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GlenC replied to the topic GOTTA SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
Yeah, awesome was right! `
Last thing I heard, he sold it to the wife of the local used car dealer to carry her golf clubs to the course a couple of times a week… For $1800.
He told me he did that cause he didn’t want it end up in some kid’s hands who’d wreck it. A few weeks later the car dealer rang me, his wife didn’t like the car (no…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic GOTTA SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
Steve I don’t think Glen’s (site admin) trying to slight you, he’s not like that.
And as long as you’re happy with your car…. I had the same thing happen to me, I’d owned mine about 3 weeks when I was offered a fireball red 1976 2500TC manual overdrive that belonged to a long term TSOA member in Dubbo NSW. He’d owned it for 20 years, spent…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic GOTTA SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
Since I put the super heavy duty front struts and uprated springs on mine it handles like a dream. I often find I’m being tailgated by ‘new’ cars which suddenly vanish in the rear view mirror when I hit a roundabout or a tight bend without having to back off at all.
Oh yeah, mine sounds awesome too. It’s got a stock exhaust manifold, then a…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Goodbye and thanks for the fish in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
That’s what the dolphins said in ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ as they left Earth wasn’t it?
Anyway, the old girl’s gone, sold her tonight to a bloke named Clive who I hope will join this board and take over where I’m leaving off. I know that’s what he’s doing to my car, (or should that now be ‘his’ car?) he’s got all the spares, all the…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
I must agree with you that they’re getting very scarce these days. I’m on the road all the time (in mine), and spotting another one like I did yesterday is a real treat. If I do happen to see one I always try to acknowledge them, and if we’re going the same direction, it’s fun to catch up and drive with them for a while, sort of showing the flag!…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
I’m surprised to think that the phasing out of leaded fuel caused the demise of any Triumph, especially any made since 1970, as the Triumph factory apparently made all their engines unleaded-compliant in case they ended up in a California bound vehicle. I know my S runs on ULP without a hiccup and has done so for well over 20,000k now.
I still…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
It happened again today!
Differerent set of lights admittedly, but I pulled out of a side street into a main road up to a set of red lights just in time to see a brilliant BRG Triumph TR6 make a right turn across in front of me!
Cheers, Glen.
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
My 2500S sedan is on the road 7 days a week! I’ve done thousands of K’s in her since I got her last year, and apart from needing a new battery she hasn’t missed a beat.
I get waves from total strangers in the street, I get cars full of young girls pulling up beside me at the lights wanting to know what I’m driving, and I even get blokes in…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
There seem to be a lot of Triumphs in Tasmania! They’re regularly advertised too, and at prices I find hard to believe. In Queensland they’re rarely for sale, and when they are it’s generally at a premium price…
I must admit I haven’t seen a Mk1 for years. The one I’ve always regretted is the Mk1 PI I saw in a wreckers in Gosford many years…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
The first week I had my 2500S on the Gold Coast, I parked it in a side street near my real estate office on the Saturday morning, and walked toward the office. A BRG 2500S came around the corner and as it passed my bright red sedan, the young lady driving it slammed on the brakes and stopped to check my car out.
I walked back to where she was…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Close encounters of the Triumph kind. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
OK, our particular choice of vehicle was never that common on Aussie roads, and as the years go by, the chances of encountering another Trumpy in day to day driving (as opposed to at an event) undoubtably becomes more and more unlikely.
However, there’s this set of traffic lights just down the road from my home that seem to be trapped in a…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Murhpy's Law…. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
Triumph’s been off the road for over three days. As I usually drive her every day I’ve been suffering severe withdrawl symptoms, and my wife’s been cursing me for ‘pinching’ her car over the long weekend. But it’s not my fault, honest!
Trouble started on Wednesday afternoon. The steering column suddenly started to feel ‘loose’ when cornering,…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic A CLASSIC TRUE PI STORY….. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
In August 1985 our third child was born. At the time I was driving a 1974 2500TC as my business car, and my wife Debbie was driving a 2 litre Ford Escort 4 door sedan. Deb soon realised that three baby seats would easily fit across the back seat of my TC, but not in her Escort, so the search was on for a Trumpy for my baby, and our babies.…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic A CLASSIC TRUE PI STORY….. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
I never found an inertia switch on Deb’s PI, nor was I even aware that one was fitted. It didn’t take me long however to work out that a plastic container holding 5 litres of water and an old beach towel were essential ‘spare parts’ for the PI. If the fuel pump in the boot started to cavitate, the easiest solution was to wrap the towel around the…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic A CLASSIC TRUE PI STORY….. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
In August 1985 our third child was born. At the time I was driving a 1974 2500TC as my business car, and my wife Debbie was driving a 2 litre Ford Escort 4 door sedan. Deb soon realised that three baby seats would easily fit across the back seat of my TC, but not in her Escort, so the search was on for a Trumpy for my baby, and our babies.…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic A CLASSIC TRUE PI STORY….. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
I never found an inertia switch on Deb’s PI, nor was I even aware that one was fitted. It didn’t take me long however to work out that a plastic container holding 5 litres of water and an old beach towel were essential ‘spare parts’ for the PI. If the fuel pump in the boot started to cavitate, the easiest solution was to wrap the towel around the…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic A CLASSIC TRUE PI STORY….. in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
In August 1985 our third child was born. At the time I was driving a 1974 2500TC as my business car, and my wife Debbie was driving a 2 litre Ford Escort 4 door sedan. Deb soon realised that three baby seats would easily fit across the back seat of my TC, but not in her Escort, so the search was on for a Trumpy for my baby, and our babies.…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Aussie Triumph Colours in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
There’s a ‘Yahoo’ Triumph owners group with lots of posts on matters relating to the big sedans. Mostly members in The US, England, Europe and a few from Australia, so lots of imput from all over the world. I know the Aussie colour issue came up on that group last year some time, might be worth while joining up anyway for future info, but you…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Aussie Triumph Colours in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
There’s a ‘Yahoo’ Triumph owners group with lots of posts on matters relating to the big sedans. Mostly members in The US, England, Europe and a few from Australia, so lots of imput from all over the world. I know the Aussie colour issue came up on that group last year some time, might be worth while joining up anyway for future info, but you…[Read more]
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GlenC replied to the topic Aussie Triumph Colours in the forum Soapbox 8 years, 8 months ago
Okay, this AMI stuff is very interesting. There’s nothing much on the net.
My plate (2500/1970) says ‘P18’ for colour. The car is white – but the puzzle has always been – WHAT white? If this is a Toyota colour, exactly what white is it?
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I’d suggest you take a visit to one of the big auto paint suppliers and go through their colour books…[Read more]
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