As part of my rehabilitation to things Triumph I thought I’d introduce myself, although arguably I’ve not been away. I bought my GT6 MkIII some 36 years ago and have been a member of the TSSC ever since. We bought in RMM in the year 3 bc - before children - and it was our only means of transport until 1988. The first child dented finances and so RMM went into the garage for a complete restoration.
My father in law worked as Unipart at the time and through him I built up a stockpile of parts. Between 1990 & 2000 I slowing stripped the car down and repaired/replaced most panels and overhauled the mechanical parts. Mike at MW Restoration did a super paint job. Originally magenta RMM was black when I bought it, but for the respray my colour consultant told me it had to be damson or she wouldn’t ride in it again.
Back on the road I found a rear seat conversion and the two boys loved being taken to school in the “Six”. Amusingly (well to me anyway) the nickname given to the elder boy by his scout troop was “GT”, a moniker he still has to this day. The younger one somewhat inevitably was called “Spitfire” when he joined.
In 2003 I bought a Lotus and the Six was wrapped up safely in the garage. RMM appeared for the occasional wash and ride and this went on until 2020. With retirement approaching I decided to sell RMM and put the proceeds into buying a kit car. Fortunately on actually retiring in August 2020 sense prevailed and I abandoned theis plan and will now be putting my efforts into getting RMM running as our second car.
So, as I’m coming to the end of some house projects, RMM will be getting my full attention in summer 2021. And if Tom Hartley Cambridge AO reads this, I promise I will be attending the meets when we can get out.