Triumphs & Tribulations, September, 2015, Page 1

Triumphs & Tribulations, September, 2015,


PREZ RELEASE

PREZ RELEASE

The 2015 VTR in LakeGeneva Wisconsin was agreat event blending aclassic resort area withbeautiful homes and ourclassic Triumphs. Sharonand I traveled with Terryand Bernadette Mackeydown to Lake Genevataking a leisurely two daysto arrive in at the Abbeyresort in Fontana Wiscon-sin. Found some wonder-ful roads through westernWisconsin and took afascinating tour of FrankLloyd Wright’s home inSpring Green.

Club participation wasexcellent and we managedto receive a VTR clubparticipation award. Con-gratulations to John Myerswho received 1st place inthe concours show with hisTR8. In addition, JoeSoucheray took 3rd place inconcours with his TR6 andTerry Mackey took 3rd

place in TR4 participant’schoice category.

Our next two meetings willbe held in the RosevilleVFW post 7555. Thislocation was chosen due toits central metro location

and a good sized parkinglot along with decentfacilities and food. Sorry Iwill miss the Septembermeeting as well due to mydaughter getting marriedin Warrens Wisconsin.

My TR6 performed prettywill on our trip to VTRuntil I started havingtrouble getting it to go intofirst gear at stops. It lookslike my clutch is not fullydisengaging and bleedingthe clutch hydraulicsprovided no relief. Inoticed the clutch slave isleaking so a new slave willhopefully solve the prob-lem. Gotta love our Tri-umphs!

Check out our club news-letter for upcoming driv-ing events. Also, thankyou to Orrin McGill fortaking over as club news-letter editor.

Terry NeumanPresident MN Triumphs


MINUTES OF THE MINNESOTA TRIUMPHS

TR2/3/3A/3B - John Kallaus (952-891-5266)

TR4 - John Myers (507-633-2017)

TR4A - Larry Sanderson (507-775-6940)

TR250/TR6 - Orrin McGill (763-755-7765)

TR7 -Charles Setala (651-490-0489)

TR8 - Greg Gelhar (763-424-6434)

Spitfire - Bill Gingerich (612-850-4072)

GT6 - Pat McFarland (763-427-5612)

Renown -

Citroën - A. Lindberg (651-292-8585)

Minnesota Triumphs

Tech SpecialistsAs a service to fellow members, club members with an expertisein a particular model of Triumph have volunteered to act as techspecialists for that model. They don’t know everything butthey do know a lot. So, if you have a question, give them a call.

The September and October Meetings will be heldhere:

ANDERSON-NELSONROSEVILLE VFW

Post 75551145 Woodhill DriveRoseville, MN 55113

vfwroseville.com651.483-5313

Minutes of the August meeting

The meeting was held at the Richfield Legion andcalled to order by Vice President Jon Meier at 7:00.Reports from the Treasurer, the VTR Liaison, TheMembership Chair, the Secretary and The EventsCoordinator were not given. The members were allat the VTR event.

The next 2 meetings will be at the Roseville VFWand Jon reported the Legion approached him sayingthey would like to host our meetings, even give us aspecial parking area. This is open for further discus-sion.

Roger Kraemer gave a report on last months TechSession and the upcoming ones. June Moerke gaveand interesting in site on why women should attend aTech Session.

Doug Burch gave a review of Intermark events. Aug30 the Triumph Club will host the picnic at CherokeePark in St Paul.

Greg Gelhar , Historian, Stated that submissions havestopped. Please send photos especially with mem-bers in them.

A discussion was opened up for a why that thewomen of the club could communicate better. Stillopen for discussion.

No new members, 2 long time members who arenot regular meeting attendees.

6 Triumphs in the parking lot. The weather wasiffy.

Meeting was adjurned at 7:50

Roger Kraemer


VTR REPORT

Pottsboro, TX Or BustLet’s Go For It.

Lets see some beautiful country and have agreat time at the Tanglewood Resort and Con-

ference Center

Look Who’s Going!Orrin & Pam McGillJoe & Virginia Bisanz

Larry & Gayle SandersonGreg & Carole ThompsonTerry & Sharon Neuman

Please refer to www.VTR2016.com

Terry & Bernadette MackeyPat & Marsha Holt

Bill NelsonJoe& Karen Demuth

Joe Soucheray

VTR REPORT SEPTEMBER 2015

What a great time all of us hadwho attended this year’s VTRconvention dubbed “Triumphs Inthe Heartland”.The Illinois Club did a great jobas they have done for the last 3VTR conventions they havehosted.Neuman’s, Mackey’s, McGill’s,Thompson’s, Lindbergs, Myer’s,Bisanz’s, Ethier’s, Lee’s,Demuth’s, Holt’s, Joe Soucheray,Steve Shogren, Dan Buchen,Sanderson’s, Wayne Morris, anda few other past Mn Tr memberswere all present. Highlights forsome was the mail boat run onLake Geneva Cruise Lines as wewatched the mail jumpers get onand off the boat. The gimmickrally was fun this year and wasnot as tricky or deep as the onewe attended in North Carolina.The trip to Gus’s custard standwas great. Gus and his crew gothundreds of orders out of hiskitchen in less than 5 minutes fromorder. Most made it with the

directions given, but Sanderson’ssomehow found a way to get lost.We later found that someone hadremoved one of the road signs onthe route which caused ourproblem. It was probably drivererror as Gayle reminded meanyhow.There were lots of self guidedtours and plenty to see. Surpris-ingly being so close to Chicago,the Lake Geneva was very rural.Good location for us Mn Tr folks.This year miles were under 1000with the route down and backand all the tours.

Congratulations goes to a few MnTR owners who fared well in theconcours. John Myers scoredwell to take first place for TR8’s.Joe Soucheray fared well with hislate TR6 and came in 3rd place.Terry Mackey took 3rd with hisnew TR4 for participant’s choice.Good job to all of you for yourbeautiful cars.

2016 will find us all back in Texasas the Red River Tr club will be

our host once again from Oct 3-7, 2016. It will be held in NorthTexas at the Tanglewood Resorton lake Texoma in Pottsboro,Texas. Cost will be $135 for 1car, 1 driver and 1 non driver.You will get a $15 discount if youregister by August 15 of 2016.You may come without a Triumphfor $20 reg fee. Rooms are $99for any King. You may call 800833 6569 which gets you right tothe resort. Be sure to say you willbe joining Red River Triumphs onthose dates.

Hope those of you who did notmake it to this year’s conventionwill join us in Texas in 2016.Best wishes for happy TR motor-ing and if you are not a memberwe need you. Please join VTR.Call me for help or go towww.vtr.org

Larry Sanderson Your MN TRVTR Liaison, 507 269 1500 [email protected]


Triumph Calendar

See Intermarque Monthly at:www.intermarque.org

September 2015

10 - Club Meeting at theRosevilleVFW (see page 13)

12 - Wheels and Wings Osceola, WI

19 - The September TechSession will be Hosted by BillNelson on Sept 19. Bill lives at13362 192nd Ave NW Elk RiverMN 55330. Bill has a TR7 thatwe will be installing a new wiringharness.

25-27 - Waumandee Hill Climb –The Minnesota Austin HealeyClub’s third annual vintage caruphill slalom will be held underthe direction of Tom Hazen.There is also a car show beingorganized.

October 2015

08 - Club Meeting at theRoseville VFW (see page 17)

COLOR TOUR 2015:

Date: 10/11/15Time: 10:00-2:00 (approx)Start: Point Douglas Park (acrossSt. Croix River from Prescott,WI)Length: 100 miles from Prescott(approx)Stops: Two scheduled stops (onebefore lunch and another forlunch)

Because of the popularity of thisroute in 2012, we'll be rerunningit witha few alterations. Our lunch stopwill be at Vino in the Valley. Hopeto seeyou on the tour.

The Color Tour guys...

17 - The October Tech Sessionwill be held on October 17th atGene Kimball’s home, 16131Dunkirk St. NE in Ham Lake MN55304. Gene has a TR6 that isneed of carb repair.

18 - Minnesota Harvest AppleOrchard Vintage Foreign CarShow – Jordan, MN.

November 2015

November Tech Session is goingto be hosted by Bob Swanson onthe 21st at his home, 4909 54thAve N Crystal MN 55429. Bobhas a TR3 that was dismantledand sent to the body shop. Therepaired and repainted body partsnow need to be reassembled. Thisis the tricky part.

A Note From PAT:Our club is thriving with greatparticipation. There is clearlyinterest in the club and our clubevents. The challenge we face isthat all these events, all the realbusiness of the club, is handled bya very small group of members,literally 3 or 4 people. You’veheard the saying “20% of peopledo 80% of the work” in an organi-zation... in the case of our club, it’sfar less than the 20%. You willprobably notice lots ofIntermarque events, just aboutsomething every weekend.

Mn.Triumphs where a foundingmember club of the Intermarquemovement so that there would besomething to do every weekend.We all want more driving eventsbut to do this I need your help.

Do you attend a lot of clubevents? Do you enjoy them?Please consider volunteering toorganize a club event. Haveyou’ve always imagined orconsidered an event? We willhelp with logistics or funds ifnecessary.

Are you willing to give some-thing back to the club? Please letme know how you’d like tocontribute. Contact me anytime:

Patrick Holt612.388.0505


August Tech Session

The August Tech Sessionwas held at JillDavenports’s home inSouth Minneapolis. 8 clubmembers showed up tohelp get her 75 Spitty upand running for the firsttime in 3 plus years. BillGingerich and Doug Burchstarted on checking out thecarb and reinstalling it. BillNelson and I removed theplugs and regaped themand lubed the cylindersbefore reinstalling them. Ahose was then run from thefuel pump to a fresh can ofgas. The battery chargersaid it was charged but itlied. I attached my jumperbattery, it helped but notenough, Jumper cableswere added and it appearedthere was no spark. Jill ranoff to get a new battery . Inthe mean time we checkedout the after market electricignition system further. Thenew battery was hooked upand within 1 minute the carwas running.. 1 minute laterthe car was idling betterthan most others. BillGingerich had a checksheet of getting a vehicleroad worthy and he and Jilland her son went thur it.She needs some more parts

and help from the club butshe is defiantly very happywith the progress sofar.The best part of thisTech Session was thewided eyed look and ear toear grin that was not re-movable when the carsprung to life. The lunch,pulled pork, asian coleslaw and fresh baked cook-ies Jill made was to die for.I really enjoyed being a partof this Tech Session.Those of you how werenot there boy did you missout.

Roger Kraemer

Tech Session Coordinator


Triumph TraderFOR SALE

1Pair of SU carbs for a Spitfire newin the box, S, 1 1/4 dia. $525.00Used 1 season DCOE 45 Weber carbwith air horns, no air cleaner,been sitting a while, shouldprobablly be rebuilt. $325.00New rear sway bar for Spitfire.$150.00Spitfire and GT6 parts. ‘76 Spitfirechassis, NEW door skins, Spit &GT6 doors, seat frames, A arms,Spitfire suspensiontowers, steel wheels, gauges,speedos, tachs, soft top frame, 3 railgearboxs, ‘71 1300cc engine, Spitfireroll bar, 4-1 headers, rear axle assy,GT6 suspension towers, steeringracks, rear springs, late Spitfireradiator & fan, lots more. Make anoffer. Bill 612-850-4072 [email protected]

‘72 TR6 in great shape. This is agreat driver with many new andupgraded parts including: New tires(Dunlop Signatures), new soft top,steering stabilized, full tune up, newseat belts (uninstalled)as well as some mechanicalwork. This is a really nice drivingTR6, fun in the corners and prettymuch original, aside from the newparts mentioned. There are collectorplates on it which means you neverbuy tabs again. Includes: Originaltonneau cover(in great shape), softtop rear cover, manual and new fullcar cover for winter storage. $7500.Scott - 612.339.0010

2 - late TR6 mufflers, one steel, onestainless, $100 ea.2 - 1974 TR6 rotors, used, goodcondition. $251974 TR6 battery box w/drain tube.$10 Joe Bisanz 651-324-2573.

73 Spitfire complete - for sale asproject/parts car, engine turns overfreely but has not been startedrecently. $800, Doug Burch – 763-780-4706

WANTEDSeats For TR-6 or Spifire1969-1972 high back seats that reclinepreferred. Call Mark (651) 450-9504

Wanted for 1976 TR6: one wheelbeauty ring, brushed finish. Must bein excellent condition. One left rearchrome bumper in excellent condition.Wood steering wheel. Rick Morris612-207-7990

Boot (trunk) floor for a TR7. will takethe hole body shell if necessary.Also looking for Custom wheels for aTR7, prefer 14in or 15in. with orwithout tires. ContactRoger Kraemer 651-207-3920 [email protected]

Engine starting crank for a TR3.Andy 651-242-7635

Trader information Members’notices run three months —unless you tell the editor todrop them earlier or keep themrunning longer. Dates inparentheses indicate the firstmonth in which they ran. Non-member notices are publishedat a rate of $5 per month.

Pacesetter Exhaust Tips. I have twotips in great shape. Moss Motors#224-125 $129.95 Asking $50 ea.AlsoMonza Free-Flow Exhaust Systems.Moss Motors #865-055 $539.95 I havetwo systems for sale. One is now on mycar and in good condition $150.00. Thesecond system has additional custommufflers added to quiet it down a bit.This one is not on a car at this time.Very good condition $150.00. Larry [email protected] or (763) 228-0072

Pimento red 1970 TR-6. I’m changinghobbies and would like somebody touse and enjoy this fine car rather thanstore it any longer. Great 20 footer, or aneven bettereasy project car. Rebuilt carbs late 2013by The Carburetor shop. Always storedinside. Excellent tires and top, interiornot so much. Functional as a 45 yearold car can be. $7,500. Twin Cities area.651 324 8873 [email protected].

1973 Spitfire 1500. The drive train hasbeen rebuilt and has about 10,000 mileson it, with the exceptionof the transmission. Daily driver.For details, visit Web site:http://spitfire-rmeyer.rhcloud.com/

TR6 Kidney Pads w/ speaker cutouts$40 OBO. Kevin 612-247-2823 [email protected].

77 Triumph TR7 Coupe, 5 speed withfactory air. 66k miles many new partsincluding front and read 1” lowersprings and urethane rubber.front and rear brakes complete, clutchmaster and slave, brake cylinder rebuilt,new ball joints, tie rod ends. cd playerand speakers. and new tires. Seats havebeen replacedfrom a ZX2 using the originaltracks. Original seats included. ContactRoger at 651-207-3920. or [email protected]


If you prefer to have your newsletter mailedto you, membership fee is $35 (plus $1 forpartner’s voting privileges).

Join after September 1st and enjoy fullmembership benefits through the remainderof the current year and the entire next year.

Monthly Meetings

Minnesota Triumphs meets the secondThursday of each month, and for the Monthof August 2015 it will be at the:Richfield American Legion Post 4356501 Portland Ave S, Minneapolis, MN

For the month of September and October2015 the meetings will be at the:ANDERSON-NELSONROSEVILLE VFWPost 75551145 Woodhill DriveRoseville, MN 55113 vfwroseville.com651.483-5313

About MinnesotaTriumphs Car ClubMinnesota Triumphs formed in 1981 when agroup of Triumph enthusiasts met for anafternoon of fun and conversation at FortSnelling Park.

Since then, the club has grown to more than150 members from throughout the Midwest.

Our activities include:• Monthly meetings• Social gatherings• Tech sessions• Road rallies• Regional and national events

We welcome all Triumph enthusiasts,whether you own a concourse-winningshowpiece, are restoring a diamond in therough, are searching for just the right addi-tion to your garage or just appreciate themarque.

Together we can locate those hard-to-findparts and assist one another in keeping ourvehicles on the road. But most of all, theclub offers opportunities to explore some ofthe best roadsin the region with others who enjoy theTriumph experience.

MembershipOur membership year runs January 1through December 31.

Annual membership is $25 (an additional $1provides your partner with voting privilegesat our annual election of officers). With thismembership fee, your newsletter can beseen on-line or you can pick up a hard copyat the monthly meetings.


The Minnesota Triumphs Club is dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of the Triumph Marque. It wasformed in 1981 and is a charter member of the Vintage Triumph Register. Correspondence can be addressed to:

Minnesota Triumphs4018 Emerson Avemue NMinneapolis, MN 55412

Check our web site at:

www.mntriumphs.org

Membership meetings are on the SECOND THURSDAY of the month (except no meetings in November and Decem-ber). Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and are held at the Fort Snelling Officers' Club, just south of the Minneapolis St.Paul International Airport. Everyone is invited to attend, whether you are a member or not.

2015 OFFICERS

Are you connected to the group? Do you get in on thelatest information?

We have an e-mail site you can easily join. It is MinnesotaTriumphs Yahoo mail.

Simply send an e-mail [email protected] don’t have to ask for anything, they will see your e-mailaddress and take it from there.

[email protected]

President

Terry [email protected]

Vice PrezJon Meier651-xxx-yyyy

[email protected]

Terry [email protected]

VTR LiaisonLarry [email protected]

RegaliaOpen position

[email protected]

Joe [email protected]

NewsletterOrrin [email protected]

WebmasterRon [email protected]

SecretaryAndy [email protected]

Event CoordinatorPat [email protected]

HistorianGreg [email protected]

Tech SessionsRoger [email protected]

Intermarque LiaisonPat [email protected]

Past PresidentLarry Berg612-228-0072


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