Welcome To 2012

Welcome to our club website where we will keep you up to date with our trips and outings. We are a friendly bunch and although some of us may have anoraks it doesn't mean we act that way. We like to see new and more established members attend our meetings which are just an excuse for a social gathering and we do not bite.

Any Triumph car owner is welcome and we have a good selection between us and can be seen on the members car pages. We have members from Cumbria, The North East and Southern Scotland and any one can come and join us on our trips and days out. For full details of joining TSSC UK please visit Triumph Sports Six Club website or e mail Roy or Trevor  who will be only too happy to help. I can also be contacted by telephone on 07773153405.

The club is whatever our members want it to be and we always have a friendly welcome and any new ideas for jaunts off, trips or shows to visit are most welcome.  

Cumbria News

A few of us had Lunch at Kirstone Pass Inn for Drive it day. Trevor and Barbara in their TRV8 and Mike and Ester TR7, freshly painted and looking very smart. I had to use the Volvo as the Spitfire’s rear suspension is shot. The good news is that my GT6 is now on the road. Now I need to run it in for 500 miles before it goes on the rolling road and off to Le Mans.

Trevor and I have both had recent experiences with some of the club’s insurance panel quoting high prices for our cars. After shopping around between the three of them we have managed to half the price initially quoted. When your insurance is due it may be worth asking all three companies on our panel for a quote. It is also a timely reminder that with some increase in the value of some of our cars that the Valuation certificates are kept up to date. Ideally every two years. Let me know if you need a new valuation form.

June is a busy month for the area. The following Area Show’s are all booked and let’s hope the weather improves. 9/10^th June – Thirestane Castle, Scotland. 17^th June – Silloth Show. 1^st July – Distington. There is no entry fee for these and you can turn up on the day. 10am start for these shows. As mentioned last month 7 cars will be away in France for the Distington show. Phil and Helen would appreciate your support for the Show. We were awarded the trophy for best club stand last year. Could we win it two years running?

I have also booked for us a Club Stand for ten cars into a new event at Grasmere. The Lakes Classic Car Show – Sunday 24^th June. It’s on the village green and start time is 10.30am.

Apologies for news last month, I was otherwise engaged.

Although the fuel situation and some mechanical issues put a few members off coming to the Fell Run, 1^st April, there was still a fair turn out and a good selection of triumph marques. This was our sixth annual Fell run and the weather did not disappoint us again. Although a little chilly on the fell tops the sun shone all day and it was just cool enough to put off the tourists. I have never known it so quiet. Those motorists we did meet on the Passes were very interested in what was going on and for once courteous. Maybe they had taken their frustration out on the petrol queues the previous day. Entries came as far away as Nottingham and Worcester 

The day was rounded off by a trip to a local triumph collector’s yard. Everyone walked away with parts that they thought they needed or just could not resist.

Information on events this year:

7^th May:  We will be at Penrith town centre. Details on our website.

9/10^th June: Historic Motoring Extravaganza Thirlestane Castle, Scotland. On Saturday 9^th there is a scenic run and Sunday is show day. This is the second year that the Cumbria group has attended. Camping is available from £4 per night on the show ground. Entry to the show is free. To celebrate 50 years of the Spitfire there will be a display of them outside the Castle including our own Spitfires.

1^st July: Distington show. Our local annual show but this year unfortunately 7 cars will be in France for the Le Mans 24hour Classic. I have booked the show for those who are not going to France.

29^th July Ripon Show at the race course. An excellent show with plenty of auto jumbles stalls and a massive car boot sale. Again free camping is available on the show ground for Saturday night. A stand has been booked for 10 cars at a cost of £30. The cost will be divided by as many cars that wish to go. The maximum cars that can be on a single stand is 10, if more cars are going then I will book another stand and the cost will be divided between cars. If anyone has not told me that they wish to go to either Thirlestane or Ripon please let me know immediately as the bookings will close shortly.

After the Fell run I took interested members along to see one of our longstanding South Cumbrian member’s collection of Triumph Herald saloons and estates that are parked in woodland. Someone has reported him for keeping these cars in that area and environmental health has told him to move them. If would be an absolute sin to crush them. The bodies are in a poor state but the cars are worth salvaging just for the parts. Ideally it needs someone with a trailer to take them away before the owner gets an enforcement notice served on him. Two Heralds and three 13/60 Herald estates need to be removed quickly. Anyone interested can contact me.

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