Brits by the Sea - 2008
I was told that this was the first time in 5 years that it hasn't rained on this show! The weather was perfect, the setting was beautiful, there were hundreds of cars in attendance from $200K supercars to rust buckets and meeting various Forum folks was great.
The 60 mile trip was made with John & Gail Mitchell in their beautiful original TR6 and Bill & Dale Kopf driving their equally beautiful and original Jeep! Bill had a transmission failure in his TR6 the day before the event but he wasn't going to miss this show.
Every show has a collection of beautiful cars so I usually only take pictures of the unusual ones that you'd normally not see. One car I was anxious to see was Paul (Brosky) Rego's recently completed TR6. I've only "conversed" with Paul via the various forums so it was nice to put a face with a name. Now that I know he really is a nice guy, I can share a few pictures with you and have a little fun. His car really is beautiful and he's the original owner.
Paul & his mechanic Eric...another real nice guy. |
The engine bay he keeps showing us pictures of. |
The real engine with it's red and chrome paint!! |
Look at that chrome
shine! |
Neat Trunk.... huh?! |
He really did get the Wizard Logo on right side up. |
Here's Paul with Bill (Kodanja) Kopf and his wife Deb |
Now this has to be one of the all time coincidences......this is Paul's car parked right next to another TR6.
Paul's Rhode Island license plate |
The plate he tried to get ended up parked next to him |
Alan A from the 6-Pack Forum was there with his fuel injected TR6. I was a few cars behind Alan leaving the show and his car can really take off!
Real Triumph Fuel Injection |
Alan pondering his next upgrade. |
Al Gary who helped me over the winter with my Toyota 5 speed conversion had his tri-carb TR6 there.
No wonder he's smiling |
Tri Power! |
A few more show pictures.
This TR6 had a black crinkle finish
dash and it really didn't look that bad. I bet if he had white gauges it would really "pop". |
This was actually
driven onto the field to a round of applause. |
Highly modified engine. |
Recently re-done interior. |
And note the cloth tie holding the tire to the rim. |
The event was held in Harkness State Park which was once a private estate and was willed to the State in 1950. The setting in on hundreds of acres overlooking Long Island Sound. I wouldn't even want to guess what this piece of property is worth today.
The front of the "house". |
Looking out at the backyard and LI Sound |
Another backyard view toward the water. |
The side flower garden |
Another garden and that
same woman....... |