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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,
Wayside Farm Store at 6310 Blountstown Highway,
Bert Thomas Grocery at 10644 Woodville Highway,
And in Thomasville, you can try Golden Oil Company at 824 Smith Avenue.

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

      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.
Looking back through the old newsletters brings back hilarious memories, such as the time when 12 Temple members attended the VTR National Convention in Asheville, N.C., and 8 continued up to the Roadster Factory Summer Party the next weekend. At the first motel where the group stayed, J. K. circled the wagons (he had us park all the TR's along the curb in front of the rooms and he parked his truck and trailer behind us). Inside, the blankets were "U-Haul" blankets probably used in their first life as packing pads! And at Gettysburg going through the area, Charlie Ball had the little recorder explaining things hung in front of his CB microphone and the rest of us listened on our CBs. Two fun weeks from a long time ago... Obin

     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 1^st year I attended the Hillclimb I crashed on the 1^st 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 2^nd.
   The following year a fellow TR racer named Terry Lee Carr had transmission problems (he had not checked the oil in 4 years! I had a spare that he used to win EP. Over the winter I built a gearbox and shipped it to him – he was to send me another for a core.
   He did not send it, he brought it to Chimney Rock in the same wooden box I had shipped his in. He proceeded to dump it out in front of our pits. If you have never been to Chimney Rock, we had a premier pit space because Bill Forbes and I did the Thursday night tech,) Everyone (or nearly everyone) who walked by commented on the old box.
   With one of those flashes of inspiration that perhaps come once in a lifetime, I took a magic marker and wrote “Arc of the Covenant” on the box on the side closest to the road. Then with his typical aplomb, Red McNeer (VTR racer and one of our founding fathers), poured the remains of a can of Budweiser over the box in an act of baptism.
     We had our cars parked under the canopy (with the British flag flying). Someone said, “If that is an ark, what’s that?” as he pointed at the canopy. Without missing a beat I replied, “The Temple.” Before the weekend was done we were known by everyone as the “Temple of TRs”.
     I believe it was that summer or perhaps the next, Obin Hamrick, our patriarch, was trying to form a chapter of the VTR in Tallahassee. We, the racers, already had our loosely knit group. When everyone said, “sure why not?“ The only name suggested was “The Temple”. If our archivist would bother to check, I believe the initial membership was 80% racers with Obin, our token “waxer”. If memory serves, we never were a zone we went straight to chapter status. To all the late-comers to our group, The Temple used to take home all the awards at the gatherings for speed events. I believe at the VTR National at Savannah, GA, the only Temple members (except one) who did not win were beaten by another Temple member.

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.



The TEMPLE OF TRIUMPH of Tallahassee, Florida is an official chapter of the VINTAGE TRIUMPH REGISTER

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, Wayside Farm Store at 6310 Blountstown Highway, Bert Thomas Grocery at 10644 Woodville Highway, And in Thomasville, you can try Golden Oil Company at 824 Smith Avenue. 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: Original Officers - 1989 President J. K. Jackson Vice President Ken Blanton Treasurer Steve Aldredge Secretary Mike Chappell Board of Directors Charles Smith Membership Chairman Obin Hamrick Newsletter Editor Teresa Hamrick 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. Looking back through the old newsletters brings back hilarious memories, such as the time when 12 Temple members attended the VTR National Convention in Asheville, N.C., and 8 continued up to the Roadster Factory Summer Party the next weekend. At the first motel where the group stayed, J. K. circled the wagons (he had us park all the TR's along the curb in front of the rooms and he parked his truck and trailer behind us). Inside, the blankets were "U-Haul" blankets probably used in their first life as packing pads! And at Gettysburg going through the area, Charlie Ball had the little recorder explaining things hung in front of his CB microphone and the rest of us listened on our CBs. Two fun weeks from a long time ago... Obin 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 1^st year I attended the Hillclimb I crashed on the 1^st 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 2^nd. The following year a fellow TR racer named Terry Lee Carr had transmission problems (he had not checked the oil in 4 years! I had a spare that he used to win EP. Over the winter I built a gearbox and shipped it to him – he was to send me another for a core. He did not send it, he brought it to Chimney Rock in the same wooden box I had shipped his in. He proceeded to dump it out in front of our pits. If you have never been to Chimney Rock, we had a premier pit space because Bill Forbes and I did the Thursday night tech,) Everyone (or nearly everyone) who walked by commented on the old box. With one of those flashes of inspiration that perhaps come once in a lifetime, I took a magic marker and wrote “Arc of the Covenant” on the box on the side closest to the road. Then with his typical aplomb, Red McNeer (VTR racer and one of our founding fathers), poured the remains of a can of Budweiser over the box in an act of baptism. We had our cars parked under the canopy (with the British flag flying). Someone said, “If that is an ark, what’s that?” as he pointed at the canopy. Without missing a beat I replied, “The Temple.” Before the weekend was done we were known by everyone as the “Temple of TRs”. I believe it was that summer or perhaps the next, Obin Hamrick, our patriarch, was trying to form a chapter of the VTR in Tallahassee. We, the racers, already had our loosely knit group. When everyone said, “sure why not?“ The only name suggested was “The Temple”. If our archivist would bother to check, I believe the initial membership was 80% racers with Obin, our token “waxer”. If memory serves, we never were a zone we went straight to chapter status. To all the late-comers to our group, The Temple used to take home all the awards at the gatherings for speed events. I believe at the VTR National at Savannah, GA, the only Temple members (except one) who did not win were beaten by another Temple member. 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.	Funkana Information, Funkana Map Link to David & Linda Knopf's GT6 & TR8 Link to Andre's story about his and Kay's TR6 Link to Marilyn & Obin's TR3As Link to John Harris' TR6 Link to Peter & donalee Koenigs' TR4A IRS Link to Brian & Monica Watts' 1974 TR6 Link to Wyndell and Olivia Burden's 1959 TR3A New Officers for 2011! Most Exalted High Potentate: Danny Boyd Most Exalted High Potentate in Charge of Vice: Dean Perkins Chancellor of the Exchequer: Terri Hamrick Scribe: Linda Knopf Mistresses of Debauchery: Dianne Perkins Webmaster & Newsletter Editor: David Knopf Ethanol Putting A Ring Gear on A FlyWheel Link to information on Bill Piggott's TR Book Triumph Register of America Triumph TR6 and TR2-TR4 Reuseable Rubber Head Gaskets New Smiths Gauges & Repair Triumph Repair and Maintenance Information Triumph Club of United Kingdom British Car Clubs and SCCA Commercial Sites of Interest to British Car Enthusiasts Magazines of Interest to British Car Enthusiasts Blast from the Past TSOA Newsletters Archive Past Temple of Triumph Newsletters Triumph TR2 and Tr3 Tech Tips TR tech tips from the "Temple Tablet". Triumph Factory Service Bulletins 2004 VTR Regional Photos Past Temple Events Photos from some of our past events Triumph Picture Archives Contributed photos of events & races Vintage Triumph Register British Car Club Chapters VTR Concours, Autocross Rules & Guidelines Some Interesting Triumphs Triumph racing photos from Kas Kastner. How to Become a Temple member Membership information Membership Application (Word Document) fill in & print out on your PC computer or download file to your desktop and mail in with check. Membership Application (Acrobat pdf file) print out, fill in manually and send in with check. ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________