Tim Hunt

Did 131 miles door to door. Some stunning scenery on the convoy drive - my adopted country is really beautiful. The only problem was that the pace was often too slow to engage my 28% overdrive in top - that never happens on a C.T. event!!

Tim

On 20/04/2024 at 11:11, Tim Hunt said:

All set for the off tomorrow, complete with Childline plaque. Going to RAF Harrowbeer, near Yelverton via Dartmoor.

Tim

I have just booked DFDS Dover - Calais departing 12.55 on Monday 2nd September. Return  Sunday 9th departing 12.50 Cost £167.

Tim

All set for the off tomorrow, complete with Childline plaque. Going to RAF Harrowbeer, near Yelverton via Dartmoor.

Tim

On 03/04/2024 at 18:09, Rubce said:

Why do we require a plaque?

Bemused 

Bruce

A plaque is not 'required' Bruce. It is a personal choice.  CT is a member club of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) and since 2021 the FBHVC has partnered with Childline as their chosen charity to benefit from funds raised through Drive It Day activities. Last year over 50K was raised for this worthy cause. I would urge anyone taking part in a DID outing with their local group to consider purchasing a plaque, 100% of the proceeds will go to Childline.

Tim

6 hours ago, Wendy Dawes said:

hi everyone,

just ordered my drive it day plaque, if you haven’t ordered yet there’s up to 2 weeks delivery time so order quickly 😊

Can you provide the link to purchase please Wendy.

Many thanks,

Tim

1 hour ago, shenderson said:

With the wheel removed, they hold the drum against the hub, making it much easier to adjust the brakes.  A little smear of copperslip grease on the threads should stop them seizing in place.

Why would you adjust brakes with wheels removed? It is much easier to judge when a brake is just binding by rotating the whole wheel and hub assembly.

The New South Wales branch of the Triumph Sports Owners Association organised a highly successful weekend celebration of Triumph's hundred year anniversary at Bathurst in March last year. This included a display of 120 various Triumph models on the main street and over 100 cars taking part in a parade lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit. The Club designed and commissioned a commemorative grille badge (as pictured). This is a very nice quality chrome plated cast metal badge measuring 100mm wide by 86mm deep and 3mm in thickness with a weight of 125grams. Two bosses on the back of the badge are tapped to accept M4 set screws. 

These badges were sourced from the far east at a very competitive price and an initial quantity of 50 was ordered and supplied to TSOA members at cost. Buckeye Triumphs in the US also ordered 50 and I understand that they are about to order a further 100 while the TSOA NSW are ordering 50 more.  

The badges come with two 25mm lengths of 4mm studding and two nuts. To fit most grilles one would probably need to source two longer M4 set screws. 

I badgered the former TSOA President to sell me his badge and it will soon be gracing my 4A grille. 

If we were to piggy back an order for, say, 50 badges the price to CT members would be around £18 to £20 a badge including postage. 

I would like to know what interest there might be at this level so could anyone who would be keen to purchase a badge please let me know, ideally by PM on here.

Tim  

Unfortunately of course I missed the last 10CR and haven't taken the TR to the Continent since the 2019 event.

All the best,

Tim

Entrants from Blighty now need a UK sticker rather than the previously required GB. I just obtained mine from Decalheads on eBay for £1.65 including postage. The oval sticker measures 180mm (major axis) by 115mm (minor axis) and the characters are the required height of 80mm.

Tim

6 hours ago, Howard said:

Accommodations sorted by my co-driver. Just have to sort out how to cross to France 🙂

 

Help!

I didn't receive automatic notification of the approx overnight locations as an entrant and cannot see it on the Forum. Where can I find this info please?

Tim 

That's great Colin. I know Dale will be delighted to receive a contribution from you. Indeed, I believe he is somewhat short of new copy just now so why not encourage some  of your CT friends to submit stories of Triumph related outings, recent acquisitions, mechanical fails or hacks etc. etc.

Tim

Quite so, and there is no reason for Malcolm to be upset by your post. After all, in Spanish El Presidente can mean 'President' or 'Chairman'. Our language is so rich in having specific words to differentiate even more subtle distinctions!

Tim

Given those shots Mike the car looks an even better prospect.

Tim

You will need to junk the sealed beams Pete and obtain headlight units that accept conventional halogen bulbs. On the TR I already had excellent 7" Valeo/Cibie units, which are sadly NLA. The Novsight H4s were a straight swap for my existing H4 halogens and the wiring fitted inside the headlamp bowls with no issues. I am aware you have a twin 5" set up on the Vitesse and am sure someone else will be along shortly with specific advice.

Tim

1 hour ago, Tim Bancroft said:

Whoever buys this car will be buying a superbly sorted car.

Good luck with the sale Mike and Alistair.

+1

I was impressed by Alan Chatterton's headlights on the 2018 RBRR and he told me the bulbs were 'Nighteyes' (more recently re-branded as 'Novsight') so on returning home I ordered a pair of H4 bulbs on ebay (for only £19.89!!). They were nicely packaged and seemed very nice quality for the astonishingly low price. They did not have integral fans, rather relying on ribbed aluminium heat sinks for cooling. They have tiny LED light sources intended to mimic exactly the positions of dip and main beam filaments in a conventional incandescent bulb. Having heard horror stories about uncontrolled beams from cheap far eastern LED bulbs, before I fitted them I pulled the TR up a few metres from my garage door and carefully marked the cut off of the dipped beam pattern from my existing Philips Racing Vision halogen H4s. I then replaced these by the Novsight bulbs and repeated the exercise. The beam pattern on dip was identical with an excellent, sharp asymmetric cut off. These bulbs illuminate the nearside kerb or verge well ahead with a very impressive spread of light and cause no inconvenience to oncoming drivers. As I am still running a dynamo a big bonus of the LED bulbs is the dramatically reduced power consumption. It is still odd to switch on the headlights and see the ammeter needle hardly deflect! 

I particularly appreciated these LED bulbs on the 2021 RBRR and after nearly five years they continue to impress on any night drive. I see no reason to upgrade to Philips or other more exotic LEDs at £80+ a pair. How much better can they be?

Tim

22 hours ago, Andy Flexney said:

that is the problem John. Obviousley you have never drive a sidesreen car otherwise you would know the windscreen vibrates so much you cannot see anything out of a "stuck on" rear view mirror. A sat nav vibrates off within the first 2 miles.Ask me how I know?

Andy, have you tried a rubber gasket between the mirror mounting and windscreen frame. One made from a piece of old truck tyre inner tube did the trick on my 4A.

22 hours ago, JohnD said:

"Not possible"?    There are a profusion of dipping mirrors on sale, some with suction cup attachment.   Following the style of the Traffic Police, who fit them for the use of the officer in the passenger seat, I use one on my modern, to improve near side rear view as the provided mirror isn't wide enough.   In the TRansit, I have a satnav and a tyre pressure monitor attached to the windscreen, and they stay on very well!

Absolutely!

John

+1

Bad luck Steve, what rotten luck - see you in October 2025!!

Tim

If any RBRR entrant is still spannering then forget it! The event start date cannot have come as a surprise and your steed should have been prepared and raring for the off weeks ago. It's more important to get some zzzzs in the bank now in preparation for the looong Saturday night/Sunday morning stretch, trust me. An early night would of course have been better.  

The best of luck to all crews and thanks to Tim Bancroft and his organising team and all our wonderful marshals who continue to turn out at often ungodly hours to assist the smooth running of the UK's best classic car driving event.

Tim

18 hours ago, Boxofbits said:

Today I decided on rocking the crank to and fro by hand using the original metal fan blades, just to see if there was any free play in relation to the rear of the crankshaft which might be causing the clattering noise coming in around 3000 rpm, suspecting a broken crank but which didn’t really stack up tbh as the oil pressure was good, but apparently these 4 pots have an appetite for crankshafts.
 

Rocking the engine, I noticed the fan assembly moving slightly on the hub, so somehow the 4 bolts retaining the fan had loosened over a period of time.  I was relieved to find tightening these another turn each resolved the issue and noise gone.
 

 Which makes me think the rubbers might have perished slightly maybe over the years and led to some free movement.  It sounded like a piston was just about to let go tbh,  so definitely worth checking out these bolts and others on the engine before the run and definitely before stripping it! 
 

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

Really glad you got it sorted Kevin. A good watch out for some others but not me - I binned the mechanical fan and hub extension when I fitted a Kenlowe over 40 years ago. A side bonus is it makes a fan belt change a breeze. No need to jack the  engine up to give clearance between the hub extension and steering rack!

Best of luck for the RBRR.

Tim

😀😀

Your posts wonderfully convey the nature of this event Jim and should be essential reading for all first-timers. I have been enjoying the unique atmosphere of the RBRR since 1974 and whilst this year will see me breaking my long run of starts I fully intend, DV, to be back again in October 2025. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all participants safe motoring and the very best of luck and to thank Tim and his organising Team and all the volunteer marshals who turn out willingly, often at ungodly hours to assist in the smooth running of the event.

Tim

Was Magenta not a very rare choice for this model?