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Hi Henry,

Sorry to have missed you, would have been great to put a face to a name. I was there all weekend and brought my wrist band on line before the cut off so £29, about the same I pay for three days at Billing so in my case on my own not bad for a weekend with great cars and company plus I drank a lot of that back with free ale Friday evening . Having said that two on the day is not a cheap day out and more than last time I was at Malvern. Nice to be on your door step though and a lovely part of the world you live in. Personally think better than last year under the new management team and hopefully Lincoln will be even better but need MORE wedges there !

Hi Phil,

Great to catch up on Saturday, as you say Phil H considering everything he has been through looked in great shape and very positive, seams like every other person our age I spoke to is on the mend from something or other, sucks getting old, your car mate -





Getting some good looks from gents behind and well deserved too Phil had his Grinnals too but lkie a lot of cars left them in his camping area.

















I will possibly get round at some point posting all the pictures, it just takes ages !! Thank you for the comments it makes taking them in the first place worth while


Cheers John

Yes, the cost of admission is outrageous if you can only go for a single day. We could only get there on the Sunday and it seemed the admission cost was the main topic of conversation - I suppose a lot of us were shell shocked by it. Putting on a show like that is a major undertaking but with costs having spiralled out of control it's good that they've given up on Malvern. Trouble is, I think we're all expecting a financial disaster by moving to Lincoln but hopefully the venue will cost nothing by comparison and the club can get through it until somewhere more suitable in the midlands is located.

But despite the comparatively poor numbers attending on the Sunday we both very much enjoyed seeing everyone. And that is the main reason for going to a Triumph show - to see all our friends. I'd be happy to simply park up in a field like we do at Billing but I do appreciate the efforts a few people go to with the TR Register national to try to make it something different. It's open to debate if it's worth the cost because I know several TR owners from here who no longer go because they resent the price of admission. I also heard several stories of groups of Triumphs turning around at the gate and heading home. That's serious. But I'm sure the new management will get all this sorted for next year even though it's highly unlikely we'll take a drive all the way to Lincoln. We'll just have to wait and see what happens in the longer term.

Finally, this message is not intended to be negative, I just wanted to put my thoughts out there to see what others think. John L. has made some very good points about his complete weekend being very good value and that's important. It's such a shame many of us have to work and so getting away for a single day is pushing it.

Thanks for the photo John L.
Yeah, once you get to the 50 mark, it all starts aching a bit.
My arms had a good work out in the Autosolo.
Will be interesting to see what the future holds for the IWE.
Should have been the same price for Saturday and Sunday.
£20 is ok ish, but £30. Ouch. Especially non members on the gate.
Cheers.

Still waiting for 'Oliver' to appear - his first outing under new ownership!
The gold decals were barely 24 hours old...
Oliver? It's a V8 and probably drinks like a fish!

Maxwell

Hi,

All very good points Phil and Jon, on Saturday there was a lot more going on, auto solo, technical seminars, arena displays, hypnotist, disco and even a car gymkhana ! so pound for pound you got more, still steep for a car show but well under the price of a good night out !!! Talking to Howard P and he too mentioned they about broke even so for any event that has to be a aim. Will people go to Lincoln, I hope so and hope some you will too, be great not to be a minority !

This lot come from all over Europe so if they can make it ? ? ? ? Ladies and Gents I give the oversea TR Register members after there excellent parade ( rather noisy one too ! ! ) around the whole site Saturday evening








And Andrews new car -








Mr Clancy's car basking in the sunlight





TR7's on display on Sunday, before cutting of a wedge cake yum !





Early ACN TR8 was simply superb on the end of the row, a birthday present from her husband





Oh mine made it there too !






Cheers John

I heard of more people who turned around at the gate on Sunday when they were asked for £40 admission. It appears the number of cars and people who did this was at fairly serious levels and needs to be addressed. The answer is to scale things back or re-negotiate what is being paid to venues. Sounds like a hard businessman is required so maybe we should second Chris Turner over just to get things sorted.

Is the ACN on my list?

One of our other interests is geocaching, a high tech treasure hunt with hand held GPS. We recently went to a large gathering at a place called Barleylands, near Billericay in Essex, several large fields available for camping, loads of car parking better facilities than Malvern and it was free
No way am I paying £40.00 for us two again where ever it is.

Hi,

Is the ACN on my list?

Sorry fella, didn't get the full chassis number, all I can tell you is it an auto, originally had red interior but now green and was imported into Europe from Canada. Have some more pictures if that helps ????

Cheers John

Hi Paul

yes this one is on your list

Could be my old ACN1081

indeed it was ...

Hi John C
The entry price argument has been going on for several years, the main answer to the complainers is that the cost of putting the show on requires the high entry fee, this not only applies to people attending but also to trade stands, not sure what the charge is, maybe Steve Wilcox can enlighten us on trade charges, which probably accounts for fewer stands this year
I cannot attend for the whole week-end so go for one day like many others, and every year there are complaints of the entry costs.
I don't know why it is so expensive at Malvern because the facilities are not that great!!!!!!!!!
All I know it is one hell of a task putting shows like this on and a lot of people give their time for free to whom we all send our thanks but the argument will always be there about the entry charges. How much will it be at Lincoln? Probably the same.
Cheers
Moe

john 215 wrote:Hi,

Is the ACN on my list?

Sorry fella, didn't get the full chassis number, all I can tell you is it an auto, originally had red interior but now green and was imported into Europe from Canada. Have some more pictures if that helps ????

Cheers John

Would love to see some more pictures of the TR8 Coupe. see how it is doing after all this time.

Paul

Hi Paul,

Would love to see some more pictures of the TR8 Coupe. see how it is doing after all this time.

Spent a while talking to the lady owner on Friday evening, spoke very good English..... a lot better than my Dutch ! As I said before her better half imported it as a birthday present from Canada... WOW.... it now has a green tartan interior, was it red when you owned it. The wheels are an off silver colour, they believe that was standard. They are all 77 date stamped. He had the lovely TR6 in the back ground so were real enthusiasts. IF they are at Lincoln and IF I am still hanging around on here then will try and put you guys in touch.















Cheers John