NESCRO & the 10CR

Well they are not related actually other than by my video skills.

Let me explain, as I said in my earlier post today I have been putting together some video for NESCRO.

That's the Northern England and Scotland Rally Organisers who offer a series of "entry level" events for anyone interested in driving rather than polishing their cars (A Club Triumph in joke I am afraid). I was asked to put some footage together from my competition in their events and send it off as a contribution to a promotional DVD they are making.

I am very pleased to do so - anything to spread the word. That's why I have just added them to a new links section on this blog; why not give it a go.

Which has reminded me, I have also finished the 10CR 2003 video so Tim, Doug, Graham,Mat, Andy,Sarah, Paul et al take a look!






So, another weekend over and back to work. More updates next weekend and over Christmas!

The real thing

After the "model" incident it was good to get back to the real thing today.

Unfortunately not for very long tho as household chores got in the way. Still, a snatched 30 minutes made a big difference as can be seen here. Should be running again over Xmas and then I can upgrade the alternator and coolant systems as planned.

Must dash now tho as I promised to produce some video for NESCRO (another task I seem to have taken on).

Imitation is?

As mentioned before, Corgi have introduced and are selling a limited edition TR7 model with the same registration as mine.

It is near identical to the car when I bought it - you be the judge, here's a photo of the model (bought by me) and the car, also bought by me (!) but in this picture is my good friend Kevin Makin at the start of the Round Britain Reliability Run.

Really frustrating though is that Corgi are not replying to e-mails or phone calls from me about this.

Great days

Here's a video of the start of the original 10CR back in 2003.

Shoulda,coulda

I should have been working on BRP this weekend and I suppose I could have been but I didn't.

I have, however, been out all day on Club Triumph business with my mate Paul. This should pay off very nicely for the competitivet types amongst us but more details will follow in due course.

As an aside, a curious thing has come to my attention this week. Corgi have released a special edition model of a white TR7 with my car's registration number on! More on this later too.

What I have done tho is produce two videos from some years ago now - here's one of a rally in a Mini I used to part own back in the 80s.

2 hours more

Another weekend, another 2 hours.

The patient approach is proving it's worth tho as that troublesome bolt is back in it's rightful place!
An enjoyable afternoon really as my mate Kevin came round too and we worked on the car, an escape from work and all the other stuff that goes on.

Anyway, I would have taken a picture but yet another one of engine components going back together isn't really necessary. I was reminded though of the perennial problem I always seem to have when fitting these engines etc - the exhaust manifold bolts. There are 5 of them and I usually get 4 to co-operate out of 5, sometimes a different 4 out of 5 as well!

This is where it helps having patience and another person's point of view. On Kevin's advice I "felt" where the holes were lining up with a small screwdriver and discovered a "lip" on the bottom of the hole. The deduction then was that the manifold wasn't quite high enough so I got a scissor jack under the exhaust downpipe and lifted it slightly - voila, bolt goes in

And that was at the end of the 2 hours I had set aside so tools away, bonnet down and adjourn for another cup of tea.

Once more into the breach next weekend when we will see what another 2 hours brings - should be the inlet manifold on and an attempt to start the car. If it co-operates I will follow the advice I have been given of running it without water until up to temp, switching off and then re-torqueing the head.

I'm so much more laid back nowadays

Yup, another couple of hours on BRP and one of the sprocket bolts won't go in.

It's the one you can see in the pic looking a bit skew wift - oh hum, there's always next weekend