Archive for May, 2006
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Oddities of the cooling system
Oddities of the cooling system
Now that the car is up and running, it is time for UPGRADES! And an improved cooling system is top on the list.
Now as I started my planning and plotting, I noted something that seemed rather out of place and that was the plumbing differences between my 76 TR7 and my […]
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
The BIG test - 100 mile commute in heavy traffic
My typical daily driver is a Honda Element, so coming to work this morning in the 7 I am looking up at everything. EVERYTHING! But things were smooth on I-40 at morning rush and I could actually hear the morning news via the stock radio over the din of the engine, wind and other cars […]
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
TCOC Meeting for May
This was my first Triumph Club of the Carolinas monthly meeting. I met a lot of great people and barely remember anyone’s names, my apologies. We met at Austin’s in High Point and the food was wonderful as always.
One gentlemen had the courage to drive his TR6 to the meeting in the face of some […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
British Car Week May 27-June 4
This is a cool idea!
British Car Week is a week-long celebration of British cars in all their wonderfulness where we are encouraged to drive our Brit to work every day!
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
They work in the rain.
I got the car all dolled up to take some pics when the skies opened up with cold rain. Looking back at the pics, they aren’t too shabby!
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Sunday, May 7th, 2006
The Gathering, Dobson, NC at Shelton Vineyards 2006
The Triumph Club of the Carolina’s held its annual Gathering this year at Shelton Vineyards. It was a swell turn-out despite the dreary (typically English) weather. My Spider was not in attendance - I just got the thing inspected, but I felt the car needed some more mechanical attention to make it to my home […]
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Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Dead hard drive
And of course, the hard drive died…. Just got back up and running.
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