T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T O R O N to T RIU M PH C LUB S PRING 2 0 1 4 TR6 Wagon 70s Rallying • Last TR8? • Triumphs in Disguise The Parts You Need To " " ® contents Keep’em on the Road Spring 2014 ® 14 20 26 31 Member Pages From the Editor......................5 From the President ..................7 Club Hub............................9 Event Calendar .....................11 Owner’s Manual . 13 Ye g 50 ars o Features tin f S ra p Feature: b it f T HE M AGAZINE O F T HE T O R O N TO T RIU M PH C LUB S PRING 2 0 1 4 le r e e 41 TR6 Wagon ........................ 14 ! C What’s in a Name? ................. 20 Motorsports: Rally Competition in the 70s . 26 FREE Parts & Accessories Catalogs for: TR Tales: TR2, TR3, TR4, TR4A, TR250, Love at First Sight.................. 31 TR6, TR7, TR8, GT6, Spitfire The Last Triumph? ................. 41 On the Cover Tail Lites: Fast Service, Simple Ordering and Quick Delivery. Bernd Amling’s ingenious Bits and Pieces .................... 46 TR6 Shooting Brake on a camping trip in 2013. TR6 Wagon www.VictoriaBritish.com 1-800-255-0088 Full story on page 14. 70s Rallying • Last TR8? • Triumphs in Disguise Photo: Bernd Amling FREE Parts & Accessories Catalogs 14 Ragtop.01.05.indd 1 14-05-30 10:58 AM Also Available For: RAGTOP I SPRING I 2014 www.TorontoTriumph.com 3 ©2012 Long Motor Corporation, PO Box 14991, Lenexa, Kansas 66285-4991 LANT INSURANCE BROKERS from the editor (A Division of Wayfarer Insurance Brokers Limited) SUBMISSIONS Format: MS Word files are preferred. Send via Canada’s Leader In Classic Vehicle Insurance Since 1978 email or on CD, 10Mb limit on email files. Send photos separately, do NOT embed in the text file. Hard copy submissions are acceptable, but not Let’s Enjoy the Driving Season! preferred. Graphics must be in major graphics for- mats, jpeg, tiff or Photoshop files. In Person: To the editor at the monthly meetings. I always say it around this time of year, but for Mail: 2421 Poplar Crescent, some reason this year seems more important Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4H2 than ever... let’s drive our Triumphs more! E-mail: [email protected] After what seemed like an eternity of be- ing buried under the white stuff and ultra ADVERTISING low temperatures, we’re finally starting to see Contact the Club’s advertising representative for details of dates and submissions. Submit ads as some sun and greenery and feel warmth on high resolution (min 300 ppi) PDF files, saved for our backs. Not before time! So Triumphites, print in CMYK format, fonts embedded, by E-mail let’s not waste a minute of the shorter spring to [email protected] The advertising year is from Mar. 1 to Feb. 28. & summer ahead and get out and drive your A copy of Ragtop is sent to all paid advertisers. cars as often as you can. They’ll thank you for it, you’ll enjoy it and most importantly 2014 ADVERTISING RATES you’ll get the opportunity to meet old & new Rear Cover ....................... $500 per year friends and see some great places. President Inside Front Cover .........................$475 Inside Back Cover ..........................$450 David Tushingham talks more about our great Full Page Inside ............................$305 events on the next page, I agree with him, Half Page..................................$185 please support your club and the people who Offering The Quarter Page ..............................$115 Business Cards .............................$70 work so hard to put on the events for you. Full colour ...........................$115 extra Most of our meetings and events are financially subsidized by the club and by attending Second colour ........................ $75 extra you’re getting the maximum out of your $35 membership (way more in fact) and you’ll Antique, Classic, Special Interest Flyer Inserts ..............$190/issue (max 4 pgs) (All rates are for 4 issues, except flyers) have a lot of fun, which is what it’s all about in my book. and Modified/Street Rod [email protected] As I write this, sadly Rosie is still up on stands, a victim of ongoing house renovations and my lack of time, but I fully intend to practice what I preach and get her out on the Automobile Insurance 2014 SCHEDULE road by the time you’re reading this. I now have my rebuilt hubs back from Philip Allen at Program Issue Deadline Mailed BritCars (great job!) so no more excuses! I can’t wait to feel the wind in what’s left of my hair Spring..............April 1..........End of April Summer ............July 30 .......End of August and to hear the throaty roar of that 6-cylinder as I stomp on the loud pedal and slip through BCD Programme ....August 30 ......Dist. at BCD the gears... ah bliss. Fall.................October 11 ......November To encourage more of you to submit stories to Ragtop, your executive has agreed to Winter..............December 6 ..January 2015 extend the membership of anyone who has an article published, by six months. So, if you General Enquiries want to be a featured member in “Owner’s Manual”, write a full restoration or technical ar- [email protected] ticle, or simply tell us about a great drive you have enjoyed, we’ll say thank you by extend- Ragtop is published quarterly by the Toronto Tri- ing your membership. Contact myself or Terence if you have an idea for a story, we’ll help umph Club Inc. (“TTC”) and is distributed to its you with it and don’t worry if writing isn’t your thing... we’ll make you look good! members as part of their annual dues. The TTC or the Editors cannot accept responsibility for the It’s time for me to stop writing and start turning some wrenches, so please forgive me if safe return of any submitted material. We will do I make this short. To the garage! our best, but accidents do occur. We accept no responsibility for errors or omis- — David Fidler sions. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the TTC Ex- ecutive or Membership. Copyright © 2014 by the TTC. Non-profit groups may reprint articles from this pub- lication, where the author has not reserved rights, provided we get credited and both the author and TTC receive a copy of the publication in its entirety. Distribution by Pillar Direct Marketing Services. 37 Sandiford Drive, Suite 100, Stouffville, ON L4A 7X5 Tel: (905) 640-4111 • Fax: (905) 640-4450 Printed by Printwell Offset for the Toronto Triumph www.lant-ins.ca Club. Canada Post Publications # 40022175 RAGTOP I SPRING I 2014 www.TorontoTriumph.com 5 Obsolete Auto_MG&TRIUMPH AD2.pdf 19/02/2009 8:22:06 PM from the president Toll Free Order Line: ............................................. 1-800-265-7437 Customer Service / Technical Advice: ............ 1-519-337-3232 Executives 24 Hour Fax Line: ................................................... 1-519-336-5936 President . David Tushingham 905 .830 .9124 Website: ............................................................www.obsoleteauto.com Vice President . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 Triumph Travels Secretary . Alistair Wallace 905 .627 .2941 Business Hours: ........................... Monday to Friday - 8 AM to 5 PM Treasurer . John Morton 905 .823 .8154 Director of Communications . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 Well, here we go for another Director at Large . .Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 Director at Large . Scott Douglas 905 .334 .4020 driving season! This one sure 142 Kendall Street, Point Edward, Ontario CANADA N7V 4G5 Past President . Johan Aaltink 705 .456 .4276 got off to a later start than in Ragtop Magazine recent years. Hopefully, it’s giv- Editor & Publisher . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 en you all a little more time to Assistant Editor . Terence McKillen 647 .202 .8243 finish those important spring Distribution . .Rod . Jones - Pillar Direct 416 .755 .9494 Art Director . Michael Cleland 905 .873 .7704 projects and get your old Tri- Advertising Sales . David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 umph into tip-top shape. Larry Llewellyn 416 .245 .9217 MG & TRIUMPH Specialists I hope that you have all Website had a chance to have a look Web Manager . David Copping 905 .827 .6970 at the events calendar post- Browse the website Website Classifieds . David Copping 905 .827 .6970 Vic Whitmore 905 .889 .7261 ed on the TTC website at www.obsoleteauto.com for www.TorontoTriumph.com. Once again we have a full slate of events, located both near Club Coordinators updates on stocked parts and secure Membership Chairman . Wayne. McGill 905 .847 .5532 and far, to look forward to over the coming months. Meeting Coordinators . Patrick Caria 416 .562 .1642 Unfortunately, due to work commitments, I will not be able to attend Spring Fling this access to online ordering. The parts Clive Huizinga 905 .884 .2091 C Interclub Coordinator . Tony Fox Sr. 905 .632 .0479 year. If you are going, please be sure to take lots of pictures. Maybe I could even persuade you need, any time or day. Ambassador at Large . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 M you to submit and article for RAGTOP... I’m sure it will be a terrific weekend of fun with our Regalia . Dion Widrich 416 .464 .6057 friends from the MGCCT. Y Historians . Wayne McGill 905 .847 .5532 Frank Manning 905 .643 .2359 I can tell you that I am really looking forward to two events in particular this year. Dawn CM Volunteer Coordinator . Ron Etty 905 .547 .2419 & Roger Elliott are organizing the Canadian Classic, which takes place around Ellicottville, BCD Sponsors . Frank Manning 905 .643 .2359 MY David Fidler 905 .829 .9340 NY in August. Plus, Alex and Sharon McLeod, along with Clive and Jacquelynne Huizinga, Dave Sims 905 .331 .1496 CY are organizing a leaf peeping tour through Haliburton at the peak of the season during the Motorsports .