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The Kennet Valley Group was started by Ian Avery,who attended
the original 1970 meeting, and was a regular of the London group
when it met in Weybridge. The first official meeting as the Kennet
Valley was at The Butt Inn, Aldermaston in 1971, from these first
meetings eventually the Chiltern, Devizes and Wessex Groups were
formed. Sadly the Devizes group is no longer but has been replaced
more recently by the Glavon,Brunel and Vale of the White Horse
groups.
News:-TS2 Baton Challenge.
In recognition of the
retirement of Ian Evans, Chairman of the TR Register, after seventeen
years of service, a relay run with the first ever production TR(pictured
adjacent) as baton, was organised. The run included all fifty
of the local groups of the TR Register (from Cornwall to the Highlands
and Islands), covering nearly 3000 miles and involved over one
hundred different drivers.
Outgoing
Chairman Ian Evans planting 50 Oak Trees at The National Forest
in support of Carbon Reduction. One Tree planted each year can
offset the carbon emmissions of a classic doing average yearly
milage.
TS2 – History
Standard Triumph’s very first right-hand drive production
TR sports car, hand-assembled at Banner Lane, Coventry in July
1953, with engineering and design by the late Harry Webster and
his team. TS2 is not a museum piece: it is owned and maintained
as a road-going car by the TR Register, for the membership to
enjoy. After a lifetime of varied use including being a dealer's
demonstrator, and for rallying and autocross, TS2 was bought by
Keith Read, motoring correspondent of the Coventry Evening Telegraph.
Mr Read donated the car to the TR Register in 1997, which then
began three years of restoration, completed in 2001. Its unique
parts and features were meticulously researched and, using period
paints and trim, the car was kept as close as possible to the
original hand-built vehicle first shown in Dublin in late 1953.
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