SUNDAY SEPT 18th 2016 $5 presented by the Toronto Triumph Club www.BritishCarDay.com 2016 Souvenir Programme Special Anniversary Cars Featured Models MG TA – 80 Years Triumph Roadster 1800 – 70 Years Morris 1000 – 60 Years Sponsored by: Gold Partners Triumph GT-6 – 50 Years Jensen Interceptor – 50 Years SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15th 2013Lotus Esprit – 40 Years Presented by: Presented by: SpecialPublished Anniversary By: Displays Bronze Partners Austin Healey 100 – 60 Years MGTF – 60 Years 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: from the editor SUBMISSIONS Format: MS Word files are preferred. Send via email Welcome or on CD, 20Mb limit on email files. Send photos separately with clear cutline/captions; do NOT financial support of our sponsors and the embed in the text file. 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