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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 15:37
by petestr7
Hi all iam Pete and 44 and live in the Telford area working with the fire servicesa little about me...after a divorce and spending time with my parents,to cheer myself up i conned my uncle into parting with his tr7 1980,but got no pics as yet,i plan into turning it into a chick magnet(well about my age)haha.So will need as much help as i can get,Would love to hear or meet with people from Telford,Midlands,Staffs or n wales area for more info and any events,cannot always reply due to work but will try asap,or try petestr7@googlemail.com thanks all and will try to keep in touch,

pete

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 15:46
by john
Hi peter

welcome to the mad house, i would recommend you pop along to the stonleigh show on March 8th as most of us will be there.

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry :-(
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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 17:03
by tr7inc
Hi Pete , welcome to our little home, any help or advice you need is never far away.

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Steve
1979 Pre Production Prototype Inca Yellow DHC

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 17:06
by john 215
Hi Pete,
WELCOME TO THE BEST TR7 / 8 FORUM IN THE WORLD EVER.
If you can make Stoneleigh it will be a great start to owning a great sports car

http://www.classiccarshows.org.uk/triumph.html

Most questions you have on your car can be answered here on this forum.

Cheers John

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1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)
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1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!
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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 17:41
by Beans
Hi Peter,

Welcome to wedge ownership. Hope you're going to enjoy it

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mmm ... my experience is that a wedge scares the ladies of [:p]

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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 18:06
by tr7jim
Petestr7,

Good to here you have TR7, hopefully I am not to far away if you fancy going to any of these events, send me an email follow link below and look at the North Wales and North West events. The north west meeting is on the border on staff / cheshire.

http://www.trdrivers.com/club_events.html

Jim

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 19:28
by PeterTR7V8
Welcome aboard Pete. If you ever do a V8 conversion this could get a bit confusing!

Being part of this forum can only be a good thing for your car & it will give you something to do until that magnetised chick comes along.

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