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Title: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: renegade53 on March 26, 2011, 04:23:46 PM
some pulled out coz it might rain, another had man flu


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: renegade53 on March 26, 2011, 04:24:51 PM
we parked the heralds in fron of the hp herald


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: renegade53 on March 26, 2011, 04:25:55 PM
vitesse


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: renegade53 on March 26, 2011, 04:26:54 PM
my pi was in being welded for the mot


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: BikerGran on March 26, 2011, 06:31:38 PM
Love the herald - we used to have a green/white herald hardtop coupe, lovely car even if it did cost us a fortune having the chassis outriggers replaced cos they were rusted through....

Sweetest gearchange I ever drove!


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: Cabman77 on March 26, 2011, 07:15:48 PM
and what a turning circle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! better than a London black cab. ;D ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: BikerGran on March 26, 2011, 10:13:03 PM
Yeees that got us into bit of trouble in a narrow Welsh lane once - ended up stuck across the road with the front stuck on one bank and the rear stuck on the other!


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: Cabman77 on March 27, 2011, 08:52:28 AM
I used to love the fact that you can climb into the engine compartment and when you`re vertically challenged like me it`s a great help to get nearer to the engine.


Title: Re: triumph car run to the berkshire museum of aviation
Post by: Tony oily bike on March 27, 2011, 09:08:28 AM

Two stories.

Many moons ago at the old Aldershot stock car track, they sometime used to run 'public timed laps' during the meeting, where Jo Public could bring his/her road car onto the track and be timed.

Someone brought on a Vitesse/Herald (it was a long time ago....) and managed to roll it on a tight corner when the suspension tucked in..... ouch!


Back in the early 70's a guy at my my school built a Daimler (I think) V8 powered, supercharged Vitesse with adjustable rear suspension (from the the driver seat).
Used to do my paper round and slow right down just to have a good look-see.