Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Update no 2: Real Estate

August 2008

No not another Triumph, this is about our new house. After an extending search on the web and many viewings we finally found a house we both felt happy about. From the first time we walked in it gave us the feeling of being at home. Very odd, as the house needed a fair amount of work. Large white tiles in the livingroom, pink doorposts and a very outdated kitchen are not exactly what you expect from your new home. It must have been the location and size of the house that gave us that magic feeling. And of course the garage including loft did it's part! Well, you can imagine rebuilding the house has cost a huge amount of time and money. This being the main reason why it has been quiet with the cars. As most of the work is done now I hope to find more time to work on my Triumphs again! Certainly something I missed out on.





Update no 1: Nurburgring 2008

Our annual visit to the Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring found place in August. The usual suspects plus some new entrees found their way to the famous campsite, including my girlfriend Els. She really liked the atmosphere although she isn't a big fan of camping. I think we all had a good time watching the races, drinking beer and making some decent fire! Can't rememeber much from the stories therefore some photos instead.


VW Club has nothing to do with German aircooled cars. It means "Vette Worst" which can be translated to fat sausage. We do like our BBQ!





Our VIP shuttle for the weekend. Mario's Plymouth Van, what a great car.





Proper camping gear




Chef Herbert cooking a healthy breakfast





Our friends from Berlin came in this rare Fiat.








I took Els out for her first lap on the Nordschleife in the GT6 which she really enjoyed!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The big update!

It seems my blog needs a little TLC after beeing neglected for at least one and a half year. Due to other commitments it has been quiet at the Triumph front. It's all a matter of time and money, both have been spent mostly on our new house. Plenty of jobs to do on the cars though and I'm hoping to be back in business next year! Still struggling with the 2.5PI and the GT6 keeps (more or less) running. I will report on the cars later. In the next couple of blog updates I will report about other things that kept me busy since the summer of 2008. Does time fly when you're having fun!