Author Archive
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
VIR Gold Cup Video
This is the video of me driving the VIR track during the lunchbreak of the 2006 Gold Cup. Thanks to Dr. Bob for his white knuckle video skills!
Bookmark to:
Hide Sites
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
Sunday, June 11th, 2006
VIR Gold Cup Historic Auto Race 2006
I had a great time on my first visit to the VIRginia International Raceway. My boss came up for the day (huge car nut - owned a MG TD, DeLorean, Boxster, TR4, etc) and we all had a great time. I ended up leaving about 4pm which is when my 54 SPF sunblock finally surrendered [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Pixar’s Cars
TCOC hosted a club event this past Friday night at the Bright Leaf Drive-In in Mt. Airy, NC to watch Pixar’s new film Cars. About nine of us caravaned up from Winston-Salem and arrived a tad after 7pm. The burgers and dogs were wonderful. The fellowship was capital as always (I have now become a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
Monday, June 5th, 2006
British Car Day South 2006
A good time was had by all.
For me, the event started on Saturday night with the Triumph Club of the Carolinas’ dinner at the Wren House in Salisbury, NC. The food was good and the fellowship was great. My neighbor Malcom (back from Florida) was with me and we spent most of the trip down [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
Monday, June 5th, 2006
Not sure how this happened!
In a total surprise to me, the Spider won Third In Class at the 2006 British Car Day South. By some act of God, or Confederate ghosts buried nearby, all the TR7’s got dumped in with the TR6’s for judging. But the mix-up proved once and for all that TR7’s CAN outrun TR6’s.
My life was [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
Paint scuffs
One of the items on my huge to-do list is to try to work out some buff marks in the paint due to a loose car cover that stayed on for years. I picked up some Meguiars ScratchX and it lifted right out. The car looks fab.
I also used some Meguiars Quik Detailer to clean [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
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 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
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 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
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 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Itsy Bitsy Spider by Administrator
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!
Bookmark to:
Hide Sites
