GSKTR4 Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 Hard luck Bill Wyatt and Dominic Barron in their TR4, just pipped into 2nd place by ONE second by Adam Wiseberg's orange 911S after an appeal - Bill was originally posted as the provisional winner, he must be gutted. Mind you, the winner's trophy was aptly described by Tony Mason as more like something off Scrapheap Challenge, so maybe second was better because at least he didn't have the problem of finding somewhere to keep the huge pile of nuts and bolts, sorry, trophy! Adrian Bennett and I won our class (beginners) and there were three other TR4s, plus the ex-Pickering TR3. Andrew and Judith Duck would probably have beaten us in their TR4 but dropped out with a water pump failure - thanks! cheers Andy Lane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tr4Tony Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 Well done Andy and Ade - good to hear of lots of Tr's out there doing the business! Shocks posted! Regards Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest andywduck Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Well done Andy! We were rather upset when the front fell off the pump, I must say! I haven't seen the results yet, myself, however it was impressive that ther were so many TR4s. In fact, Triumphs in general far outweighed any other manufacturer. Andy & Judy Duck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GSKTR4 Posted March 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Summary results now posted at Tour of Cheshire Rally photos at Tony Large Photographic - follow the "rally" link. Hard luck Andy and Judith - how far did you get before the water pump let go? It made a change for us to get our problems over with before the event started - overdrive had to be disconnected as it was cutting in under braking, and we were losing brake fluid from the rear circuit - just needed a union tightening up. I seem to have made a major error, having a new rear axle built and fitted I neglected to ask for a LSD, and boy did we need it, especially on the very slippery Oulton Park stages. Hindsight is a great thing! It'll have to wait until next winter now as we seem to have a full season ahead of us on the ANWCC championship. Other TRs were Bill Wyatt (TR4 - 2nd), Mike Harrison (TR4 -13th), Carl Hawkins (TR3 - 21st) - us (28th) - Amanda Dudley (TR4 - 36th) and J Armstrong (TR4 - 49th) - quite a spread! cheers Andy Lane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tr4Tony Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Who had the really foxy powder blue TR4 Andy ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GSKTR4 Posted March 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Powder blue TR4, complete with vents in the front wings, six-pot callipers, LHD and lots of goodies was car 27, "J Armstrong", running in the "expert"class, who came next to last I'm afraid. Still it "looked" good :: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tr4Tony Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Thats what powder blue Tr4's are for ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest andywduck Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Andy The pump let go half way round the "Gosularity" Castle test - wihch was meant to be at an average speed, but the *@~&£ people behind me thought it was "max speed" and were trying to drive up my exhaust - and me with no water pump! i kept going at avg 30mph, despite flashing of lights, and finished (thinking only fan belt had gone). Then found the pulley sitting on the sump guard! I enjoyed oulton park witout an LSD, slid all over the place, but thought I managed a decent speed. My Yokos are wearing a bit thin, I think that helped. Re powder blue TR4, the only "foxy" bit i could keep my attention on was the navigator!! 6 pot what? vents? didnt notice!! We are on Classic Rally Tours' Honfleur rally next, then 3 Castles in the Summer. Also planning to do Fellsman Tour, in May, which we did last year, and was excellent, really recommend it. Cheers Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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