Introductions....

[lebochet9]

Hello All!

My name is Laurence, and I've been lurking around on the forum for a while, reading a lot, posting a little, but its time to come out of the closet.[}:)] Don't worry - nothing sinister, just to clear up a few confused people on here and on Ebay.

My login name here on the forum and on Ebay is: Lebochet9. I used to live at "9 Rue Le Bochet" in Belgium, so not very imaginative... But I moved to Luxembourg last year and couldn't be bothered to change everything. Besides "Ditzenberg1" is a bit less easy to roll off the tongue.

I've got a TR7 DHC, which was an 8 valve, then a Sprint, and is now a V8. I bought a complete donor car, with S&S V8 conversion, but rotten body from Ebay in 2003 and spent three years making one car out the two (See my Album photos) So the Ebay activity is flogging off all the left-over bits.

Reason for the UK address on Ebay is that Ebay Luxembourg does not exist, and Ebay Belgium might as well not bother to exist, and my folks still live in UK, so its convenient for sending and recieving parcels....

So voilla - got that off my chest. Fell better now!![8D][8D]

Best wishes and HNY, Laurence

1980 DHC TR7-V8 (was an 8V, then a Sprint)
Back on the road after 3 years restoring...

[john]

hi Laurence

guess there is noy that many TR7's in Luxemberg what's the reaction of the locals when they see one

[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

[tr7inc]

Hi Lawerence interesting piece, i may have even bought one or two bits for my Tr from you , small worls eh!

Steve

[john 215]

Hi Laurance,
Welcome to the best TR7 Forum in the world [:D] Always great to 'chat' with other TR7 owners esp from other parts of the world. Always good to 'deal' with fellow TR7 owners on Ebay.
Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC Soon to be a 4.6 fire breather!!
Read My Blog http://www.waringstowntr7s.co.uk/blogs/ ... hp/John215

[Beans]

Hi Laurence,

Welcome to this part of the WWW [;)]
So you only live a little more then a two hour's drive from my place in the southern part of the Netherlands.

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Well there is the odd blue or bordeaux (Dutch) TR7 crossing into Luxembourg for cheap fuel [:D]

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<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
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[samco]

Hi Laurence.

Good to have you aboard. I think it gives the forum a good feel to have members from abroad, and really makes the whole point of the internet really come home when you can help someone with a problem who is a long way away. Such as your recent problem with your V8 clutch fork.

Once again its good to have you with us.

If it doesn't fit you obviously need a bigger hammer.

www.metronewquay.co.uk www.wheelintheheel.co.uk

Check out my album

http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/samco_bucket/

My youtube progress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kMDqLU1N7Y



1980 Californian import converted to right hand drive V8. Under construction.

[paul w]

Laurence,have you put your self on to 'Ally's Atlas'yet?
You'll find this at the top of the page.The TR7&8 really
is the 'World wide Wedge'!
We are all problem solvers here,you may have info.that
we all might need to share,maybe you just want to rant
on about something.Whatever,this is your safe haven,some
say asylum - we're all Wedgemaniacs!

See ya. Paul

[Rich in Vancouver]

Welcome Laurence

And here I thought you owned a Medieval Catapault!

Cheers,
Richard

1975 TR7 ACL764U

[ngtf]

Hi Laurence

Welcome to the forum. This is the best place ever for help and advice. There are a lot of us with many years experience of these wedges and the beauty of it is all the advice is free.

Always remember, a problem shared on here is usually a problem solved,

Regards

Gary

Eeyore rides again !!

EOR14W - Persian Aqua 2L Dhc, Now rebuilt and looking lovely - Sprint engine being prepared!

[Ferris]

Since Laurence opened the door, I'd like to introduce myself too...

My name is Kevin, and I live in Nashville, Tennessee. "Ferris" is a goofy nickname one of my friends (?) hung on me owing to an affliction for Buell motorcycles. My TR7 is an '80 model DHC, presently being "gone through", as we say here in the south.

I still remember vivdly when the TR7 captured my imagination. I was a kid in the '70s, and when the first TR7s showed up at the BL dealer in our town, I was hanging out the window in the back seat of the Impala, looking at them lined up in a row by the road, totally dumbstruck. It was the most modern, futuristic, fast-looking-sitting-still car I had ever laid eyes on. They might as well have had "NASA" on their sides.

The following weekend, we (brothers and friends) were on our bicycles to get down there and get a better look. The sales manager was very kind - he allowed a bunch of little kids to crawl all over a shiny yellow coupe in the showroom. Once behind that steering wheel, that was it. This car left an indelible imprint on my brains!

Anyway, now after 15 years of working on new Jags and Land Rovers, I now work pretty much exclusively on classic British cars - Rolls, Bentley, Jag, Triumph, MG, you name it. I couldn't be happier. Every one of these cars has a story, and a personality (they often wake up cranky). The best way I can describe it is that it is like working in a museum with no ropes! Working the line in a new car dealership can feel like being in a factory sometimes - if one car shows up with a given problem, chances are there are a hundred more just like it coming.

When people visit the shop now, invariably they will see one of the cars that triggers an old memory. Little British cars just have a way of getting under your skin! The stories are almost always told with a smile...the car that brings me that smile is my TR7. [:D]

Got Rust?

[omichaelshar]

Welcome Ferris and very nicely said. It evoked memories for me of being a 12yo and falling for the wedge.

Owen

[lebochet9]

Thanks for the welcome Ladies and Gents! (and Welcome Ferris tooo)

My car is still on UK plates, as I have not yet figured out how to get it registered locally, which, as its modified (find a TR7 that isn't) makes it even more complicated. Its not so unusual to see RHD UK vehicles here, but in the smaller villages people always look twice, especially on full throttle [;)][;)] and the colour is not for the shy either (RR Versuvius orange [:0][:0])

Its funny cos I don't really think of this as being "Abroad" any more. Possibly cos I drive to England in ~4 hours (Eurotunnel permitting) I often go to Uttoxeter for work and my parents place in Kent is les than halfway in terms of time....

Beans - where are you in The Netherlands? I sometimnes go to Eindhoven, via Liege, so its not that far away.

Cheers!

1980 DHC TR7-V8 (was an 8V, then a Sprint)
Back on the road after 3 years restoring...