The Triumph Herald Board Member Election November 2013 Issue The Rocky Mountain Triumph Club Newsletter The RMTC Breakfast Club Fall Colors Drive Ralph & Dale set sail for the 2013 VTR/Triumphest San Rafel, CA Bud beside his faithful steed @ the 2013 VTR/Triumphest San Rafel, CA The RMTC Breakfast Club @ the Reed’s House James Deak posing proudly @ the 30th Annual Colorado Ken & Vicki Kalin’s grand-daughter Conclave Ariella Linz, out for a Sunday drive @ the Conclave The Triumph Herald November 2013 , page 1 www.rockymountaintr.org The Triumph Herald Published Monthly by the Rocky Mountain Triumph Club, LLC PO Box 300426 www.rockymountaintr.org Denver, CO 80203-0426 Patrick Huckels - Editor The Rocky Mountain Triumph Club LLC is devoted to the use, preservation and enjoyment of Triumph automobiles and is a chapter of the Vintage Triumph Register. Most members are from the Denver area or adjoining states. Memberships are “family”, and children are welcome at club activities. General Membership meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday evening of each month. We gather about 6 for drinks and dinner, start the meeting at 7, present a program and conclude with a raffle about 8:30. These are held at Piccolo’s Restaurant located at 3562 S. Monaco Parkway (1 block E of I-25 and 1 block South of Hampden). In January, June and December, the meeting is held elsewhere as part of some other club event. Board Meetings are held on the 1st Monday evening of each month at the Blue Bonnet Cafe at 457 S. Broadway in Denver. Dinner at 6, meeting at 7; all members are welcome. The Triumph Herald is sent to members as an e-mailed link, as a mailed paper copy or both. All articles, reports, ads, events, etc., for the newsletter should be sent to the editor Patrick Huckels at [email protected] (720-808-1089). The deadline for articles is the 24th of each month. Commercial Advertising is available for $50/year for business card size up to $500 for a full page; contact the editor for details and procedures. To e-mail any officer put their first name as listed below with “@rockymountaintr.org” e.g. [email protected] board e-mail address is [email protected] Elected Officers for 2013 Technical Advisors Prime Minister Frank Oakley Vice-PM Robert Mott TR2 & 3 Wally Gamble Minister of Letters Liz Reed TR4 & 4A Jim Elbe Treasurer Brad Reed TR 250 Bob Becwar Newsletter Patrick Huckels GT6 Andy DeVisscher Events Sharon Robinson TR6 Andy DeVisscher Membership Marietta Hughes TR7 Terry Hughes Regalia Terry Hughes TR8 Ken Kalin Appointed Officers Electrical Gordon Kenney Archives Ken Kalin General Bob Klie Publicity Andrej Galins CO Springs: Jim Elbe Publisher Sean DeBow Webmaster Andrej Galins *=new board member Have you visited our web page Please take a look at our web site and explore it. recently? Let me know what you think is good and what is Just scan the QR code! not. How can we make it more useful? Gordon K., Webmaster The Triumph Herald Nov 2013 , page 2 www.rockymountaintr.org Website Corner RMTC Forum Have you visited our new wonderful website yet? If not, here’s your chance. If you have, you probably already know that it’s wonderful. Okay, I’m repeating myself. What you might not know is that Andrej has been a very busy Triumph owner and also has added a Forum for Club Members Only. There are four (4) topics to choose, write in and answer back. The 4 topics are 1) Mechanical Repair, Maintenance & Restoration 2) Electrical (Mr. Ed will like that one) 3) Body, Trim and Accessories and 4) For Sale or Wanted. You’ll have to create an account but it will cost you zip, nada, niente, null, nieto, nichts, nichego, not one wooden nickel. Got something to share, go for it. It’s our Forum and there are many of us who see each other rarely face to face. Most of have been there, done that. Now it’s time to demonstrate it. Don’t be shy, give it a try. http://www.rockymountaintr.org/forum/ Kudos go to Andrej Galins for working so hard to make our club such a great website. What do Factory Shutdowns (aka Union Strikes) Produce? Well, limited number of cars of course. According to my sources across the Pond regarding TR6’s, Strikes reduced production to only 113 cars in Sept 1969 and again only 167 cars in Nov. 1969. Normally around 800 units of TR6’s were produced. 1973 was riddled with strikes and caused 8 weeks of lost production. Now, ladies and gentlemen, check your lucky numbers: Between mid-Sept and mid- October 1970 only 4, that’s right 4, TR6’s were produced. So, check your car’s BMHT birth certificate and you could very well be the owner of a very rare production car. Memberships by Marietta Hughes Our New Members Are Ken Houk Henderson CO 1980 TR7 Rick & Valerie Emmelhainz Highlands Ranch CO 1978 Spitfire 1500 Paul Nisler Georgetown CO 1961 TR3 Membership count is now 134 Ben & Nancee Deason Loveland CO 1959 & 1960 TR3A Dennis & Maurren Shary Denver CO 1976 Spitfire Marietta Hughes at 303-428-5291 or e-mail to Nikki Biefel & John Bump Arvada CO 1975 Spitfire [email protected] Welcome to your new club November Member Birthdays Paul Fallico 1 Richard Guthrie 12 Chase Wilcox 19 Kris Monday 29 Marietta Hughes 3 Andy DeVisscher 13 Sharon Haas 22 Ken Houk 29 Tim Topper 4 John Shary 13 Dinara Orazove 22 Craig De Bow 30 Valerie Emmelhaniz 6 La Vonne Peterson 16 Pat Lenahan 23 Bob Perrich 8 David Firewick 17 Barb Lane 26 The Rocky Mountain Triumph Club LLC Membership and Renewal Application Dues are $35 per year per family or $30 per year if you choose to receive the monthly newsletter by e-mail only. Applications available at each General Meeting or by visting the club’s website www. Rockymountaintr.org Send application and a check ($30 or $35) to: mentum The Rocky Mountain Triumph Club, LLC, P.O. Box 300426, Denver, CO 80203-0426 The Triumph Herald Nov 2013 , page 3 www.rockymountaintr.org Editor’s Exhaust by Patrick Huckels The Government shut-down became real to me when we passed so many ‘Park Closed’ signs during the Fall colors trip with the Reed’s. Reagan’s sacking of all the striking Air Traffic Controllers in 1981 came to mind when they tried to hold American airspace hostage. Maybe it’s time to build Washington a new sandbox to play in. My many thanks for this month’s contributions go to: Ralph Malweska & Bud Rolofson–VTR/Triumphest Photos Gordon Kenny-Reed Breakfast Photos John Allen- Cheers Beer Philosophy Sharon Robinson-Picture of the month Rick & Valerie Emmelhainz-For sharing their story with us all. Ask Mr. Ed(itor) The Case of the Engine Shut-Down Wilbur: So Ed, what do you think about all this government shutdown stuff? Ed: Well Wilbur, you know I’m not a political animal but what you might not know is that my twice removed cousin on my mother’s brother’s side, Jack, is symbol of the Democratic Party. He was named after Andrew ‘Jack’son. I was thinking the other day how this shut-down might be related to Triumph cars. They made PI and carburetted cars, left and right hand versions but don’t think they had a Republican and Democratic model. But then again, I’m sure that the ladies of the company had plenty of Tea Parties. Ed: Hay Wilbur, did you know that the Zenith-Stromberg carburetor was co-developed by a Standard- Triumph engineer by the name of Denis Barbet in order to compete with SU (Skinner Union) carbs? Wilbur: No I didn’t Ed. And Hay is for horses Ed. Ed: Then it hit me like one of Jack’s wild kicks to my shin-While nearing retirement at Lucas in 1972 we were asked to join with the Zenith team to develop a way to help prevent what is known as dieseling (Run-On) after the engine’s ignition switch is turned off, usually caused by lower octane fuel. What we came up with is now known as the Anti Run-On Valve which ironically has the pseudonym of ‘Engine Shut-Down Valve’. Wilbur: Gee Ed, how does it work? Ed: First of all I am not related to G ‘Ed’gar Hoover so please just call me Ed. Secondly, how much do you know about the Zenith-Stromberg carburetor and the 3 components of combustion Wilbur? Wilbur: All I know is since the Zenith carburetor was created in England, it’s constantly depressed (CD) about their weather. And you need fuel, oxygen and a spark to start a fire. Or forget to buy you carrots. Ed: Pretty good for a human Wilbur. The English use the word depression and we Yanks use the word vacuum. Actually only the upper portion of the carb is constantly depressed. The lower, or float, section is ecstatically happy at atmospheric pressure. Fuel from the float can only be drawn into the carburetor at this outdoor pressure. Since our ignition switch stops the ignition source (spark) the team thought, ‘what if we introduced a depression into the float chamber?’ Well then everyone would be depressed and we would have our fuel deprivation effect. The engine’s combustion would have to go on furlough. So we connected the float chamber to the intake manifold (where depression calls home) via the Anti Run-On electric valve using a couple of wires and the rest is history.