By Richard Truett
By now probably everyone is home safely from the VTR convention. It may be over, but it won’t be forgotten.
The Delaware Valley Triumph club raised the bar this year, putting on a first class event by any and every standard of measurement. More than 300 Triumphs turned out this year, making it the […]

Clark Nicholls has a fantastic collection of digital images from this year’s VTR convention in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Check them out when you can at http://www.cwnicholls.net/vtr/.
He also has photos of several past conventions. It’s definitely worth having a look!

By Richard Truett
VALLEY FORGE, Penn. — Today was the day that many VTR attendees were waiting for.
Just down the road from the host hotel, members of The Delaware Valley Triumph club set up a huge autocross course in an empty parking lot. All day long you could hear the distinctive growl of 4-, 6-, and […]

By Richard Truett
VALLEY FORGE, Penn. — Day two of the VTR convention started at 7:30 a.m. with me washing from the Dolomite Sprint a nifty collection of splattered bugs and other assorted road crud from Monday’s 620-mile drive from Detroit.
It ended 13 hours later with me laying under the car in the hotel parking lot […]

By Richard Truett
VALLEY FORGE, Penn. — Exactly one year ago today, I could be found in Coventry, England realizing a 25-year dream: To visit the place where Triumph cars were built.
The factory at Canley is long gone. In its place is large industrial park. In spending an afternoon walking around this large complex, I could […]

By Richard Truett
VALLEY FORGE, Penn. — After a dozen hours and 620 miles, our small caravan of Triumphs pulled into the Sheraton Park Ridge here tired, happy and ready for what looks like an awesome VTR.
It was the night before festivities begin and already the parking lot had at least two dozen of the expected […]

By Richard Truett
DETROIT — With a week to go before my first ever VTR, I’m still not 100 percent certain which car I will take on the 550-mile trek from Detroit to Valley Forge.
Last night, I drove both my 1981 TR7 Sprint convertible and my 1977 Dolomite Sprint. Both are running perfectly. Both are completely […]

This is a test post of the blog for the NATC in Valley Forge, PA. Richard Truett has volunteered to make periodic updates throughout the convention. If you would like to be able to post comments about your convention experiences, please send an email to bdischer@vtr.org.