrive, hence, the lack of visitors in several of my shots. By mid-day the show was fairly busy, but there were definitely less visitors than the previous years. Apart from my TR6, there were only a few British sports cars in the show; a Sunbeam Tiger and three E-Types. Also, there were a few Rolls Royce’s and two Bentleys. Within the British cars two immaculate cars won prizes, a Sunbeam Tiger and a V12 E-Type. www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 8 The Depot Show is always fairly American-dominated. My favorite car was an orange-red 1930 Cord L-29 that in the end won both its own class and the Popular Vote. 1947 Sea Board Railway Observation Car www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 9 March Activity Coverage The Sixth Annual B.I.G. European Sports and Collector Car Show (British, Italian & German) Author: Dennis McKinley, On Sunday morning, March 4th, Cynthia, Chris Thela and I left at 7:00 a.m.in our three vehicles full of Car Show items for Jaycee Park in Cape Coral, Florida. We were met at the park by the show volunteers that were setting up the show car entry points to the display field. They were also placing the class markers for each class within the British, Italian and German display areas. The show was held in the south end of the park where shade trees protected us from the hot sun. Some of the cars were positioned along walking paths for spectator viewing. At the same time the St. Andrew’s Boy Scout Troop 34, who provide food for the show, were setting up their cooking area and making coffee for the early volunteers. Boy Scouts saving us from thirst & starvation throughout the day The Day of show the total number of cars on the display field were 118 within the show categories, see below. 16 British classes had 66 Cars 5 Italian classes had 18 Cars 7 German classes had 29 Cars 1 Modified class had 2 Cars 1 Race class had 3 Cars www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 10 March Activity Coverage – continued British Car Classes on Display www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 11 March Activity Coverage - continued Italian Car Classes on Display www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 12 March Activity Coverage - continued German Car Classes on Display BMW Central www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 13 March Activity Coverage - continued Porsche VW BUS www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 14 March Activity Coverage - continued Modified Class Race Class 2 Best Pictures of the show Taken by Jan Lindberg Taken by Tom Abbe www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 15 March Activity Coverage - continued B.I.G SHOW WINNERS Show Financials Show Income: $4,683 Show Expenses: $3,293.64, (Trophies, Flags/Stands, Park Rental, Audio Equipment, Sign Materials, Vests and other Show Miscellaneous) Net Profit: TSWFL Club $1,389.36 www.tswfl.org Triumphs Live On 16 March Activity Coverage - continued Show Comments from Various Clubs British Car Club The B.I.G.
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