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Temple of Triumph
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The TEMPLE OF TRIUMPH of Tallahassee, Florida is an official chapter of the VINTAGE TRIUMPH REGISTER |
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Next Meeting, Wednesday February 8, 2011, Old Towne Cafe on Timberlane Rd. Ethanol-free Gasoline In Tallahassee In the never-ending search for ethanol-free gasoline, I checked the website at www.pure-gas.org and found the following local stations still carry ethanol-free gas:
Eli
Roberts
&
Sons
at
2195
Lake
Bradford
Road, I stopped at Eli Roberts & Sons and at the Wayside Farm Store and confirmed that both do sell ethanol-free gas. Both require that the vehicle be at least a 1968 or prior. Wayside Farm Store will sell small quantities for boats, mowers, etc., but Eli Roberts doesn’t. I haven’t checked at Bert Thomas or golden Oil, so you may want to call first. I wasn’t aware of the restriction for the age of the car before permitting fill-ups, but apparently that is a regulatory requirement. Otherwise, I guess you must use some type of gas stabilizer to avoid condensation problems. The www.pure-gas.org website is updated regularly by its users so you may want to look there every once in awhile. Evan B. Hume
“The Godfather” Obin Hamrick, Remembers Our Beginnings Some time in 1988, I mailed out 60 letters inviting all Triumph owners for which I could find addresses (at that time you could get this information from the Florida Division of Motor Vehicles) to meet at our house to see if we could get a Tallahassee Chapter of the Vintage Triumph Register started. Marilyn and I had joined the Central Florida Triumph Register after meeting a group of them on the way to a VTR National Convention at Road Atlanta. Only two people showed up, J. K. Jackson, and later, his wife, Chris Moore, came out. (Look for the positive side: at least we did not run out of beer!) J. K. thought forming a VTR Chapter was a good idea, even if we were not overwhelmed with people rushing to find out about a new Tallahassee Triumph Club. He said he would contact his racer buddies and get their input and/or support. He did and we had a first meeting at Ricco's, Southernaire Inn, 1308 W. Brevard Street (at West Tennessee St. directly across the street from FSU campus) on March 1, 1989. At this first meeting, many participants were already Vintage Triumph Register members, which VTR encourages for VTR Chapter status. The following were elected to move forward with what became the Temple of Triumph, a Florida Chapter of the VTR:
Somewhere
down the
winding
road, J.
K.
(under
the pen
name,
the
right ir
rev dr.
j) wrote
a neat
article
on how
the
Temple
of
Triumph
really
got its
name.
See the
newsletter,
The
Temple
Tablet
for
October
1995. Reprinted from the October 1995 Newsletter which can be found at http://www.TempleofTriumph.org/Newsletters.htm How The Temple of Triumph Got Its Name By J.K. Jackson -- The right ir rev dr.j
Many
years
ago,
shortly
after I
started
participating
in the
Chimney
Rock
Hillclimb,
a group
of
Triumph
“Racers”
informally
named
our
little
enclave
“The
Temple”. First
a little
background,
the 1st
year I
attended
the
Hillclimb
I
crashed
on the 1st
run.
After I
got back
to the
pit area
(I had a
visit to
the “
Quackshack”
(racer
talk for
field
medical
station
)) there
were so
many
people
(that I
didn’t
know)
working
on #20
that I
knew we
had to
get it
running
again
for this
event.
We did
and I
finished
2nd. Sports Car Interesting definition from Wikipedia: Cars that drive on public roads, whose engineering requirements emphasize handling above passenger space and comfort, are called sports cars. The term sports car has been defined as "an open, low-built, fast motor car. The term describes a class of automobile with two seats, two doors, precise handling, brisk acceleration, and sharp braking - trading practical considerations such as passenger space, comfort, and cargo capacity for driving enjoyment.
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