Thank you Dmitri. I must remember to put it on my Facebook page. John.

I think it coincides with the BL show at Gaydon every year George. I risked taking the TR round to it as all it needs is some work on the undersides near the sills where both sides had the underseal breached so it's got to be scraped back, any repairs made and then re-sealed or painted or something else. A terrific show and a little easier to get to as it's only the other side of town. John.

Only the one John but because it's been used in all weathers for 47 years there are repairs required as time goes on. I have a few required now actually but it can wait a while. It's such a wonderful car to drive that I can't help myself. When you have something as good as this you want to use it. John.

None were as quick as a TR7 with the full TriumphTune kit applied. That's one of the reasons the whole thing appealed to me so much. A TR7 that actually went and handled as well as it looked was simply too enticing an opportunity to miss. We were out in it yesterday and the acceleration capability is still breathtaking all these years later. John.

47 years old and getting on for 200,000 miles. Only one rebuild though. There was nothing wrong with the overall design but they weren't all built as well as they should have been. The wax injection engineered into the TR7 does not appear to have been adhered to all the time on the production lines but models that were styled, designed and engineered a few years later all benefited from the revolutionary work that went into TR7. John.

Shame they couldn't do them all Darren. There are so many what could have been's in the long running saga of the British motor industry. But I do love the shape of the Rover 75 Coupe. I do wonder if it would have sold though given the penchant for big, ugly SUV types and so-called crossovers. It seems that most people aren't interested in how a car/vehicle looks but it was always paramount for me. John.

That's not viable John. I have looked into it but basically I'd put 2000 hours into a new product and then make it available as a download whereupon it's stolen and others make money from it. It would need a big studio to make it work otherwise bodies such as FACT and the police aren't interested which means it's all down to me to take out civil actions. This is why nothing at all is being made available any longer as we've all found the same dead end. Big studio downloads are fine for most people where quality isn't particularly important but if you have a home cinema they're a big no no. John.

It's a cracking publication John. It's going to take me a while still to get through it all... apart from a few articles some know-it-all from the TRDC has written of course! John.

Ex-Pressed Steel Panels sell them to order now. Job done. We're hoping to get back to sorting out the next panel soon which is likely to be the door skin that's unavailable as we'll need a wealthy benefactor for the front wings. Given the sniping and criticism you tend to get whenever you undertake a charitable job like this designed to help us all we're of the view that re-creating one of the wings will inevitably result in a few loonies going nuts and demanding that we stop what we're doing and re-create the other wing. You just can't win! John.

Dear Mr Clancy I concur with your points, have had it my whole life. Looked under the front and saw cancer in that very panel. In Aus rust is not as bad as salty roads. So yes sometime soon gonna need to replace them. Please take a bow, Thank you sir.

@@SunnieSnell When you're ready get on to Ex-Pressed Steel Panels and they'll get one of the pressed but unfinished panels off the shelves and put it in the queue for hand finishing. It might take a month or two but at least you'll know it's in hand. John.

I need to get some racks or drawers for all the tools echanos but we're getting there. After several failed attempts to buy a house with a double garage we found this place and hoped that we'd be able to get the single garage converted. Mission accomplished. We're both rather excited to say the least. John.

Thank you Wayne. Hope you're keeping well and your yellow TR7 is still turning heads. What a beauty it is. John.

I don't think it's going to need heating but if there are occasions it needs it, I do have a greenhouse heater that should do the trick... if any of us can actually afford electricity when that time comes!

@@JohnGClancy True buddy! Changes in temperature as you know creates condensation and any moisture will hide in those unseen places, so I guess if it's well vented should be ok. I used a paraffin heater back in the 80's in a garage on really low, amazing how much condensation it created! Heating basically the air up and then condensing on the cars!!

@@ChrisFEJackson We did think about hooking a radiator up out there so it would be on the house central heating but with the cost of energy quadrupling at the start of the Winter that became impossible. And the climate theories have got us all by the short and curlies now so it looks like our boilers are going to be paperweights in a few years whereupon I suppose we all freeze anyway. Because of the rather extreme slope this garage had to be built on, it was extremely costly but we managed to do it (just) so that will have to be all we can afford for now. John.

Afternoon George. I do expect to get along to the British Leyland day again so maybe we'll see you there. The TR does need some work though so if I haven't got it done in time we'll have to come along in the Mini. Both are terrific fun but the TR7 is the most fun I've ever driven, largely due to its TriumphTune equipment throughout. I've already given Andy and Dave (the builders) the plans for the home cinema so I'm hopeful it won't be too long now. Tonight will be the 4K of Superman II which a lot of people have asked me to review so stand by for that one. John.

Excellent news John! Saw a couple of lovely TR8s a few weeks back at KCSC meeting (Kent Classic and Sports Car Group) - one was a light blue RHD roadster (Colorado import) - MBC 324V, and the other a re-shelled yellow Coupe. Seems British cars never escape corrosion issues though - my car’s off the road for 3 weeks having some galvanic corrosion sorted - started seeing bubbling paint a few months back now! Even though in its 5th year, Aston are doing repair as a ‘goodwill gesture’. Take care & all the best.

@@EgroegNosnhoj Cor, I imagine Aston is horrified by what has happened George and will do everything they can to put it right. TR7's certainly could rust, I can confirm that. I know all British cars and just about every other country's cars had the same problem back in the 1970's and before, but many TR7 shells were left outside in primer so that kicked off the whole corrosion process before they were painted. And when they were painted, they all went through the anit-rust electrolyte dips but the stupid buggers hadn't put the formula in the vats correctly so the shells were basically being dipped in primer with no rust projection absorbed. When the tanks were drained the bags of the anti-corrosion inhibitors were found at the bottom still in there wraps. Add one bag... add two bags etc. and the stupid bastxxxx threw the bags in without opening them! They came out like concrete apparently. You really couldn't make it up! John.

The TR7 is a completely different car from a different era so it's difficult to compare them other than to say that if you prefer an older, more traditional type of sports car from 1950s and 1960s technology then the MG is the one to go for. If you want to experience tenacious handling (except in damp or wet conditions I hasten to add!) and a car that young boys think is something just created for the future, then a TR7 is the one to go for. Stick a few TriumphTune parts in a TR7 and you can have a bit of a road burner for very little money indeed. John.

I haven't used this projector much in the intervening years Claire. It is still functional but I wouldn't put anything decent through it as it never was a particularly impressive machine and certainly capable of putting fairly serious scratches down a prized print. If you're in the UK then getting it along to John White or another projector repairman might be the best option. But for serious Super 8 viewing a better option would be a better machine and Classic Home Cinema and Independent 8 are two dealers in the UK to look at for that. John.

It's the music from Code Name: Bullet. Seems like you'd better give that another spin if you really don't remember it Warren. John.

Thank you Karl. Sorry for the delay in replying but I've not been on here much lately. John.

www.triumphdvd.co.uk is where you'll find that Karl.

I expect it's too late now Davaro. But Bentley produced a car that looked strikingly similar and that may well still be in production today. The big problem is that most people aren't interested in purchasing traditional cars any longer and tend to go for big four wheel drive trucks or what are known as 'crossovers' that tend to be front wheel drive but look like the big four wheel drive trucks. Vauxhall do a nice, traditional car called the Insignia but it's a poor seller (and having had one for a while I can report that it's difficult to drive because you can barely see out of the bloody thing! But it's a nice looking car, for a modern). John.

I can see your order there waiting to be printed Neil so I'll get onto that shortly. Thank you. And I hope your father enjoys it. It was terrific fun making it and I hope that comes through in the end product. John.

@@JohnGClancy Many thanks John 👍👍👍

Arrived on Friday John now wrapped up 👍 🎁

@@neilmustow368 And what a great Christmas present it will be Neil... or at least, I hope so anyway! John.

Aha, Gary! The Corvette club stand is in one of the videos but I can't remember which one - might be the second. American cars were always a little too big for our roads but there are quite a few of them over here in the hands of collectors and enthusiasts. There are always a lot of them on display at the Sherborne Classic & Supercar Show and I think the 2019 video of that one has a lot of them in it so if you fancy looking through my videos from a couple of years ago you should take a look at that one. It's not a very popular video but it's an example of how a classic car video should be put together in my opinion because most of the car uploads on RU-vid are crap to say the least. John.

Thank you Simon. Glad you enjoyed it. I think the combination of shooting from about 12 feet and then from eye level worked rather well so if I do the same again next year I'll try to shoot even more of the show. John.