mole42

Hi Cookie, Any chance you could make your sig bigger?

Last time I did the RBRR I was doing that sort of major surgery a week or so before the run!

Interesting that the Beeb were still using the UHER 4000L as standard outside recording kit in 1988 - when I was at Sheffield in the '70's that's what we used then! Shame you didn't do the interviews two years later, I might have got on the tape!

The car I've entered this time is a Stag that was purchased at Broadfields Garage, Cockfosters in December 1972 - a nice Christmas present! It's a shame that we don't still start the RBRR from Broadfields, it'd be nice to take the car back there. Looking at the Road Book for the 1990 event, the advert on the back cover is for Moordale Motors at 18 Barnet Road. They are still there.

Well, as a reward for entering the 2016 run, my Stag yesterday threw a wobbly and I might have to replace the head gaskets in the next few days. Either that or the water pump. Still, best to get the problems sorted out early!

Replace the propshaft Replace the steering column UJs Replace the brakes Try and make the hard top fit better

A Moss? That'll be just you then..... I'm wondering whether to buy a big saloon for the event, fearing the back seat of my Stag will not allow any sleep for the 'off-duty' crew member!

The only things I remember about the 1990 RBRR are: Thinking that my 2000 was the tattiest Triumph at John O'Groats Being told by my co-drivers to slow down during the run South from the North of Scotland Seeing someone at Gordano Services having the head gasket changed at 4 in the morning Going past the Jamaica Inn on the A30 near Launceston Driving from Settle in Yorkshire to Cockfosters for the start, then driving back again afterwards. My road book says we were running about 30 minutes ahead of schedule when we joined the M3 going into London. A signature from Ann Pollock says we finished. Other notes: Average speed: 47.6MPH Fuel consumption: 27.5MPG / 73 gallons total (331 litres for younger viewers) Oil: 4 pints Water: Nil The coil delivered 3.8million sparks, each plug fired 633,000 times.

It took me a few years before I could buy another Triumph! As you can see from the photo, UTB wasn't in the best of bodily health back then (although we did the whole event without needing to lift the bonnet) and probably expired not long after.

My first and only RBRR in 1990. Funny how much older I look now.

My car was No49 the last time I did it in 1990, now I've got entry number 50. Richard