June 2010 Linda & Larry Spouler’s 1950 Triumph Mayflower A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE TRIUMPH ENTHUSIAST FROM THE BC TRIUMPH REGISTRY. WEB: www.bctriumphregistry.com email: [email protected] Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:45 pm at the Eastburn Community Centre, 7435 Edmonds Road, Burnaby, BC Executive Technical Reps President Jerry Goulet 778-230-9945 TR2/3/3A/B Bryan Wicks 604-512-7879 Vice President Brian Thomlinson 604-574-3341 TR4/4A Jay Walter 604-985-9792 Secretary Robert Strath 604-522-1969 TR5/250 Brian Thomlinson 604-574-3341 Treasurer Barrie Puffer 604-931-3391 TR6 Bob McDiarmid 604-539-4636 Membership Bob McDiarmid 604-539-4636 TR7/8 Dave Rodger 604-534-8152 GT6 Michael Bayrock 604-824-0074 Co-ordinators Spitfire Barrie Puffer 604-535-1944 Events Trish McAuley 604-274-6722 Olivier Martineau 604-540-0456 Registrar Bob McDiarmid 604-539-4636 TR Other Paul Barlow 604-295-2365 Regalia Linda Spouler 604-272-7250 Editor Allan Reich 604-733-5826 Website Allan Reich 604-733-5826 VTR Liaison Allan Reich 604-733-5826 From the editor Well, we are now in the full swing of car shows and other events! As you can see in this issue, lots of events have happened already. A gentle reminder to send me pictures and write-ups of any of the events you at- tend, I can’t have too many pictures. This summer, I won’t be attending many events, so I am relying on our members to get the information to me. Have a great summer and “Happy Motoring” Allan Reich [email protected] TRIUMPH HERITAGE is published four times per year (March, June, September, December) by the BCTR and is distributed to its members as part of their annual dues. If you wish to receive the newsletter on a regular basis you must be a paid-up member. If there is an error in your name or address or your have moved, please let Allan know as soon as possible by phone (604 -733-5826) or email to [email protected] . We accept no responsibility for errors or omissions. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the BCTR executive or its membership. 2 BC Triumph Registry - June 2010 President’s Message BCTR Members: I have been out of town on business so much lately that I'm feeling really out of touch, but I am hoping that I can get my feet on the ground again long enough to participate in this summer's Triumph events. The ABFM at VanDusen was treat. One thing that seems to happen to me every year at VanDusen is that as long as the day is, I seem to run out of time to do all the things that I want to do there. I suppose that shows how impressive the show grown and satisfies the urges of spring fever for all those who are itching to get their British wheels rolling. A big thanks goes to Brian and Tina Thomlinson for hosting this year's Après ABFM BBQ with the spirited help of the soups chefs and master griller Barrie Puffer. Regrettably, I did not get to attend the Performance Drive School that Larry organized and from the pictures that I've seen, it looks as thought there was a lot of fun, despite the wet weather. Hopefully we can do another one in a year or two. Say, what ever happened to our go-kart nights ? Rather than leaving town for the ATDI this year, we stay right at home in Fort Langley, actually right at the Fort itself. The Spoulers have spearheaded the ATDI Committee again this year and have a very special event lined up for us. For my part, I have been working with Brian T and Dennis N on the two drives for the Saturday afternoon and, no, I did not shift into overdrive on any part of the routes. We will need everyone's support as volunteers to make the day go smoothly and to show that we a good hosts. That's all that I have at the moment, so stay tuned to our website to see what's coming up and plan to participate and drive safely. Cheers, Jerry 1961 TR3A Distance Memberships *** Change in Dues Renewals *** IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARIES: Lower Mainland Memberships NORTH: MAPLE RIDGE MEMBER DUES ARE $35 PER YEAR AND ARE DUE ON EAST: ABBOTSFORD DECEMBER 31st. RENEWALS PAID AFTER DECEMBER WEST: LIONS BAY 31st ARE $ 45.00 SOUTH: US BORDER YOUR DUES ARE $ 25 PER YEAR OR $ 35 SEND TO: BCTR, C/O BOB MCDIARMID, AFTER DECEMBER 31st. 5017 214A STREET, LANGLEY, BC, CANADA V3A 8K9 Family Memberships (NEW !!): Family memberships are $15 extra for households that have two continu- ously active members. The second member is entitled to vote at all regular BCTR meetings, however there will be only one printed newsletter and calendar issued per family. BC Triumph Registry - June 2010 3 ATDI Aug 7, 2010 Fort Langley BC Inviting all Triumph car owners (not just club members) to join us. Register on line at: bctriumphregistry.com REMINDER: Early Registration ends June 16th! Registration fee will be $10.00 more after this date • Registration includes entry into Historic Fort Langley • Participate in one of two scenic drives • Entertainment from local musicians • Open Pub night on Friday Aug. 6th., • Chance to win a signed Luongo Canucks Hockey Jersey • Dinner will be held inside the Fort (additional cost) • Regalia items for sale online • Group rate available at the Holiday Inn Express (1-888-771-7666) Hotel stay includes hot Breakfast. Hosted by the BC Triumph Registry 4 BC Triumph Registry - June 2010 ATDI - Registration Statistics as of June 1, 2010 TRIUMPH MODELS REGISTERED Van Dolomite Mayflower Stag Roadster TR Sedans Herald/Vitesse GT6/+/Mk3 Spitfire TR8 TR7 TR6 TR250/5 TR4/A TR3/A/B TR2 02468101214 REGISTRATION PROGRESS 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 No. of Registrations No. 40 ATDI 2010 ATDI 2007 30 ATDI 2004 20 ATDI 2001 10 0 16-Jan 16-Feb 16-Mar 16-Apr 16-May 16-Jun 16-Jul Date BC Triumph Registry - June 2010 5 May 29, 2010 Our Instructor for the day, Patrick. explains how to keep the weight of your car balanced during the tight manoeuvres. On Saturday May 29, 15 cars attended the Driving Unlimited playground at Pitt Meadows Airport. It was a rainy day and YES, 6 Triumphs showed up along with one MG(super) B and a Bobs’ lovely Morgan. Some club members brought their family vehicles as their Triumphs were too leaky. We started off with a hot coffee and donuts and Patrick gave us some driving tips for better mirror adjustment, keeping your vision up high and doing controlled brake applications. Four challenge courses were set up for us in the morning. This is where we would work on our skills and see how our cars would respond. You would enter each course one at a time as an instructor would signal you in. Then you would perform the exercise and exit the course to receive a one on one briefing from the instructor on how to improve your next run through. The moderate speed (40-45K) run up and then apply a rapid hard brake application was the first time I or Keith had ever really locked up our brakes on our Triumphs. It was also nice to know she stopped in a nice straight line without any real pull one way or another. Next came the hard stop while turning a tight corner, the focus was to brake after turning, keep turning and look out the side window at the direc- tion you want the car to go, and not look at where the car is actually going. The slalom was an interesting exercise to get you to look up and beyond the course. An instructor would stand at the end of the cones and if he lifted his arm you are to miss a gate and drive ahead then turn at the next gate. Sometimes he would lift his arm in succession which really kept you off balance; however by keeping your eyes up it prepared you for his signals. Now came the most challenging course. A speed approach into a narrow conned lane- way, a row of cones dead ahead with an instructor standing just behind them looking at you as you approached. As you entered at speed he would give you one of 5 signals and you had to react un- der control and complete the action smoothly. You had to be ready for a quick veer to the left or right, a hard rapid stop, or a combina- tion rapid stop, release and hard veer right or left. A bit unnerving as you were bearing down on him and saying in your head , OK signal, please signal now, S I G N A L Damn you !!! It was now time for lunch which was arranged by Robert Strath, through the Lunch Doctor. Good eats and plenty of them. Now came the real fun part. Gerry you should have been there because the rain was pooling on the tarmac and presented a great opportu- nity for some real fun time. Two tight circles were conned off tar- geting some of the larger puddles for the under-steer and over- steer correction exercises. Dennis Thompson got his Dolomite going a little too good and spun it out of the circle.