Rosbif

Could simply be that the fuel pump needs a bit of time to prime the carb. This does happen, I can have the same symptom, but on the good side it gives the oil pump a head start getting oil pressure up.

47 minutes ago, Velocita Rosso said:

Anyone else having to suffer the same?

No. Everyone in the village is old like me 😁

58 minutes ago, Clive said:

This one? https://race.parts/Catalogue/Braking/Reservoirs/Girling-Reservoirs/GIRLING-RESERVOIR-EXT

Not from them, from a similar site here in France.

I found oner new by searching the net, it was a company selling tuning/racing parts, but not easy to find.

34 minutes ago, Velocita Rosso said:

when you drive a Triumph ....you can expect anything! 

Other than the unexpected 🤔

That was for the CritAir classification not about low emission zones. My 1968 reg 13/60 also doesn't qualify for a CritAir classification and it has French nationality.

The low emission zones have all, so far, accepted to exclude classics from the restrictions. An old car here can, under certain conditions, be registered as 'collection' as is mine. It is this registration that determines the exemption. Just don't worry about it, everything will be fine. Now I think about it isn't that what the captain of the Titanic said. 

"Glad to be of service" 🤔

Ordered mine a week ago

46 minutes ago, JohnD said:

I don't think that Louis the Xteenth ever attended a motor racing event.

Of course he didn't, they went and raced round his garden at Versailles, the vehicules had far less horse power then of course. . . .

2 hours ago, JohnD said:

French Racing Colour,

Goes back much, much further - hence my photo of Le Roi ( royal blue), renamed by the revolution, the original term French blue refers to a particular way of dying fabric. As used by a fabric from Nîmes, d' Nîmes or in English denim.

21 minutes ago, JohnD said:

????? The French racing colour is BLUE!  

Not at all. It is actually 'Bleu de France'

Or if you prefer, a Norman.

10 hours ago, Brian Ridley-Jones said:

it was the other 360 days that they were considering!

And they just wanted to be different 😁 vive la difference!

Voilà!

https://fleasting.com/film-teinte-phare/86-5128-film-jaune-phare-et-feux-voiture-moto.html#/103-dimensions_film_pour_feux-03_cm_x_1_m

23 minutes ago, BULLET.tony.short.50 said:

Who is Roast beef and what does he or she drive. And, where do they live, presumably in Frog land !!!

Check out the profiles heading

14 minutes ago, JohnD said:

Do you want to - can you legally? - still use them?

Yellow bulbs are still available legally, so I guess the covers would be. But why would a French car fit covers rather than have had yellow bulbs ? Are those yellow covers really ones designed to convert RHD beams to LHD beams for Brits coming to France?

As for why they were introduced a more mundane answer is that they dazzle oncoming drivers less that white and better in fog.

When I moved here (1994) they were still common, they have gradually disapeared and there was even a time when yellow bulbs that blew were replaced by white and it was quite common to see a car with one of each.

More fun was when the French changed the law about priority at roundabouts, but that is another story . .

45 minutes ago, Shepsy said:

As part of my daily routine I stock up the apple tree 

We have 5 apple trees but I put grease balls in the cherry tree and we watch the birds 5ucking in while we sit in the conservatory having breakfast. We get hares and deer in the field regularly, less frequently, like last weekend, a family of wild boar passing by. Fortunately they don't come into the garden - the damage they do is massive! 

12 minutes ago, Rubce said:

And there was me thinking you were referring to the EU😉😆

We're not opressed - yet

17 hours ago, Tim Hunt said:

Entrants from Blighty now need a UK sticker rather than the previously required GB

Sporting the 'UK' sticker here in France is likely to get you a lot of sympathy and support for your struggle against an opressive regime.

Yes, that's right - a lot of people think the 'UK' stands for UKraine 

I'll say it again - don't worry about it.   

1 minute ago, Clive said:

believe the distributor cap is top entry on a herald, should look like 

That what my 13/60 has

'Voitures de collection' are exempt from the restrictions. My 13/60 is registered as one, in the case of your Triumphs I don't see there being any problems, well fingers crossed, with Monsieur Gendarme.

This map might help.

I don't imagine you'll be passing my way, Normandy close to Alençon.

Good luck to all

Bonne route!

3 minutes ago, Velocita Rosso said:

PS  Stelvio a lot easier going down hill!

I'd have thought more frightening, but maybe you kept your eyes shut . . .

7 minutes ago, RobPearce said:

She's worth it.

Yes, a fine looking car. Hope it works, out I know you enjoy it if it does

Real shame !