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FBHVC 2025 Survey – Final Push

We have received a communication from the FBHVC (Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs) asking us to help them with one final push on their survey.  So far 11,000 people have responded, but many more are needed.  The last five yearly survey was answered by 15,000 people.  They are saying:

“Please help us keep our classic vehicles on the roads! The five-yearly National Historic Vehicle Survey urgently needs your input. Taking part in the survey is vital as it shows the crucial importance of our hobby and will help stop future legislation from preventing us using our vehicles. The survey only takes around 15 minutes (a little more if you have numerous vehicles) and it is your contribution to safeguarding our freedoms! The survey closes on 31 May, so please don’t put it off – ‘later’ will be too late! The survey is anonymous and your data is kept safe. Follow this link to the survey: www.fbhvc.co.uk/survey”

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE REGISTER’S PRESS OFFICER, MIKE MENHENITT

The Register’s Press Office has had a slightly quieter time since the last news on the web site, before its starts to get busy about now as I do the pre-national press releases. The following has been happening with the Register in the press since the end of winter and I hope some of you may have seen these items in whatever classic car magazines/papers you may buy. I don’t buy them all by any means, so if you do spot something please do tell me about it at publicrelations@triumph2000register.co.uk

1: 2025 National – Practical Classics featured our National after I sent them the first press release teaser for the National, in their April issue. It was also in Classic Car Weekly and Classic Car Buyer. The classic car monthly magazines had their press release yesterday to allow time for them to get it in their next issues, in time for the National.

The classic car weekly papers and the Gloucestershire local press will all get theirs week commencing 9 June to allow them to hopefully get them in their papers just before we all descend on the forest!

2: The Triumph 3000 – Yes, Triumph did make one or two! This was a feature in Classics Magazine in January 2023. Following further research on this by Mike he has written an article on this for Classics World magazine to follow up on their article, so they can update readers and the editor confirmed that this will appear over several pages with photos in a future edition- so look out for it!

3: Tracing The History of Your Car – I hope you enjoyed my two articles in Six Appeal and it enthused you to start to trace the history of your cars. Since writing it, I have been reunited with “Lulu” my old 1970 Mk 2 2000 and so am starting to trace the missing bits of her history. Due to this I have reluctantly had to sell my Mk 1, but the new owner is delighted it has so much history- and it does add to the value of your car. “Lulu” will be at the National so please do find me and tell me how you have got on with tracing the history of your car – I am sure there will be some interesting stories!

4: Stoneleigh 2025 –  The Register is wishing to be at the forefront in the classic car movement with regard to young members; and as a start the club threw open its stand at Stoneleigh to cars being exhibited by our young members. A report on this was sent to the press with a picture of our stand on it.

Following this, Classic & Sportscar magazine contacted me saying they want to feature us from Stoneleigh and further information was sent to them about each car exhibited plus photos. The feature appeared in the April issue out on 6 March and although heavily edited  appeared in the News Section.

Practical Classics also featured it in their April issue.

5: Next Gen – This is the exciting new young persons section of the Register and named by the guys who instigated it. The Board approved it and it has been launched and the classic car press and media received a press release from me. We now await to see if they publish it in the forthcoming monthly magazines.

6: The Triumph Stag Estate and Saloon Cars built by Del Lines – Del Lines owned Atlantic Garage in Weston Super Mare where he built many Triumph variations as he rallied these cars extensively in the 1970/80s. He is most famous for dropping in 3.0 Litre V8 engines into our cars and creating the Stag Estate and Saloon cars of which four survive and all owned by Register members, including Del’s own car, DEL 33 owned by Alan Chatterton. Classic and Sportscar did a major feature on these cars last year for us and I hope you saw it.

The club has long wanted to remember Del Lines, who sadly died after a long illness in 2023 and we now have permission to erect a blue plaque on the site of what was Atlantic Garage. The Register felt that it should be up to individuals whether they wanted to be part of this instead of the club spending members’ money on such a plaque and therefore have launched a crowdfunding site to raise the necessary funds. This can be accessed at

https://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/thetriumph2000registerdellinesappeal

and I hope you will contribute towards this to honour the man that did a lot for the Triumph range of cars and in particular the 2000 range. The plaque we hope to erect is shown below.

Del Lines Appeal

AN APPEAL

Many of you will know of Del Lines and perhaps even have met him. He was a Triumph man through and through and particularly for the 2000 range of cars. He was a fiercely competitive rally driver in Triumphs and later in a Rover SD1.

He ran Atlantic Garage in Weston Super Mare from 1970-1993 and quite by chance he one day put a Stag engine into a Triumph 2000 Estate. From this were born the Del Lines Stag Estates and Saloon Cars for which he became famous. Four of these cars still survive and all are owned by register members, with Del’s own car, DEL 33, being owned by Alan Chatterton.

Del died in 2023 after a long illness and the club would like to honour his memory with a blue plaque at where Atlantic Garage was and the club has permission to do this. The plaque is shown above and would be by public subscription to fund it. If you would like to contribute you can do so at the Crowdfunding Page:

https://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/thetriumph2000registerdellinesappeal

Thank you for your support.

Mike Menhenitt

The Triumph 2000/2500/2.5 Register Club Insurance

Following a discussion at a recent board meeting, I reviewed our club’s public liability insurance to make sure it still covered what we needed it to. It does, so that is all good.

But, it occurred to me that many of you won’t know what this is for or what it means for you as members, so I thought a small explanation might help.

So, your club carries public liability insurance. We have to because we arrange and organise events. In the unlikely event that at our National, for example, someone gets hurt by something that the club has arranged or is involved with, our insurance is there to protect the club and its membership from any potential claims for damages.

Same thing at the big shows like the NEC, we have to have millions of pounds worth of public liability insurance in case, for example, a member of the public trips over our flag base and hurts themselves, the insurance is there to cover any potential costs rather than the club or the members or the Directors being personally liable.

As members, this cover extends to you as well. But ONLY if you are an official Register event.

As a local group, which many of you are active members of, if you organise and run a stand at a local show, then this is an official Register show and therefore you are covered by our public liability insurance. Local Group Leaders, if you need a copy of our certificate for this, please contact me on shows@triumph2000register.co.uk and I will forward you a PDF copy that you can print out if you need it. This must be by Group Leaders only as they are Club Officials.

However, please note. If you attend a show as a private individual, ie not part of an organised Register stand, then your own car insurance needs to be sufficient to cover this. Normally this isn’t an issue but its worth just checking what you have and if it is sufficient. The Register public liability insurance does not cover private individuals at events.

I hope that makes sense, fi you have any questions about this please get in touch but I hope this explains what we have in place and what you need to do.

Alan

Increase in the cost of Register valuations

From the 1st June 2023 the cost of a valuation will increase to £20 (from £10). However, this valuation service will be carried out at a reduced figure of £15 but only at the 2023 National in Paignton!!

This service is for Register members only. Please get in touch with John Whitehead using the details in the ‘Who’s Who’ section. 

Triumph 2000 / 2500 / 2·5 Register National Rally 2023

Is now being held at Whitehill Country Park in Paignton from Monday 12th June to Monday 19th June.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the venue for this years National has had to be changed to Whitehill Country Park in Paignton, the venue that gave us such a successful National last year. This has also resulted in us having to make it earlier than previously advertised; it’s now being held from Monday 12th June to Monday 19th June.