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Tom Hartley

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  • Birthday 03/06/1965

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    Triumph Herald 1200 convertible with 2L Mk2 Vitesse running gear

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  1. Just to update that all forum users who were kind enough to put in their membership number that are still members (there were a handful who werent') have now been updated too Everyone who is a member that we can find easily has been updated on the forum now Sadly not everyone who is a member will have been found; the beauty of a forum nickname is that only close friends know who you really are, but the downside is that I haven't been able to track everyone down, sorry. If that includes you, please email your username and membership number, if you know it, to info@tssc.org.uk and it will get updated
  2. We have now finished the first pass through the membership to set forum members up with the TSSC Membership icon, based on email address matching. There are a couple of dozen who have kindly entered their membership number which will be allocated shortly when they've been checked off against the club database. We hope all the club members enjoy their TSSC badges and that the lack of one doesn't damage use of the forum by others too much. The intention is primarily to keep discussion of the club's events, products and decisions for the members only, who have every right to take the Club to task on things they see as not quite right, but perhaps not to extend this courtesy to non-members, to avoid unintentional (or intentional) abuse of this. There is also an intention to give our members a distinct benefit on the forum from their continued membership. It is the club's view that we will continue to keep the technical discussions open to all, regardless of club membership or not
  3. The phones and network are back online at the club HQ, thank goodness. The CoM will be looking into how to provide some resiliency in the phone and network solution we have from BT.
  4. Phones are still down A recent powercut in the area of our HQ blew one of the boards in the BT distribution units in the street that supplies the club BT Engineers are working on it but are hampered by delivery of the replacement part Phones and internet access in the club HQ may well be out of action for two more days Whilst the club has a lack of connectivity it is unlikely to be able to send parts out or progress member matters very quickly Please bear with us as we wait for BT to fix this
  5. Fri 10th March 10:45: I've just heard from the club that the phone lines and internet are down at the club, which is hopefully temporary
  6. This is intended for Area Organisers only AO's are invited to an online training session on all things club and IT on Zoom, at 8pm On Monday the 20th AO training on IT - All Area Organisers welcome, Monday 20th at 8pm Meetings TSSC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85334874460?pwd=TmVWMmFUOWNHSU5OUy83Zi9WR2hNQT09 Meeting ID: 853 3487 4460 Passcode: check emails, WhatsApp or Facebook or call Tom on 07795 436149 Or dial in +442080806591,,85334874460#,,,,*863209# United Kingdom +442080806592,,85334874460#,,,,*863209# United Kingdom Dial by your location +44 208 080 6591 United Kingdom +44 208 080 6592 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 853 3487 4460 Passcode: 863209
  7. The telephone lines at Club HQ in Lubenham are down BT Engineers are working to restore them
  8. My front springs on my mk2 Vitesse are sagging I think. I've had the car 35+ years and have replaced the shocks and bushes but not the springs. Having had her resprayed the occasional graunch when the offside wheel hits the edge of the wheel arch particular grates and it is time to do something about it. I considered whether to uprate/downrate/mess with the springs and have decided that I love her as she is and Standard Springs are the ones for me. Having seen horror stories of front spring pairs of different sizes and the wrong strength, I thought I better ask those who know: Where is a good source to buy standard front springs for a Mk2 Vitesse? Also, what should the gap be vertically (and horizontally for bonus points) between the wheel and the wheel arch?
  9. Just to let you know the club's online shop will be offline from 10am for about an hour (so I've added an hour in the warning to noon) on Monday the 13th This is just for a spot of scheduled maintenance; applying the latest security patches, upgrading bits etc. You can still ring Angie and buy stuff over the phone during this time of course You should notice that we've been upgrading by adding missing photos, slowly slowly, and we hope to turn to the TD Fitchetts ones too soon. tom CoM member with the website portfolio
  10. I am pleased to report that Turning Circles are now listed on the Courier Technical Index under each model and are available online: https://www.tssc.org.uk/tssc/courier_index.asp and https://www.tssc.org.uk/tssc/courier.asp at the bottom They were there before from links in some of the index results, but it wasn't clear how to find the individual Turning Circles They are now there explicitly - there are a couple at the top of the page that don't fit under specific car sections and then the car model specific ones are mentioned in each car's section (so Turning Circle 1 is at the top of the Herald section, No2 is at the top of the Spitfire section and so on) tom
  11. There IS a search facility on the shop site but I think it is off the right hand edge of the screen on most phones. Try the site in landscape (sideways) to see it, then switch back once you press search. It is there on a tablet and laptop I think. I will ask the shop website guy if this search box can be made more visible Tom
  12. Update: area venue page now has a Last Updated on the bottom which we can use to chase AOs who don't get round to updating/confirming details regularly. Here is Cambridge's for example: It'll say 'never' for most as this is a new feature
  13. Hi guys. Sheepish CoM member responsible for the website, forum and online shop here. The website person to report stuff like this to is me; the upshot is that if it isn't up to snuff then I'm the one who has dropped the ball and you need to give me a nudge (or a kicking - depends on how bad it is 🙂 ) The online shop revamp has also been mine and I help the forum technically, but not really with posts, replies or even enough visits, if I'm honest Word reached me and I had a good read through of what you were saying and I think the vast majority of it is fair comment and/or great ideas and I should do something about implementing it From what I have seen I think the main things to work on are: The Area details are not felt to be up to date. Perhaps we can add a 'last updated' (or last confirmed correct) date on the area details and use this both for visitors to know how up to date the info is and to use as a list to remind AOs to update their details (even if it is just to tell me to do it for them; not all AOs are technically minded). I think the covid uncertainties / changes has impacted here (our regular pub for meetings now only does table bookings for food, for instance) but we could do more to get them up to date, even if it is just to say 'no meetings yet'. The club shop lack of photos has been going on for TOO long. This is mea culpa - my fault. This has been on my todo list since I started doing this and I haven't made any progress. I failed at the stage of trying to get a list of what items had or didn't have photos. I will finish this and improve this woefully poor situation (and think about description etc quality at the same time) The website forms should be easy to find and I like the idea of there being an online fill-in-able form. We already took on board the message about the Direct Debit being a terrible paper form and made that an online form recently so this is just an extension of this idea. The website, shop and forum should work as easily on a smartphone and tablet as on a big screen PC or laptop. We have made great strides forward on this, particularly with the online shop on mobiles, but it seems we should take another look at this There are some do-ers who make the stuff happen but I liaise, as someone put it. I bear responsibility if your experience is shite - if it is, tell me and I'll do what I can to make it better So, yes, you're right about your moans and gripes above and I like that you care enough to say what's bad or needs fixing, and not just what's good And yes, it is down to me - let me know about stuff like this and I will fess-up that its me and put-up a solution or a plan for one at least. We have a CoM meeting coming up early next week which will give me a chance to leverage some help from the other CoM members and the staff and make some progress; it will be a week or two before you see any progress though I'm afraid Tom CoM member for websites, forum and online shop
  14. I checked them all against the first page of the Courier Area Directory and they all seemed correct, with one exception where West Yorks had moved recently to the New Inn. All of the area organisers had been updated and the locations checked and postcodes updated so they show on the natty Areas map on the website The others all seemed to be spot on. We went through a process about six months ago to get them all up to date so I think they are all correct If anyone spots any that are wrong, let me know and I'll get it corrected sharpish tom PS yes, I know we're not using most (any?) of the venues at the moment, but I'd like to get them as accurate as we can
  15. The website already has that postcode - unlike the issue BadWolf was reporting in your area's case it is the Courier which needs updating. I'll pass it to Nigel to get updated Tom
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