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This is the car when the previous owner drove it to Pensacola from Atlanta for my club's annual show in April 2002. We have a all-British car show on Pensacola Beach every April. For details, see the club's website: Panhandle British Car Association. |
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This was my first trip with wife and baby for a drive with my British car club. Can you spot the Triumph2000 in the first picture? In the second picture, we are going down the highway in the line of British cars with a MGB-GT close behind us and a MGC after that. Pictures by PBCA club member Bill Moseley. [May 2004] |
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With a friend's help, I had both my Triumph 2000 and my Spitfire at my club's annual show on Pensacola Beach. In spite of Hurricane Ivan's damage, we had 100 entries this year compared to our usual 125 or so. That's pretty good considering that many people decided to stay away this year since many hotels and restaurants were not repaired and open yet. PLEASE make plans to bring your Triumph to our show in April 2006! There were only 13 Triumphs compared to 17 Jaguars and 34 MG's. Pictures from this year's show are here. [April 2005] |
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My first trip to the huge all-British car show Atlanta British Motorcar Day at Chateau Elan winery resort in Braselton, Georgia. Another Triumph 2000 Mk1 was there with it's owner, Vern Catron. Vern's car is the even more rare Estate version (British for station wagon), which was not exported to the USA. Therefore you will notice that his car is right-hand drive! One of it's previous owners had it brought over from the UK. In the photo, that's me holding my son and Vern in his Scottish kilt is in front of my Triumph 2000. There were several men wearing Scottish kilts that day including the guy I bought my 2000 from last year! :-) Here is a link to Vern's website with more pictures of his Triumph 2000 Estate. [May 2005] |
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The right side turn lens has been broken since I bought this car. I spent some time trying to to find the USA specification white lenses but they are hard to find. Then while discussing this with other Triumph 2000 owners on a message board, I was told that the UK specification amber lenses are more available. So since most cars in the USA have amber lenses anyway and USA drivers are accustomed to seeing them, I decided to buy the UK specification lenses. I bought them from Mick Dolphin Classic Triumph Spares (UK). I also needed a new lens over the license plate light and he had that too. I think the car looks great with these new amber lenses! At the left are one view of the whole front, each side close-up, and one very close-up. [June 2005] |
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I have not been able to work on this car much for a few years because my wife and I had another baby in 2006. Children require a lot of time and attention. I had the carbs rebuilt in 2006 and in May 2007, I tried to drive it to a local show with my son. The car started in my shop, I drove it to the driveway to get my son's child seat from the family SUV, then after putting my son in the seat the car would not re-start. I tried everything but no go. So we went to the show in my blue Spitfire. We returned 4 hours later and the 2000 still would not start. SO I pulled it back to my shop with the SUV and winched it inside. There it sat for several months until I had a few moments to work on it. It had spark and fuel to the carbs and turned over fine but still no go. Months passed and club members told me that the timing might have jumped. Then a year later a Spitfire friend, John Bolton of Pensacola (who only lives a mile away), came over and adjusted the carbs correctly. I used the electric fuel pump to get out the old gas. We cleaned the rotor arm and cap contacts, gave it fresh gas, and it started! It ran bad but at least it was running! So I drove it to John's house where he has a large shop that he rebuilt and we worked on it some more. We replaced the spark plugs and inspected each one again after adjusting the flow mixture of the carbs. It took several attempts to get the right look on the spark plugs. But now it starts good without using the choke. [July 2008] |
