It's TVR Car Club day!
Bit of a change today - Jim's wife Debbie is coming along to say hi, and my wife is attending her first ever TVR lunch! It's still only March and both TVRs are along at the farm, waiting to set up home together for the first time in their new garage, so we go in the day car.
Dave and Eric go in Eric's Tasmin, which has fairly improved since he got it, both in appearance and mechanically. He's sorted out a lot of wee niggles, but mainly, he has removed the 4-speed gearbox (same as the Vixen's) and replaced it with a 5-speed (same as the S, but with maybe a different input shaft and bellhousing). He says it fits right in...
Good attendance today, we're spread over the whole room, instead of along one edge. Only 3 or 4 TVRs though.
We talk about the usual stuff, and have a good lunch, although the "sticky toffee pudding" dessert that Dave and Eric get is a bit "DIY" - basically a caramel chocolate crispie on top of a slice of plain sponge. Unusual... My apple pie is a bit more conventional.
We also spend a bit of time discussing forthcoming TVR events that we might attend. The season opener is at the start of April, and we're booked up for that. Wedgefest is at the end of June so that's a possibility. There's no details yet of a pre-80s event, but the rumour is that it might be held "further south" (i.e near London) because the poor wee souls don't like travelling 200 miles to Croft, where it was last year. We shall see...
We also have to fit in our own "Scottish tour" somewhere over the summer months...
Debbie has brought me a gift - her brother-in-law made a book in tribute to Jim, containing all of the photos shown at his funeral, and all of the
words said in tribute. It's a beautiful reminder of a remarkable man.
Then it's time for home...