Happy birthday Smurf. Here is to another 44 years.
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This Day In 1968
Started By AndreGT6, Jan 30 2012 11:42 AM
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Posted 30 January 2012 - 11:42 AM
On this day January 30th in 1968 my GT6 Mk1 was commissioned.
Happy birthday Smurf. Here is to another 44 years.
Happy birthday Smurf. Here is to another 44 years.
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Posted 31 January 2012 - 08:43 AM
Awesome mate its good to see. I hope to keep mine as long.
Good for you.
Chris.
Good for you.
Chris.
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Posted 31 January 2012 - 08:17 PM
It turned blue with the cold!
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:12 PM
In 1968, most of you weren't born.
I had just left school and was working as a lab-boy, washing glassware, before going to Uni.
We didn't do 'gap years' then.
John
I had just left school and was working as a lab-boy, washing glassware, before going to Uni.
We didn't do 'gap years' then.
John
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View GaragePosted 01 February 2012 - 11:29 PM
JohnD, on 01 February 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:
In 1968, most of you weren't born.
Both of my parents were, one would have been three and the other one
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:59 AM
Yep the GT6 is 8 years older then myself.
But in the 10+ years I've owned the car the life lessons it has taught me are countless.
But in the 10+ years I've owned the car the life lessons it has taught me are countless.
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 05:54 PM
AndreGT6, on 02 February 2012 - 12:59 AM, said:
Yep the GT6 is 8 years older then myself.
But in the 10+ years I've owned the car the life lessons it has taught me are countless.
But in the 10+ years I've owned the car the life lessons it has taught me are countless.
My car was a year old almost exactly, and I was a 17 year old soldier just finishing my training and posted to Germany in September 1968 ( and mostly spending my time wondering what German girls were like)..
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 06:30 PM
My car -2 and 1/2years old.
Me 6 months old. At that point, not interested in either cars or girls.
Mark
Me 6 months old. At that point, not interested in either cars or girls.
Mark
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 07:13 PM
I'm minus 25 and 10 months, and my car is minus nine and ten months
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Posted 04 February 2012 - 08:58 AM
On Monday January 21st 1963, my Triumph Vitesse rolled off the production line at Canley in Coventry, Warwickshire, it was an exceedingly cold, and snowy winter's day in the English midlands, (I was in Wimbledon, London, just approaching my 4th birthday).
January 1963
In January 1963 the country started to freeze solid with temperatures as low as −16 °C (3.2 °F) in places. Freezing fog was a hazard for most of the country.[2]
In January 1963 the sea froze for 1 mile (1.6 km) out from shore at Herne Bay, Kent;[3][4] BBC television news expressed a fear that the Strait of Dover would freeze across. The upper reaches of the River Thames also froze over,[2][5] though it did not freeze in Central London, partly due to the hot effluent from two thermal power stations, Battersea and Bankside: the removal of the old multi-arched mediaeval London Bridge, which obstructed the river's free flow, and the river embankments, make the river less likely to freeze in London than in earlier times (see River Thames frost fairs). The ice was thick enough in some places that people were skating on it. Icicles hung from many roof gutterings; some of these were as long as a metre (3 feet, 3 inches).
http://www.britishpa...ze-up-all-round
My car was originally built up as a Triumph Vitesse 6 Saloon in Phantom Grey, with a Spa White flash down the sides, complimented by a red Vynide interior.
It was eventually delivered to Reigate Garage in Surrey, where it was registered as 7456PJ.
Today, on Friday February 3rd 2012, 49 years later, parts of that car, (the bonnet top, and headlamp surrounds), still exist in the Signal Red Triumph Vitesse Mk.2 Convertible that sits in my garage here in Medford, Southern Oregon, USA.
Next year, I will hold it's 50th birthday party.
Leon
photos below, include a very similar Vitesse 6, although mine had a red interior instead of a blue one, and it had a webasto folding sun-roof.
January 1963
In January 1963 the country started to freeze solid with temperatures as low as −16 °C (3.2 °F) in places. Freezing fog was a hazard for most of the country.[2]
In January 1963 the sea froze for 1 mile (1.6 km) out from shore at Herne Bay, Kent;[3][4] BBC television news expressed a fear that the Strait of Dover would freeze across. The upper reaches of the River Thames also froze over,[2][5] though it did not freeze in Central London, partly due to the hot effluent from two thermal power stations, Battersea and Bankside: the removal of the old multi-arched mediaeval London Bridge, which obstructed the river's free flow, and the river embankments, make the river less likely to freeze in London than in earlier times (see River Thames frost fairs). The ice was thick enough in some places that people were skating on it. Icicles hung from many roof gutterings; some of these were as long as a metre (3 feet, 3 inches).
http://www.britishpa...ze-up-all-round
My car was originally built up as a Triumph Vitesse 6 Saloon in Phantom Grey, with a Spa White flash down the sides, complimented by a red Vynide interior.
It was eventually delivered to Reigate Garage in Surrey, where it was registered as 7456PJ.
Today, on Friday February 3rd 2012, 49 years later, parts of that car, (the bonnet top, and headlamp surrounds), still exist in the Signal Red Triumph Vitesse Mk.2 Convertible that sits in my garage here in Medford, Southern Oregon, USA.
Next year, I will hold it's 50th birthday party.
Leon
photos below, include a very similar Vitesse 6, although mine had a red interior instead of a blue one, and it had a webasto folding sun-roof.
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 09:38 PM
Mine was built when I was 31 - and three years into my career as a automotive stylist/designer at GM. Most of the stuff we were turning out then was pretty bad, except some of the muscle cars.
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 09:46 PM
Mine was built when I was just beginning to notice cars and girls. Not in equal proportions. A few years later I was able to get my hands on cars. The GT6/Triumph hook wasn't set until about 1972 when I bought my MK4 Spit. I almost bought a red GT6 but it ran out of gas on the San Diego freeway during the test drive. One of my shipmates wrecked that car on a subsequent test drive 
Still not enough girls....
The 71 Spitty endured loads until 1981 when it became a Spitsix. I've had tons of Triumphs and Jags since, still waitin' for the girls........
Still not enough girls....
The 71 Spitty endured loads until 1981 when it became a Spitsix. I've had tons of Triumphs and Jags since, still waitin' for the girls........
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