Great news!!! I agree with you Bill, this is a company worthy of Triumph
ENTHUSIASTS' support. I fully intend to place my orders with TRF and
support their commitment to the marque.
Terry Banbury
> ----------
> From: BILL McDEVITT[SMTP:wmmk1@informatics.net]
> Reply To: BILL McDEVITT
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:19 PM
> To: Spifires Autox Team
> Subject: The Roadster Factory!!
>
>
> This letter was supposed to have appeared on this list on
> 3/15/00, if it did, I missed it!! Charles started this company
> back in the 70's to supply us "Triumph" owners with much
> needed parts and only in the last few years added the MG
> line of parts. I have been buying parts from him since 1982,
> sure there were some backorders just like all sources
> experience, but I was willing to wait for a "Quality" part!!
> Charles, John and many of their employees drive British
> cars on a daily basis. No, I'm not a relative, nor an employee,
> I just know they are really great people as I have been to
> all their Summer Parties since 1988 and I live 1200 miles
> West of there!! When I need a part, it will be supplied by
> them, they need and deserve our support!! Bill. (MK1)
>
> > Dear Triumph List,
> >
> > There has been some discussion on the list again about what is
> going
> on
> > in my life as it applies to The Roadster Factory, my Triumph parts
> company,
> > and to The Coventry Inn, my English pub and restaurant. I sincerely
> > appreciate the genuine concern that has been shown for the businesses to
> > which I have dedicated my life. I'd like to provide some quick
> explanations
> > regarding very complicated subjects.
> >
> > The fact is that restaurant work, for a small stand-alone
> operation,
> is
> > extremely difficult and time-consuming. This is nothing I didn't
> expect,
> but
> > I have had to rely on a very small staff because I haven't had the kind
> of
> > response from the local community that The Coventry Inn deserves. The
> more I
> > cut back to make ends meet, the more work falls on me. Being open less
> hours
> > raises less money and supports less staff, which costs me more time.
> >
> > Because of time and money factors, I considered closing The
> Coventry
> Inn
> > entirely last week. I am currently reconsidering this decision and
> opening
> > again this weekend for St. Patrick's Day. I have good entertainment
> Friday
> > and Saturday, and a simple Irish pub menu. This will give me a chance
> to
> > sell off the five barrels of beer I have in stock. The responsibility
> for
> > maintaining jobs for people employed is also something I take very
> seriously.
> > My plan right now is to open The Coventry Inn when I can afford to and
> to
> > close it when I can't. For next week, the bar only will be open Monday
> > through Thursday, and we will sell meals on Friday and Saturday. It
> will
> be
> > closed on Sunday.
> >
> > The Roadster Factory is my primary business. The Coventry Inn was
> only
> > opened as an adjunct to it. The Coventry Inn has absorbed the greater
> > portion of my time since it opened in August 1996. I have been back at
> The
> > Roadster Factory this week, working on publications, and that is where I
> > belong. It is very important that The Coventry Inn not be allowed to
> take
> my
> > time, my brian power, and TRF's money.
> >
> > No matter what, I will spend four or five days at TRF each week from
> now
> > on. I think we all agree about the importance of TRF with regard to the
> > Triumph sports car hobby. We are very short of cash, but we are getting
> > ready to sell parts this spring. John Swauger and I are writing
> > publications, and Deb Gawlas is ordering inventory to sell, shipping it
> out,
> > and immediately reinvesting the money in more inventory. For various
> > reasons, mostly the time and money drain of The Coventry Inn, we have
> had
> a
> > hard time for several years. Please stand by us this spring and summer,
> and
> > I will renew my long term pledge to you to offer the best possible spare
> > parts service for Triumph sports cars.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Charles A. Runyan
> > Proprietor
> > The Roadster Factory
> > March 15, 2000
> >
>
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