Congrats to Standard-Triumph Forum in organising the event. Didn't go to
Brooklands myself in the
two or three (?) preceding years, so I guess anything is a compromise. At
Prescott, they managed to
stage a sort of static car show, though the hill climb obviously dominated.
Isn't that mostly why we
own these cars? Also, the use of the nearby steam railway the previous day as a
road run and
barbeque location was a good use of local resources. However, having seen many
Standard-Triumph days
myself - and all of them at Gaydon where there was no driving available, I was
disappointed to see
so few cars, in relative terms. I think everyone who turned up 'had several
go's at the hill' but
what saddened me was the absence of those who didn't want to drive but were
happy to drive their
cars to the event, exhibit them and meet their friends. As a result, there were
lots of cars and
people I failed to see.
For that reason, Prescott was very disappointing for me and many Standard and
Triumph cars (other
than two seaters) were sadly conspicuous by their absence. I was there with the
Triumph
Trans-AmeriCa Charity Drive Spitfire Raffle Prize which raised over US$500 in
ticket sales on the
Sunday - and thanks, Don for buying one. Others on FoT can see pix of the car
in question at
www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk/?p=86 I'll be at next year's event but I DO
hope we get a better
turnout of the *complete* model range as a whole and not see it dominated by
two seaters. After all,
they only accounted for about 25% of total output in the post 1946 years. Thank
goodness The
Standard Motor Club was there with some truly stunning examples of cars built
between 1924 and 1938.
Jonmac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Elliott" <58tr3a@videotron.ca>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:18 AM
Subject: [Fot] Prescott Hill Climb UK May 2008
> Last weekend was the hillclimb. On page 6 of the photos, there's a nice
>Peerless. Might be Nigel
> Cluey.
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> http://photos.psy-online.co.uk/Prescott_08/
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