In article <"05FF63A9B82AB00F*/c=us/admd= /prmd=Cat/o=NOTES/s=Gosling/g=
Richard/i=B/"@MHS>, Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
writes
>Mike,
>
>Glad to find another local Spit owner! Particularly one with a car similar to
> Daffy! Yes, Daffy is an Inca Yellow 1500.
Wonderful. We can make people think they are seeing double. :-)
> She is my daily driver, from St.
> Neots to Peterborough every day, sun, rain, winter, summer.
Mine takes me from Bedford to Silsoe every weekday, and anywhere else I
might want to go at weekends.
> Right now the
> hard-top is screwed down nice and tight to keep me cosy in the cold weather -
> roll on the day I can swap it for the soft-top!
My dear chap! I don't *have* a hard-top - and I've already driven her
with the soft-top down several times since I got her ten days ago. The
top only goes up when its raining or snowing...
(OK, the macho image doesn't suit me. The fact is that I hope to pick
up a hard-top from a club-member at the next meeting. Mind you, if it
looks as though the snow is over for the year, I might not fit it until
October...)
>
>I never joined the TSSC for a several reasons. First, my first Triumph was a
> TR7 I bought half-way through its restoration and conversion to V8. I
> suspected I might want to buy a Spit too at some point so I joined Club
> Triumph, as this covers both cars. Incidentally, the TR7/8 was never
> finished, and sadly I ended up selling the separate parts off.
Shame about the TR7 - but I never liked those cheese-wedges anyway...
> Second, I have
> never really found the time to get involved in club activities, so joining a
> second club seemed not worth it. Thirdly, I have found that the Spitfire
> List, plus Jeff's Totally Triumph Garage, to be the most useful 'club' I could
> ever need!
"Jeff's Totally Triumph Garage"? Do tell.
>
>I guess that, from Bedford, TRGB is your closest Triumph specialist - in which
> case you must come past pretty close to me if you ever go there.
All my parts ordering so far has been done by telephone, and I have no
idea where or what TRGB is (my local garage is run by a chap who used to
work on Spitfires the first time round, and I trust him to do a good
job). Is it the sort of place one can go for a browse and a chat about
Triumphs?
> If you are
> planning a trip to TRGB one Saturday let me know, and you can pop in for a cup
> of tea (or whatever...) on the way home! You are extra welcome if you bring
> Carly/Purdey or whatever name you settle on!
I think she has a preference for Carly, and I think she's right - after
all, Purdey was pretty lethal, and I hope my little yellow car won't
be...
>
>Richard & Daffy
We look forward to meeting both of you.
ATB
Mike
--
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
to be published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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