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Dick Twitchen

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  1. Chatting to Angie a couple of weeks ago that is her first step to gradually reducing her longstanding and worthy commitment to the club. IIRC it is 'Julian', has a background in the motor trade and it is only this week the handover happens so give the team some slack on putting it on the Website; not that many appear to ever look at from some of the comments. Dick
  2. Colin, I used 'velcro', glued rather than relying on some self adhesive backing, and it has lasted 15 years so far. Dick
  3. Very true and a heater was an optional extra on a Mk1. As for dashboard vents that's way too luxurious! Dick
  4. That is certainly how friends MGBGTV8 was recovered from Classic Le Mans several years ago; if the lubrication set up in the gearbox/diff I know not. The recovery team were British and there specifically for the event and moved the car to a collection points where several were loaded on a lorry for the return to UK.
  5. Andy Cook's article in the most recent Courier on refurbishing his arm rest has details on how he removed his handbrake grip. Dick
  6. A quick search on the forum will also produce lots of practical advice from those 'Triumpheros' who have been down this route already, many of the threads also have photos to compare damage. Dick
  7. Whatever happened to '''Wear something light at night''?
  8. As we sit here typing away in warm safety a small price to pay for supporting Ukraine. Dick
  9. Standing back aghast at the affrontery of being constructive (😉 ) perhaps somebody on the Forum with time, experience of, and solutions to, this issue could volunteer to take the lead and pull together a grid of Baines numbers versus specific model usage. Useful to the whole TSSC/Triumph community. Dick
  10. Steady on Pete, some of us still do that Condor moment in a GT6, 🎷 (closest I could find!) 😉
  11. Will, Welcome. If you look on the Club Homepage under 'Areas' there are the details for the thriving Devon mob. Even if you cannot make a meeting the contacts should prove useful for local advice and assistance. Dick
  12. Reported 122kts off the Isle of Wight, provisionally a new (unwanted) record for the UK.
  13. Would love to help but not much better down here! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-60435309 Wagger mentioned the storm in 1987; was at sea South of the Isle of Wight and charged East to a Mayday off Eastbourne. They cancelled it when we arrived so about turn and a gentle roll back overnight to Portsmouth to find one of the ship's boats had been torn out of it's davits.
  14. Josef, Bit cheeky but if you PM Pete and he goes ahead with the doors he may, if you ask nicely, get it closer to you! Dick
  15. Pete, Will PM you his contact details and if he becomes stuck for space, although they are currently in a greenhouse, could always store them here, among the boat parts! Dick
  16. I am not selling stuff but this may help those hunting for bits and pieces. A former Naval chum who is into old lorries (!) has come across some Herald (1200 from the steering wheel) parts and rather them being 'disposed' of said I would spread the word. I have not viewed the parts, located near Chichester, but if there is anything you spot I can put you in touch. Dick ps Colin, I can always hang on to them if required to sort P&P!
  17. Pete, I know some of my more troublesome sailors may have disagreed with you!
  18. And then when you ask somebody to take a photo they miss half the car, but it was sailing gathering at Lower Swanwick so expected nothing else
  19. Port Solent, but the yachts hidden by the hedge and too many double yellow lines to make for a decent background
  20. Actually it was Von Moltke, 19th Century Prussian commander. Clearly I spent too long on the staff of the Army Command and Staff college at Camberley!
  21. Paul, I have one that I used for my GT6 engine, and Land Rovers various, that I was just about to put on Gumtree. Sent you a PM. Dick
  22. Or they claim/you assume they do?
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