How old is the youngest member?
Posted By : Stephen Cooper, 21-Jun-2004, 11:06pm
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Posted By : Christopher How, 22-Jun-2004, 10:10am
Blimey! I thought i was too young to be having (my first) midlife crisis at 24! seems i was wrong.
I really do wish i'd discovered the joys of owning a classic instead of borrowing my mothers' banged up metro when i was 17.
'if' i ever have kids, i shall definitely find them a little herald or something as their first car, they might look after it if they know they'll have to do all the work on it!
Chris
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Posted By : Brendan Delaney, 22-Jun-2004, 10:27am
I had my first car (Herald) when I was 24...... (student on a 6 year degree course, couldn't afford a car till my final year)!
However, now pushing 42 and on my 6th Triumph, its nice to see that Spits and GT6s are not just the preserve of bearded old men -with apologies to any bearded elderly club members...
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Posted By : Alice Hickman, 22-Jun-2004, 10:36am
I'm feeling old now....at the grand age of almost 24! I'm well out of the running here, having got my Spitty at 23, how dull!
Wish my parents had got me something nice instead of having to share Mum's micra for years....
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Posted By : Chris Herridge, 22-Jun-2004, 11:19am
Spitfire at age of 19,
now i'm twenteen - and don't you forget that...
still haven't got rid of my first car (Fiat Cinqecento) yet... it carries too many good memories or being 17!
how old is the *oldest* member?
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Posted By : Philip Benbow, 22-Jun-2004, 12:49pm
Chris
That no go area has all of a sudden made me feel old at double your age, but I was in my thirties when I had my mid life crisis and bought a Herald!!
A pity I didn't have a convertible for the summer of 76'..............not that I was old enough to drive!
cheers
Phil
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Posted By : Graham Reeks, 23-Jun-2004, 02:42pm
I'm 25 now, but when i was 17 my original plan was to get a Herald. Unfortunately my old man wouldn't let me - he said it was akin to having a scooter and was too slow to be safe! And that's from someone who bought his own mother one brand new in 1960 something, owned a couple when he was in his teens/twenties and drove to Naples and back in one.
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Posted By : Fearghas MacGregor, 23-Jun-2004, 06:22pm
I'm pretty new here, so be gentle.
I'm 16, and just bought a Vitesse Mk1 Convertible last week, so hopefully it will be pretty much complete by the time I actually pass my test- My 17th is not until the end of Juy.
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Posted By : Huw Harrison, 27-Jun-2004, 07:18pm
Hurrah
I'm 31 this week but still feel 18...Had a 1200 Convertible when I was 17 and never looked back..Great to know that the longevity of our club and cars is assured..Well done to you all..
Huw
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 22-Jun-2004, 12:27pm
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 22-Jun-2004, 12:33pm
Thats you was it. Yesssssssssssss i dont think you'd have a chance at the pod me old.
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 22-Jun-2004, 12:49pm
Wiper fell off?! Wiper fell off my left cheek!
Look at that menacing tailgater (mean face on them heralds)
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Posted By : James Carruthers, 22-Jun-2004, 12:57pm
Tailgating at a junction? Is that possible?
James
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 22-Jun-2004, 01:01pm
...Thats coz it fell off as I pulled out... Just you wait anyway, pod maybe one test, but what about corners?! think american muscle cars, good in a straight line but thats about it really.... But anyway, your carrying a good extra 90 kg in iron more than me, and then theres the 3.27 diff..... Prepare to be eaten a la herald!-
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 22-Jun-2004, 01:06pm
but think about buses. they're top heavy can corner at about 3mph.
look at that pitcture, cant even see the top of the windscreen!!!!-
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 22-Jun-2004, 01:20pm
Youve not been in a herald then....Steve C / Bill tell him!!! Yours is more top heavy than mine anyway, lighter chassis and more roof and glass and my windscreen rail might weigh 1 kilo all in more than yours i'd guess!
Get practising those drag starts ma boy-
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 22-Jun-2004, 01:30pm
practice?! i dont need practice, well, i will next week when my new mk2 spec engine goes in
LOL. Herald.-
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 22-Jun-2004, 01:53pm
Thats the one herald, see Kevans racing one, fairly swift. You'l need that new engine to keep up with my 100000 + mile engine. What 0-60 can you get out of your grand tourer?-
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 22-Jun-2004, 01:57pm
I do believe this is the view you will be seeing....
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 22-Jun-2004, 01:59pm
Herald overtaking race prepped TR2...also 2 litre....
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Posted By : James Carruthers, 22-Jun-2004, 12:54pm
Errr Phil... reality check here please...
GT6 Mk3 - 100bhp/tonne...?
13/60 - 75bhp/tonne...?
"rocket" "not" "science" to figure that out...
James
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Posted By : Philip Benbow, 22-Jun-2004, 01:10pm
James
Not sure why I need a reality check....as I was not racing or tail gateing in the rain.
I leave that to the young ones!
But for what its worth , Brake Horse Power per ton not tonne.
cheers
Phil
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Posted By : James Carruthers, 22-Jun-2004, 01:15pm
Phil,
Confusion here! I meant Phil Carlton... he uses his Dad's TSSC account...
James
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Posted By : Colin Wake, 23-Jun-2004, 03:17pm
Did anyone do their tests in a Spitfire, my mate did 20yrs ago, the examiner hated it! Especially when he U-turned the 3-point turn!
I suspect they would refuse now-a-days on the grounds that it doesn't have airbags etc...
At the other end of the scale, we also have a few members who have retired, 1 by at least 20 years, so you are never too old to enjoy a Triumph.
Colin
TSSC Suffolk AO.
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Posted By : Julie Sewell, 08-Jun-2005, 01:23pm
Hey Colin,
You forgot about little me!!!!!!
I was 8 and 3/4 when I bought my first Spit!!!!!
Still only 9 and 1/4 and still driving Spits!!!!
But maybe I should let you in on a secret???
I only get a birthday once every four years!!!!!
Does this count???
Julie
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Posted By : David Haywood Smith, 27-Jun-2004, 10:37pm
My test was meant to be last week but the tax on mum's car had run out and the examiner wouldn't let me take the test. Absolutely gutting.
Now booked for 20th August, hopefully I'll get a cancellation test earlier.
Check your tax before you take your test!
Great cars...
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Posted By : James Owen, 28-Jun-2004, 07:52am
im 18 n ive got a herald 12/50 i got my test in the next week, david where are you insuring the herald??-
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 28-Jun-2004, 11:02am
Ive got my GT6 with Footman James. &163;800!!! Cheap as chips lads! Funny how some guy i know pays a grand more for a corsa! And mines got 2 times the engine in it and half the seats! (his is a 999cc 3cyl LOL!)
Rock on peoples!
Will I be seeing any of you at stafford?
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 28-Jun-2004, 01:20pm
Muhaha, double the cost of my insurance! Is that TPFT though? You're right though its still really cheap considering the type of car, and the fact you could supercharge it and add nitrous and it wouldnt cost you anymore...though putting a bigger engine in does, I asked about converting mine into a Vitesse and they were going to charge me an extra &163;300 for the privelage! Daft as mine now has Vitesse performance and better handling, just no torque.
WHEN I get a GT6 (as well as the Herald) we'l have a fair and proper race Mr Charlton
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 28-Jun-2004, 06:31pm
well i suppose ill have to linger around for a while till you get a car with a real engine. going stafford mr f?-
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 28-Jun-2004, 10:44pm
Haha, yes linger being the only thing it can do! Bear in mind the six is a direct
development from the four which started life in something like 848 cc in the standard 8, ooo the power. Nevermind I can live
happily in the knowledge that you can never reach my max rpm.
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 29-Jun-2004, 11:11am
why, yours revs over 8krpm?! wow! who made the crank for that?-
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Posted By : James Carruthers, 29-Jun-2004, 12:00pm
Your GT6 can do 8k?
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 29-Jun-2004, 12:16pm
Think rotating masses, then think who has less of them.... and if you can have a crank made that can rev to 8k, I can have one made that would rev to 9k Not that that
would be necessary of course, because if you had the cam to match that redline you would end up with a completely
un-tractable engine with no torque whatsoever, making your off the line acceleration even slower with that 3.27 diff
and 880kg!
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 29-Jun-2004, 04:03pm
Mr C - So I've been told.
Mr F - what are you blathering about?-
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 29-Jun-2004, 08:23pm
If you knew about engines you'd know what I'm on about, all logical stuff!-
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Posted By : Michael Charlton, 30-Jun-2004, 02:48am
yes, i do, but whats it got to do with the fact that you reckon my engine isnt going to rev as high as yours?-
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Posted By : Leon Guyot, 08-Jun-2005, 04:11am
Got my first car, my old 67 Herald 1200 Convertible, (KGF21A are you listening?), on March 8th 1981, 4 days after my 22nd birthday, kept it until November 13th 1998...
Started building my Vitesse 2L Convertible June 1984, first drove it April 1997.
Still making it better and better.
Be warned that these cars are a lifetimes passion.
Best Wishes
L&195;&169;on (TSSC 81/2119) OMG that means that I have been a TSSC member longer than some TSSC members have been alive...
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Posted By : Ian Johnson, 08-Jun-2005, 08:54am
I thought I was feeling old (!) and I'm only 23...! As far as I can remember I've had my GT6 for just over a year now and been a member for the same amount of time, about 4 months before my 23rd birthday, my friend Jules has had his Spit around the same sort of time but he's getting on a bit (24)... (heh heh heh...!)
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Posted By : Ian Johnson, 08-Jun-2005, 11:46am
This Ben Furguson is hilarious! I want to meet him! How old are you exactly?! Just for your sheer bloodymindedness at insisting that a Herald would beat a GT6 (obviously in standard form, no NOS allowed...!) you should get an A*. As for that herald dragster picture - genius! You might want to join our little club as well as the TSSC - check it out - www.spcc.co.uk Slightly more 'alternative' than the TSSC but no less fun in its own way.-
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Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 08-Jun-2005, 11:51am
The dragster was at the TSSC International last year (if it's the one I'm thinking of)... just after its engine had been rebuilt.... err, not a triumph lump in there y'know...
... and Ben!, well yes, very entertaining... I think he posted them messages just before he broke his crank in half *laughy smiley* *sad smiley*
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 09-Jun-2005, 00:51am
Aha, young Carruthers just informed me that my name was mentioned, so thought I best check up! Yes I'm a bit of a looney, convinced that a Herald WILL go faster than a standard GT6 or Vitesse. And I'm now pleased to say that it does, by some margin! Now that the DIY ported and skimmed head is on, with the TH5 cam it did a 0-50 in 6.1 and a 0-60 in 8.2! That was by the speedo though, so will be a bit out, but better than the 16.5-17 secs I was getting when I first got the car! Happy bunny now! The bottom end is complaining now though...AGAIN! So I bagged myself a spare engine off ebay for &163;1, which turned out to be ding dong fine, no bore wear and only a 10thou grind on the crank, and a spare mk4 spit head (smiley). I'm building it up so I can drop it into the herald when I have chance, with balanced bottom end this time, to take the revs it so craves!
I want to do santa pod this year at some point out of curiosity, and if I dont blow it up like I did last year, I'l be at the main Triumph meets during the summer, the priority being stafford!
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Posted By : Ben Ferguson, 09-Jun-2005, 01:05am
Couldnt find the edit button, but anyway this is my online diary which i'm just putting together now!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6...
Cheers,
Ben
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