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Temple of Triumph Meeting MinutesJune 9 , 1999

The meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m.

Treasurer's Report:

The Temple current bank balance is $1,684.00.

Old Business:

The idea of a Motorsports Complex in Leon Countywas discussed. This would be a multipurpose facilityfeaturing karts, bikes as well as cars to draw as manysupporters as possible. Such a complex would be greatlyneeded in the near future since the airport facility maynot be available for much longer.

Bob Jones gave directionsto his cookout which willinclude steaks and all the fixin's, a stocked fish pond,croquet, golf and trap shooting. Jody Miller will be theRoadmaster for the 2 1/2 hour trip which will start atMcDonalds on 90 W, leaving at 9:30 a.m. on June 19th.

New Business:

Bob suggested a bowling event at a future meeting, mostlikely in August. This will be confirmed at the July meeting.

The weather finally cooperated and we held our car show.Awards were presented as follows:

"The color we all wish our cars were" --Jody Miller

"Car that's gone the longest without washing" --Brian Watts

"Car we never thought we'd see again" --Pete Sutherland

Grand Prize: The Phoenix Award:

"Car we thought would never be back onthe road again" --Joe Carter

The meeting was adjourned at 8:45.

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C a I end a r 0 f Eve nt sVTR National 1999

Portland, 1\.1E.July 28 - August 1, 1999Info: KenlNancy Streeter

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The Roadster Factory Summer PartyAugust 6 - August 8, 1999

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Southeastern Region VTROctober 27 -October 31, 1999

Lake CityDetails:ArtKelly(904)446-9990

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The Drive toPleasantville

By John M Plott

OK, the name may not be right, but Westvilleisthe name of a geographicalplace, whereas our driveand destination became a psychologically neededrespite ITomthe normalhelter-skelterworld. Wemetattheappointedtimeandplace:9:00AMattheWestUS-90 MacDonald's. The departure time was to be9:30 Sharp. Ginna and I decided to get there onthe early side of 0900 and we found several of theToT people already ensconced with coffee, egg-macmuffins and other gourmet delights ITomMacCity. It was a beautifulmorning. Cool enough for alightjacket, bright sunshine,and low humidity. Oneof the few days that Florida weather livedup to the

.Florida PR slogans. The early arrival gave us timeto talk about a few rules for the drive, kick tires, tellnastylies,congesta fewveins,andglowinthe knowl-edge of Brenda and Danny'sup-cowing little girl.

The participants: J()dy,our drive master (he hadthe directions), TR-6; Obin and Marilyn, TR-3;Terrywith her MG; Joe with hisbeautifulblue TR-6; Brian andJune who havemany choices,but drovetheir TR-250; Ginna and I in our TR-Ford; Tomand Wandain their new,bright red, TR-Uck; Dannyand Brenda with their TR-Uck. Just prior to the0930 departure time, Terry broke out her cellphoneand startedcallingthose memberswho saidtheyweregoing to be there, but were not. When everyonewas satisfiedour numbers were not going to grow,we headed West.

Jodyled us on a slow, (three-hour), 135-milejour-ney through the farm country of Northwest Florida.He built rest stops into the plan;we needed to let thepublic ogle the mighty relics while we replenishedthe cheese-doodles and Big Gulps.

We could not tease Obin about his 50 minute hour

driving time because Brenda, being with child, neededthe drivingbreak. Therewas one community stop I didnot understand. We had already stopped twice at, ornear, major oil company gasoline stations to obey hu-man physical urges. Jody was leading the pack on aback country road when he suddenlypulled into a Momand Pop country store with a gas pump in front and be-gan putting gas in his tank. I have no doubt that Jodywas the first and last customer the store had that day.The fuel in their storage tank had probably been therefor the past nineyears, but we allpulled off and watchedhim fillhis tank.

We didnot have to worry about crossing the danger-ous bridge Bob had warned us about. Work crews haddestroyed it and were beginningto build a new bridge.That fact left us with a ten-mile detour. Oh, darn: wejust hated that extra drive.

Even without directions, we knew when we had ar-rived at Bob's home. He had his TR-6 sitting inthe fieldbeside the driveway. His house sits back ITomthe mainroad (?) about 1/8 of a mile. There is a fishing pondbetween the main road and his house. He has stocked

the pond with bass andbrim.As we pulled into his drive-way we sawa younglady, laterfoundto be Bob's daugh-ter Robin, sitting on the side of the pond, fishing. Thiswas a delightfulpicture of summer in the "Old South"to start our visit with Bob and his family.

Bob was standing in a large cleared area between thepond and his house directing us as to where we shouldpark. The Temple banner was flying high, strung outbetween two trees. The drivers ofLBC's were directed

to park on one sideofthe driveway,in the shade, by thebanner. Those of us who drove non-LBC's were di-rected to park in an open field, in the sun, on the otherside of the driveway. Oh, the penalties and strife in ourlives.

The gatheringwas successful. Bob, hiswife June andhis daughter and son-in-law made the day comfortable

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and enjoyable. Bob had appropriated (legally, wehope) a charcoal grill the size of a smalltruck. Boband his son-in-lawwere ableto grill steaks for every-one at one time, and stillhad room left over for a cowor two.

He had a long table and chairs where everyonecould sit together, out on the lawn, in the shade. Wefirst stood around a wheelbarrow-sized container of

cut veggies and dip, told more lies and harassed thecook. Then we had a feast comprisedof steak, bakedpotatoes, saladand baked beanswith watermelon fordessert.

There was croquet on the lawn and skeet shootingset up in an adjacent field. Fishing poles were pro-vided for those who wanted to drown worms. There

was time to just sit in the shade and enjoy the com-pany and conversationwith old friends and new. Theafternoon passed much too fast. For those members

'~of-the ToT-who'"Were~notthere,-I-am ~orry. -cYou~missed a beautiful, relaxingday.

To Bob and his family,we thank you for your effortand sylvansetting. Please inviteus back again! Thedrive back to Tallahassee,at the end of the day, wasmuch faster and shorter..:but not nearlyas enjoyable.

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Classified AdsAds are free to members and $15.00/or non-members (in-

cludes membership). NOTE: Ads will run/or six months andthen be deleted unless you contact the editor to renew them.

Wanted: SCCA-approved roll bar to fit Triumph Spitfire.Must be reasonably priced. Call Andy at (850) 878-6460 orE-mail toaprev@tdo.infi.net.

Momg Sale: Twovisible gas pumps: 1920-30, one restored- $1,495.00, one unrestored - $850.00. Parts washer, neverused - $75.00. Engine stand - $75.00. Ramps - $8.00. Creeper- $5.00. WG welder,new,in box - price negotiable. CallCharlesG. Smithat (850)877-8389

For Sale: 1977MGB. 84,000 miles. Runs good, needs little.Call Terry Hughes at (850) 566-4007

For Sale: 1975 MGB (rubber bumper) in good shape. Newtires, paint, top. $2,500. Call Jody Miller at (850) 562-7472.

For Sale: 1958 TR-3 for restoration. No rust above floors.Price reflects new parts purchased. $2,500. Call TommyAdams evenings at (912) 377-6307.

FREE: MGB-18GBengine block w/internals. No head. Con-dition of crank, etc. unknown. May make great anchor! Free.Call Obin Hamrick (850) 878-8453.

For Sale: 1971 TR-6. Red w/black top. Overdrive. Goodcondition, needs minor interior work. Asking $5,400. CallC~s Tober (850) 656-8576.

For Sale: 1977 MGB roadster. Red. Top and interior okay.Does not run.Asking $500.00. Call David Humphreys (850) 222-8622.

For Sale: 1976TR-6. Immaculate paint job. Interior assem-bly needed. Engine needs work. Great restoration project.$3,500.00. Call Jeff (850) 681-3993.

For Sale: 1977 Spitfire. Red. Fair body. Runs good. ,Needsclutch pressure plate. $500.00. Call Brandon Ashby (850)577-0454.

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