Only if he promises to retire immediately :)
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
BOB KRAMER
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:32 AM
To: Gregory Hertel; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [FOT] Bush's Triumph
Here in TX it is well known to have been a TR6. If there was a way to find
out the VIN maybe we could find it and give it to him as a retirement gift?
Bob Kramer
rkramer3@austin.rr.com
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From: "Gregory Hertel" <Gregory.Hertel@tel.tdsb.on.ca>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:11 PM
Subject: [FOT] Bush's Triumph
> Further to a discussion item on this conference a few months ago re:
> George Bush's ownership of a Triumph, the following AP story appeared a
> few days ago. Too bad the story doesn't identify which Triumph was Bush's
> first car.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Hertel
>
> Automotive nostalgia at the top
> St. Petersburg, Russia
>
> It apparently doesn't matter what status some men attain in life. There's
> no pride like that frist car.
>
> Russian President Vladimir Putin showed off the white compact he drove as
> a student in 1972 when U.S. President George W. Bush arrived last Friday
> night for a social dinner on the grounds of the 18th-century Konstantin
> Palace.
>
> "Look at this car, Laura," Bush told his wife as he spotted the
> Soviet-made Zaporozhets, in excellent condition, parked outside the
> cottage where the two couples dined.
>
> After they gave it the once-over, Putin proudly told reporters in English,
> "It's my first car."
>
> Bush said his first set of wheels was a British-made Triumph.
>
> Putin responded that it must have been a bicycle. Bush, an avid cyclist,
> brought his bike to Russia and spent time riding.
>
> The two presidents also got to drive around in a pair of the 30
> fuel-efficient, low-energy cars used to transport heads of state at the
> Group of Eight summit. The cars look more like golf carts, and apparently
> that's what Bush thought they were.
>
> "I like the golf cart," said Bush, who rarely gets to drive himself. "I
> feel free in zipping around the roads."
>
> Associated Press
>
>
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