Happy 40th! Give him a Sam Adams toast for me too!
BTW-2 months from today, I'll have my 40th- I hope that I'll be so lucky as
to be toasted with San Adams, my nose patted and my engine started and
allowed to run a bit!
Cin cin,
Laura G. and Nigel (who sends his birthday greetings too!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
To: Scions of Stanpart <triumphs@autox.team.net>; Scions of the Spitfire
<spitfires@autox.team.net>; Vintage Triumph Register general list
<vtr@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: Happy 40th Anniversary, Zobo/Herald!
>
>Yes, 22 April 1959 was the date on which the Triumph Herald made its
>public debut to the world. 40 years ago! Hardly seems possible. So, those
>of you with Heralds -- or the derivative Vitesse/Sports 6, Spitfire or GT6
>-- or successors 1300/1500/Toledo/etc. -- or even those of you with
>TR250s, TR5s or TR6s or Barb/Innsbruck sedans whose engine is derived from
>that same four-cylinder Herald engine and whose styling (save for the
>TR6) came from the same genius Michelotti -- hoist a favorite beverage in
>toast to your car.
>
>Me? I plan to grab a Sam Adams Cream Stout, then go pat each of my Heralds
>(and other Triumphs) on the nose this evening after work! Maybe I'll even
>jump-start Joseph, the amazing multi-color 948 sedan, and let him run
>for a few minutes. It's been awhile now....
>
>Oh, and Happy Earth Day as well (thinking back to that first Earth Day in
>1970, when dad let me borrow his Herald to attend some Earth Day-related
>programs at a local college -- only three weeks after I'd nearly totaled
>my own Herald)!
>
>--Andy
>
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