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PREZ RELEASE

TRIUMPHANT LADIES

What’s that about??? It’s acasual way for us ladies to stay intouch about who is going to anevent, meeting, trip or drive. Wecan also help each other stayinformed about anything thatcomes up, such as if someone hassurgery, or becomes ill, gets a newcar or wins an award for a show.Knowing someone cares isalways welcome! Also, this hasthe potential for growth into more,such as our own events andgatherings, etc. It’s our own so itcan be as much or little as wewant to make of it. There arealready a few on my list, and areadded only by request. To beincluded in this fun (I hope!)venture, please email [email protected] Thank youeveryone!!!

Prez ReleaseAs I write this it is mid-August already. A reminderto get out and drive yourTriumphs! There are still anumber a great TriumphClub sponsored drivingevents coming up.Christina Bigelow is settingup a Wine Tour on August26th. Many club membersare taking a Black HillsTour September 9th

through September 14th.The Mackey’s will behosting a Mystery Tour inSeptember and EricPaulson will be leading aColor Tour October 14th.Saturday, October 21st theEthiers will host a Fall Clubpicnic at their house. OnNovember 5th GaryStephenson and Barb willagain be hosting our ClubHigh Tea. I plan onattending each of theseevents. How about you.In addition to the abovenoted Club sponsoreddriving events there is theCAF Hanger Dance onSeptember 9th that DickLeighninger will host.Wheels & Wings inOsceola is September 9th.The Waumandee Hill climbis September 22-24.

For those of you whomissed it, on July 27th Jodyand I lead a convoy of oneTriumph to the PioneerVillage. It is open to thepublic only one weekend ayear and is well worth a visit.We had cold one to toast allthe Triumphs that nevermade it and proceeded toMeidsville for the Mudhensbaseball game. Fouradditional Triumphs made itdirectly to Meidsville. It wasa great day for a Triumphdrive!On August 12th, theMinnesota MG Club hostedBritfest in HudsonWisconsin. It was anothergreat day and Triumphs werewell represented. Many Clubmembers who didn’t attendopted for the New Londonto New Brighton Antique CarRun. Eligibility for this 120-mile grand run was limited to1908 and earlier vehicles orany 1 or 2-cylinder vehiclesup to 1915. This includespowered bikes, motorcycles,steam and electric cars. Maybe next year I will optout of Britfest and attendthis.

I would again like to thankSteve Shogren for setting upour Club tech sessions and a

tip of the hat to all Clubmembers who share timeand knowledge to help getand keep our Triumphson the road.

Happy MotoringJon/Jack MeierPresident 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 Meetings will be held here:Ol' Mexico Restaurante & Cantina

1754 Lexington Ave NorthRoseville, MN 55113Phone: 651-487-2847

Email: [email protected]

Minnesota Triumphs Meeting MinutesAugust 10th 2017

August meeting night was cool like July’s,but with showers around town, that kept anumber of cars sitting in their warm anddry garages. The showers missed themeeting location, but 71 degrees embracedthe 7 TR’s that did hit the road and attendthe meeting. Two new members joined us for themeeting;Hudson Nichols,proud owner of a 1974.5 TR6Charles Lederer,owning a special 1959 TR3

Club officers shared their respectiveinformation, which is shared with us in theclub newsletter.

The scheduled August 19th tech sessionthat was reported at the meeting tookplace just prior to the writing if thisdocument.I heard the session was greeted withabundant sunshine, and eager clubmembers to help. New brake lines,calipers and windshield install werecompleted and success boxes on the “todo” list were all checked.Be sure to check the newsletter for acomplete listing of events. A couple ofevents I jotted down were; Sept 9 Wheels and Wings, the Sept 9Black Hills tour, and the Sept 22-24Waumandee Hill Climb.


VTR REPORT SEPTEMBER 2017

On August 8 the Neuman’s,Thompson’s and Sanderson’s metout side of Chippewa Falls,Wisconsin. From that point theNorth American tour began. Wepassed Green Bay and laterpulled into Sault Ste Marie,Ontario where we hiked andtoured the Lake Superior locksthe following day. That nightfound us not far away in SturgeonFalls, Ont as we spent so muchtime at the locks in Sault SteMarie. From there much later inthe day we found ourselves stuckin a bit of a traffic jam inMontreal. Here we toured partof Old Town, MontrealUnderground, and China town.The next day we were comingback into the US at a Vermontcrossing where Thompson’s weredetained by the US BorderPatrol. Were they stopped fordrugs, black smoking tailpipes orgin running? We will never knowas ½ hour later they were allowedto leave and on we cruised. PastLake Champagne and thrupicturesque countryside wetraveled to our next B&B at FitchHill in Vermont where we weretreated to a lovely home, roomand a delightful breakfast the nextmorning by the owners. The nextday Sanderson’s headed backnorth to visit a cousin only 4 milesfrom the Canadian border.Meanwhile Thompson’s andNeuman’s set course for NewHampshire and the WhiteMountains where they climbedMt Washington’s some 6000+feet into the sky. Later that daySanderson’s, after cousin visiting,met us with the group at a skiresort and had a great dinnercomplete with a stage show.From here we trekked to

Portland, Maine for great sightseeing, lobster rolls, lobster stewand of course whole lobsters.Next day the group separatedwith some going to upstate NewYork, Rhode Island andRockaway, NJ. The East Coasthas so much to see, but so manypeople have so many cars andsoooo much traffic.On Wednesday the 16th we finallymade our destination to PrincetonNJ and the 2017 VTRconvention. The hotel was greatand our greeting by the DelawareValley and New Jersey Triumphclubs was superb. Lots ofvendors and so much to see anddo. Side tours to numerous NewJersey, Pennsylvania and theDelaware Valley were enjoyed.Some toured the campus ofPrinceton University that wasfounded before we became anation in 1776. What history andsuch beautiful architecture of somany buildings. The museum ofart was spectacular with so manyof the great masters paintings.Just superb. On Saturday Gregannounced that the nextconvention would be hosted byMn TRs in Lacrosse, WI as therest of the group including VirginiaBisanz, who flew in for the event,passed out tourist brochures andhotel info for LaCrosse. Theevening was crowned with anaward for our 2016 newsletterT&T. Congratulations to thosewho submit fodder for publicationand particularly to Orrin McGillfor a job well done putting it alltogether!!!!Sunday Aug 20 the group was onthe road again toward a placesomewhere in the Midwest wherewe could view the eclipse of thesun. We lighted somewhere east

of Dayton, Ohio. The next dayclouds threatened that the eclipsewould be a bust, but as wetraveled through a few drips ofrain, the clouds opened and thesun appeared as we pulled into arest stop where the IllinoisTourism bureau gave us safeglasses to view the cosmicwonder of the year. We weretreated to a 94% eclipse butsurprisingly it was still quite brightalthough subdued as if moving intotwilight. A few crickets or treefrogs began to sing and a cardinalchirped as he might while takinghis last meal before dark. Wesaw no stars and the chickens didnot go to roost. Never-the-less itwas a fun experience with goodTriumph companions. One morenight was spent in a motel inDavenport, IA with the final cruiseup Route 63 and into Minnesota.Final mileage for Sanderson’s was3533 door to door, Thompson’s3421 and the Newman’s aboutthe same. Many thanks to Gregand Carol for trip preparation andpromotion of VTR 2018. It wasa great VTR made even greaterby the trek across NorthAmerica!So now is the time to prepare forVTR 2018. Make yourreservations soon as the hotel isfilling fast.It would be particularly nice tosee Mn TR folks register for theconvention rather than justshowing up taking in a freebee.You must realize that putting on ashow costs money. Please joinVTR.

Larry Sanderson, your MN TRVTR Liaison,[email protected], or 507269 1500


Triumph CalendarSee Intermarque Monthly at:

www.intermarque.org

SEPTEMBER9-*CAF Hanger Dance 6PM toMidnight (host: Dick Leighninger)

9-*Wheels & Wings in Osceola,WI

9-14 Black Hills TourSee page 15

14-Club meeting - 7:00 PM

16 -We will have a Sept. 16thtech session at David Moracco'shouse at, 8335 Fairchild Ave, St.Paul at 10AM. David has a '64Spitfire Mk1. The motor runs butit needs a clutch master cylinder,slave cylinder and hose and rearwheel cylinder's replaced.Daytime # 763-786-6823.

We need all our Spitfire expertson this one.

The October tech session isopen. Thanks

Steve Shogren, tech sessioncoordinator651-454-2037,[email protected]

22-24 *Waumandee Hillclimb inAlma, WI, see page 12

30 -???MYSTERY TOUR???

Clue #1) To be held Sept 30 withrain day Oct 1 (even if it doesrain).

Clue #2) 10:00 meeting placewithin 15 miles of the cities.

Clue#3) No need for navigator.Drive alone if you want to.

Clue#4) All cars will have a role inthe event.

Clue#5) Even host car wants it tobe a mystery.

Clue#6) More clues to come byemail as date gets closer, this willbe the only time you'll see this inprint.

Hosted by: Terry & BernadetteMackey

OCTOBER12-Club meeting - 7:00 PM

14-Color Tour, See Eric Paulson

NOVEMBER

05-High Tea - Gary Stephensonand Barb will host the HighTea onNovember 5th at 1PM. Moredetails to follow.

La Crosse, WI Or BustLet’s Go For It.

Lets see some beautiful country andhave a great time at the The Radisson

in La Crosse, WI.This should be the best VTR ever.

Look Who’s Going!Greg & Carole ThompsonTerry & Sharon NeumanLarry & Gayle Sanderson

Please refer towww.VTR2017.org



NEW YEARS MORNING 2017

Photo Credits: Jon B. Meier


Spring Driv’in in the RockiesMany of you know or have read in past news letters that for the past five Springs Orrin and Ihave taken a five day road trip to The British National Meet in Hot Springs,AR. This Spring fora number of reasons it was canceled.So longing for another Spring road trip Orrin sent on an invitation he’d received to attend the65th Annual Rallye Glenwood Springs in Colorado on June 9-11.(See Invitation).

https://mgcc.org/rallye-glenwood-springs/2017-rallye/

We had driven around the Southwestern areas of Colorado this past September with Pam &Virginia and Terry & Bernadette Mackey for 5 days and had enjoyed it very much so wedecided he and I would go and check out the Northwestern area of the Rockies.We left on Wednesday morning, June 7th and drove 473 miles to York, NE. Thursday we drove469 miles to Lakewood a western suburb of Denver at the base of the mountains.Friday a.m. we registered for $50.00 at the breakfast meet & greet and the start of the Time &Distance Rally that ended 287 miles later up in Glenwood Springs (these Colorado MG peopletake this rally seriously). We drove top down from approximately 8:30 to 5:30 with a shortlunch stop climbing up to 11,000 ft. through beautiful scenery and old mining towns, ending atour Glenwood Springs Hotel.

Saturday was another, but not competitive, drive of 136 miles around the Aspen, Leadville, andBreckenridge areas. We stopped to have BBQ for lunch in a small old mining town calledMarble Colorado. They mine marble there - not gold or silver. The mine provided the marblefor the Tomb of the Unknowns and the Lincoln memorial.

Saturday night was a time to socialize at a cocktail and Hors d’Oeurves party hosted byHagerty Insurance back at our Glenwood Springs Hotel. The people were enjoyable and thescenery beautiful.

Sunday was the Car Show, Funkhana, and Awards Presentation, but Orrin and I had to leaveat 5:45 A.M. to drive back down the mountain to Denver and back to York. 625 miles.

Monday A.M. we left York and chose a different route home. 490 miles.

The weather, which had been beautiful the entire trip, took a turn on us in Worthington. We hadto drive home the last 190 miles in a steady hard rain.

A nice spring outing of 2,480 miles to start the driving season.(See Pictures by Joe Bisanz on following pages)


Photo Credits: Joe Bisanz


Beautiful Colorado in the Spring

Photo Credits: Joe Bisanz






SEPTEMBER BLACK HILLS TOUR

Sat. Sept 9th to Thurs. Sept 14

Join Joe & Orrin on a tour of the Black Hills.

We’ll drive thru the Badlands and Buffalo Gap National Grasslandsin route to the Hills. We’ll be staying at The Blue Bell Lodge locatedin Custer State Park in the Hills from where we depart each morningfor our drives thru the Black Hills and surrounding areas. Everyoneis free to head out in whichever direction they want each am. We’llmeet for dinner at the Lodge each night to enjoy the driving tales ofthe day. We’ll stay in Murdo,SD Sat night 450/miles and enter theeast entrance of The Badlands Natl Park Sunday am on our route tothe Hills and the Blue Bell Lodge. We’ll have a leisurely driveWednesday continuing our site seeing when we check out of theBlue Bell that am. We arrive back in Twin Cities Thursdayafternoon. Call The Blue Bell Lodge SOON to secure a cabinreservation. 888-875-0001. Ask for a H2DB Housekeeping Cabin ifpossible. We will handle the Murdo,SD reservations.

LOOK WHOS GOING

Orrin & Pam McGill Terry & Bernadette Mackey

Joe & Virginia Bisanz Larry & Gail Berg

Joe & Karen DeMuth Dan & Ann Buchen

Jon & Jody Meiers Gary Stephenson & Barb Wrede


Triumph Trader

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.

WANTEDFOR SALE

FOR SALE: Original Hard Top for a1958 Triumph Sports Type 20 TR3A.Top is in excellent condition. $400. Contact Jerry Behrens [email protected] or phone 651-645-2457 for more information (please leavemessage if phone is not answered)

1980 1500 Spitfire ,carmine red ,am-fm cd radio, plays up to 10 cd's.New top, boot, interior. All bearingsrecently packed. Has a hardtopalso. Needs some work. Tonneaucover. Contact Rick at 612- 963-1827. $5,995 obo.

For Sale:5 speed transmission from 76 TR7$250.00Complete rear axle assy, drum todrum from 76 TR7 $50.002 new SU 1 1/4 dia carbs in the box$550.00Used Weber side draft DCOE 45$300.00Contact Roger Kraemer @ 651-207-3920 [email protected]

For sale: 1974 Triumph TR-6,50,xxx mi., rusty, good motorand 4 speed trans. Many goodparts, original tires. $1000.00or best offer. 651-501-8377Thank You, Donald Strom

For Sale: Hard top roof forTriumph Spitfire 1500. RoyalBlue w/ White headliner.Original glass. No rust. Asking350.00 Call and leave mes-sage. Beverly 715-669-3555Thorp, WI.

For Sale: 1975 Triumph Spitfire1500. Royal Blue. New Ragtop, tires. 71.370 miles. Norust. Asking $5250.00. Calland ask for Beverly. Thorp WI.Phone 715-669-3555.

I am looking for a replace-ment transmission for my'72 TR6. Would prefer a5-speed, but will consideranything that will fit, i.e., 4,5 or Overdrive. DickLeighninger: [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, during 2017 themeetings will be at the:Ol' Mexico Restaurante & Cantina1754 Lexington Ave NorthRoseville, MN 55113Phone: 651-487-2847Email: [email protected]

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 Ol’ Mexico Restaurante & Cantina, 1754 Lexington Ave North,Roseville, MN 55113, Phone: 651-487-2847, Email: [email protected]. Everyone is invited to attend, whether you area member or not.

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]

2017 OFFICERS

President Jon B. Meier 651-730-0943

[email protected] Prez

Steve Greenstein651-494-7214

[email protected]

Jill Davenport(612) [email protected]

VTR LiaisonLarry [email protected]

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[email protected]

Joe [email protected]

NewsletterOrrin McGill

[email protected]

WebmasterRon [email protected]

SecretaryBob Swanson(763) [email protected]

Event CoordinatorOpen Position

[email protected]

Greg [email protected]

Tech SessionsSteve [email protected]

Intermarque LiaisonDoug Burch763 780 [email protected]

Past PresidentTerry Neumann651-494-8186


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