The Cobblers Child and The Letter D!
It doesn’t seem like five minutes since the guys were in France for the 2010 Le Mans Classic meeting. So here we are again - same last minute preparations and same mad panic to have Mick’s car ready for the journey. This year’s preparations appeared to be going relatively smoothly, until the car was packed. Time 19.00 hours with 7 hours left until rev up and go at 2am; the fuel tank on Mick’s precious Triumph 2000 chose this very moment to spring a leak. So after a very rapid bail out of the boot it was off to the workshop for a quick patch up. But alas, this was not successful and Plan B was put into action as Mick took the decision to quickly service his NAIL (see pic of said item to prove I am not exaggerating. The back window isn’t mid zip, it’s falling out!) and take that instead. Back home at midnight the Stag was packed, 1 hours sleep and off they went. However, looks can most certainly be deceiving, as the NAIL made it to Le Mans and back again without a hitch. The cobbler’s child may very well go unshod, but not unloved.
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I just have to mention the little Austin VP that we restored a couple of years ago, because this special little car has just got first prize in the 11/1300 Class at the Vanden Plas Owners Club 2012 Show. Well done Mike! |
This Triumph White Stag, suspended in mid air, was one of our focuses this July as it was booked on a container ship during the first week of August, bound for a life in Cyprus. Work under the bonnet included a reconditioned engine, new tubular manifolds and an aluminium radiator. The body work involved replacing rear wing repair sections, door skins, a front wing and complete respray.
This Month’s Spare Parts Letter is D …
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