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August/September2007
VOL. 28 Issue 8/9
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PREZ SEZ 1OFFICERS 2MINUTES 3LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 7MIKE’S SUMMER VACATION 8CALENDAR 9CLASSIC-FIED 9BLII and ROY RACING 11 TECH ARTICLE 12MEMBERSHIP FORM 16TRIUMPHEST APPLICATION 22DCTRA SUMMER OUTING 24
THE PREZ SEZYou know, it just gets harder and harder to come up with something to writeevery month for the newsletter. I often think of something, and then second-guess myself as to whether or not I’ve already written about it. That’s partlybecause I’ve been doing this for our Triumph club for about two years now,and when you add to that the three years as president of the San Diego MGClub, I’ve written about sixty “articles” related somehow to British cars!
Granted, I eat, sleep, live and love British cars, but there’s bound to be somerepetitive material there, as I am not all that well organized in either my mindor my life. My mind is full of facts, stories and assorted minutiae concerningour much loved automobiles, and we all love to point out the obvious (to us)superiority of our chosen marque to all others. However, when you really lookat the British automotive scene objectively you will see far more similaritiesamongst the mainstream marques than you will differences. This, myfriends, is both a blessing and a curse, and probably the reason why so fewof the great British marques are still with us today!
In some ways you might find it hard to describe it, yet you probably know whatI mean when I say that Triumphs (or MGs or Jags or Healeys) have adistinctly “British” quality to them... a look, a sound, even (definitely) a smellpeculiar to them as a group. We obviously find it appealing, yet many of theunique characteristics of British cars are a result of Britain’s social andindustrial unwillingness to be brought into the twentieth century. Thatwonderful “old world” charm and character is partly a result of their insular,self-righteous belief that “whatever’s good enough for us is good enough foreveryone”
Originally the auto industry in England was mostly “Cottage Industry” with theproducts built and sold regionally, often without regard of was happening 50miles away, let alone in another country. Meanwhile, a silly tax system wasadopted in the 1920’s that levied higher payments for larger engined
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New MembersJohn Heisser
Minutes of theJuly Meeting
The meeting opened about 7:10 PM at the OldSpaghetti Factory with approximately 42 peoplepresent.
Our guests included Liz & Martin Jones with aTR 7, Stu “the Younger” with a ’72 Spitfire & Paul& Melissa Jordan with a ’73 TR6.
The treasurer reported we have lots of money &Laughlin is right around the corner.
The minutes were accepted as printed. It wasunanimous to reimburse Mike & Rebecca for thecost of the cold cuts platters at the swim party.
Upcoming events include the CookOut &Concert at Railroad Park on 7-15-07. We willmeet at 5PM & eat at 6PM. The concert startsabout 7PM. DCTRA will provide hot dogs, brats,& hamburgers with everyone bringing a dish toshare.
August 18 will be a welding class at JohnHorton’s workshop.
The next Triumphest committee meeting will beat F-1 at 4PM on July 29. Kewi went overdeadlines we need to meet to keep on schedule.PLEASE VOLUNTEER !!! Everyone needs tohelp to make this a success! Also if you have notreserved your room for the event- Please do so!The hotel is beginning to panic about the lack ofbooked rooms they have reserved for us.
Tech Talk covered a wide range of subjects asusual. Meeting adjourned at about 8:30. Deta
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Minutes of theAugiust Meeting
MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING
The August 14, 2007 meeting of the DCTRA wascalled to order in the Imperial Garden Restaurantat 7:21 p.m. There were no guests. There wereapproximately 29 people in attendance.
There is no newsletter for August. Since theSecretary was not in attendance, and the Augustnewsletter was not yet online, Diane Aubert tookminutes.
Treasurer’s Report: John reported that we havePLENTY
VP/Activities Chairman’s Report:
Next event – Sat., 8/18 10 a.m. at John Horton’s,39th Ave. and Greenway: welding. Need helmetand white gloves. Call John for directions.
Sun., 8/26 – Breakfast Run put on by theDeLorean Club, northwest corner 32nd St. andShea. Meet at 7:00 a.m., leave at 7:30 a.m.
Need volunteers to run the next few BreakfastRuns. John Horton will coordinate them. Thenewsletter editor volunteered to do the next one.
The Jaguar Club is hosting a Game Day bowlingparty at Via Linda Lanes in North Scottsdale.Month to be determined.
Spiro volunteered to run our Breakfast Run on 9/23. We’ll tell Shirley our Club will do threemonths’ of runs.
Sat., 10/06 – Wickenburg Parade?
Sun., 10/28 – The AZ MG Club will be displayingat the All British MG Car Day in Scottsdale.
Rich Aubert talked about our Club putting on anall-British car show for charity at Julio G’sRestaurant in Southeast Scottsdale in Februaryor next spring. It could be the end of a breakfastrun. The Restaurant, which has a banquetroom, will provide coffee and donuts forbreakfast and a free lunch for all displayed cars.We can display up to 60 cars. Ron and Rich willdo committee. Jim Bauder will help.
Our President, Stu Laswell, reported on the runto Tortilla Flats. There were about 14-15 people.The cars that were there were 5 Triumphs,including 2 TR6’s and 2 Spitfires, two jags andtwo lotuses.
Old Business
Marty Clark gave a report on a $100 check…rest put toward treasury. Michael J. sold hiscar to Robert Smith in Hawaii. Will put thepictures on our website.
New Business
Spray-on Corolla – makes…profit; like WD-40.
Our Isle of Wight sister club gave us 12 souvenirmugs – Stu passed them out to those who didsomething special recently for the Club.
Triumphest
Kiwi reported that there are only 7 more weeksto go! There are 80 hotel rooms reserved sofar.
The next committee meeting will be 8/26 at12:30 p.m. We need more volunteers, andjudges (we have 3 judges so far). He also putout a plea for everyone to try to sell more raffletickets for the car lift.
Dave Riddle showed us the poster he puttogether that will be sold at the Convention. We
paid $1 per poster and will sell them for $5apiece.
For the Hospitality Party we will put on aPinewood Derby. Moss Motors will provide thetrack. If you want to enter look in Boy Scout orcraft stores or Michael’s for materials to makethe cars.
The Roadster Factory cut us a $500 check,Haggerty $200, Moss Motors $250, and wereceived miscellaneous other checks.
We dropped the idea of baseball hats becauseof the cost. Rich Aubert offered to find analternative source at a reasonable cost.
Moss Motors and the Roadster Factory will put ablurb about the raffle on their websites. Getflyers about selling tickets from Kiwi.
We’re honoring the Stag this year – the StagClub put out a full color flyer…
The ads in the program have covered the cost ofthe program twice!
The program still needs the rest of the items bythe end of the month.
Kiwi and Gene went to Laughlin last weekend tocheck out the locations for the Autocross andFuncourse. The area where cars will be will bedirectly in front of the hotel. 130 cars will bedisplayed. Looking for a “Saffron” stag.
Horton will provide a conversion kit for the raffle.
Mike Long found 3 TR3 metal signs at a Utahantique store – will donate them for the raffle.
Rich has a safety device to fuse the primarybattery circuit in Triumph cars, for $25. Willdonate two kits for the raffle.
Angela and Graham from the Isle of WightTriumph Club will drive John Horton’s car toTriumphest.
Next month’s meeting will be 9/11 back at ElZariba Shrine Temple on 40th St.
Meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
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vehicles based on bore and stroke. This “RACHorsepower Tax” favored long stroke, small boreengines, resulting in lower taxes but also lower HP, lessefficient power plants. The manufacturers had littleincentive to build more efficient motors, and when thetaxation system was abolished a short time later, theyjust kept on doing what the established formulasdictated. In typical British fashion, they donned theirblinders and did things as they had always done. It isactually rather surprising, and a testament to the chassisdesigners and drivers that they did as well as they did incompetition!
By WWII many Italian, German, and (dare I say!) Frenchcars had high revving short stroke engines putting out farmore power than the equivalent British engine. “But waita minute”, you might say, “That’s ancient history! My carwas built in the ’60s!” True enough, but it’s amazing totrace the genealogy of our “modern” engines... often theyare just essentially pre-war designs with largerdisplacements and maybe more main bearings orimproved heads. Unfortunately even the new engines,
like the Triumph TR6’s, are saddled with the long stroke,small bore formula carried over from the old days. Whenthe engineers showed Kas Kastner the new TR250engine, he was told “now THERE’S an engine you’llnever race with.” Only the faith and tenacity of thededicated racers could make it a viable competitionmotor. The myopic view of Britain’s automotive industryleaders, believing that people would by whatever theysold, is responsible for the implosion of the once greatBritish automobile industry.
Whew! Too much history, I suppose, but I hope you don’tthink I’m being too hard on the cars. I do truly love them...but don’t ever be fooled into thinking that they aretechnical marvels. They were actually quite successful incompetition for decades, and many of the old beastiesare still out there proving themselves on the track. But it’snot because of their engines. Even today, nearly everyFormula 1 and Indy car on the track has a chassisdeveloped or built in “jolly olde” England. Leave it to theEnglish to figure out how to make any old lump able tocompete and win against the best in the world!
Now, of course, it is their very quaintness that many findto be their greatest virtue. The antiquated design andconstruction allows us to understand and performrepairs on them. Their (relative) simplicity means that
even a klutz like me can “cookbook” my way throughmost of the procedures necessary to keep them on theroad. The failings of British industry in keeping up withworld progress is probably a prime reason for thepopularity of their products today.
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Letter from the EditorGreetings fellow TR owners, obsessors andother intrested parties.
July and August went in a blur and we’realready into September - Triumphest ISupon us.
I don’t know how your summer has been - butI’ve been roasting in my garage attempting tofinish this ever growing desaster that used tobe a TR4A. That said, I haven’t been visitingnearly as many other TR owners and clubmembers as I would have liked, but watch out- I could be knocking on your door almost anyweekend.
This months newsletter contains anotherarticle from our illustrious eader (Stu). In it hetries to describe the symptoms and reasonsfor the car addiction.
Mr. Laswell’s knowledge of the Triumph (andother marques) history is extensive. We’relucky to have such a devoted president.
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There is an article from Mike and RebeccaLong chronicling their Summer Vacation.
Bill Close submitted another gem about hisracing days and his respect for Roy Stoney.
Another excellent historical Triumph artclewas submitted by Dave Riddle.
I got a humorous fax from John Hortontranslating used car slogans and JulianAnderson sent me a picture of his latest TR.
There are also several new advertisers thatMike Long , Marty Clark, et. al. have recruited.
I really need more articles and photos fromYOU, the MEMBERSHIP. If you writesomething - anything, I’ll edit and publish. Itdoesn’t need to be about racing, historical ortechnical. Just drop me a line with a “How IMet My Car” or “The Time I Broke Down atthe Grand Canyon” or “How I Replaced /Upgraded My Radio”.
Have a great month!
Julian Andersn’s new TR 6
All American Road Trip
I don’t know how you’d rate the pace of yoursummer, but if you ask us, it’s just flown by atrecord-setting speed! Just one week afterAubrey returned home in mid-July from a two-and-a-half week visit with relatives back east,the three of us hit the road for a final summervacation escape. Apparently our timing fell rightin line with the monsoonal weather patterns thatbattered Phoenix in late July, allowing us toescape the really nasty storms while stillencountering some rainy episodes along theway.
Our travels took us through the breathtakinglylush green farmlands of Idaho, Wyoming andMontana for destinations that included
combined to form a truly beautiful panorama ofAmerica at her finest……
Living in the Valley of Phoenix, Arizona, it doesn’ttake long to lose all references to plushgreenery. Seeing “natural” waterfalls, rockymountain streams and riverbanks, brought backinto focus how diametrically different the desertclimate is compared to that which weencountered on our northern escape. In the finalanalysis, and after returning home to find ourbackyard in utter disarray from the monsoonswe thought we had escaped, we’ve come toappreciate the powerful and varied array oflandscapes that Mother Nature offers up acrossthis wonderful land.
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Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole(WY), Antelope Island (UT), an ancient oceansea bed that is today a pristinely rugged salt-peppered (pun intended) island in the middleof Great Salt Lake, and finally, onto the Lewisand Clark Caverns (Whitehall, MT). At bothYellowstone and Antelope Island, we looked onin awe as bison and elk grazed roadside,seemingly aloof to humans gawking at themmere yards away. We were similarly surprisedand delighted at the timely execution ofYellowstone’s Old Faithful geyser, when she letoff her head of steam right on cue. Everywherealong our journey, we saw a plethora of livestockamid fields of wheat, corn, potato, dairy, horse,and cattle farms. All together, the sights we saw
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Extensive list of TR-4 parts. Too many to list.Contact Marilyn Larsen at 602-275-1398
New carpet set for TR4 thru TR6. The colorbrown with light tan piping. The carpet is ofgood quality and has felt on the back of floorpieces. $100.00
Black vinyl AMCO tonneau cover, greatcondition , snaps are a little tarnished. Will fitTR4 thru TR250 . $65.00 - Bob McIlravy -480-883-0859
September 11: Monthly Club Meeting at ElZaribah Shrine Audotoriam (6pm arrival time).This is a dinner meeting social get togetherfor all DCTRA members. Many critical clubbusiness issues will be discussed...Pleasemake every attempt to attend!
September 16: Mid-Month TriumphestCommittee Meeting at F1 Race Factory(12:30pm)
September 30: Final Preparation TriumphestCommittee Meeting at F1 Race Factory(12:30pm)
October 11 - 14: Triumphest 2007 inLaughlin, Nevada (www.triumphest.com)
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Contributors
could be the end of a breakfast run. The Restaurant, which has a banquet room, will provide coffee and donutsfor breakfast and a free lunch for all displayed cars. We can display up to 60 cars. Ron and Rich will docommittee. Jim Bauder will help.
Our President, Stu Laswell, reported on the run to Tortilla Flats. There were about 14-15 people. The cars thatwere there were 5 Triumphs, including 2 TR6’s and 2 Spitfires, two jags and two lotuses.
Old Business
RACING WITH/AGAINST ROYSTONEY AND HIS FAST TR-7
Around 1988, I was racing Arizona RegionSCCA (Sports Car Club of America) inregional events (usually 40 cars in a groupand 6 groups) o the road course at PhoenixInternational Raceway. It was a Saturday race,Roy Stoney had entered his white TriumphTR-7 fully prepared (gutted) race car and I hadentered my yellow Mazda RX-3 sedan in thesame class. The class was Improved Touring(IT class A) the cars were production streetcars with roll bars, sticky street tires, guttedinteriors to save weight, headers, loudexhaust, numbers and other performancemodifications.
I had raced with Roy before and knew that hewas a talented and experienced driver with anequally prepared car much modified becauseof his experience and Triumph racingconnections in Great Britain.
I got lucky that day and was able to qualifyright in front of Roy in a group of 40 cars.
When the green flag was waved to start therace we were mid pack. All went well until wegot to turn 6 and the cars in front of us all butstopped. I down shifted to first gear and hit thegas too hard and started to spin. Suddenly,Roy hit me in the right quarter panel and spunme around. After recovering, I kept racing. Onthe next lap I saw Roy sitting up at turn 11 outof his car and out of the race. I continued the
race and finished the race feeling responsiblefor Roy’s wreck. When I finally got to tech andthey towed Roy in I went over to apologize. Itold him that It was my fault and I needed tohelp him fix his car. Roy declined , he said thatit was his mistake and he had caused thewreck.
To this day we both can not agree on who’sfault that wreck was. But we are still greatfriends and still laugh about it.
A couple of years later the SCCA had anotherregional race but this time it was held atFirebird International Raceway in Chandler,Arizona. I had just built a new 1985 MazdaRX-7 race car for the Spec 7 class. Roy hadentered his now even faster TR-7. Both carswere still in the same race group 0f around 40cars. Roy had quallified faster than I. Roy andI had both qualified mid pack as usual. Whenthe green flag dropped I was behind Roy andwe were on the inside of the track. A ToyotaMR-2 lost a wheel in front of us and turnedright into the outside wall, thus blocking thetrack. I followed Roy through the confusion.Suddenly, we were in front of the whole groupand they were trying o catch us. Roy and Iraced for several laps. I couldn’t get past thatfast TR-7. After about 10 laps Roy got looseand let me by. I went on to win the race andthe class. Roy finished right behind me to winhis class.
Could this great day get any better? Well itdid!
When Roy and I went to tech to receive ourtrophies several of the other racers werecomplaining that there must have been a lapmiscount. They didn’t know how we hadgotten so far ahead. It must have been amistake how did Bill and Roy win? We stilllaugh at our lucky win that day and at ourfellow racers who couldn’t figure out how wedid it. .
Bill Close
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Technical Article
When the TR2 came out it created a lot ofexcitement in the motoring world, and thesports car market in particular. It provided agreat deal of punch for the pound and inthose days, “breaking the ton” or exceeding100 mph was considered a major bar to clear.
But some people considered the Triumph ahomely pup, a bit more exposed to theweather for their tastes as well. Well, what didthey expect, for pity’s sake? The only cars thatcame with beauty were the thoroughbreds ofindustry — the Jaguar, the Aston-Martin, theAustin-Healey, AC, the Jowett-Jupiter. (Onsecond thought, scratch that last one!)
World War II ended and the SwallowCoachbuilding Co. — a sidecar manufacturerand part of the pre-war firm SS, which laterbecame Jaguar — was sold off to theHelliwell Group. By 1949, Helliwell was
Triumphal Offshoots, Part 5:
The Swallow Doretti
By: Andy Graybeal
absorbed by the conglomerate TubeInvestments Group (TI). So much for theorganizational chart tour.
The recovering automotive industries haddiscovered sports cars, and companies like,Standard Triumph were bringing products to arapidly expanding market. With a diminishingmarket for motorcycle sidecars, Helliwelldirector Ernest Sanders thought the time wasright to get into this new game and conceiveda sports car chassis to be made fromchromoly tubing supplied by Reynolds,another member of the TI corporate family.
Meanwhile, in the fast developing U.S. sportscar market, Dorothy Deen and Paul Bernhartof Cal Specialties Company — manufacturerand distributor of a popular line of automotiveaccessories with the Italian sounding brandname “Doretti” — were also entertainingthoughts of offering a sports car of their owndesign. It happened that Dorothy’s father,Arthur Andersen, was meeting with ErnestSanders in Los Angeles to discuss otherbusiness matters when the conversationturned to sports cars. Anderson said he likedthem and would like to market them. Theyagreed to talk some more.
They met in 1952 again, this time with SirJohn Black, director of Triumph, in on thediscussions. Sanders and Andersonpresented an outline of the project with somesketches Anderson had done with Swallowengineer Frank Rainbow, and Sir Johnagreed to take part. Black would supply themechanicals, Sanders would build the cars inhis factory and Anderson would sell them.Anderson sold the Doretti name and badge toSanders. Rainbow, a recent hire from BristolEngines, was given the task of styling anddeveloping two prototypes based on achassis Sanders had fabricated which
Doretti designer Frank Rainbow. The Doretti wasRainbow’s maiden car design project even though hecame to the project with a thick portfolio of engineeringand vehicle design credits. The production prototypedesign was done in a few months with the staff of twodraftsmen and a secretary. When productioncommenced, only 18 workers were employed at theWalsall facility and when terminated ten months later, theworkforce was the same.
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reflected much more contemporary thinkingthan found under the TR2.
Wider and stiffer, and having a scuttle hooptoinsure cowl stiffness and outriggers tosupport the bodywork, the chassis was madefrom Reynolds chromoly square tubing, andthe body with aluminum skin supported bysteel inner panels.
Ironically, the in-house coachwork crewwasn’tconsidered up to the task of producingthe bodywork and it was outsourced to thevery capable firm Panelcraft, which tooled itup from full-size drawings — a remarkableaccomplishment.
Production design work was under way, ledby Rainbow with a staff of three draftsmenand a secretary and an unbelievable scheduleahead of them.
In March, 1953, Dorothy and her father visitedthe Swallow plant to see how the twoprototypes were going and to work out adistribution deal with Standard-Triumphvehicles with Sir John Black, for the stateswest of the Mississippi.
By September of that year, Frank Rainbowand a Doretti were heading for the U.S. on theQueen Mary and then by air to Los Angeles.
In October, the private introduction on thewest coast of the TR2 and the Doretti washeld on Balboa Island at Newport Beach, withthe general public introduction to be held atthe Ambassador Hotel in January.
There were a few criticisms of the prototype.The trunk was a joke — hardly enough roomfor the spare — and crank up windows werementioned by many.
Sanders was anxious to get the car into theproduction and insisted on freezing thedesign.
Progress was smooth and Anderson receivedupdates and progress reports, which he
approved. Production started the Walsallfacility at the airport outside of Birmingham inthe West Midlands.
Dorothy tirelessly and successfully marketedthe Doretti with substantial sales made in thefirst year of production, and even hired PhilHill to drive in west coast events.
But it was soon to end, as the British Motorindustry, notably Jaguar, pressured TI tocease production of what they considered anunwanted competitor. The last of the Dorettisrolled off the line in 1955. The argument theindustry gave was that TI was a supplier toother car manufacturers and thus had aserious conflict of interest. So much forentrepreneurial spirit in the U.K. It seemsasthough if your car production was purelyniche-sized and of mediocre quality, theindustry giants didn’t mind, but when yourproduct was of high quality and finish, andcompeted against the likes of MG, well, thatwas another story.
The factory never employed more thaneighteen workers yet turned out 276 cars —including one fixed-head coupe — during theten months it was in operation before wordcame down to sack everyone.
By comparison, during the same time, only244 TR2s were produced. In an ironic twist,Sir John Black, driving with Ken Richardson inBlack’s specially-fitted Doretti, was involvedin a serious road accident, leaving himcrippled and eventually leading to hisretirement.
It could be speculated that had he been in oneof his own cars, he might not have survived atall.
Dorothy Deen turned all her energies towardthe marketing of the new TR2 and sawsuccess making it one of the best sellingBritish marques even against the likes of MGand Jaguar. She was also visited by JohnGordon and took on the Peerless GT for a
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short time, but found it didn’t live up to herstandards of quality. No, the Doretti didn’t dieof the usual causes. Financing and qualitywere certainly there and distribution was wellin hand, but when car people and financialtypes go head to head it usually is the carpeople that come out second.
Of the Dorettis that were sold out of DorothyDeen’s Cal Sales in Gardena, four were soldby her to one Max Balchowsky of “Old Yeller”fame, a series of the most feared specials ofthe late fifties and early sixties.
There is usually one or two of the legendaryspecials at the Monterey Historics every year.
Before Old Yeller 1 came into being, Max wasdoing engine swaps in Dorettis, installing 6liter Buick V8s, his favorite, in as many asseven Dorettis purchased new and used.
Such conversions were an accepted solutionfor getting spectacular performance out of anotherwise modestly-endowed sports car.
One thing Detroit was good at was producinga lot of horsepower for a relatively low cost.
Builders like Max and, later, Carroll Shelby,were out to find a way to get that power to theground and around corners. Max took his ownBuick-powered Doretti, now christened“Buretti,” to local race courses and drag stripswhere it regularly turned in quarter mile trapspeeds of over 105 mph.
Of course, the horsepower cranked out by the322 cu. in. V8 was triple what the TR2 enginehad.He converted two others to Cadillac andChevy V8 power. Contrary to one site thatindicated that a Doretti chassis was to befound in Old Yeller 1, it was actually built on anearly special built by Phoenician DickMorgensen.
In fact there is a dispute whether Old Yeller 1even exists and that in its place is a replica.(More about that later.)
Another Doretti chassis found itself inanother special owned and raced by one BillBinney.
Doretti’s inner body structure shows how thoroughlythought out this car was from the get-go. Steel stampingsprovided the support for the outer aluminum panels.
The chassis, made from Reynolds 531 tubing, was animprovement over the TR2 chassis with greater stiffnessand improved rear axle location thru the use of radiusarms that eliminated wheel hop under acceleration. Theengine/transmission was set farther back, resulting in a50/50 weight distribution. Front suspension and steeringwere stock TR2 components.
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At the time a company called Allied, one ofthe many manufacturers of fiberglass bodies,produced a knock-off of the classic CisitaliaFarina Coupe which Binney mounted on theDoretti
chassis. It was entered in numerous Cal Clubraces as the Binney Allied Doretti.
This car still makes the shows .
When production was stopped and leftoverstock was going for a song, a roadster waspurchased and remodeled into a coupe byPeter Kirwan-Taylor, who, in association withColin Chapman and with input from FrankCostin, produced the celebrated design forthe Lotus Elite.
Another coupe, fabricated by Ghia, exists inthe U.K.
The Swallow Doretti page, www.doretti.co.uk,has a plethora of information on this marque,with pictures of all of the known examplesexisting today.
The Binney Allied-Doretti coupe as photographed atPebble Beach. Allied Fiber-Glass, Inc. manufactured thisknock-off of the classic Cisitalia coupe called the AlliedSwallow, and Bill Binney raced this one during the fifties.
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DCTRA 2007 Membership Application & Renewal Form
Please print and return completed form to:
John Reynolds, Treasurer
806 E. Campus
Tempe, AZ 85282
Member Info:
Name:
Address:
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email:
(required for newsletter notification)
Auto Info:
Make: Model: Commission #:
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One Year I would like to Receive the Newsletter via:
$18.00
Two Years Email
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Three Years
$50.00 Comments/Suggestions:
Form may be returned to John Reynolds,Treasurer, 806 E. Campus, Tempe, AZ 85282
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Cruise Night Locations202 and Recker road N E corner4th Sunday of every month3:30 pm - 6:30 pmhttp://www.rmcchurch.org/mens/ci.htmlGerry GroeberCell 602-430-4094Fax [email protected]
Albertsons Shopping Center - Warnerand LindseyFriday Nights
Scottsdale Pavillions near McDonaldsSaturday evenings from 4:30
Call or E-mailLOCATIONS AND TIMES
VALLEYWIDE
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Triumphest 2007 Planning Committee
CHAIRMAN — Wayne ‘Kiwi’ Treloar
Hotel — Kiwi Treloar, Mike Long
Registration Package — John & Kathy Nuss
Flyer for 2006 Triumphest — Dave Riddle
Lists of Vendors/Sponsors/advertisers
— Mike Long & John Horton
Raffles/Door Prizes — John Horton
Map to F1 Racing Factory
Committee meetings4:00 PM at F1 Factory Racing, 317 S. 48th St., Phoenix, AZ
Shirts/Design — Beth Horton
Judges/List of names — Marty Clark
Trophies — Patrick McDermott
Program — Dave Riddle
Driving Rally / Poker Run — GeneG l e n n
Auto Cross — John Reynolds
Banquet — Kiwi Treloar, JohnT r u t t m a n
Hospitality Party — Open
Walking Rally — Gene Glenn, JimB a u d e r
Signs — Dave Riddle
Fun Course—Armand LaCasse
WWW.PHOENIXFLOWERSHOPS.COM
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PARTICIPANT INFORMATIONNAME(s) AS YOU WISH THEM TO APPEAR ON NAME TAG STREET ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP COD
CO-ENTRANT NAME (SEE NOTE ABOVE STREET ADDRESS (If Different Than Abov CITY, STATE, ZIP COD
PHONE NO FAX NO CLUB AFFILIATION EMAIL ADDRESS
( ) ( )CAR #1 MODEL /YR CAR #2 MODEL /YR CAR #3 MODEL /YR
PARTICIPANT'S CHECKLISTPlease check events you will atten TRIUMPHEST FEES TOTAL AMOUNTAUTOCROSS CASINO ROYALE RALLY REGISTRATION - ONE CAR, TWO PARTICIPANT
$65.00 ($35.00 to register without a car) $ 0.00
FUNCOURS AWARDS BANQUET REGISTRATION AFTER SEPTEMBER 1st, 20
$75.00 ($45.00 to register without a car) $ 0.00
MODEL CONTEST FRIDAY NIGHT HOSPITALITY PART ADDITIONAL CARS NUMBER
$20.00 each $ 0.00
UFF DA CONTEST HOTEL WALKING RALLYE RAFFLE & PRE-ORDERED REGALIA - PLEASE ENTER TOTAL AMOU
$PHOTO CONTEST TECH SESSION
AWARDS BANQUET:
FUNKHANA CHICKEN CORDON BLEU NUMBER
$30.00 Adult / $12.00 Child under 12 $ 0.00
MAHI MAH NUMBER
$30.00 Adult / $12.00 Child under 12 $ 0.00
PRIME RIB NUMBER
$30.00 Adult / $12.00 Child under 12 $ 0.00
_______ QTY $5.00 ea.
REGALIA - Please fill in quantities per size(s)
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $ 0.00______S ______M ______L ______XL ______XXL $12.00 ea.
POLO SHIRT - EMBROIDERED LOGO
______S ______M ______L ______XL ______XXL $20.00 ea.
______S ______M ______L ______XL ______XXL $27.00 ea.
CERAMIC MUG
______ QTY $8.00 ea.
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T-SHIRTS, POLO AND DENIM SHIRTS AR
PRE-ORDERED ITEMS ONLY. AVAILABILITY
AT THE EVENT WILL BE LIMITED.
Send completed form with remittance to:
TRIUMPHEST '072325 S. Gold Ore CourApache Junction AZ 8521
Please use this code: DCTRA07 QUESTIONS? This will enable you to get the following rates:Friday & Saturday rate of $63.95 per night Weekday rate of $33.95 per night Fax Directly: (480) 983-39
Release and waiver of liability and indemnity agreement
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
October 11th - 14th 2007www.triumphest.com
T-SHIRT - PRINTED LOGO
EXTRA DASH PLAQUES - (one included with entry)
participation in TRIUMPHEST '07 including travel to and from the event. I/We hereby assume full responsibility for risk of bodily injury, death or propertyduring the course of Triumphest '0
I/We, the undersigned, hereby RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE The DESERT CENTRE, TRIUMPH REGISTER of AMERICA, I
Casino Royale
Electronic entries will be accepted via e-mail to the registrar, but thentry only becomes official upon receipt of payment.
DENIM SHIRT - EMBROIDERED LOGO - LONG SLEEVE
Triumphest '07
John & Kathy Nuss, registrar (480) 983-3945 email: jknuss@juno.
The River Palms Resort and CasinReservations: (702) 298-2242
ITS OFFICERS AND SPONSORS from all liability for any and all loss or damage, and any claim on account of injury to person or property resulting from
GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE - CAR LIFT (VIDEO CLIP ON WEBSITE)
Please make your check payable to DCTR
You can pay via PalPay to DCTRA's PayPal account: [email protected]
Wayne “Kiwi” Treloar, chair (480) 986-1268 email: treloar99@cox
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Last DCTRA Summer Outing
On Sunday, July 15th, some 25 or so DCTRA members, spouses and kids met at theMcCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale for a barbecue and lawn concert. Hosts Richand Diane Aubert provided and grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, bratwursts and drinks, andeveryone brought a dish to pass. In spite of the heat, the Park was crowded with grownupsand kids of all ages, and we enjoyed the last Park concert of the summer on the lawn -Beatlemania, provided by the band Apple. Some of us “kids” cooled off by taking a one-mileride on the Paradise & Pacific Railroad, a 5/12 reproduction of a Colorado narrow gaugerailroad that winds through the Park. Afterwards we got some ice cream at the Park’s GeneralStore. Although we were out of sight of those little British cars that some hardy members mayhave parked in the lot, a warm but relaxing Sunday was enjoyed by all.
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