[TR] Old badge

[keithstewart at bell.net]

Ahh, Mr. Powder Coat. I had the honour of giving a bit of a eulogy to Fred at TRF's Summer Party following Fred's passing in 2011. I still think of him often and wonder what ever became of his beloved TR3A. I spoke with his wife in preparation for speaking about Fred and again afterwards when I gave her a copy of what I said to the Summer Party gathering. At that time she had no plans to get rid of the car.

Thanks for another memory of Fred.

Keith


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From: johnbmacartney at gmx.com <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> 
Sent: November 18, 2022 5:32 AM
To: 'Jim Henningsen' <trguy75 at gmail.com>; 'Mark Bradakis' <mark at bradakis.com>
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Old badge

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."

Jonmac
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