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Warning!!!!!!
Posted: 02 Jun 2009 20:28
by Gareth
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR DHC in the sun with the hood down, without putting sunblock on. It is my Birthday today (40 life is over???) so as a treat I thought I would take the TR7 out for a spin (180 mile jaunt) in the gorgeous sun. Everything was fine until I got home? If you know the saying "A Brit abroad" well I now look like one, aka "A Lobster".
The 7 performed well (except for those dreaded Waxstats). Had an excellent day but paying the price (and the Wife)
Gareth
1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 Auto (Spares)Enough Parts to build another.
1980 Triumph Spitfire, 1964 Beach Buggy, 5(Five) 4x4's (Korean)
Wifes drive a Saab 93 Conv
http://www.ssangyongclub.co.uk
Posted: 02 Jun 2009 20:57
by PeterTR7V8
Mate I only have to look out the window on a sunny day & BAM! Baked bonce.
I think you can get hats that have hair attached especially suited for middle-aged convertible drivers who want protection from the sun & experience the wind in the hair feeling.
I'm glad you Northern lot are enjoying your weather. Its brass chimps here.
Never say die. At least not while you're still breathing.
Posted: 02 Jun 2009 21:06
by pupinabox
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Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:23
by FI Spyder
Happens to me every year at the first time. Sun block permanently in the glove box. [8D]
TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:58
by john
Gareth
Life begins at forty and as with many of us with a reseading hairline or infact no hairline a little bit of suntan on the ole block, fades in quite nicely [:D]
and look at the savings, one afternoons drive in the sun is cheaper than the daughters visit to the tanning saloon and twice as effective.
and thats in a FHC with the sunroof open
[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
John
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:31
by TR Tony
[:D][:D] happy birthday Gareth!
Tony
<font size="1">1981 2L FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 3.5L V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!</font id="size1">
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 11:26
by Urchin
Even with a full head of hair, the sun beats down hard during New England springs. When the top is down on the Spider, the scalp offers less protection than it did in decades past.
Nevertheless there is no better way to travel 1 mile or 1,000 miles that in a topless TR-7. Later this month I have some off island travel for work that will finally let my car stretch its 5-gear legs and scorch my body.
Jeff
Jeffrey Aronson
P.O. Box 90
Vinalhaven, ME 04863
USA
'80 TR-7 Spider
'66 Land Rover Series II-A [2]
'66 Corvair Monza
www.landroverwriter.com
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 12:46
by HowardB
Just buy yourself a flat cap - in profile its a wedge shape and is totally aerodynamically stable at speeds up to 130km/hr. (Just don't do what I did and take it off for a moment. It was ripped from my hands by the air blast over the windscreen and it was a long walk back down the autoroute to rescue it!)
PS They also can be obtained in Tartan to match the seats
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 13:51
by Gareth
Luckily I still have a full head of hair so I was ok with that, it was the face and arms that are burnt (very little sleep last night for all the wrong reasons damn!!! lol!!!)
Gareth
1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 Auto (Spares)Enough Parts to build another.
1980 Triumph Spitfire, 1964 Beach Buggy, 5(Five) 4x4's (Korean)
Wifes drive a Saab 93 Conv
http://www.ssangyongclub.co.uk
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 14:11
by windy one
I'd like to respond "OK" to sunscreen but, I never burn. I just go darker shades of tan [:D]. Guess it the Italian in me. LOL (that is why I love my convertibles [8D])
Johnny
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 14:46
by john
and ferrari Red, windy
[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
John
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 16:49
by Ianftr8
Woody sells nice hats from the Wedgeshop - will keep the sun off.
Cheers
Ian
Ian Freeman
1979 TR8 DHC California car that never crossed the pond, started life as KDU 315V.
1962 Triumph Courier
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 16:56
by V8Wedgehead
That is why you but a TR8 coupe.......no sunburn, wet legs, quieter, and cheaper and they are faster than the convertibles......it is a mystery on it's own? Woody and the other coupe owners will tell you they (BL) put something in the gas tanks[:D]
Michael
1980 TR8 FHC/Works Rally Project
If it is broken then fix it....if it is not then make it faster!"
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 17:01
by tipo158
My first TR7 had a sunroof. I was driving it across Texas one sunny, summer day (continuing a drive from New Mexico to Georgia that I had started a month earlier but which had been delayed when the rear end failed in Lamesa, TX).
Despite my full head of hair and the theoretical UV blocking attributes of the sunroof glass, I got a fairly bad sunburn on the top of my head.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 22:55
by jackster111
Gareth..... pictures paint a thousand words! Share the pain bud!