Bob, thanks for taking the time to report back to the list. I am so
envious, stuck here in the oven of the midwest, waiting for a new brake
caliper to arrive so that I can get my 3A back on the road!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson <75trsix@snet.net>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 4:35 PM
Subject: Fw: VTR Update
>
>OK...... this is my 3rd attempt to send this....... attempt one was from my
>personal email name..... won't work! Second time was from my list email
name
>but in HTML format...... won't work ........ and I'll have to avoid Mark
for
>the rest of the week! Hopefully third time's the charm.
>
>
>The trip up was uneventful... mostly. It could have been a disaster.
>Wednesday, after meeting Henry Frye a little north of Hartford CT, we
headed
>on up to Keene NH where we had lunch with Dan Masters and Fred Thomas.
These
>2 guys are as nice in person as they are on the list. After a few minutes
>everyone is talking as if they'd known each other for years.As lunch was
>drawing to a close we were getting worried that Phil Barnes wouldn't make
>the 1:00 cut off time. But Phil must have a flair for the dramatic as he
>pulled in with a few minutes to spare. After a few minutes discussion, I
was
>elected to lead the way to Portland. It had nothing to do with my
navigating
>skills... They had 4 red cars and mine was yellow. They didn't want me
>breaking up their colors. So off we went, me in the lead, 2 red TR6s, 2 red
>TR3s and my wife in the white Outback wagon bringing up the rear. After
>every traffic light I played mother hen, checking the rear view and
counting
>my 4 little red heads! The route east was over 2 lanes that had 1, 2, and
>even 3 route numbers at times. The main route was 202 but would be joined
>for stretches by 9, 4 and 11. It was on one of these stretches that Fred,
in
>his concours TR3, had a brief off road shunt! In the middle on a long right
>hand sweeper, 202 took a left turn across traffic. Mother hen slowed, put
on
>her blinker and turned left followed by Phil....... at which point I saw an
>18 wheeler come barreling around the corner. I didn't think Phil would make
>but he did followed by Dan right on his bumper. Henry, being less
>adventuresome then Dan, and obviously much brighter, jumped on the brakes
>leaving Fred with two choices: enter Henry's trunk or dive right off the
>road onto the dirt and gravel. Henry stopped. Fred dove right and passed
>him!! My wife was holding her breath, watching an accident in progress. No
>damage, faster heart rates and off we went again. We did the whole 3 hour
>drive without losing anyone until we got to Portland. We found the Radisson
>easily but decided to ask directions to the Holiday Inn. Fred simply
flagged
>down a bus driver and got the answer and took off with the rest of us in
>pursuit. In the space of 2 blocks we managed to lose Fred, Henry and my
>wife!! No harm..... we all found the Holiday Inn and marveled at the
license
>plates: Texas, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan etc. Beautiful cars driven
thousands
>of miles.
>
>Day 1: Jeanne and I were going to do the LL Bean trip until we found out
the
>start time........ ahhh 6:00 AM to beat the crowds.... no thanks. Instead
we
>did the fun rally at 9:30. This is a distance rally that requires you to
>answer questions based on things you find along the way. We got off to a
>rough start.... getting lost finding the starting point....... um
honey.....
>it's not 6.7 miles to the church parking lot from when we got off the
>highway....... it's measured from when we left the Holiday Inn!!!! So we
>backtracked 7 miles, found the starting point, zeroed the odometer and off
>we went. We answered every question including the 5 bonus questions. We'll
>find out Saturday who won.
>
>When we got back to the Holiday Inn, Phil and Henry were off to do the
>serious TSD Rally. Phil was playing navigator for Bud Rolofson and Henry
was
>doing the same for Brad Kahler.
>
>Tomorrow is the Kennbunkport tour and autocross.
>
>Bob Danielson
>
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