Allan Mitchell (NSW) TR3A & Buchanan
Founding & Life Member
Ray Mullins provided this COVER PHOTO from "Australian Sports Car World" Quarterly vol 42, no. 4 April June 1982.
The photo was taken for ASCW by Peter Bateman and shows a slightly younger Allan Mitchell at the wheel of his TR3A.
The car behind was a 1982 Ferrari Mondial and the magazine caption read "FROM TR3A TO MONDIAL AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN"
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TR Register Wedding in Orange
Erin, Cherylin & Alan Mitchell, with John Murn, co-founders of the TR Register at the wedding of Cherylin and Alan in Orange NSW
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Allan is a Life Member and founding member of the TR Register of Australia. For many years he managed (perhaps slaved over) the spare parts supply for the club from a shed in his back yard.
Allan says: "I have owned two blue TR3As in my 39 years of owning TR's. I fell in love with blue TRs at age 15 when my sister's boyfriend drove into our place in one. Until then I had never seen or heard of TRs. At age 18 while still on P-Plates I went on to buy that same car for $1000, when he bought a new Morgan. Unfortunately I wrote it off 12 months later on Michelin tyres in the rain. With the insurance money I bought another blue one which I have now owned for 40 years. I would never change the colour of my present car (2008)."
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Allan with his Powder Blue TR at the Brisbane Concours 2005
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Other Classic: Alan Mitchell's recently restored 1965 Mustang
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| Berrima - June 1999 |
Inverell Concours 2000 |
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The Buchanan ready for a run at Gnoo Blas Orange NSW |
Alan and his TR3A at Tumut 1998 |
