Finally, a sane voice in the crowd. Without people like John, willing to hit
the send key with these otherwise unknown or forgotten gems, we would be
forever doomed to a life of wondering............but now, the 'great badge
mystery' can finally be put to rest. so, all we need is a shovel, and a
ticket on British Airways to acquire the proper bits for our TR6's.
God save the Queen and George Bush
BTW Darrel, have you corrected the painted rocker panels on your 250 yet?
Nyuck-nuck-nuck :^)
Jim
(if you don't have anything good to say.........crack wise!)
----- Original Message -----
From: <TR250Driver@aol.com>
To: <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: BL badges
> In a message dated 11/23/02 5:22:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> jonmac@ndirect.co.uk writes:
>
>
> > No, Darrell - not done to confuse. They blew off on the way to the
Liverpool
> > Docks! Next time you come to England, visit the Staffordshire and
Cheshire
> > Tourist Information offices and ask those helpful ladies to point you in
> > the
> > direction of the badge heaps.
> > Mainland Europe has roadside shrines of Our Lady - England has little
heaps
> > of BL badges in various shapes and colours, all claiming to be 'original
> > versions' - and mostly very close to te M6 motorway
> >
> >
>
> John,
> It appears that you have finally provided us with a reasonable explanation
as
> to why we have badgeless, one badge and two badge TR6's over here in the
> States. My 71 is one of the fortunate ones whose badges on both front
wings
> survived the trip to the docks. There are quite a few other TR6 owners I
know
> who were not so fortunate. The debate centered on if they should be
affixed
> to the driver's side or the passenger's side. Both sides was OK but owners
> that swore that their TR6 never had any were in the minority. Now we have
> your story to tell.
> Thanks,
> Darrell
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