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6 TRIUMPHS, TRIALS, AND TRIBULATIONS
THE HIGHLAND GAMES by Angus Murdoch
Nancy and I were eager to go to the Highland Games with the club last month but as a Scottish Bard said many
years ago. Best laid schemes of mice and men aft gang agley.
Friday prior to the games I checked all the vitals of the TR-6, gassed up and it's ready to go. Checked with
Kevin to determine if we were to have a picnic and promised to bring sausage rolls. Nancy got the ingredients
for the rolls and set the alarm for 6:00am such that she could make the rolls the morning of the games.
Saturday morning we are up and at it (believe me 6:00am is early for Nancy) around 7:00am I go to the garage
to move the 6 into the drive way, turn the key and nothing happens.
I had left the GPS plugged in over night to an un switched outlet so I assumed that had drained the battery. No
sweat, I have high output charger so we will be fired up in 30 minutes or less.
However, needless to say this did not happen, and the trip to the Games was off but at least we had a pile of
fresh sausage to chew on.
Incidentally, after discussing the issue with Frank Conklin at the last club meeting he asked me if I had tried
another battery since the battery in the 6 may have a dead cell. Following Frank's suggestion I took the battery
from our TR-3 and the 6 fired up right away. Thanks Frank, I should have tried this the morning of the games
since I had experienced this type of problem over the years on other cars. It must be age.
AUTO MUSEUM REPORT JULY 2010. by Angus Murdoch
The Greatest Show On Turf on June 5th was quite a success. Total income was $ 7,849.00 expenses to date are
$ 4,138.00 with a net profit of $ 3,711.00. The profit will be divided equally between the Auto Museum and
the Car Club Council.
Our club, based on percentage of membership, had the highest participation of all the car clubs that are members
of The Car Club Council. Thanks again for the outstanding support.
The location for the car show next year has yet to be determined. There is a proposal in the works to move the
show to the River Walk golf course by the Town and Country Convention Center. This is due to excessive fees
that the city of San Diego charge for the show to be held in Balboa Park