May we take this opportunity to wish a Happy New Year to all our members and TVR enthusiasts and to thank everyone who helped make the TVRCC one of the very best car clubs in the world. You will all be pleased to know that plans for 2010 are already well underway and we will be announcing these both here and in Sprint as soon as they are confirmed.
Sadly no silverware for the TVRCC this year - but we are very pleased to report that the Club website, www.tvrcc.com, was awarded runner up in the Best Website (over 5000 members) category. Thanks to all of our contributors and especially to our webmaster, Paul Calland and all his team at Treble3 for their help in achieving this. Well done also to Steve Guest and his team of merry men (and women) from the WWM region who have put on yet another fantastic stand this year. If you haven't been, the show is open tomorrow from 10.00am. Looking for something to read about TVR's - Buyers guides, articles, rebuilds, road tests etc. Oliver Edwards compiles a list of all the TVR related articles he can find each month in print and our comprehensive list covers everything TVR back to 1998 - only available in the members area: TVR's in print page
As you may have read in January's Sprint, your committee have been reviewing the endorsed Club insurer, and are currently in the final stages of negotiation with Adrian Flux. In order to give Club members an opportunity to obtain a quote from Adrian Flux, a dedicated telephone number has been set up for the TVR Car Club. If you'd like a quote, please Call the TVR Car Club insurance hotline 0800 138 8073
in June 2008, the Club were approached by David Oxley of TVR and invited to attend an exclusive preview of the new Sagaris 2. The Club was extremely fortunate to have been invited to this as the only other attendees were Dealer Principals; no other members of the press or representatives from other websites were present. From an overwhelming number of applicants who wanted to attend this event, some 60 Club members' names were drawn out of a hat and these then met on 10 July 2008 at the new TVR development facility in Wesham near to Blackpool from where they drove in convoy to the Great Hall at Mains where they had the opportunity at first hand to view the new car.
We are pleased to announce the formation of a new TVRCC Region in the Peak Forest meeting on the 1st Sunday of each month. First meeting Sunday 6th April all welcome. Peak Forest region will meet on the 2nd Sunday of each month from 12 noon at: The Lamb Inn, Hayfield Road, Chinley, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 6ALThe Lamb Inn is situated on the A624 between Hayfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith. Please pre-book if having lunch on 01663 750519. The Regional Organiser is Paul Jackson To celebrate their first year in the business, Clitheroe based TVR specialist TrackVRoad are holding an open day on Saturday 8 March at their Deanfield Way workshops. All TVR enthusiasts are welcome to come and look around and meet the TrackVRoad crew: Craig, Ian, Richard, Steve and Mic plus many of their invited guests The Club has today received the following statement from Mr Al Melling: "It has been stated from various souces that Al Melling/Melling Group/MCD/Melling Sportscars have overseen engineering work carried out by Autocraft SVA and/or TVRCraft. "I wish it to be known this is completely untrue. "The above has never seen any of these items produced by these companies and at no time has any of the above personnel visited Autocraft SVA or TVRcraft. "Al Melling and associate companies will not be responsible for any advice or redesign of TVR engines unless specified in writing from Al Melling or Associate's drawing office." Steve and Matt are back! Following the closure in July of Silverstone TVR, Steve and Matt have opened a new independent specialist in the area, situated at Unit 21, Silverstone Technology Park Silverstone Circuit, Northants, NN12 8TL. Following on from last month's interview in TVR Sprint magazine, the TVR Car Club is pleased to announce that Mr Al Melling of Melling Consultancy Design, designer of the AJP8, Speed 12 and Speed 6 engines, has kindly agreed to present a seminar to TVRCC members and TVR enthusiasts entitled "The AJP and Speed Six Engines" at Rockingham Motor Speedway on Friday 3rd August. This seminar is open to both TVRCC members and non-members alike. There's another petition now on the Downing Street website that ALL classic car owners need to sign, not that we expect the Government to take a blind bit of notice. The last Conservative Government introduced a rolling tax exemption for classic cars when they reached 25 years old. Unfortunately, one of the first actions of the current administration was to freeze that at 1 Jan 1973. The call now is for that exemption to be made rolling again. So, if you would like to restore the tax exemption to all classic cars once they reach 25 years old, and remember that proportionally wise, there are probably more 25 year old TVRs still in existence in relation to the numbers produced than virtually any other make, |
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