- 1. How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 22:51:35 -0000
- 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 finge
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- 2. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@smtp.interactive.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 19:05:11 +0000
- 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
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00129.html (10,193 bytes)
- 3. How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: N197TR4@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 19:30:13 EST
- Pretty amazing! The difference between the memberships in the US and UK. Since the Sports Triumphs were (as I understand it) shipped at a rate of 90% to the US. But it isnt all sport TRs... Oh yes, t
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00130.html (8,052 bytes)
- 4. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "T. R. Householder" <trhouse@greenapple.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 19:42:29 -0500
- FYI There is a pecentage cross over in club membership. T.R. Householder
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00131.html (11,509 bytes)
- 5. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Brett Johnson <356drb@indy.net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 20:11:20 +0000
- Bill, John et al, In 11/98 I was given these figures: VTR 3700 (was this supposed to be 2700?) TRA 800 6-Pack 550 TR8CCA 350 Stag Club 100 BTW if anyone wants to drive his Triumph around an F-1 track
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00135.html (7,563 bytes)
- 6. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@smtp.interactive.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:26:56 +0000
- I have also noted that the US has a generally lower percentage of TRUE enthusiasts. Many people own sports cars BUT they are all too often NOT sports car enthusiasts. Cheers, Bill Sohl
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00136.html (7,744 bytes)
- 7. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 22:54:28 -0500
- Jonmac and all - The British must be a nation of joiners. The Trumph club membership is matched by the Jaguar Clubs. There are three clubs in England, two with 15,000+ members each and the other with
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00138.html (9,879 bytes)
- 8. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 21:29:37 -0700
- Actually, I don't think we do a very good job here in the US of promoting our clubs to the masses. THe UK is a pretty compact place where it is easy for people to get from one side of the island to
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00139.html (9,396 bytes)
- 9. RE: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Brooks" <brooks@belcotech.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:05:52 -0500
- Conversely though, it wasn't until last year that I joined VTR, so how many non-joiners are out there that we aren't considering? A poll of the local clubs, or even the VTR chapter clubs would produc
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00140.html (9,427 bytes)
- 10. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "T. R. Householder" <trhouse@greenapple.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:35:28 -0500
- I've always maintained every club car owner, knows of ten cars with owners that that are not.
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00141.html (9,963 bytes)
- 11. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Lang <LANG@isis.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:58:35 -0400 (EDT)
- I don't know of one in my area, but this would be kool. I'd opt for an asymmetrical hydraulic lift way before I'd belong to one that had a pub, but that's just my personal preference. If a club happe
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00142.html (9,954 bytes)
- 12. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@smtp.interactive.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:56:44 +0000
- As Tom H. notes below, I have probably handed out a zillion flyers, talked up joining ANY club to people I meet at car shows, events, etc. The reality (IMHO) here in the USA is that there is just so
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00146.html (11,866 bytes)
- 13. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@smtp.interactive.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:56:47 +0000
- No aspersions taken :-) Agreed. See more below. Absolutely true and I, as a past PR guy for VTR have tried everything we can think of. We have run ads (paid ads) in various magazines (Road&Track, Old
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00147.html (9,587 bytes)
- 14. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 19:07:00 -0700
- Oh Great! Now you put me on the spot and I'm going to have to figure this thing out! :) I'll be in touch as soon as I have a revelation!!! Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort.
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00148.html (8,675 bytes)
- 15. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Brett Johnson <356drb@indy.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:38:00 +0000
- Bill Sohl, Please tell me how to respond offline. You bounce back! Brett Johnson
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00149.html (8,218 bytes)
- 16. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:42:45 EST
- The Western Pennsylvania Triumph Association has 180 members. This club meets monthly and holds various events in the Pittsburgh area. I will be attending a meeting this Friday, 2/11/2000. Our Membe
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00150.html (8,790 bytes)
- 17. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "R. John Lye" <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:02:11 -0500
- My brother is like that. He's got a gorgeous TR-4A, but even though he lives near Boston, I couldn't convince him to come up to the meet in Portland. I don't think that he's a member of any auto-rela
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00151.html (8,770 bytes)
- 18. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "R. John Lye" <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:06:01 -0500
- Me too, everything I send directly to Bill (via replies to FOT messages) seems to bounce. John Lye rjl6n@Virginia.edu
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00152.html (8,373 bytes)
- 19. RE: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Brooks" <brooks@belcotech.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:45:46 -0500
- <snip> I feel pretty confident that the efforts of (NJTA founder, Bill Sohl) is a significant reason New Jersey Triumph Association is the strong club that it is today. He was also an internet pione
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00153.html (8,304 bytes)
- 20. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: BillDentin@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:09:21 EST
- << I feel pretty confident that the efforts of (NJTA founder, Bill Sohl) is a significant reason New Jersey Triumph Association is the strong club that it is today. He was also an internet pioneer, p
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00156.html (8,284 bytes)
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