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Northern, Manchester Area news
Manchester area news from November meeting regarding Octobers activities
Since Neil sold his saloon he's been putting his efforts in Brum his Spitfire 1500, been removing and renovating the front suspension, steering, engine etc to leave a bear front chassis, then came the job of cleaning off the underseal with the intention of painting on rustproof primer and a coat of Inca yellow, but under the underseal lurked a hidden horror ! Somebody had bogged the chassis with filler all over, so now looking to get a replacement chassis, so the job is turning out to be a full on restoration.
Gary's car named Fred a Spitfire 4 or mk1, is now tucked up and away for the winter, there are a number of small jobs to do during the winter prior to the MOT in January. needs a new water pump (noisy) also new U.j,s for the back also needs to update the brakes. Planned trips to Spa next year so needs to get these sorted.
I have been going through a list of members that Angie at HQ sent to me for members in our area past and present, i have been emailing the people who have not attended our meetings or follow us on Facebook, i have had good responses so far with many of them wanting to get more involved
A new member Steve has a mk3 Spitfire see pics needs a lot of work and he has stripped it all back to the chassis for the rebuild to start now.
John and Janis joined us a couple of months back and were on a look out to purchase either a Vitesse or a TR4, well after a lot a travelling around looking a various cars they managed to purchase a low mileage TR4 in excellent condition.
Not Triumph related but a few of our members went to watch Belle Vue stock car racing and had a good time, thanks for Graham for arranging, hope to do again when the new season kicks off.
Our xmas do is to be held at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester on 3rd Dec, it is a themed party night with bar games laid out around the tables ie coconut shy, bar billiards etc, Lorraine is collecting the deposits so if you haven't already put your name down then please contact her.
Also we will be attending the Manchester xmas markets as we did last year the date for this has been agreed for sat 10th December, please check facebook page nearer the time for meeting time and place, all welcome.
Derek is arranging a local trip out to the old site of Woodford aerospace where there is a museum displaying memorabilia for the Avro Vulcan Bomber , keep your eye on our Facebook page for the date to be announced.
Last month we celebrated Waynes 50th birthday, this month we had a great time celebrating Richards 50th, thanks for the invite Richard.
Well it's been 12 months since Myself, Lorraine, Anne and Wayne took over as area organisers, we have tried our best to run your club area to our best abilities. The club requires us to formally vote on area organisers, so the next meeting in December we will put forward the vote. It can be for us four standing again for another year or if anybody else wants to put themselves forward to be AOs. Please try and attend the December meeting so you can cast your vote. Everybody enjoy your Christmas shopping.
Our next meeting will be held on tuesday6th December
Please check the website news for updates on our forthcoming events on www.tssc.org.uk/tssc/areanews.asp
Also please look at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/tsscmanchesterarea
Gallery
Steves mk3 Spitfire chassis
Belle Vue stock car racing
Richards 50th dressing up
Richards 50th birthday
Neil in womens clothes again !
Vitesse 1600 replacement fuel tank
Neils Spitfire refurbished shocks and springs
Neils Spit tub problems
Neiks Spit bogged chassis, replacement required
Richards 50th birthday cake made by Trish