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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: