Pierre

Great challenge gents. You’ll get loads of advice on big stuff from people far more knowledgeable than me. I had an FWD 1300 for a couple of years that involved nothing more challenging than every weekend doing return trips from near Wolverhampton through central London to near Dover. The sole problem I had was with a tiny grubscrew. This one secured a collar on a gear stick link lever to a gearbox gear selector shaft. The push action into 1st gear was OK but the grub screw then fell out and allowed the gear stick to disengage from the gearbox and simply lay on the floor - so stuck in 1st gear! Perhaps an unusual reason for difficulty in engaging 2nd gear! I lied about it being the sole problem . The car was also prone to over heating when getting into slow traffic when arriving in N London after a quick flog down the motorways. All it needed was to keep moving - easier said than done 50 years ago. It was however an extremely comfortable car in which to travel. Have fun gents and be optimistic. Keep smiling!

John, just a minor point re your calls of power consumption of headlights, I think you would find many cars consume around 100W for two headlights and that your conversion to kWh is out by a factor or 10, ie your 90Wh becomes 0.09kWh. Sorry Ian, I missed your earlier post re kWh

I fitted DRLs (below the front bumper) because there are many light conditions where spotting an oncoming car can be difficult, such as a road with trees or bushes along the verge that with a bright sun cause light and dark areas on the road surface - can you be sure that oncoming traffic can see you? I had a recent trip to Norfolk when these circumstances arose and it was worrying, particularly as almost everyone else had bright lights on the front of their cars. I have to say that I feel so much safer now and have agreater peace of mind, knowing that I am visible to all oncoming traffic. Fair comment ref-motorcyclists, but many of them would be well advised to not use main beam as they can be quite dazzling - the same could be said of some car drivers as well, of course.

Nightbreakers on my TR6 were excellent for main beam but very disappointing on dipped. Now with LEDs , including side lights and indicators - I will not be going back to incandescents for any of them! Also using LED daylight Running Lights - excellent safety addition for modern driving conditions.

If you’re still unsure, with headlights on drive up to a wall/garage door. You should see each beam illuminates an area with a flat upper edge and a section that goes up on the left. Obviously, this is the section to be ‘blanked off’ to prevent dazzling oncoming drivers The headlamp glass moulding should show a ‘trapezoidal’? Shape that is to be blanked off. `It will be on the left of the glass as you look at it from the front of the car I’ve used the Eurolites stuff in the past and found their guide pretty informative. Once the tape is stuck on - check againstthe garage door again if you are unsure. Checking is easier if you do one at a time with the others covered up with a piece of card. As has been mentioned before gaffer / duct / duck tape is equally good. Removal is easier if the glass is warmed up a little (simply switch the headlights on and wait a bit - unless you have LED lamps, of course).

Covered several thousand miles there in the TR6 never had a problem. Suggest you allow an extra 10 minutes for each fuel stop - people WILL be interested in your car and want to ask about it. Suggest also the worthwhile use of the Liberte / SANEF ‘Bip & go’ tag to ease passage through the toll booths if you want to use the autoroutes. You don’t have to worry about paying at the booths, being on the ‘wrong’ side of the car or dropping all of your coins (yes , been there, done that). Very often in the T lanes you can go through without actually stopping. Worth their weight in gold if you’re travelling on your own, ie without a passenger. They can also be used in some municipal car parks. In essence, you set up an account with them and they bill you at the end of each month in which you use it. You do not get lower rates but the convenience is brilliant. As above try to find off road parking and watch for the 80 kph limit. (Used to be 90kph) on many rural roads - fines can be heavy

Tim Now have a photo of my replacement LED boot light, installed and switched off Crinkly tape and scratched card readily apparent. I tried a photo with the light switched on (it has its own switch as well as the TR switch) but the LED swamped the photo even with the tape in place!

Tim I got fed up with the almost useless original boot light in my 6 and replaced it with an LED strip bought from a caravan outfitter. A couple of supplied spring clips screwed to the card liner are sufficient to hold it in placeIts so effective that I’ve had to tape over the top part so that I can see past it. Really effective! sorry no photos, but I’ll be at the RBRR send off in the 6, Pimento red, PJM746L

Good choice. I have 2 big memories regarding seat belts. The first was seeing the wounds on the neck of a good friend after he was the front seat passenger in a crash in 1964 that ended up with his head having gone through the screen while the rest of him was still inside the car. It was amazing that he survived. And one of the reasons why a while ago I had the windscreen on my TR replaced with a laminated screen in place of the original still fitted. The second memory is of the face of the salesman who in 1966, sold me my first car, a Herald. He found it difficult to accept that I insisted on seat belts being fitted to both front seats and not just the driver's seat before I would finally take the car away.

Yes - grand day out on a well organised event, topped off with an excellent meal in Potton. Looking forward to the next trial . . . . . Congrats to all who finished, especially the prize winners!

LED lamps front and rear, Best of all so far - fitting DRLs. They give confidence that I can be seen in modern traffic conditions, especially on tree-lined country roads in sunny conditions but with variable llighting caused by shadows.

Well, that was a grand day out, thanks to the efficient organisation both before and during the event so well done to all contributors, including the junior marshals! Tim and I somehow. managed to accumulate 29 fails, and I have to publicly thank Tim for his patience in coping with my late calls for turns, resulting in gaining much unneeded practice with 3 and 7 point turns. To conclude: thank you all, organisers and participants alike for an enjoyable day touring around somewhere in Essex and Suffolk. Pierre

As Dave has said, check out the TR Register. The website has an excellent forum through which you can very quickly find out almost anything about the TR range - and you don't have to be a club member to access it either. i would recommend looking at that and to get first hand information from other owners, I strongly recommend visiting your local TRR group as well - meeting details are on the website. Just turn up and get stuck in - you'll be made very welcome I'm sure. And yes, I am a TRR member and a very happy TR6 driver covering around 7,000 miles every year (Covid allowing), but not sufficiently knowledgeable to offer dependable technical advice.

Yep - a well-organised enjoyable day out. Near perfect route instructions that took us through very pleasant typically English rural countryside to a museum that showcased examples of much of the history of the British motoring industry of the second half of the last century. Having said that, the info regarding Baden-Powell from 100 years ago was particularly interesting. Of course, what was a bonus was wandering around the visitor car park looking at a myriad of other cars, including a 1902 Renault, plus several examples each of Ferrari, Rolls Royce and the Ford XR series. Excellent photos by the way. Thank you.

Good evening all, Just to bring you up to date, I have contacted the GBCJ and informed them of my meal choice. And to finish off - yes, I'll be with Tim and don't consider it to be slumming with 4 cylinders, especially when travelling with someone who knows how to get the best out of them. Having said that, my recent day car was an Alfa Romeo with an incomparable V6 engine. The enthusiasts' website was subtitled 'Fun starts at 3,000 rpm' - which sums it up nicely. Apologies for drifting off topic . . . .