Classic Car Show at the NEC

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 18 Nov 2008 11:09

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by davesopener

worst thing was getting lost trying to find my car in the car park!!!!!!!!!
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 You werenâ€™t the only one who Couldnâ€™t find there car in the car parks Dave

Was he Chrisâ€¦ [:D]..[:D]..[:D]

If it's not broke don't fix it.

davesopener · Postby **davesopener** » 18 Nov 2008 15:02

comforting to know im not the only one!!!!!!!!
[:o)]

Chris Turner · Postby **Chris Turner** » 18 Nov 2008 16:01

Stevies right I couldnt find my car, the car park looked completely different in the dark and my new glasses dont work very good.

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Hasbeen · Postby **Hasbeen** » 18 Nov 2008 21:21

Chris, appears you should not have got those new "white goods" glasses.

I would have expected, a man of your experience would have restored
your old ones.

Hasbeen

Chris Turner · Postby **Chris Turner** » 18 Nov 2008 23:01

Hasbeen, I tried to restore the old ones but there were no replacement parts available so had to buy new.

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jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 19 Nov 2008 03:48

So, Did anyone take any descent photos to share with the rest of us?

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 19 Nov 2008 06:01

I have but the wife is working on the pc so with time I will get them all (or most of them as I have about 200...[:I]) downloaded

I will try at the weekend â€¦[;)]

where will i show them on this thread or in events????

If it's not broke don't fix it.

John Clancy · Postby **John Clancy** » 19 Nov 2008 16:52

I was only there on Friday but thoroughly enjoyed the whole event. I find it amazing that the TR Drivers Club has the most impressive stand of all the Triumph clubs but I suppose that is just down to the unrivalled enthusiasm of the membership and also the officials responsible for putting the stand together.

The highlight for me was seeing Gordon Birtwistle demonstrate the inherant fault with the TR7 rear end - he made it all seem so obvious and I wonder why I had never realized it was such a basic flaw before. Gordon apparently did actually modify a car to demonstrate to the management (using a panhard rod arrangement just like the Works rally cars) but the management couldn't tell the difference when driving. No doubt putting a few quid on the cost of producing the cars would have proved prohibitive in the end but it makes you wonder what could have been. Whatever, I now want a panhard rod arrangement on my car.

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FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 19 Nov 2008 19:07

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Clancy

The highlight for me was seeing Gordon Birtwistle demonstrate the inherant fault with the TR7 rear end - he made it all seem so obvious and I wonder why I had never realized it was such a basic flaw before. Gordon apparently did actually modify a car to demonstrate to the management (using a panhard rod arrangement just like the Works rally cars) but the management couldn't tell the difference when driving.
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I know the rallye cars had a panhard rod (obviously because it was better for rallye racing) but what is the inherent flaw in the production set up. If management couldn't tell the difference, can we if we're not on the track and doing just spirited driving on twisty roads?

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John Clancy · Postby **John Clancy** » 20 Nov 2008 08:35

It's the whiplash swing if you lose the back end and correct it which causes the car to then immediately slide the other way. I've only come across it on wet or snow covered roads but when it happens it's bloomin' frightening. A panhard rod seems a very easy modification - anyone else done it to a non-rally car that can give us an opinion?

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