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Open Day what happened

30/9/2018

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What a day for our open day !!!. The weather could not have been any better for late September with full sunshine all day. Planning and organising this event starts some six months prior to the date and takes numerous hours on the phone/email to get traders to come along, people to donate - hit rate about one in twenty. The most difficult bit is to get people to stand up and give a presentation.

Then there is the preparation on the Friday before, with David and myself reminding the owners of the business park again of our event and not to park out front, but still on the day there are cars not where they should be! At around 5 o’clock other helpers turn up to assemble our makeshift theatre on a trailer complete with a lovely TVR club backdrop this year, assemble tents, blow up balloons – for guess the number of balloons in Terry’s Tuscan - put up road signs and generally tidy up the business park, we finally depart at dusk.

 We make a very early start on the day itself, with David, Neil, Ollie, Mark and myself turning up at seven to open up for the traders to arrive.  It’s organised chaos for a few hours!  Although you might think you have all bases covered there is always some last-minute hitches that have to be sorted out on the day, which visitors hopefully don’t see. After the event tiding up meant David and myself didn’t get to leave for home until 7.30pm – just in time for a strong G and T or whisky in the case of David.

One of many highlights was Ben Coombs starting off on his latest adventure – Eagle Rally to Bavaria.  They topped up with food from our cake stand just before they set off.

After a lot of agonising the we judged the best car in the show to be a yellow Vixen, owned by Neil Sangster from Bristol for 31 years (that’s right, 31 years). He had just fitted a Ford Zetec engine and gearbox and the installation looked so professional it could have come direct from the factory.  The runner up was Glyn Storey from Brecon, who has owned his very early Griffith for 18 years, keeping it in very original condition - no respray with a lovey patina to the burgundy interior.

Once again, thanks to our professional auctioneer, Richard Newsome, who donates his time free. As ever, he did a splendid job of getting people to bid and encouraging the bidding upwards.
 My highlight was crashing into a group photograph from a member who had come from Belgium – Stephane De Smedt - staying with some members in Bristol.  He wins the distance most travelled.

Junior star of the show was Mark Harris’ daughter Imogen, who helped out in our regions tent by folding all the tickets for the raffle - nearly 5,000!- and looking after two dogs that Belinda had brought along - Dot and Dan.

Last years total of £2,600 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance will be exceeded, but it will take a few weeks before a final figure can be released as there are a number of bills to pay. Well done and thank you to all who helped out on the Friday or Saturday, too many names to mention and those who attended and kindly donated, not forgetting our traders/members who contributed to our raffle or auction. Finally, a big thank you to Steve Guest for bringing the TVR van down along with some lovely back drops for our stage and various other bits and pieces to make the day go smoothly.

See our gallery - pictures taken by Art Tatchell Devon RO.
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TVR Wiltshire Open Day Latest News

26/9/2018

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Its only a few days before our very own open day and we have just managed to secure two last minute auction prizes that I sure you would want to know about:

Firstly HRH The Duchess of Cornwall who is patron to the WAA has kindly donated a bottle of champagne and some flutes which will be in our auction and secondly Cotswold outdoors have donated a very expensive bike worth £499 again for our auction. You can find details at https://www.cyclesurgery.com/p/cube-sl-road-2018-Q3214260.html?colour=3609   At the moment we don’t know the frame size, but don’t worry about trying to get it to fit in your TVR on the day as Neil will keep it until you can come back with a suitable car, or you could ride it home.

Note we will have a card machine at the ready to accept winning bids for all auction items

If you are selling your TVR we have a area reserved for TVR sales.  All we ask is a donation if you find someone who purchases it - please get in contact asp.

Finally we are after a TVR to display which has had wheels refurbished by Platinum Alloy Wheels Swindon - again please get in contact asp.
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TVR Wiltshire Open Day 29th September News Brief

23/9/2018

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It’s very nearly time to dust off your TVR for one final outing this year.  The long term weather looks great for our 5th TVR Wiltshire Open Day in conjunction with Neil Garner Performance Engineering at Kemble Business Park SN16 9SH , so what have we got for you?
  • TVR related traders to discuss improvements or just to purchase parts on the day:   ACT, Central, TVR, D &C Trim, DG Sportscars, HF Solutions, Lloyds Specialist Developments, Neil Garner Performance Engineering, Platinum Alloy Wheels, Racetech, Str8six, Classic Car LED Bristol, Surface and Design, UK Detailers, TVRSSW
  • North London Dyno - How good is your car prize for most powerful car in standard configuration
  • Mystery Concours 
  • Food and drink provided by Italian Coffee Job, Natural Flames Pizzas, Parson Nose Farmers plus our TVR ladies with their homemade cakes
  • Yes there are toilets
  • Ben Combes (Pub2Pub) and friends leaving on their latest adventure at 11.00
  • Wiltshire Air Ambulance
Theatre presentations:
 
11:30 Lloyd Specialist Developments ‘Tuning Rover V8’s
12:15 Str8six Q & A on Speed Six and AJP V8
13:00 Professional Detailers & Valeters Association                               
14:00 Auction & Presentation of prizes – Concours & Rolling Road
           Raffle prizes ready for collection
 
So what’s in the auction and raffle? it’s the best yet:
 
Raffle
  • TVR SERVICE NEIL GARNER PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING
  • CLASSIC ADDITIONS CAR COVER
  • TWO TICKETS TO THE AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL SHOW
  • TWO TICKETS TO THE NEC CLASSIC CAR SHOW 
  • BASEBALL CAP, MUG & PEN FROM ALONSO’s 2018 WINNING LE MANS TEAM 
  • FREE MOT AT ISLINGTON MOTORS TROWBRIDGE 
  • OPTILINE LASER 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT
  • SOLAR PANEL BATTERY CHARGER 
  • ANOTHER FREE MOT AT ISLINGTON MOTORS TROWBRIDGE
  • INFLATABLE PALM TREE 
  • AIRMAN RESQ PUNCHURE REPAIR KIT
  • LEVEN JUMP LEADS
  • FOUR LIONS 2017 NZ TOUR PONCH
  • 5 LITRES OF FUCHS TITAN RACE PROS ENGINE OIL FOR YOUR TVR
  • DEREK BELL SIGNED PRINT
Auction
  • LAMBORGHINI URUS CCOMPANIED EXTENDED DRIVE – HR OWEN
  • DG SPORTSCARS SERVICE UP TO £400 INCL. CONSUMABLES
  • TVR CHASSIS CLEAN BACK & RECOAT - NEIL GARNER PERFORMANCE ENG WORTH £200
  • TVRSSW STANDARD 3K SERVICE WORTH £250
  • COTSWOLD OUTDOORS BICYCLE
  • 1992 GRIFFITH CUTAWAY PRINT 
  • 20% OFF A RESPRAY UP TO £650 – SURFACE & DESIGN 
  • CENTRAL TVR SERVICE UP TO £400 INCL. CONSUMABLES
  • SIGNED RICK STEIN COOK BOOK
  • 4 BALL GOLF AT WRAG BARN HIGHWORTH SWINDON
  • 2 TICKETS WITH HOSPITALITY AT A BRISTOL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
  • VOUCHER FOR £150 WORTH OF TRIM WORK – DAMAGE UNDONE
  • 4 WHEEL REFURBISHMENT NOT INCL. SPLIT RIMS - PLATINUM ALLOY WHEEL
  • TVR GEAR LEVER, HANDBRAKE & STEERING WHEEL RE LEATHER–D&C TRIM
  • ½ DAY DETAILING COURSE – UK DETAILING 
  • BOOK GRIFFITH THE TVR STORY BY SHACKLETON
  • 3 HR. ENGINE HEALTH CHECK AND TUNE UP - LLOYD SPECIALIST DEV
  • SIGNED BOOK THE GRIFFITH YEARS BY MIKE MOONEY 
  • 7 LITRES OF EVANS WATER LESS COOLANT & FLUSHING FLUID WORTH £140
  • COTSWOLD OUTDOOR COATS
This is what we have been promised on the day, there might be a few changes. 
 
I’ve probably missed something as there is so much on offer this year so please give generously as all profits go to Wiltshire Air Ambulance.  It takes £3,000 per mission to keep the helicopter in the air and its one service you do not want to have a ride in!
 
Finally, please do not turn up too early as you will not be able to access the stands and displays until 10am, as the traders need time to set up.  On arriving, you will find the main entrance to the Kemble Business Park blocked, but there will be TVR road signs directing you to the side entrance.  Please park neatly in the clearly marked parking bays as directed by the marshals, enjoy your day and give generously as we don’t charge any entrance fee.    

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Wiltshire Region Open day at Neil Garner Performance Engineering 29th September Kemble Business Park, SN16 9SH

5/9/2018

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This will be the 5th Wiltshire Region TVR Car Club open day at Kemble Business Park, near Cirencester, raising money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance.  This event coincides with Neil Garner Performance Engineering a TVR Heritage Dealer opening his workshops.
The big news this year is Ben Coombs fresh from his Pub2Pub adventures has now organised another event which is going to start from Kemble Business Park on our open day at 11.00.  This time there will be around 12 cars,mostly comprising of TVR’s travelling to Bavaria under the Pub2Pub adventures banner. Be there to give them a good send off. 
 Some further good news - the following traders have confirmed:
  • Food and Drink - Parsons Nose burgers, Italian Coffee man, Natural Flames fresh cooked pizzas
  • Lloyds Specialist Developments
  • Racetech
  • Platinum Alloy Wheels
  • TVRSSW
  • Suface and Design
  • D&C Trim
  • Str8Six
  • Central TVR
  • HF Solutions
  • North London Dyno – With a prize going to the highest BHP for an unmodified TVR engine
  • HR Owen Lamborghini - who will be donating something special……
  • David Gerald
  • UK Detailers
  • ACT
  • Classic Car LED’s
  • Neil Garner Performance Engineering
  • TVR Club van
  • Wiltshire Club stall selling raffle tickets and cake plus a few surprises 
  • Wiltshire Air Ambulance complete with a bear
  • There are a few companies that have not yet confirmed, but hopefully they will in the next few weeks. 
This year we will have a display of Griffith’s and story boards charting the history of the Griffith from the 1960’s to the present day plus a special display of Lamborghini’s. There will be a PA system announcing all the events during the day, so you don’t miss any of the action.  Our theatre sessions are shaping up, with Lloyds Specialist Developments, UK Detailers, TVRSS - Technical Vehicle Repairs & Servicing South West Ltd and Str8six all giving presentations. 

Then there is our superb raffle run by the ladies in the club with lots of prizes and the not to be missed auction of TVR related bits and pieces and other goodies by professional auctioneer Richard Newsome. During the day there will be a mystery concours event, so make sure your TVR is sparkly clean as it will be closely inspected - don’t worry if it’s not fully original you are still eligible, plus there are prizes for the top two TVR's.
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Finally, please do not turn up too early as you will not able to access the stands and displays until 10am, as the traders need time to set up.  On arriving, you will find the main entrance to Kemble Business Park blocked, but there will be TVR road signs directing you to the side entrance.  Please park neatly in the clearly marked parking bays as directed by the club marshals, enjoy your day.  We don’t ask for a entrance fee, therefore please give generously as all profits go to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.  

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