Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Welcome to the Blogosphere

This should be a great addition to the club.  All we have to do is learn how to actually use it - teaching an old dog new tricks so to speak.  I will post weekly updates of the TR4 progression - consider this Post 1 of TR4 restoration from Moose Mountain Motors.  A little background info is needed to start - project started by acquiring two 62 solid axle Triumph TR4's - total investment $200 plus some bloody knuckles - didn't hit anybody, just scraped them loading the vehicles on the trailer.  Stripped both cars and determined which chassis looked the most solid to build on - being NWOnt cars neither chassis was great but one had relatively low mileage and was straight - continued to strip both until the chassis was ready to go to the blasters - Clara Industrial did a thorough job for minimal cost - some of the chassis was swiss cheese upon it's return - decided to cut out and replace the worst parts and then cap the main rails of the chassis to strengthen the whole thing - see photos of chassis after repair and primed with epoxy primer -




Stayed tuned for the continuing saga of "A Tale of Two Triumphs".

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Chilli Buns Tour

The Annual Chili Buns tour is set for February 20th.  We will be meeting at the Tim Horton's on the corner of Oliver and Golflinks Rd. at 12:30pm, with cars leaving at 1:00pm.  The drive should be about 2 hrs, ending at This Old Barn on Oliver Rd. for a bite to eat.  This is a leisurely drive through the countryside with a trivia quiz to provide a bit of fun along the way.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Welcome to the Thunder Bay Vintage Sports Car Club blog.   Coming up for the club on Jan 18th is the regular monthly meeting held at the Port Arthur Prosvita on High St.  The meeting takes place in the Linden room at the back of the bar and starts at 7:00pm.  Everyone is welcome.  We will be discussing the events calendar for the up coming year, so if you have any thoughts or ideas regarding activities, come on out.
The first event we have scheduled for this year is the Chili Buns Tour on February 20th.  Check back after the meeting for more info.