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T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T O R O N to T RIU M PH C LUB F ALL 2 0 1 3 30th British Car Day Review 28th Canadian Classic • Triumph in the Blood The Parts You Need To " " ® contents Keep’em on the Road Fall 2013 ® 14 18 26 Member Pages From the Editor......................5 From the President ..................7 25 Club Hub........................9/10 Event Calendar .....................11 29 Owner’s Manual . 13 Features Ye g 50 ars o Club Events: tin f S ra p b it 28th Canadian Classic . 14-16 f T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T O R O N TO T RIU M PH C LUB F ALL 2 0 1 3 le r e e 30th British Car Day.............18-23 ! C Events: Brits in the Park.................... 25 Brits on the Lake................26/27 FREE Parts & Accessories Catalogs for: On the Cover TR Tales: Although it didn’t win an TR2, TR3, TR4, TR4A, TR250, award at BCD, this 1949 Jaguar Triumph in the Blood ...........29-32 TR6, TR7, TR8, GT6, Spitfire MKV DHC owned by Paul Ander- Historically Speaking: son of Loretto, ON, has fantastic 30th Fast Service, Simple Ordering and Quick Delivery. black paintwork. The hardest British Triumph Coupés................34-37 colour to get right on any car, it Car Day Triumph Saloons ...............38-44 perfectly complimented the rest Review www.VictoriaBritish.com 1-800-255-0088 of this superbly restored Jag. Tail Lites: 28th Canadian Classic • Triumph in the Blood FREE Parts & Accessories Catalogs Photo by Michael Cleland Bits and Pieces .................... 46 Also Available For: RAGTOP I FALL I 2013 www.TorontoTriumph.com 3 ©2012 Long Motor Corporation, PO Box 14991, Lenexa, Kansas 66285-4991 LANT INSURANCE BROKERS from the editor (A Division of Wayfarer Insurance Brokers Limited) SUBMISSIONS Format: MS Word files are preferred. Send via Canada’s Leader In Classic Vehicle Insurance Since 1978 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 Age Has Its Privileges preferred. Graphics must be in major graphics for- mats, jpeg, tiff or Photoshop files. In Person: To the editor at the monthly meetings. As I write I’m just a couple of weeks from turning 60... yikes! Mail: 2421 Poplar Crescent, We spend most of our lives building knowledge, learning from experi- Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4H2 ence and hopefully achieving long held dreams and ambitions, until one E-mail: [email protected] day, everything clicks... in my case it’s my neck, knees and hip! Joking apart, a serious problem is looming. As more Triumph enthusi- ADVERTISING asts reach their golden years, there’s no one coming up behind to be care- Contact the Club’s advertising representative for details of dates and submissions. Submit ads as takers of our beloved ‘little British cars’. In my recent Editor’s Workbench high resolution (min 300 ppi) PDF files, saved for in the Summer issue of 6-PACK magazine, I wrote about the need for all print in CMYK format, fonts embedded, by E-mail classic car owners to start ‘Paying It Forward’ to the ‘NexGen’. to [email protected] The advertising year is from Jan.1 to Dec. 31. A One TR6 owner from 6-PACK took his car to a local Scout troop and gave them some copy of Ragtop is sent to all paid advertisers. hands on experience of maintenance and repairs for their merit badges. Great initiative! We can be more proactive at the TTC too. Let’s try harder to get our offspring involved or, 2013 ADVERTISING RATES if that’s not an option, invite schools or youth groups to attend our events and meetings. Rear Cover ....................... $500 per year The generation gap can be bridged if we get creative and encourage interest in our hobby. Inside Front Cover .........................$475 Inside Back Cover ..........................$450 We’ve all had those frustrating conversations with the younger members of our fami- Full Page Inside ............................$305 lies. You know... where you talk to the top of their head as their thumbs are a blur on their Half Page..................................$185 smartphones? Well, let’s communicate in their preferred medium. Tweeting and Face- Offering The Quarter Page ..............................$115 Business Cards .............................$70 booking a ‘status’ about our cars is a great way to do this. I often post a photo of Rosie Full colour ...........................$115 extra and let people know what I’m up to and it’s amazing how many younger people take an Second colour ........................ $75 extra interest and hit ‘like’ or ask questions. Type “#Triumphcars” in Twitter and see how much Antique, Classic, Special Interest Flyer Inserts ..............$190/issue (max 4 pgs) (All rates are for 4 issues, except flyers) activity there is. It’s time we took this seriously and begin to think of ways to ensure con- and Modified/Street Rod [email protected] tinued interest in our Triumphs. And a final note about future generations... I became a grandfather for the first time on Automobile Insurance 2013 SCHEDULE October 29th. Little Hannah Patrice Marie Fidler was born at 8:02pm, weighing 7lb 4oz. Program Issue Deadline Mailed My eldest son Christopher and his wife Kristen are thrilled and Hannah’s grandparents are Spring..............April 1..........End of April Summer/BCD .......July 30 ..... Mid September pretty pleased too. I’m already making sure her baby seat will fit safely in Rosie! Fall.................October 11 ......November Winter..............December 6 ..January 2014 — David Fidler General Enquiries [email protected] Ragtop is published quarterly by the Toronto Tri- umph Club Inc. (“TTC”) and is distributed to its 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 our best, but accidents do occur. We accept no responsibility for errors or omis- sions. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the TTC Ex- ecutive or Membership. Copyright © 2013 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. 37 Sandiford Drive, Suite 100, Stouffville, ON L4A 7X5 Tel: (905) 640-4111 • Fax: (905) 640-4450 Printed by Printwell Offset for the Toronto Triumph www.lant-ins.ca Club. Canada Post Publications # 40022175 Proud Grandpa and Hannah at 12 hours... ...and Hannah at 12 days old RAGTOP I FALL I 2013 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 Executives 24 Hour Fax Line: ................................................... 1-519-336-5936 President . David Tushingham 905 .830 .9124 Website: ............................................................www.obsoleteauto.com Vice President . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 Lots of Events Ahead Secretary . Alistair Wallace 905 .627 .2941 Business Hours: ........................... Monday to Friday - 8 AM to 5 PM Treasurer . Chris Lindsay 416 .233 .7360 Director of Communications . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 It was just a few short weeks Director at Large . .Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 ago that we celebrated the Director at Large . Scott Douglas 905 .334 .4020 30th running of British Car Day. 142 Kendall Street, Point Edward, Ontario CANADA N7V 4G5 Past President . Johan Aaltink 705 .456 .4276 Many thanks to British Car Day Ragtop Magazine Chairman Dave Sims and the Editor & Publisher . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 entire British Car Day Commit- Assistant Editor . Terence McKillen 647 .202 .8243 Distribution . .Rod . Jones - Pillar Direct 416 .755 .9494 tee and all the Volunteers for Art Director . Michael Cleland 905 .873 .7704 making it a most memorable MG & TRIUMPH Specialists Advertising Sales . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 and special day. To help us Club Photographer . Larry Llewellyn 416 .245 .9217 commemorate 30 years of BCD, Browse the website Website we were fortunate to have new, Web Manager . David Copping 905 .827 .6970 lifetime TTC members Harold Website Classifieds . David Copping 905 .827 .6970 www.obsoleteauto.com for MacQueen and Bill and Nancy Gray join us for the day. For those that may not know, Harold updates on stocked parts and secure Club Coordinators hosted the very first British Car Day on his farm in Kendall, Ontario way back in 1984 while Membership . Scott Douglas 905 .332 .5602 Bill and Nancy are the founding members of the Toronto Triumph Club that was estab- access to online ordering. The parts Meeting Coordinators . Patrick Caria 416 .562 .1642 C lished in 1982. It was great chatting with them about the early days of the TTC and BCD. A you need, any time or day. Clive Huizinga 905 .884 .2091 M Interclub Coordinator . Tony Fox Sr. 905 .632 .0479 fitting end to the day was the presentation of the Charlie Conquergood award to long time Ambassador at Large . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 BCD and Club supporters Robert (Bob) and Dorothy (Dot) Corbin, from New York. Y Regalia . Dion Widrich 416 .464 .6057 Today I tuned up the snow blower and tucked the TRs away in the garage for, hopefully, CM Historians . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 Frank Manning 905 .643 .2359 a short Winter slumber. MY Volunteer Coordinator . Ron Etty 905 .547 .2419 Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t able to enjoy driving them much this past season, due to BCD Sponsors . Frank Manning 905 .643 .2359 CY work commitments and other obligations.