Bravo Tod!
Thanks for your enthusiastic response! Also thanks to Steve Towle, who has
to be one of the most knowledgeable Tiger enthusiasts
in the North East. From my observation, there is no shortage of qualified
Tiger owners in this area who could easily handle the job
of training to become a TAC Inspector.
Count me in for anything you can arrange for a gathering in the next couple
of years. Carol and I had a fabulous time at your meet
in October, and we will be back anytime we are invited to experience more of
the warm north-east hospitality, wonderful roads,
fall colours and the comaraderie of all the Tiger owners we met.
Also. not to put too fine a point on it, but the Owl's Head Transportation
Museum is a treasure beyond measure! For
visitors to your region it is a complete surprise to find on display such a
huge collection of historic and period representative
cars, aircraft, motorcycles and all manner of other interesting mechanical
contraptions that were built in the past 100 years..
A TE/AE United annual event would be hard pressed to find a more appropriate
venue than Owls Head.
Bring it on!
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tod Brown" <todbrown@roadrunner.com>
To: <tigers@Autox.Team.Net>; <Rollright@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: [Tigers] Northeast TAC
> This past October, we had a Sunbeam get-together in the Mid-Coast area of
> Maine, as we have had for the last three years (would have been four, but
> we got rained out the first time we tried). The attendance has grown
> slowly but steadily each year and this year we had about a dozen cars show
> up from as far away as New Brunswick and Massachusetts. Unfortunately, it
> was the same weekend as the TE/AE United in Washington, DC. We kind of
> had to go with that date since we link our get-together with a Foreign Car
> Meet at the Owls Head Museum nearby. One of the attendees at the event
> (Dave Munroe) raised the question of TAC inspections, so I mentioned it to
> Steve Towle, who is on the Board of Directors of TE/AE. He, in turn,
> talked to Tom Calvert, who was receptive to the idea of trying to have a
> TAC session in Maine next October or perhaps the year after (2010). I
> think there are a number of people who would like to see it happen, but I
> don't know what the logistics and expenses might be. It is my
> understanding from Steve Towle that it might be possible to have the TE/AE
> United in 2010 in Maine, although no discussion has taken place, yet. I
> would certainly be willing to put some people up in my old farmhouse which
> has a few unused bedrooms most of the time and I would be happy to try to
> help put together arrangements for a meeting. I would also be willing to
> go through the necessary training to become an inspector, although there
> are several others who know much more than I and I would be among the
> older generation (I am an original Tiger owner of 42 years standing). In
> any case, I realize that Maine is sort of off in the corner (one of the
> reasons for living here) and not an easy trip for many. That said, Maine
> is a beautiful place, especially in October, so there is that added
> enticement to visit. It might be helpful to us, if there are owners out
> there who would be willing to come to a TAC session, to let me know so we
> can get some indication of what we might expect for turnout and also to
> advocate for a TE/AE meeting in Maine as well. Anybody interested in any
> or all of these possibilities is invited to contact me off list and I will
> try to pass on information as it comes to me.
>
> Tod
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