Tim Hunt

Hi Martin, any idea when you will be posting the entry form on here so people can demonstrate their commitment. Regards Tim

You say all hotels booked Chris. Do you know something we don't, i.e. roughly where we are going to staying on the Thursday night or are you planning to do an all nighter through the Alps? Tim

I don't know where people are starting to book hotels, other than in the Lille area for the Tuesday night ready for the Wednesday start, In Ellis's test email of 12th January he said "I’ll be sending a further mail later / tomorrow with details so far of ferry deals and suggested locations for hotel stops" I have seen nothing further yet, we need to be patient. Tim

I am sure you will appreciate the improvement Christian. However, at least as regards the 10CR, with proper accommodation every night there shouldn't really be much if any driving in the dark! Tim

Definitely the right call Steve, we are doing the same. Tim

Ilka/Christian, you mention one job needed before the 10CR as improving the lighting. If you have standard headlights a very effective upgrade would be Cibie/Valeo headlight units with Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited or similar uprated H4 bulbs. If you haven't already done so I also recommend wiring in relays for high and low beams. Use heavy duty 17A cable direct from battery to relays, through a fuse, and from the relays to the lights. This will have two benefits, it will avoid passing a relatively high current through the column lighting switch and the reduced voltage drop from use of heavier gauge wiring will give more power at the lights for better illumination.   I burnt out the lighting switch on my 4A twice (both times on an RBRR) before I did this very worthwhile mod. Tim

Thanks Martin, all now clear, I will make reservations accordingly. Happy New Year Tim

Martin, please put Sue and I down for this one in the 4A. It will be a good shake down before the same team tackles the 10CR! You mention a cost at the OST for the Saturday night but won't we be somewhere further north that night as usual? Kind regards, Tim

You have PM Malcolm. Tim

I Booked Sue and I in the Premiere Classe, Lille Ouest-Lomme for the night of Tuesday 5th September some time ago. It's only 5 minutes from the A25 so should allow a bit of a lie in before the start. If anybody else fancies it then it would be good to have some company. Tim

Great videos Edwin - lovely cars, wonderful roads and what a sound track. Just about perfect I'd say. Tim

I look forward to seeing the TR2 Edwin, all being well, we don't have too many concours cars in Club Triumph. It's good to have excellent headlights of course but you shouldn't need them on this 10CR, which will involve a hotel every night and no night driving - at least that's the basis on which I sold it to the wife!  Incidentally it's good to see that you are not a slave to originallty but prepared to modify the TR2 for safety. This puts me in mind of the 1974 RBRR when the late Paul Howell - later to be owner(custodian) of OVC 276 for a time - followed me through the night from Inverness to John o' Groats in his lovely early long door TR2. It wasn't a problem since he kept a safe distance at all times and over breakfast he told me he had chosen to follow since his original 'tripod' headlights were pretty useless. I asked why he had not fitted a pair of decent halogen conversions just for the event but he told me that would not have been original! I reckon one's neck is more important.   Tim

Looks like the problem isn't the rad Dion. I assume you run something like a 50/50 Ethylene Glycol/water mix year round and that you flushed the block when the coolant mix was last changed. Do you have a radiator duct fitted? This item is meant to help cooling by directing more of the air stream through the radiator matrix. However, I have never had one on my 4A in 46 years and despite this have never had an overheating problem. Tim

No choice, the TR4A is my only Triumph. Other than an oil and filter change sometime before September I just plan to fit a Velleman wiper delay kit, now I have the wiring diagram sussed thanks to Hogie's help! I hope not to need it however, a dry Run would be nice. Tim

Enjoyed watching all the cars leave. Xan't believe that my exhaust sounded louder than Tom Key's. Have to speak to Mike about using unnecessary revs! Tim

I note that in the last few hours our team total on the JustGiving website has reached the nominal £50K target. It's not clear if this includes the Gift Aid element or if that is additional. This is great but remember that we did quite a bit better two years ago for Macmillan so let's keep beating bushes and pestering people to maximise the outcome for Guide Dogs. I recall that £50K = one guide dog so let's go for another four legs at least. Tim

Unusually for me I stickered up the car today a week ahead of the event. I have a good reason since on Tuesday I had a call from Bob Wilkinson, Course Director of tomorrow's Classic Virgins Day at The British Motor Museum asking if I could help out again as one of their volunteer classic owner/drivers had pulled out. I was happy to agree since I see this as a good chance to secure some extra sponsors in support of Guide Dogs. so this will be my second trip in the TR to Gaydon in seven days. Tim

Let's hope that's right Andy. Torrential rain I can do without as I have a small pesky leak in bottom RH corner of screen surround that I haven't yet been able  completely to cure. Shouldn't complain as it's the only fault on the car --oops, that's tempting Providence I fancy! Tim

Tim

Horrified to find when checking car round today that both brake lights were inoperative. I was pretty surprised as last checked only a few days ago. Problem soon identified as stuck brake light switch. I removed it and with some penetrating lube got the plunger working smoothly. Can't complaln, switch is the 50-year-old original! Incidentally, while on the topic of the brake light switch it is possible to adjust it so that a light touch on the pedal will illuminate the brake lights without bringing pads and linings into play and causing any retardation. This affords a safe way of alerting a tailgater that they are too close and should drop back or overtake.  As we all know "Only a fool breaks the two second rule". Tim

If anyone happened to take a picture of the RBRR cars gathered together at Gaydon could you possibly email a copy to  tim@timothyhunt.co.uk Many thanks, Tim

What he said! Tim

I think you are being very "charitable" Tim to suggest an honest mistake. After all the 2016 event has been associated with Guide Dogs ever since your announcement in the November 2015 Club Torque when in the first paragraph you stated "For 2016 we will support Guide Dogs". Maybe there is an argument that in future, if the charitable nature of the event continues, the designated charity should be mentioned on the Entry Form. Tim

Remember Graham that there are some people who just don't get on with the Internet and will be using the old style paper pledge form that Tim B. did circulate a while ago. Tim

Well spotted Andy. It takes a lot to get me hot under the collar but when I read your post I almost fell of my chair. What a nerve, totally unacceptable. If Team 125 is allowed to get away with this it will be carte blanche for any one else to choose their own favourite charity on a future event. It's clearly Tim B's call but for my money the members of Team 125 should be refunded the entry fee as a gesture (let them give it to Ocean Stars if they like) and told their action was completely against the spirit if the event of which they are no longer a part. Tim