THE TRIUMPH TRUMPET

October 2007

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PRESENT YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD TO RECEIVE A DISCOUNT The Triumph Car Club of Victo ria is a par tici pating mem ber of the Asso ci a tion of Mo toring TRUM PET Clubs Delegates: Syd Gallagher and Terry Hickey. Journal of the Triumph Car Club of Victoria, Inc The Triumph Car Club is an Au thor ised Club under the Table of Contents VicRoads’ Club Per mit Scheme. Roger’s Ramblings 3, 22 Club Permit Sec retary, Syd Tony’s Triumphant Tales 5 Gallagher, phone – 9772 6537. Minutes of September General Meeting 6-7 Articles in the Triumph Trumpet Coming Events 8-9 may be quoted without per mis sion, Coming Event - EMR #4 - The Woodend Run 9 how ev er, due ac knowl edg ment must be made. Coming Event – Drive Another Day 10 Cooling System Maintenance 10 This magazine is pub lished Past Events 11 every month, ex cept De cem ber, and is mailed on the Tues day Understanding the Functions of Multimeters 12-15 pre ced ing the Club’s monthly TR4A Restoration 16-17 Gen er al Meet ings. Col la tion Fraser’s Fragments 17-18 is the evening before mail ing 1958 Peerless 19 day, and ar ti cles should reach Tyre Degradation 20-21 the Editor by the Deadline date The Heyday of Triumphs 23 re ferred to in the Edi to ri al. Weekly Times Preview 23

Index of Club Services Life Members of the Club Regalia 24-25 Triumph Trading 26 Triumph Car Club of Members Information 28 Victoria Committee & Contacts BC Lionel Westley = Fay Seeley .. John Seeley Index to Ad ver tis ers Triumph Spares Pty. Ltd. IFC Correspondence: Triumph Care 2 British Auto Care 4 Triumph Car Club of Victoria Capital Access Group 4 Inc. A.J. Ansell Automotive Panels 16 PO Box 336 Vanguard Triumph Wholesalers P/L 27 Malvern Vic 3144 Spitfi re Parts and Information IBC Reg. No. A0003427S For the Preservation of the Triumph Marque

October 2007 The Triumph Trumpet 1 THIS MONTHS COVER PHOTO The end of a saga, fi ve years in the making. David Broughton’s epic experience in rebuilding a TR4A draws to a close, with the car getting registered. Chapter 19 of his story is on pages 16 and 17. Photo by David Broughton

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2 The Triumph Trumpet October 2007 ROGER’S RAMBLINGS hen we founded the TCCV nearly 25 engineers have managed to produce cars that Wyears ago, we set the Club’s vision can be “preserved”, rather than being disposed as “For the Preservation of the Triumph of in land-fi ll after a few years, because they marque”, noting that in 1983, Triumph cars are easy to work on (when you need to), and were no longer in production. Just over a are such wonderful cars overall. decade later, I was involved in the founding If we consider the products of the Australian of another voluntary organisation, the Systems Motor Industries’ (AMI) fold from 35 years ago, Engineering Society of . Just over what do we see? AMI put tog