Hi Bob:
As a member of the peanut gallery I can say that my opinion is of great
importance to me. It sounds like you have nice machines, keep them well
and enjoy driving them. Great in my books.
There are those who love the concours thing though. Live and let live I
say. So long as they don't rain on my parade I'm fine. If not, then it's
millions for defence and break out the flaming e-mails and barrels of
vituperation.
Cheers,
Mark
1972 TR6 (with mod this and mod that and pulse wipers too...)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob Labuz
Sent: January 15, 2007 9:13 AM
To: Triumph Email List
Subject: [TR] Concours rules, Used to be Carpet Mats
Good morning.
This thread is the 1 single reason I will never enter any of my cars in
a
"contest" for any reason.
I dont have the resources to take a 40 or 50 year old car and make it
original. I do the best I can with what $ and time I have and try to end
up
with something that makes me happy.
A few year ago, I entered my 74 Triumph Bonneville in a competition. I
listened and watched the judges as they went over my bike. They marked
me
down because I had some scratches on the air box cover. Well that item
is
plastic and always rubs against the seat. I never thought to "restore"
it
when I re-did the bike. Otherwise, the bike was in showroom condition.
Original to a T. I am the original owner, I should know.
Well I didnt even come close in in the final results. The trailer queens
won
as usual. My T140V is a daily driver and I drove it over 50 miles just
to get
to the show. No points for originality, no points for a daily driver,
and no
points for doing all the work yourself.
Well I learned a lesson there. That is the last entry I will ever make.
From
now on, when I attend events, the only folks that will "judge" my
cars/bikes
will be the "peanut gallery".
I have made some mods on both my TR3 and 4 that I am sure will fail the
acid
test if judged. But I get a kick out of working and driving these
vehicles.
I also have the rubber mats from TRF installed, homemade badge bars with
fog
and driving lights (and soon autox.team.net badges). I hope I dont get
banished from the list for these deviations from the "Standard".
Bob
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