Bill.P.
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I am so sorry to hear this sad news, as I too knew Pete for 52 years and always found him helpful and generous once one had learned to accept his , let us say, somewhat abrasive style......my first dealing with him was in late 1972 when he was trading in TR parts from his home garage in Crossways, Mitcham....he sold me a new TR2 halfshaft for just two quid (all the money I had with me in those shoestring days) and then promptly helped me to change it in the road outside his front gate! How the neighbours must have loved him......a splendid bloke gone, Bill P.
PS and in all those years I too never saw him drive a TR!
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Jo at the office would be a good start......as I haven't been into the archive room for years I have no idea what is where or whether the tapes are even existing......so good luck! As the room is normally kept locked , they should be somewhere there. I have had no trouble converting home movie VHS tapes 40 plus years old to DVD, and haven't seen any deterioration. Its a job that should be done though, although it might be that some at least of these films are/were commercially available on DVD, and if they were, this might be a better bet. Bill P.
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All these 1950s Triumph financed and Frank Callaby shot 1950s rally films were in the TRR Archive at Didcot on VHS tapes in the club archive room at Didcot when I was archivist in the pre-youtube etc early years of this century,, and they are presumably still there, locked away awaiting someone to get them converted to modern format for all to see.......when John Saunders became archivist with Bob Rowland, he was going to get them done but sadly he died before anything happened......Bill P.
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You should see the photos of SHP when I found it after 25 years under an apple tree in Norfolk! Not quite the same......Bill P.
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I knew Roger Seal very well from the 70s to the 1990s. He and I shared a stall at Beaulieu Autojumble many times.......Sadly he is no longer with us, having disappeared, quite literally, somewhere in the Far East many years back. It is an extraordinary story well worthy of a novel and what happened to him is, so far as I know, utterly unknown.....there were many rumours, even that he had been imprisoned in Thailand or Indonesia (nasty), that he'd been murdered, kidnapped by drug gangs etc etc......who knows the truth? I knew him well and I don't......
Roger's father, Montefiore Seal, bought JBO 3 in November 1953, a very early TR2 chassis number TS122, and said to have been the first TR in Wales. It was Geranium pink and Monty Seal raced and sprinted it a great deal in the mid 50s. After his father's death, Roger embarked on a quest to find the car ,which had been sold years earlier, but he never did, so instead he resolved to build an exact replica, importing a LHD car from the States still in its original coat of Geranium paint.....this car was stored in a lockup in Battersea behind a block of flats, one of which Roger owned and I was called in by the residents association there to value both the car and the spares with it once Roger had been missing for some years and lots of lock-up rent and rates were owed to said association........I could go on at great length and maybe I'll write the whole story up in an article one day......Roger was a fascinating bloke, a Barrister, a professional restaurant critic and journalist and a general Bon Viveur....he once bought me lunch in Chelsea's best restaurant in return for me finding him a pair of original Alfin Drums.......it is all quite a story.......Bill P.
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All those many TRR members who knew him will be very sad to learn of the recent death of Martin Dearing from Rotherham after a long illness . He died from complications following brain aneurysm surgery a few years back. Martin was a long-term member who ran a Primrose yellow TR2 and traded with his partner Sue at TR events in sidescreen car parts for very many years. Ever helpful Martin was a "go-to" man for TR2/3/3A "Unobtanium", and could always help out with a difficult s/h spare. Although he was unable to attend events in the past few years, he will be much missed by all those who knew him and benefitted from his TR knowledge, always cheerfully imparted. He was one of the Good Blokes.........Bill Piggott
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Yes indeed, the Healey is a problem for anyone over 6ft I agree.....the Healey family were all short....Donald, whom I met on several occasions , was barely 5ft 6in....they designed the car around themselves! Roger Menadue, chief engineer on the 100 project, was no taller.....Bill
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The 100/4 is the only one to have....much lighter, more nimble, goes just as well and looks a lot better than the 6 cylinder cars.....I've had 100/4s since 1970 alongside my TRs so know of what I speak......Bill P.
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A fascinating man, and I too went to his shed, virtually ON the Central Line in Perivale, a number of times, heard his stories, which weren't exaggerated, and bought his always reasonably priced bits.....I was brought up not a mile from him in Greenford and knew him from my late teenage years .The best thing ever however was one of the handful of beautifully done, handmade copies Ken made of the original (and unobtainable) works type TR aeroscreens......fifty quid was all he would take for the single one he sold me. I always tried to get him to make some more but his answer was always"one day....." I still have that original Munford aeroscreen on my TR2, by which I shall remember him.....BTW, I think it was Macau where his excellent Jabbeke replica went rather than to Singapore....it was I believe commissioned from him by someone connected with Eddie Carvalho, the man who won the 1954 Macau Grand Prix in a very early TR2 (yes, really!) Bill Piggott
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Sadly another long term TRR member who was well known in the early days of the club has passed away. Nick James, who was on the club's committee in the late 70s /early 80s in the post of Competition Secretary died at his home in Ludlow on 21st January after a short illness with cancer at the age of 73. Nick was a long-term owner of TR3 SKV656, an ex-works car, in which he competed in a number of TRR events. He also organised sprints and driving test events in his Comp Sec capacity, and was popular figure and prominent figure within the club. Bill Piggott
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Hello, I'm pretty sure I viewed this car when it was offered for sale in Ealing area of West London in the early 1970's, not that that is much help in locating it now! I didn't buy it, but remember its unusual black colour and short, Stockport registration number.........seem to recall it was in good condition but overheated on test so I walked away.....Bill P.
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now sold, Bill
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TR2/3/3A works steel hardtop in good condition for sale--unlike most, it has a really good rear window in situ, mounted with what look to be the original rubber seals, again in good order.....email Bill Piggott on bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk for photographs and more details
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TR 4 seats for sale, a pair of late type TR4 seats in black with leather facings, good usable condition, and will also fit TR2/3/3A for a bit more comfort.......£175 for the pair , for photos contact Bill Piggott on bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk
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I have used the same set of spacers made for me in ali as a one off for 35 years, and never had any sort of problem, and mine are 8mm thick, which may be slightly more than necessary, BP
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Hi Adam, good to hear from you ....would like to know more, so could you email me direct at bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk ? Thanks, Bill
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Thanks Mike, I await hearing further and the pics, Bill
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Hi Mike, only just seen your reply......thanks. Sounds interesting despite the work needed. Any chance of a picture? If so, could you email it to me at bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk ? Thanks, Bill P.
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Wanted a TR2/3/3A Works style hardtop in good usable condition, steel or fibreglass, excellent price paid, if you have or know of one for disposal, email Bill Piggott at bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk.....thanks.
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Or walk away as I have done.....BP
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I have no intention of "reviewing" any post that I have made, and stand by everything I have said.....I shall therefore definitely not post on this forum again, as indeed many others that I know of no longer do. I only broke my previous resolve yesterday to give some important information about a particular car, which information I hope was of interest to the enquirer. However the forum will in future have to do without such TR knowledge as I have. Bill P.
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Well, I shall just this once break my "never post here again " rule because I DO indeed know a little about the fabled Dougie Symes.....he DID have an early TR2 in Devon, and I'm pretty sure the reg number was RTT417. He did also abandon the car in his garage with a broken crank at, I was told, about 30000 miles and he refused to repair it or sell it. Again, I'm pretty certain that this is the car that is now in the National Motor Museum , Beaulieu.....he may have willed it to them, or else his executors offered it to the NMM.....either way it was restored by them and is said to be totally original (except for the crank of course!).....I haven't actually viewed it there myself so can't be categorical as to its identity. As to whether it was an actual Earls Court show car I very much doubt. RTT417 was issued in Devon in late June/July 1954.....the car was not one of the first TR2s so could not have been on the Oct 1953 show stand, and nor could it have been on the 1954 stand as it was registered well prior to that show, so I think that part of the story was Dougie's embellishment . He also DID rally this TR, and December 1954's Motorsport magazine carries a night-time photo of it, plus another Devon TR2 (RUO 511 from August 1954) both together on a major Rally . As to when it broke its crank, who knows? Cars in those days only carried a 6 month warranty, so unless he did 30000 miles in 6 months I'm not surprised Triumph's wouldn't replace the crank FOC !!
Shame so many of us from the old TRR days now refuse to have anything to do with the Forum due to censorship......think of the knowledge that is being gradually lost.....Bill Piggott
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Pair of original late type TR4 seats, black, good serviceable condition and can be used immediately without any work, having a nice patina......will also fit TR2/3/3As at a pinch and much more comfortable than the original 2/3/3A seats ! £180 the pair--if interested email me on bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk and I will email photographs, Bill P.
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Pair of original late type leather TR4 seats for sale, good serviceable condition and can be used immediately without any work.....were originally green, but were successfully re-coloured black some years ago so now have nice patina.....£230 for the pair. If interested, email me on bill.pig@hotmail.co.uk and I will email photographs, Bill Piggott
TR2 spotted on ebay
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Absolutely correct....ESV plates were age related previously unissued Scottish plates issued to cars that were imported or had lost their original plates in the mid 1980s....I had a TR2 ESV 336 back then, Bill P.