[TR] Old badge

Fri Nov 18 14:32:21 MST 2022

Yes, I recall.  As a matter of fact I still have the lead proof slug the vendor sent me.

Joe

> On November 18, 2022 at 4:16 PM stagbytriumph at triumphstagclub.org wrote:
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> Solved!  
> Okay, my old brain cells are being tricked into releasing their information, which should shake @JOE CURRY 's recollection.
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> I recalled there was a lot of discussion on the autox.team.net discussion board circa 2006 as a potential fund raiser and email list supporter participant identifier at car shows when these were being produced, but could not put my finger on the exact date.  Searchable archives?    Absolutely!  http://www.team.net/html/triumphs/
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> The discussions are all on the autox.team.net archives here http://www.team.net/mharc/archives/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=grill+badge&submit=Search%21&idxname=triumphs&max=20&result=normal&sort=score  subjects of 'List Grill Badges' and 'Triumph List "Grill" Badges'
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> I think the Autox.team.net email list badges "may have" been made by Quality Lapel Pins, the US vendor of many other Triumph/British Car and auto club Badges.  @JOE CURRY, I think you were the driver for that project? There is mention of a Canadian vendor too.
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> I used QLP for the North American Stag Club grill, lapel (2002) and key fob (2004) badges I designed and had made which started back in the early 2002 which may have been around the time the Autox badges were being designed.   It may have been Fred who told me about QLP but my memory hasn't released that detail.  
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> @JOE CURRY  So I dug out an old email between you and me dated ~April 2007 discussing producing/selling the badges and options for sending them overseas, issues about collecting funds from overseas Autox members, so that got me looking through the autox.team.net archives it was indeed around mid 2006 which I confirmed by searching the autox.team.net archives.  That does not fit with them being passed out by Fred at TRF in 2003/4 though. But that fits for them being manufactured before the TTA Triumph Trans AmeriCAN charity drive in 2009. Your and my discussion was because we were sending the TSCUSA badges globally to members and using PayPal and you needed a way to sell badges and collect the money.
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> Joe, Remember?
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> Glenn aka StagByTriumph
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of JOE CURRY
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2022 7:47 AM
> To: johnbmacartney at gmx.com; Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com>; Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Old badge
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> Back to the badge issue, John, drove the Stag to the San Luis Obispo VTR that was in  back in 2009.  The car had one of these badges attached to the front (donated by myself), so the production was some time before that date.
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> Joe
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> > On November 18, 2022 at 5:32 AM johnbmacartney at gmx.com wrote:
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> > Dear dear Fred Thomas! A lovely man and I miss him too. He came to the UK in about 2000 for a vacation and we spent the day in my Triumph 2000 saloon driving one of the former factory test routes. Fred was fascinated in the way I used the overdrive and said so many nice things about it. When he went home he asked for my address as he wanted to send me something to say thank you for the day we shared together. About three weeks later, a long parcel arrived at my home and on unpacking it, lo and behold was a beautiful powder-coated valve cover he'd done for me. It went straight on the car and stayed there until I sold it and put the old one back in place. I've still got it and dearly wish I'd got a car to fit it to but I'm now too long in the tooth "to play with Triumphs myself."
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> > Jonmac
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com> 
> > Sent: 16 November 2022 22:11
> > To: Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> > Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [TR] Old badge
> > 
> > I remember Fred Thomas giving these out at The Roadster Factory Party in 2003 or 2004?  Joe Curry, does that timeframe ring a bell or was it another pin or date.  Rest In Peace Fred.  I miss you. Jim Henningsen 
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> > > On Nov 16, 2022, at 1:04 PM, Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
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> > > Was cleaning up some stuff and found this.  Can't remember exactly when it was made, or who was responsible for doing so. Maybe 1995 or so?
> > > 
> > > mjb.
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