The Register’s Press Office has been busy throughout the summer and members can read a summary of the activity follows:
Following the successful National in The Forest of Dean Classic Car Weekly in their issue of 30 July gave is a half-page spread on the National which James Peene of the paper co-ordinated with me on and Classic Car Buyer also featured us.
Some of you may remember an article about a Triumph 3000 that was the subject of a feature in Classics Magazine a couple of years ago. This was about a car that British Leyland built and following the further research I did on this, which is lodged in the Register archives, I have written an article on this for Classics World magazine to follow up on their article, so they can update readers and of course our members!
According to the new editor of the magazine, now of course called Classics World, it is due to be featured – so watch this space!
Classics World also started what is going to be an occasional regular feature about how two people met and changed the course of motoring history. They naturally started with Rolls and Royce meeting in Manchester. I hit upon an idea to follow this up with the founder of Triumph, Siegfried Bettmann meeting Colonel Holbrook at the start of WW1 which subsequently led to Holbrook joining Triumph after the war and the two of them heading a company that produced the first sporting saloon cars, for which Triumph became world famous. Watch this space!
Talking of Triumph 3000s we cannot of course forget the Stag estates and saloons built by Del Lines of Atlantic Garage in Weston Super Mare. To commemorate Del and the Triumphs he created we launched a public appeal for monies to purchase and then erect a plaque to recall this for prosperity. Enough money was raised and the plaque is now ready for us to put up and unveil. So many thanks to all who contributed. The next summary will have a report on the unveiling.
Our NextGen section is going from strength to strength and they put on a great display at the National. Classic Car Weekly have started running a series of one page articles called “Next Generation Diaries” where they feature a younger classic car enthusiast’s car. Having seen the first two I got in touch with the editor about NextGen and could they feature one of our members cars. He has responded favourably and we have chosen Jake Witor’s car to feature. So Jake and myself are now putting together an article that will appear shortly.
If you have news of what you and your Triumph or your local group have been up to do please send it to me and I will try and get you into the classic car press.
Mike Menhenitt
Press Media and Public Relations Officer