I sent them a box full of cash. All I wanted was a thank you note. They said
the thank you notes were backordered.
ken shapiro
baltimore
1970 GT6+ KC81872L
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rikrock@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: Help TRF survive---BUY A CAR FROM ME!!!
>
> Listers,
>
> If you are concerned about the long-term health of TRF, and want to do
what
> you can to help them survive, but can't see your way clear to just stuff
some
> cash in an envelope and send it to them, this might be the answer!
>
> 1962 TR3B #TCF319L. This car needs TOTAL restoration! Seats and top are
> missing, the car is otherwise mostly complete, except for what has rusted
> away.......like the floors and the bottoms of the fenders, for example.
>
> By buying this car from me, and all your parts from TRF (and you will need
to
> buy A LOT of parts), you will be doing your part to help keep TRF in
> business. Concerned about the backorder thing? Don't be....You're going
to
> look forward to backorders....This car needs so much work, it will take a
> loooooonnng time to finish, and you will cherish the down time.
>
> Buying the car from me will help TRF in another way, too, because the
money I
> get from you will go towards buying parts from them to complete the
> restoration of my TR3A (a project currently stalled, due to lack of
cash).
> Well, maybe not all of the money will go there---I do need a new set of
race
> tires for my TVR, but with those tires I'll be competing in the autocross
at
> the TRF Summer Party........So, all the rest of the money will be going to
> TRF.........Uh, I might buy some beer, too, but if you are at the Summer
> Party, I will give you a beer......if you buy this car, you will want the
> beer.
>
> Okay, you're thinking.....Gee, Rich, I want to help, and this sounds like
a
> great idea, a perfect plan, really, but I'm just a man--just one man---and
> between us we are talking about two cars.....do you really think this will
> make a difference? Or maybe you're thinking that a TR3 is not the car for
> you. Something more modern, like a TR4 or 250 or 6 or 7, or.....
> uh.....maybe even.... uh, an, uh.... MGB? NO PROBLEM!! I've got plenty
of
> cars and they all need LOTS of money to buy and restore!!!. Money you
will
> spend at TRF. Money I will spend at TRF. Money TRF will spend stocking
> parts for us to spend money on. Money I will spend buying more clapped
out
> cars to sell to the many dedicated enthusiasts sure to join us. Mo'
> money..... mo' money..... mo' money!! This ain't no Amway scheme! The
> circle will be unbroken! We can do it. We must do it. Together, with
some
> effort, (and some cash), we will TRIUMPH!!
>
> Eagerly awaiting your response (and cash----$1,500 of it for the 3B)
>
> Tongue planted firmly in cheek,
> Rich Rock
> Pottstown PA
>
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