Mark et al,
Our club has held "Fix It Days" for about 5 years. The idea was to bring
some of our more mechanically inclined folks in to help those with less
wrenchability. We were fortunate to have a member who offered up his large
body shop an 2 or 3 Saturdays a year (he sold his shop to a Chevy dealer
this year). We also ran them in members garages (I've hosted at least a
half a dozen. Our club buys the lunch out of our budget and the host
provides canned beverages. Fix It Days have worked for us, but have also
dwindled down lately. We need to re-promote them. I thinks it's a good idea
for any club.
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net
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> From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@spitfire.cs.utah.edu>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net; vtr@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: VTR Nationals
> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 4:53 AM
>
>
> The subject is actually a tad misleading. I'm taking a a few moments to
go
> over some of my automotive related email since the VTR meet, and saw this
in
> Barry Shefner's message about VTR, concours, driving events, etc.
>
>
> Another suggestion would be to procure a local garage with 4 or 5
> repair bays and set aside one day as "Triumph repair day" with
experts
> devoting the day toward giving free advice and actually doing
repairs to
> some of the cars that come. Labour would be free with the owner
strictly
> paying for parts. I bet that would attract quite a few participants!
>
>
> One popular event held here in Salt Lake by the British Motor Club of
Utah (A
> VTR Zone) is what we call Tinker Day. Usually one in April, and one in
> October. While any interested party is welcome to host one, for the last
N
> years they've all been at The Fat Chance Garage, whatever that year's
location
> of the establishment. They've been fairly free form events, the content
is
> determined soley by who shows up with what. One time, it was just 4 or 5
> folks standing around sipping coffee while watching me sand paint off a
GT6
> while it snowed outside. Gee, I had a nice pile of bodywork tools in
case
> anyone wanted to jump in and assist. Another year there was an
interesting
> array of Triumphs, TVRs, Loti and such in my driveway all waiting for a
tweak
> on their carbs, be they SUs, Strombergs or Webers. This spring the main
> thrust was getting a TR6 that could barely be driven on the trailer for
the
> haul to Salt Lake to finally roar down the street in front of my
workshop.
>
> So I can certainly vouch for the appeal of this sort of event, but
pulling it
> off at a VTR national could be difficult. Hmm, maybe a few canopies in
the
> parking lot, a van full of tools like air compressor, generator, welders,
...
>
> mjb.
>
> ps: You know, one day I might like to give a tech session about how to
prep
> a car for autocrossing. But hanging around the hotel pool drinking
some
> homebrew is probably more fun!
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