Triumph Trans AmeriCan 2009 Charity Drive, January 2008 Donor Car status
report
Greetings All,
2008 is either 1/12 gone, or 11/12 remaining to excite us depending
on your point of view.
As a refresher, John Macartney of Standard Triumph fame is going to
drive a Triumph Stag, that I locate and coordinate the restoration, 10K
miles across North America starting in July in 2009, all for charity.
This Stag will then be raffled at Triumphest 2009 / North American
Triumph Challenge 2009 in San Luis Obispo California, the proceeds going
to a PTSD charity called "A Gift From Within" in the USA. Fund raising
is currently underway in the UK, and in planning for Canada.
http://www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk/
This means my first critical path milestone of finding a suitable
Triumph Stag for restoration is rapidly approaching the wire. My goal
date to locate suitable candidates is 31 January 2008, with my absolute
drop dead date to have a Stag in the process of being striped down is 31
March 2008. We are at about 16 months before this drive begins.
To date I have had a couple offers of cars to purchase Stags, but The
Macartney Charitable Trust is not yet in a position to make such an
outright purchase, so we go with what we got.
I have an offer of two absolutely rank restoration bases to begin 100%
restorations. Since ISOA will be doing the complete strip down and body
restoration, (much more IF we all LET them get away with it) the final
selection of the car I locate is really up to them. Remember, John and
I will be approaching Stag parts suppliers for the parts to completely
restore these cars, all we need are charitable minded, willing and
capable Triumph enthusiasts do do the rest. This IS all for charity
folks!!!
The two free cars are located in Clayton North Carolina, but I must
admit, these are kind of rough even by my standards, but they are
offered free to the project. I would really appreciate a few in better
starting point to pop up, or even a benefactor or two to purchase a
running base unit today so we can round out our selection to the best
fit to restore.
IF these two cars are selected, the first logistic is to locate enough
people to leap frog relay these cars with truck/trailer, from their
current resting place in North Carolina to Hampshire, Illinois, ASAP. I
already have two volunteers with single car trailers along that
Interstate route, but I could use two or three more to help shorten the
distance each volunteer has to travel - or, someone with a two car
trailer (or access to persons with these tools) to move both cars in the
same drive. So all you Triumph Clubs in a general line taking
interstate highways between say Raleigh NC and Chicago IL, please step
up and let us know if you have such resources available to you within
the next month. We could also use some muscle on either end and of
course en route exchanging the cars onto trailers during the relay.
If suitable cars pop up from other areas around the country, I would
still need to organize transportation to Hampshire Illinois to begin the
restoration. Plus, I am looking for clubs and suppliers to volunteer
for all other areas of this restoration, drive, and support.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, with the hope there are
enthusiastic folks out there who are willing to step up and support this
effort.
Cheers!
Glenn Merrell
Triumph Trans AmeriCan USA donor car coordinator
TSC USA Chair
StagByTriumph@tscusa.org
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Glenn A. Merrell
Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead
bugs on the windshield!
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