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Eastern, Suffolk Area news
Suffolk June News
Kevin had come across from Lowestoft in his very nice Vitesse saloon, which he purchased in August last year. He’s previously owned a Triumph 2000 and regretted selling that a few years ago, so had been looking for another classic accompany his Peugeot 205 as his daily driver and the straight 6 and overdrive of the Vitesse fitted the bill perfectly.
The other new face, was Ken who Mike bumped into at a metal suppliers and they both got talking about classics. It turns out he’s doing some work on a TR7, so decided to come along and get some tips. He hopes the car will be on the road very soon.
Welcome to you both.
Someone who hadn’t been for a while, was Geoff in his TR8. He came from Felixstowe for the first time in a year or so due to work commitments. Having owned the car for around 10 years, he now feels it’s time for a change and was thinking about selling it for something like a Vitesse. There was quite a bit of interest round the car in the car park, which looks quite striking in it’s metallic blue paintwork. The Rover SD1 engine sounded very sweet and all the better for the quieter exhausts that Geoff had fitted by a local exhaust manufacturer. Apparently, they’d helped with performance too. I’m sure he’ll have no problems moving that car on to a new owner once he advertises it.
Lindsay and Lyall (and probably some others) had made their annual outing on the Ipswich to Felixstowe run. The cold weather had meant there were a few less spectators along the route than normal, so the waving and hooting from the cars was reduced a bit. It didn’t stop the entrants turning out though and there was the usual fantastic turnout of cars along the whole of Felixstowe sea front.
Also, the meeting marked a new first for Lyall. A failing battery in the Her-Vit-Bond-fire, meant he had to get a lift with Lindsay. He admitted, that after well over 30 years in the TSSC, it was his first ever ride in a Spitfire, to which he commented “You’re awfully close to the road aren’t you!â€
The next meeting will be June 4th and we’re also hoping the following month, July 2nd, will be our ‘fill the car-park’ night, so bring as many Triumphs as possible. If the weather’s poor, we’ll do it in August.
See you next month.
Russell