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Re: All Triumphs Are Created Equal-Was TR7 "Design"

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Subject: Re: All Triumphs Are Created Equal-Was TR7 "Design"
From: Drew Rogge <drew@pixar.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:25:46 -0700 "All Triumphs Are Created Equal-Was TR7 "Design"" (Oct 26, 12:12pm)
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Ohhhh, but a TR3 isn't good enough for you huh?

Sorry, just kidding. I couldn't resist :-)

Drew

On Oct 26, 12:12pm, Jeremy R. Kinney wrote:
> Subject: All Triumphs Are Created Equal-Was TR7 "Design"
>
> Gentlemen, please, let's not alienate fellow list members with negative
> remarks about why one Triumph model is better than another.  We are all
> caretakers of wonderful pieces of history that represent different eras in
> the story of an important car manufacturer as well as our own personal
> lives.  The nostalgia of the "shape of things to come" commercials and
> tartan plaid seat fabric of the TR7 is just as meaningful as the image of
> side screens and the cartoon of the hobo sleeping in the grille opening of a
> TR2.  We love our cars and the diversity of opinions about our individual
> choices for cars will ensure that all surviving Triumphs (and I mean ALL
> models) will be around for years to come.
>
> Personally, I hope to own a TR2 and a TR7 someday (!).
>
> Jeremy Kinney
> 1964 TR4
> 1965 Herald 1200
> 1971 GT6 Mk III
> 1980 Spitfire 1500
>
>-- End of excerpt from Jeremy R. Kinney



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Drew Rogge
drew@pixar.com

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