th th SUNDAY SEPT 17th 2017 $5 34 34 presented by the Toronto Triumph Club www.BritishCarDay.com 2017 Souvenir Programme Bristol 400 70 Years Special Triumph TR3A Anniversary 60 Years Cars TR5 PI MGC 50 years 50 years Sponsored by: Platinum SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15th 2013TR250 Gold 50 years Presented by: Silver Presented by: SpecialPublished Anniversary By & Including: Displays Austin Healey 100 – 60 Years MGTF – 60 Years Bronze Triumph TR2 – 60 Years Gates Open at 8am for Show Cars, 10am for Spectators, Rain or Shine Entrance off Burloak Drive THE MAGAZINE OF THE TORONto TRIUMPH CLUB www.TorontoTriumph.com www.BritishCarDay.com Sponsored by: CONTENTS BCD10 EXOTIC Alexander Plestid Tel: 905.806.7127 BCD Field Map............... BCD4/5 MOTORWORKS Newmarket, Ontario Welcome to British Car Day ..... BCD7 Featured Anniversary Models The Bristol 400, 70 Years ........ BCD8 Triumph TR3A, 60 Years ........ BCD10 Triumph TR5/TR250, 50 Years ...BCD13 BCD8 MGC, 50 Years ................ BCD18 Other Featured Anniversaries Aston Martin DBS, 50 Years .... BCD21 Humber Sceptre MKIII, 50 Years .. BCD22 Triumph Dolomite Sport - Saloons and Coupes, 80 Years .... BCD23 Standard Ensign & Pennant, 60 Years ....................... BCD25 British Car Industry British & European Restoration & Service Specialists BCD13 The Rise, Fall & Recovery ...... BCD26 BCD18 Other Companies BCD21 Seventy Years of TVR .......... BCD30 Hillman Motor Car Co., 110 Years.. BCD35 Enviro 500 GO Bus ..............BCD37 BCD30 Member Pages Features T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T ORONTO T RIUMPH C LUB SUMMER 2017 From the Editor . 3 Club Events From the President . 5 Summer Drives Head Mechanic, Alex Victoria Day . 9 Our wealth of mechanical and restoration experience includes Owner’s Manual . 7 June Club Night . 11 Plestid, formerly of the Triumph, Jaguar, MG, Austin Healey and Rolls Royce and many Club Hub . 9 Canada Day . 13 others. When you entrust your special vehicle to Exotic Motorworks, hit TV series Restoration August Holiday Drive . 15 you can rest assured that we will treat your car like our very own! Garage, has over 20 Summer BBQ . 16 Lake Superior . 18 Our passion for working on these vehicles and making them better years of experience with Spring Fling . 26 than new, comes from our love of owning and driving them ourselves. all makes and models Triumphs Beat Every Car Has A Story: of Classic cars and has We would be pleased to answer any questions you might have. Lake Superior A Love Story . 29 Give us a call for directions to the British Barn or to make an Summer Drives • A Love Story • My Rusty Beauty Maintenance: personally restored more 17 Ragtop 02 05.indd 1 17-08-08 10:56 PM appointment for a quotation. It will be our pleasure to meet other On the Cover 1966 Spitfire MKII . 32 than 150 cars to their vintage car enthusiasts and we look forward to helping you enjoy Steve Nutt’s TR5 and Dave Sims’ TR250 - your passion for years to come! Special Feature: former glory twins but one was much faster than the other Photo by Dave Sims Collecting The Small Ones . 37 [email protected] British Car Day Programme • September 17, 2017 www.BritishCarDay.com BCD 3 Exotic Motorworks 05.indd 1 16-04-07 10:19 AM Sponsor Street WASHROOMS Show Vehicle Locations Exotic Motorworks Make Model/Years Class visit Oakville AC . CC SHOW CAR Ace . CC Lant Insurance Aston Martin . BB ENTRANCE/EXIT Austin . Sedans, pre-1960 . .WW Edward Jones Austin . Sedans, 1960 on . XX Austin Healey Roadster - 100, 3000 Mk . 1 . D Hagerty FAST LANE FAST LANE FAST LANE FAST LANE Austin Healey Wind-up window - 3000 etc . C Toronto Triumph Club Austin Healey . Sprite . F PICNIC Austin Princess . Coaches . JJ Anniversary Cars PUBLIC PARKING LOT Bentley . Coaches . JJ Area Buses . VV Registration N Caterham . EE Friends of Bronte Creek Cobra . CC PUBLIC ENTRANCE Commercial Vehicles . VV Awards Presentation Area Daimler . .SP250 . HH Daimler . .Coaches . JJ DeLorean . YY VIP & PRESS Ford . Sedans, pre-1960 . .WW Vendor Village Ford . Sedans, 1960 on . XX PARKING PUBLIC ENTRANCE 3 Brothers Classic Rover WC WC PUBLIC ENTRANCE Jaguar . Large Saloons 1995 Onwards . LL NORTHWEST Jaguar Large Saloons pre-1968 & 1968 to1995 . MM ALS Canuck FOOD AREA Jaguar . XK8, XK, F-Type . NN Jaguar . XJS . OO Armchair Motorist Jaguar Sports Pre-61 & Sports Saloons Pre-68 . PP WC TREES B&G Restoration Inc. FLEA ROAD Jaguar . .Sports Saloons 1999 onwards . QQ MARKET H H E E J J Jaguar . E-Type Series I, 1961-1968 . RR British Auto Sport Jaguar . E-Type Series II, 1968-1971 . SS G H TTC TENT REGISTRATION OVER FLOW AREA Jaguar . E-Type Series III, 1971-1975 . TT British Model Cars LOST & FOUND Jensen . Y G COFFEE PATHWAY Lanchester . Coaches . JJ C.S. Trading NORTHEAST DDB FOOD AREA Land Rover . 1975 on . A CAA Insurance Land Rover . Up to 1974 . B AWARDS Z MAP ROW 9 Classic Automotive Repair WC J J PRESENTATION London Taxis . VV MG CLUB Z Lotus . .Seven . EE ROW 10 ROW HH Comat Motorsports-Miller Oils TENT JJ Lotus . Elan, Elan Plus 2, up to 1974 . .DD K K Lotus . .Elan, 1975 and later . DDA Connect Hearing HH GG KK Lotus . .Elite up to 1974 . DD SPONSOR STREET W WALKWAY G AA AA AA AA Lotus . .Elite, 1975 and later . DDA Falun dafa Association C VENDOR 11 ROW Lotus . Europa . DD Gemstones “N” Silver JJ Lotus . Cortina . DD VILLAGE II Lotus . .Esprit . DDA Heritage Associates B ROW 5 H H E E WALKWAY Q Q Lotus . Eclat . DDA IB I I I A Z Lotus . Elise . DDB Hollywood Loser Apparel G H IB K K AA AA AA AA CC DDB CRESCENT OIL WALKWAY S S S S Lotus . Exige . DDB F Z DDA International Die Cast FF IA PATHWAY Lotus . .Evora . DDB ROW 9 ROW 10 ROW Lotus . .Replicas . EEA J D Auto X I I I FF IA Marcos . .HH ROW 1 WALKWAY WC CC KK Mayflower . Coaches . JJ KDC Ventures N L GG N N Q Q S W BB S EEA YY McLaren . CC F O R T V Leatherique Canada R EEA TREES DDA MG . Midget . G FLEA EE F M M M DD MG . T Series . J London Trading Post MARKET WALKWAY C MGA . K MGB-GT . I MacGregor British Cars WALKWAY ROW 4 ROW 5 MGC . Roadster . IA Maurice Bramhall WALKWAY D 11 ROW O V MGC-GT . IA Meguiars VENDOR N P U BB MGF . .IB & TRAILER MG V-8 . .IB Mini Collectables PARKING WASHROOMS MGB . Roadster 1962 - 1974 . H N L ROW 7 ROW 8 ROW 9 S T U X Y 10 ROW MGB . Roadster 1975 - 1981 . E Motion Glass Works A Y MG . Saloons . FF WEST DJ R R YY DD P Mini . Sliding Window (1959 - 1970) . L Peninsula Import Auto Parts FOOD ROW 3 BOOTH EXIT S EE II Mini . Wind-up Window (1970 - 2000) . N AREA M M TREES D M ROW 2 N Robert J.Morris Insurance SHOW CARS C ROW 1 Mini Rover . (1988 to 2000) . N Transport Books DRB Motors Inc. 3.5” x 2.5” | Maximum Font Size: 30 pt SOUTH CHECK POINT ROAD ROAD MINI . BMW (2001 0nwards) . M VV OO PP RR SS SOUTH EAST Morgan . II BUSES/COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FOOD AREA FOOD AREA Morris . Sedans, pre-1960 . .WW UK 2 Canada Pension Transfer 21 ROW 22 ROW MOTORCYCLES UU Morris . Sedans, 1960 on . XX Ultimate Transportation Books PP Some of the Badges you will see at the show. Motorcycles . All British . UU NeedPlatinum PartnerdirectionsSilver to Partner your Other Coaches . JJ Vintage Car Connection QQ WW Other Sports Cars . CC financial destination? WW Production Sedans Sedans, pre-1960 . WW TT ROW 31 RR Production Sedans Sedans, 1960 on . XX Food Areas Marc Nutford QQ WW Range Rover . 1975 on . A Financial Advisor WW . Range Rover . Up to 1974 . B North West - SS WW 2387 Trafalgar Road WW Reliant . Sports Cars . HH ROW 22 ROW A Slice of Pie Unit E2 Bronze Partners TT ROW 32 Rolls Royce . All models . KK Oakville, ON L6H 6K7 WW 905-844-4043 WW Rover . Sedans, pre-1960 . .WW ROW 21 ROW Beaver Tails TREES Rover XX . Sedans, 1960 on . XX Hot Diggidy Dog XX Sunbeam . Alpine . GG Gold Partners ROW 33 Sunbeam . Tiger . GG Roll’n Baked Spudz OO XX Sunbeam . Talbot . GG www.edwardjones.com XX Triumph . GT6 . V Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund TREES North East - SOUTHWEST LL Triumph . Spitfire 1961 - 1973 . W FOOD AREA LL Triumph . Spitfire 1974 onwards . Z Friends of Bronte Creek (coffee) ROW 34 Triumph . Stag . X LL Triumph . TR2, TR3, TR3A, TR3B . O West - LL Triumph . TR4, TR4A, TR5, TR250 . Q NN Triumph . TR6, 1969 - 1973 . R British Baked Goods NN ROW 35 Triumph . TR6, 1974 - 1976 . S Triumph . TR7 . T South - NN Triumph . TR8 . U NN Triumph Other - Roadster, Herald, 2000, Vitesse . P Olympic Softee MM MM Trucks . VV ROW 36 TVR . .AA WC South West and East - MM MM Oakville Lions Club WC TREES ROW 23 ROW Welcome to British Car Day Welcome to the 34th successive British this year is the display of a Metrolinx – GO aren’t presently an owner of a classic or Car Day® and the Souvenir Programme for Transit Enviro 500 double-deck bus manu- current British vehicle, we hope that the 2017 which this year is combined with the factured by Alexander Dennis, Britain’s larg- cars, trucks and motorcycles you see on summer issue of our award-winning, quar- est bus and coach manufacturer, who is display today will inspire you to become terly Club magazine, RAGTOP . now partially building British buses for the involved in this great hobby .