FYI There is a pecentage cross over in club membership.
T.R. Householder
Bill Sohl wrote:
>
> Jon (and Paul),
>
> I received a similar inquiry from Paul Richardson
> by telephone today. I can offer you the following
> information at this time:
>
> Membership in the Vintage Triumph Register
> is about 2800 of which about 250-300 are
> in Canada and another 100 are spread out in the
> rest of the world.
>
> There are three other USA based Triumph clubs.
>
> 1. The TRA (for TR-2/3 owners) has a limited
> membership of something around 1000 the last time
> I heard (several years ago).
>
> 2. SIX-Pack for owners of TR-6 and TR-250 has
> about the same membership (about 1000).
>
> 3. And the TR8 Car Club Association which
> has about 300 members.
>
> IF ANYONE HAS BETTER INFO ON THESE
> OTHER CLUBS PLEASE CORRECT MY NUMBERS.
>
> Remember too that there is a certain amount of
> cross-membership by people that belong to
> all the clubs or two or more of them.
>
> Past estimates of the actual number of Triumphs
> still about in the USA are difficult to pin down.
> I have heard that there was probably between 50,000
> and 100,000 Triumphs still about. Here again, the
> numbers can be misleading since some people
> (like myself) have several which are properly
> licensed for road use.
>
> If I find additional info I will post.
>
> Bill Sohl
> Vintage Triumph Register
> Editor
>
> > From: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
> > To: "Triumphs List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>,
> > "2000- Register" <2000-Register@autox.team.net>,
> > "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: How many are we?
> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 22:51:35 -0000
> > Reply-to: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
>
> > Friends
> > Assistance, guesstimates, inklings, notions - and others of that ilk.
> > I have been asked to carry out a survey of likely Triumph Club membership
>worldwide. At
> > best, this could be something of a finger in the air job but it needs to be
>quantified.
> > Any input you can provide will be gratefully appreciated. As a guide,
>Triumph clubs in the
> > UK collectively have about 36,000 members, but an indeterminate number are
>not UK
> > residents - but this doesn't matter. Equally, there are indications that a
>further 30%-40%
> > are Triumph owners but not members of any club. This suggests that current
>Triumph
> > ownership in the UK could be anything up to 50,000 people. Many may not be
>enthusiasts but
> > just driving them as elderly daily transport.
> > I need to have everyone's best estimate of total Triumph enthusiasts - club
>members,
> > non-club members and daily drivers for
> >
> > Australia
> > Canada
> > Europe
> > New Zealand
> > South Africa
> > USA
> >
> > Counting on you counting on your fingers
> > Jonmac
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