Photos from various places we have been.

The Brunel Group trip to Llandow Circuit on a clear sunny day was great fun. We were given the chance to take our "other classic" to this event so it was quite a good mix with Tony Luffman taking to the track in his 1956 Morris Minor (not the more common 803cc version, but the 2 litre, twin cam, 4 carb version!). There were 6 TRs in all, including my TR6, a TR7 V8, and a TR250 with a Stag V8. Other cars included a Lotus Elan, a Cobra, and TVR Vixen. It was all very civilised as always, where faster cars were waved by on the straights. Approaching the "Bus Stop" (90 left, 90 right, 90 right, 90 left, in rapid succession) at the end of the main straight was particularly interesting! But the event went off without incident.

Highnam Court was a great success as always, it was a bit wet & dry which may have put some off going, but there was still a great variety of cars, good friends, and good food and drink all in a lovely setting with magnificent gardens and grounds.

A great turnout at the Malvern Three Counties Showground for the Inter-Club International Weekend. Lots of classic cars there, and plenty going on. A number of us from Brunel Group were there on the Saturday with our TRs.

We had a good turnout at Puxton Park this morning. There was plenty of variety including a TR4, TR5, and TR6, as well as a Garage Find Alvis which could be yours for £12,000.

It may not be the biggest collection of cars, but it's on twice a month, 2nd and 4th Sunday mornings and the café does great breakfasts. It isn't that often you see a Panther Kallista or an A reg Vauxhall Velox 4/90.

This was a very popular run organised by Bob and Ginny Sackley, with a great breakfast at Hartley's Bistro followed by an organised run to the airfield at Compton Abbas. The pessimistic weather forecast did put a few off taking their TRs but a few did take them, and they hardly got wet.

A bit of a busy weekend. On Saturday we joined Somerset Group on Weston Sea Front for this annual event to raise funds for the Sea Scouts.

A very popular event and even with about 170 cars it is always oversubscribed. There were plenty of Triumphs on the run including a few Brunel TRs with one being a marshal at the lunch meeting point.

Back for a regular west country breakfast.

Back at Puxton, not a big meet but always something different. When did you last see a Lada, and that Lanchester was beautifully restored.

Always a good fun day out, and a couple of members were out on the track again. Kev Bryant was kind enough to give Brunel GL a lesson on how to take the best lines on this track, I'll try to remember them all for next time.

This is always a popular event for the Brunel Group, we make our way to the Salt & Malt to have breakfast together and make it up from there.

Some of us turned out for the regular west country car meet, including a potential new member.

A few Brunel members turned out for a decent meet at Puxton, all in TRs for this one.

We organised a midweek trip to the Concord Museum at Filton. Some members even managed to find each other, but not all!

Each month there is a theme for the paddock and in April it was British Cars. So, there were two TRs, and one of them wasn't directed to the half empty paddock. Oh well, there were some nice cars to be seen.

Just an idea, but why don't we meet up at New Manor Farm for breakfast, some of the other Puxton cars will be there as well.

Neil took TR 2100 to check out to the Cross Hands Hotel, Chipping Sodbury, which meets on the 4th Sunday of each month. A great show of interesting cars.

Current and past Brunel members showing their classics this month.

Well, one of us from Brunel was there this week, so you get to see some more classic car photos.

At least some of us made it, the weather forecast was poor but it was fine at the time we needed it to be. Great breakfast.

Brunel Group at a Classic Car meet in the West of England. Lots of very interesting cars, several Brunel members some with their other classic.

A number of Brunel cars, other TRs, and other Triumphs turn out for John Black at Clevedon Six Ways coffee morning.

Brunel Group at Puxton for the First Meet of 2024, a few different cars this meet.

We packed the room as always, great company with great food.

A good turnout at TRs for this one.

An interesting display of classics, some brought their other classic car.

A good show of interesting classics.

Photos here, words in the Social report!

Well, three of our cars are somewhere in the photos but there were many more there over the three days.

This was a tremendous event organised by Rob Lovell. Starting at Portishead, with lunch at Blagdon, followed by another drive to Backwell for tea and cakes. Rob has written a great report of the event which will be in our next newsletter.

The classic car event of the year. With over 300 cars covering a very wide range of British and overseas brands from decades past parked on in the lawns of a grand manor house.

Set in the grounds of a lovely manor house the owner opens up his grounds to raise money for the local church. Well organised, wide variety of classic cars, and plenty of enthusiasts.

A few photos from the Bath and West Show

This annual tour is run by the Classic and Historic Motor Club and is open to members and non-members – it is very popular and always sells out. A total of 160 classic cars set off from Puxton Park near M5 J21 in the morning and after a good morning tour lunch was taken at The Grange near M5 J21 – I did suggest they could have saved a lot of time if they just drove one junction down the M5 but that doesn’t seem to fit with the spirit of this event. In the afternoon the cars continued their tour finishing on the lawns in front of Wells cathedral.

At this year’s TR Register AGM the directors approved a Gold Award for Roddy Halliwell in recognition of providing over 15-years of uninterrupted service as the Brunel Group Treasurer.

What a great meet up on national Drive It Day. The Brunel Group met up at the Salt and Malt for breakfast on a bright sunny Sunday. There was a good turnout for the group and there were quite a few other classic car owners who decided to do the same. Whilst many were happy to talk cars in the car park several others decided to take in some of the lovely walks around the lake.

Well that was a good classic car show at the Pageant of Transport on Weston sea front on Easter Sunday. Together with the Somerset Triumphs Group we put on a great show of TRs. There were also plenty of other cars on show and it was very well attended and well organised.

Another very enjoyable evening at the Carpenters Arms where we packed the function room again.

State-of-the-art private members Supercar Barn, event and exhibition space displaying a couple of impressive classic cars, and some supercars including Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren and Porsche.

Castle Combe Autumn Classic24 September 2022 Amazingly the weather was great.

Redhill Breakfast – Sunday 16 October Breakfast in the hall – parking on the grass behind the village hall at Church Ln, Redhill, Bristol, BS40 5SG. All breakfasts cooked by the volunteers at the village hall to raise funds for the village. Oh, and there were some cars to look at as well. Apologies to Tony and Rob for not including your cars but I probably spent too much time over breakfast and missed you. Bob Sackley took his earlier example today, and splendid it looked as well. The only TR I could find after breakfast was my own!

Old Crocks Klub – Puxton Park – 9 October 2022 I took a run out to see if it is worth having a group breakfast visit in the future. As it happens, three others of us turned up and I think the consensus is it is worth going to again, particularly as it isn’t a long journey. Good for a social catchup with Brunel members and other classic car owners over a bacon roll or breakfast. There is a small farm shop for those who may want some local delicacies. Let’s try it again on the second Sunday of November, I’ll be there in the TR.

Great day out - see Social Report

A great afternoon and a quintessentially English village fete.

About 25 of us turned up at the monthly meeting at the Jubilee Inn for our Charity Night in support of the Children's Hospice South West where we raised £300 by auctioning Lots kindly donated by Car Gods, Moss Europe and of course our Brunel Group members covering car parts, books, chocolates, bottles of wine, and various other bits and pieces. A really fun night.

At last we were able to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the TR Register. Wales and West with Glavon organised a TR get together to celebrate this event as part of the TS2 Tour at Oakham Treasures. Brunel had been celebrating TS2 in Bristol just a few days before but still had a few cars here along with Wye Dean.

TS2 was with Brunel Group and the main event for us was a display in the prime Museum Square at the M Shed Industrial Museum in central Bristol. There is a massive footfall as it is surrounded by people living and working nearby, and it is an attraction for visitors, school trips etc, plenty of children took the the driving seat of TS2 (obviously no photos). We took TS2 to our local group meeting at the Jubilee Inn, to the M Shed, and to a village BBQ.

Pageant of Transport - Weston super Mare

A bright sunny day at Redhill, ideal for our first meet of the year.

A few TR6s there this month

A few photos from a great morning meet.

Highnam Court - For those members not wishing to attend the TR Register event at Malvern this was a wonderful alternative on the same day, 14 August 2021. If you were keen you may have attended both events. With a number of TRs and a Doretti, and a wide variety of other marques as well as all the other attractions you might expect at a village fete this is definitely an event for our 2022 list of events.

Just a few Brunel cars at the event.

Brunel Back Together Offline

Brunel at the ACE Classic Tour - and winning again.

Classics - old and new at Haynes

A few photos of a lovely traditional village fete. There is a short write up in Social Scene.

With all but essential travel being discouraged this year, Drive It Day has become a little different. No route maps or directions required; our journey is to the end of the drive where we take a well-earned rest then after checking we have enough fuel for the journey back we drive all the way back into the garage. Even those whose cars aren’t road worthy are able to join in, and the owner of a bare chassis on blocks was able to claim he made the same journey all but a few yards. This is one of the largest group turnouts I can remember, so thanks to everyone who took part.

TR Owners Braving the Winter Weather

The revised Redhill meet up. More details in the social report.

Another great Christmas Dinner for Brunel Group, brilliantly organised by Bob and Ginny Sackley. The venue was good and the food great, but the company is what made it special. Many thanks to everyone who was there to enjoy the night.

A great day at the race track in good weather for a change. A wide variety of cars made for some exciting races.

Photos from the Chipping Sodbury run by Derek Lee. His full story is on the Social Reports page.

Our TR Register Brunel Group stand at the Bristol Classic Car Show also went down well with Rob Lovell’s brilliantly turned out TR5 attracting a lot of attention, and Eric Batty’s TR3A kitted out in the rally trim he uses for the Exeter and Lands End trials events each year. A great show assembled and run by many from the Brunel Group.

The Revington TR Mega Meet was a great success and a number of Brunel cars were present even though we were manning a stand at the Bristol Classic Car Show at the same time. Brunel again went away with the silverware, well, “red bag of goodies ware” as Tony Luffman won the Car of the Mega Meet with his gleaming and well-engineered supercharged TR4 with long gearing to take advantage of all that torque for fast cruising.

Great burgers by the Sea Cadets, oh, and lots of cars of course. Including some good Triumph turnouts from TSSC Bristol and TSSC South Wales.

Another packed ground at Redhill with all sorts of classic cars including a TR4a heavily disguised as a Morris Minor as Bob Sackley took his Morris out for a run.

A great lunch with a good turnout of members and their cars. Good company and good food. Thanks to Bob and Ginny Sackley for organising it.

Wedges - but not as you know them. Dave Walker took his TR7 Sprint being one of the few factory built cars with the Sprint engine, and Alan Woodier took his V8 powered wedge which has only recently been put back on the road. This was a very well supported event as you can see from some of the photos and it caught the organisers out. Having sold out of hot dogs they went out shopping for more and sold out again, before I made it to the hall, should have gone there first. Rumour has it they sold 450 hot dogs and even more coffees. The organisers really appreciated the turnout and said it would make a big contribution to the children's play equipment.

Spanners down.- time to be merry.

Final breakfast of the year.

Brunel and Glavon win the Best Car Club of the Day in Club Village at Castle Combe Autumn Classic

A really grand affair, and thanks to Derek Lee for many of the photos.

The winner

Brunel Winners in France. Photographs courtesy Guillaume Nédélec.

It happens every year, Bath Festival and Bristol Classic Car Show are on the same weekend, and it's Father's Day on the Sunday. Stating the obvious, but, the Bath Festival photos are the ones with the cars on the grass.

Up, up, and away

Thanks to Bob and Ginny for a very successful and well attended Sunday lunch, far too many to list here but it was great to see so many from the group. The TR line up was pretty impressive as well, as was the visit to the landlord’s TR4a restoration. Thanks to Derek Lee for sending in some additional photos.

Although some of the Brunel Group have supported the BRIMAR charity run for several years a few of us made the trip down to Haynes for the TR Register meet. Initially joined by a member from Dorset, but Devon and Somerset were also planning to be there.

Thanks to Bob and Ginny for a very successful and well attended Sunday lunch, far too many to list here but it was great to see so many from the group. The TR lineup was pretty impressive as well, as was the visit to the landlord’s TR4a restoration. Thanks to Derek Lee for sending in some additional photos.

Another great day on the track with three of us pitching up for the full day, Tony Luffman in his supercharged TR4, Tim Carr in his TR4a, and Dave Green in his TR6. Eric Batty joined us from the Exeter Trial and Lands End trial in his TR3a with his son Chris taking to the wheel. Dave Walker was ready, willing, but not quite able to get his rare original TR7 Sprint on the track.

Brunel joined up with Somerset Triumphs again this year to put on a good show of the cars.

Another great Christmas Dinner for the Brunel Group

The last Redhill meeting of 2017.

Photos from the 2017 Autumn Classic at Castle Combe.

A small selection from the sunny 2017 IWE.

Two days of classic car heaven at Bath. From the photos it looks like Roddy's TR6, Nick Rowe's TR6, Derek Robert's TR5, and Roger Strevens or Dave Walker's TR7. Photo credits to Nick Rowe.

Tim and Dave out on the track again.

Eleven TRs at the June monthly meeting

Some great photos of the cars and Sunday Team at the Bristol Classic Car Show

Photos from the 2017 Drive It Day

Another bright sunny day on Weston Sea Front, and the largest show of classic cars on the Beach Lawns I can remember, there were plenty of TRs, other Triumphs, other makes, and a few bikes including one of the earliest Triumph motorbikes from the 1920's. This was a joint event with Somerset Triumphs meeting up at Mark and Di Insley's for coffee and bacon rolls, then a convoy to the seafront where we parked up together. It was good to see a number of other TRs on the lawns as well, some from Brunel, some from wider afield.

A really good morning at Redhill with the attraction of a good full English Breakfast, raising funds for charity, and a good variety of classic cars including a good number of TRs. Includes a spot the difference quiz. There are two red engine bays in the album, a TR5 and a TR6, both belonging to Brunel members. Spot the difference, and which is which?

A lovely trip on a warm bright sunny day to one of Bristol's hidden gems. We met for coffee, had a guided tour of the house, took a walk around the estate, and finished up with lunch in the bistro.

Not a gallery of the Group Leaders meeting itself, but a few photos of the F1 museum to give a flavour of the place. Worth a visit if you are passing.

Brunel TRs were entertained to a soiree by our social secretary Elf Harris, with supper followed by a musical quiz.

Photo gallery for the Brunel Group AGM - kindly provided by Derek Lee.

Our annual Christmas night out, a great time was had by all.

Dave Green is one of a few in the group who quite enjoy taking their TR to the track. This time Brands Hatch. Here are some photos of the joint TR Register and MG On Track day 5 December 2016.

Brunel members boarded The Matthew a reproduction of John Cabot’s vessel that sailed to discover Newfoundland some 400 years ago.

This was the third of four TR Register Track Days for 2016 - a bumper year. This one was slightly different in that TR Register members were offered the chance to bring a non TR classic. The organiser, Kev Bryant, brought his Porsche 930 as well as his TR3A, more on the 930 on the Social page. Tim and Dave took to the track as usual in their TR4A and TR6 respectively, and Tim invited his son to have a go, he seemed to quite enjoy it.

The Vintage Sports Car Club's race for Pre-war sports cars kicked off the nine race schedule, enjoying a window of sunshine and drying track. Minis were the cars to have for the first visit to the 'Classic' of the HRDC's 'Coys Trophy' race for Touring Cars built between 1958 and 1966, being more suited to the treacherous conditions than bigger and normally quicker machinery. A selection of those racing and some on parade are included to show what this event is all about. For those who are interested, the last Ferrari 250 GTO like Nick Mason's at the event sold for £23,000,000.

Brunel Group enjoyed a lovely few days at the end of July at at Jean and Eric's house at La Bossardais, St Aubin des Chateaux, near Chateaubriant, Loire Atlantique. The house is set in an acre of land so plenty of room for all the cars. The group visited the local attractions and were even invited to join the local car club for a car show on one day.

Rare TRs draw a lot of interest to the Brunel TR stand. Please note the close up of the emergency bonnet release in the first photo - £10 from Moss!

A number of Brunel TR members support our local TR specialist.

Presentation about The Matthew at the Brunel Monthly Meeting.

Several Brunel members visited the annual Castle Combe Track Day for Triumph cars, including two taking to the track.