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My T500 is actually a '75 T500M, but it's been restored to look like a '73 T500K by the previous owner. I must admit that I think that the paint scheme is much nicer on the earlier model so I'm happy with that.

Well, I just won a working used Tacho on ebay for £26 that's going to be a lot cheaper than getting one reconditioned and no wait for mine to be restored either.

I had a noisy and erratic tacho on the GT6, I replaced the cable and it cured the noise and it stopped being erratic, for about 100 miles, then the new cable broke. Just investigated and the tacho has seized solid, looks like time to get it reconditioned. I recently had my Speedo reconditioned and found a place that was a much better price than anywhere else. They did a good job on the speedo so I'll be using them again. https://thegaugeshop.com/

if anything the ignition needs to be retarded with modern fuels. I have a late GT^ MK3 engine and timing is supposed to be 10 deg BTDC according to the manual. However, although it tickover smoothly at that setting it pinks badly up hills. I've found that it needs to be set at about 6 deg BTDC to avoid pinking on modern fuels (and that's using 99 Ron super unleaded E5), at 7 deg or more it pinks badly, but at 6 deg it only pinks very occasionally. Of course using e10 normal unleaded would need even more retardation to avoid pinking, but then GT6s were designed to run on 5 start leaded 100 Ron back in the day so that's not surprising. I think as has been said that your pulley harmonic rubber damping has shifted and the scale on there is now way out. Quite a common issue on the pulleys on 6 cylinder cars when the pulleys get old and the rubber damping starts to break down.

my gauge actually read slightly higher when I changed to an aeroquip type braided hose from a plastic one, it also shows more individual fluctuations in pressure at tickover. I think that's because the braided hose is less restricted. Before I changed the hose the gauge showed abut 65psi when hot and running and 30psi hot at tickover, now it shows about 80psi running and just below 50 at tickover. TBH I treat the gauge more as an indication of any problems than an accurate measure, if it started reading less then I'd know I had an issue starting.

This is the standard menu at the Twesledown which will be served on 2nd Jan (as the Christmas menu will be finished) in case anyone facies coming. https://www.inapub.co.uk/uploads/dbfiles/0814e264f7504573978b0800f252fc22.pdf

We discussed having a Christmas meal at the local area meet last night and agreed that last years approach of turning up early or the January meet and ordering of the normal menu is easiest as it avoids having to deal with deposits and menu choices for the Christmas meal. So the Christmas/new year meal for Club Triumph, the TSSC and Dolomite club will be on Tuesday 2nd January 2024, arrive for 7pm to order as the Kitchen closes at 8pm. Anyone with an interest in Triumphs can turn up, you don't need to be a club member. Venue is our normal meeting place, The Twesledown, Church Crookham, Fleet, GU52 8DY

Unfortunately the Pub we meet in (The Twesledown) has just announced that they have to close for a while due to a case of Covid so our meeting on Tuesday 5th January will not be able to take place. Normal service will be resumed in February.

That's sad Pete 😞 Back in '94 we got £2 off of Duxford for every car that attended, with no minimum numbers or up front agreements to pay Duxford anything at all.

It was much much cheaper back then Matthew unless you attend as a single driver with no passengers, as it was£10 a car no matter how many occupants so if you turned up 4 up in a Herald it was £2.50 each rather than today's £16 each. Also the Essex area got £2 of each £10 off the gate money back then which made the event much less of a risk, especially as the traders generously sponsored all the trophies. Our main expense was the Tiger moth flight with a lucky programe drawer but we did also have a raffle to help pay for the event.

I've been having a clear out at home and I just found an original copy of the first TSSC Duxford event in 1994 when it was organised by the TSSC Essex area... I was part of the organising team and I know that the site plan in the programme was drawn by my fair hand. Lots of adverts from traders at the time (many of which no longer exist 😞 ) , basically we asked traders to sponsor (ie pay for) a trophy and if they did they got an advert included in the programme... Duxford 94 programme.pdf

I also posted this on the club Facebook page. Tom advised they are on the web server but not currently indexed so you can't get to them. So hoping this gets sorted fairly soon

By coincidence, my GT6 column in the December issue of the courier has an article on replacing the headlamp units on a MK3 complete with pictures. It'll be out in a week's time 🙂

So, the old Courier magazines are on the TSSC website in pdf form to access and download, and what a great archive of information.... Back in the day, as well as the courier, there was a quarterly TSSC magazine called the turning circle which focussed on a particular model each time. I note that the technical directory refers to the articles in the turning circle and wanted to look at one from 1986 earlier today but found out that the turning circles are not uploaded like the couriers? Would it be possible to upload the turning circle magazines to the website please in pdf form so they can be referred to in the same way as the historical Couriers?

This Tuesday (6th July) is the first meet of the TSSC Hants and Berks Area at a new venue. Our joint meeting with Club Triumph and the Triumph Dolomite Club will be from around 8pm onwards at The Tweseldown, Beacon Hill Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8DY The pub also hosts a local all makes Classic car Club on a Wednesday night and the Landlord is very Classic car Friendly