Amazing!`

We pick up the Saab next week - needs an MOT and some odds and sods including a very boy racer carbon fibre dash! In the meantime I've been investigating retro fitting heated seats, apparently all the wiring is there you just need the switches and the heating elements and several hours to fit them! So, I was on eBay looking for the parts when in my search I turn up a pair of switches in the US, $22 delivered to the UK. As the Saab new price is over £40 each I bought them, well here's the amazing thing, they arrived today! The guy posted them on Christmas eve and they arrived in this morning's post - I am impressed.
Now all I need are the 4 heating elements for the seats oh, and the car :-)
Apparently there was an option on the 9-3 to have heater rear seats too although the dealer we bought the car from said he'd only ever seen one UK 9-3 with them fitted - might be an interesting project!
I'm not abandoning Triumphs by the way, I still have the Vitesse - I think I'll always have a Triumph, I've had one since I passed my test with only ever about 2 years gap when I lived in a terraced house with nowhere to keep anything.

I've done a bad thing

I'm not very good at Christmas shopping, this morning I realised I had bought nothing for my wife. So today I took her out and bought a Saab 9-3 Aero Convertible.

With me doing a bit more travelling she needed a more practical car with 4 seats and, well the Sixfire isn't it - it's done us proud for a few years, sailing through every MOT without anything needed and still looks as good today as it ever did. I had tried to talk her into a Stag but she wasn't really having any of it. So, as we both like Saabs I had been looking for something suitable and this one came along. Black, one owner, full Saab history, Hi Output Turbo, seriously good leather interior, etc, etc - well over my budget and I am reliant upon the next bonus to pay for it but what the hell, you only live once!

So, what does that mean for the Triumphs, well it means that a very pretty 6 cylinder Spitfire needs a new owner, yes the Sixfire is for sale.

I'll do the blurb and put some photos together soon, I'm actually not in any hurry to sell it as I want to get a good price for it - I don't want anyone thinking I'm a desperate winter seller. It's been an excellent car and still looks the part, I need top dollar for it so I'll make sure it gets the full shine and show treatment in the New Year.

Claudia won't want to see it go but there's a limit to how many cars we can have :-)

Err - - RBRR weirdness

For some reason when my Blog plages display on the Club Triumpg site the
RBRR entry list is peppered with "&nbsp" yet on my blog pages it isn't! It's
got to be something to do with the formatting but I can't work it out. If
you want a clean looking list go direct to my blog at
http://chinn.blogspot.com rather than through the CT pages

A few stats for you on the RBRR entry -
We received 100 entries in the first 9 days
75 entries were received in the first 3 days

We are now into a reserve list, we will try and make more places available
but there is a physical limit at the venues we use and really there's not a
lot we can do about that. There will be consolidation entries and the odd
drop out but I have no control over that - it happens but not with any
predictability!

If you wanted to enter but now can't, please consider getting involved as a
marshall, we really do value that help and support.

If your entry arrives in the next few days then I will put you on the
reserve list and I will hold you cheque until you are confirmed as on the
main list.

Jason

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RBRR Entry List as at 2/12/07

Entry number	Entrant Name	Crew 2	Crew 3	Crew 4	Car	Year
1	Tim Hunt	tba			TR4a	1966
2	David Lonsdale	Paul Lonsdale			Spitfire 1500	1975
3	Nikolaj Blomberg	Daniel Read	Morten Haugaard		2000 Mk2	1972
4	Andrew Johnson	Sarah Johnson			Stag	1972
5	Jony Ellis	Dave Powell			Spit6 Mk4	1971
6	Andrew Pearce	Ben Hobson			2000 Mk1	1967
7	Chris Shaw	tba			TR7	1981
8	Lester French	tba			2.5 PI Mk1	1964
9	Roy Lacey	Julia Lynn			GT6 Mk1	1967
10	Jason Lane	Ruth Nobbs			TR7	1982
11	Chris Nobbs	tba			Dolomite Sprint	1980
12	Craig Bennet	tba			2.5 PI Mk2	1971
13	David Pearson	Jason Chinn			Standard Atlas Camper	1964
14	Malcolm Swingewood	Gavin Barry	Graham Swingewood		Herald 13/60 Estate	1969
15	Alan Chatterton	Sam Chatterton			2500S Estate	1976
16	Mark Astley	Gavin Astley			Spitfire Mk4	1972
17	Keith Bennet	tba			TR4a	1965
18	David Picton	Fred Slezak			2000 Mk1	1969
19	Nick Jones	Kate Jones			Vitesse Mk1 Conv	1967
20	Jim McGuiness	tba			GT6 Mk3	1973
21	Dave Marshall	tba			2000 Mk2	1971
22	Jayson Murray	Terry Murray	Paid		Herald 13/60	1970
23	Leighton Ball	Alison Ball			2.5 PI Mk2	1973
24	Nick Jackson	Ray Hunt	Andrew Gatehouse		2.5 PI Mk2	1971
25	Steven Needham	David Harrison			Dolomite 1850 HL	1979
26	John Martin	Clive Senior			Spitfire Mk4	1971
27	Philip Brooks-Taylor	tba			Spitfire Mk4	1972
28	Chris Gleeson	Andrew Gleeson			TR6	1973
29	Keith Dandridge	Dave Kirby			GT6 Mk2	1970
30	Antony Campion	Jonathan Clegg
31	Stephen Attenborough	Simon Coupland			2000 Mk1	1966
32	Paul Beeson	Ashley Page			Spitfire 1500	1980
33	Martin Simmons	Dave Smyth	Connor Simmons		Dolomite 1500 SE	1978
34	Mike Bishop	tba			Stag	1972
35	David Aspinall	John Bloom			2.5 PI Mk2	1972
36	Helen Porter	Jeremy Lupton			Spitfire 1500	1978
37	Neil Nasralla	Kaye Patterson			Spitfire 1500	1975
38	Stephen Cooper	Barry Cooper			TR6	1969
39	Alan Sorbie	Ian Sorbie			2000 Mk2	1969
40	Francis Moll	Mike Green			TR7	1980
41	Matthew Helm	Natham Helm			Spitfire 1500	1979
42	Michael Helm	Gillian Helm			TR6	1972
43	Malcolm Philpott	Geoff Clack			Vitesse Mk2 Conv	1970
44	Bill Goodwin	Keith Obushon			Dolomite 2 litre	1972
45	Carl Shakespeare	Becky Govier			Dolomite Sprint	1979
46	Alex Chandler	tba			2000 Mk2	1974
47	Paul Derbyshire	Andrew Heeley			Spitfire 1500	1978
48	Mark McLean	Joanne McLean			Stag	1972
49	Roger Saunt	tba	tba	tba	2000 Mk2	1972
50	Anthony Short	Valerie Short			TR8	1980
51	Andrew Taylor-Jones	Clair Taylor-Jones			Spitfire 1500	1977
52	Jon Burridge	Tina Gristwood			Stag	1974
53	Ellis Stokes	Keith Compton-Bishop			2500 TC	1976
54	Geoff Edwards	David Inglis			Spitfire 1500	1977
55	Andy Cook	Paul Bodium			GT6 Mk3	1971
56	Nigel Gair	tba			2000 Mk2	1973
57	Jonathan Clegg	tba			TBA
58	James Fotheringham	tba			GT6 Mk1	1968
59	Andy Flexney	Ian Heeley			TR3a	1959
60	Martin Young	Simon Jeffrey			Stag	1975
61	Ben Hutchings	James Seymour			GT6 Mk1	1967
62	David Kent	Karen Shaw			Spitfire Mk4	1972
63	Peter Fern	tba			Herald 13/60	1968
64	Mike Barrett	Elizabeth Barrett			Herald 13/60 Conv	1968
65	Andrew Howorth	tba			TR4	1961
66	Colin Wake	tba			2.5 PI Mk1	1968
67	Russell Banyard	David Sadler			2000 Mk2 Estate	1972
68	David Walker	Matthew Walker			Vitesse 6	1964
69	James Carruthers	Michael Carruthers			Spitfire Mk3	1969
70	Steve Hudson	Stephen Clapcott	Stephen Hodgeson		Herald 1200 Conv	1967
71	Kevin Rochfort	Vin Poonwassie	John Davies		Acclaim	1984
72	Tim Bancroft	Richard Arthers			GT6 Mk2	1970
73	David Langrick	tba			Spitfire Mk4	1971
74	Thomas Boyd	Steve Hall			TR4	1964
75	Simon Ewbank	Michael Ewbank			TR7	1980
76	Steven Burrows	Martin Burrows
77	Chris Allen	John Dempster	Kevin Smith		2000 Estate Mk2	1972
78	Steve Fielder	Clive Atton			Vitesse Mk2 Conv	1970
79	Anthony Pulis	Peter Jordan			Stag	1975
80	Mike Bestard	tba			GT6 Mk3	1976
81	Philip Wright	Ashley Meson			Spitfire Mk4	1972
82	Andrew Dann	Tony Cox			2000 Mk2 Auto	1973
83	Joe Welling	Frank Welling			Spitfire 1500	1978
84	Tim Turner	Erica Wilshere			Stag
85	Jessica Brake	Alison Brake			Herald 13/60 Estate	1970
86	Michael Davis	tba			Spitfire 1500	1979
87	Lloyd McNeill	Ken McNeill			Standard 10 Pickup	1959
88	James Shackford	Simon Taylor			2.5 PI Mk1	1969
89	Darren Sharp	tba			Dolomite 1500	1980
90	Robin Upton	tba			Spitfire Mk2	1966
91	Tom Key	Tom Bamford			TR6	1969
92	Martin Waldron	Sue Waldron			Stag	1972
93	Anthony Quick	Graham Whitting			TR6	1973
94	Doug Foreman	Katie Foreman			Herald 13/60	1971
95	Dave Kirk	Kelvin Jones			2.5 PI Mk2	1973
96	Bob King	Tim Smith	Marcus Clayton		2000 Mk2	1971
97	Howard Brissenden	Tess Bickerstaff			TR7	1981
98	Andrew Moll	Frances Moll			GT6 Mk3	1972
99	Paul Hughes	Scott Hughes			Dolomite Sprint	1975
100	Andrew Martin	Kevin Martin			Vitesse 6	1962
Reserve List
101	Neil Dowie	tba			GT6 Mk2	1969
102	Roger Baldwinson	Matthew Field			2000 Mk2	1969
103	Dale Barker	Brian Maslin			Herald 1200 Conv	1967
104	Philip Mathew	Simon Antrobus			Stag	1971
105	Roger Keys	Andy Everett			2000 Mk2 Estate	1970
106	Barry McGrath	Caroline McGrath			2.5 PI Mk1 Estate	1969