I have a voucher book, too. Funny how all the coupons are still in it.
Wonder why the first owner never participated in the "program".
Terrence N. Banbury
1967 SPITFIRE MK III
1988 Honda Accord lX
1998 Ford Expedition EB
2000 Ford Mustang GT
1973 Honda CB350G
> ----------
> From: Chris De Wet[SMTP:DeWetC1@sapo.co.za]
> Reply To: Chris De Wet
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:19 AM
> To: 'triumphs@autox.team.net'
> Cc: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'; 'jmwagner@greenheart.com'
> Subject: FW: Triumph Service Voucher book
> Importance: High
>
>
> List
>
> Just had to publicly say THANK YOU to Mr. Justin Wagner for sending me the
> Triumph Service Voucher Book ( free of charge ). :-) :-) :-)
>
> I took a chance and never expected Justin to actually even consider
> sending
> it to me .( I really thought Justin made a joke when he replied that the
> book was on its way . ) It's very easy to promise something to someone
> when
> he's far away . It's not always so easy to actually deliver . Justin
> delivered and in my books he really is a great man .
>
> Now I'm off to my local Triumph Service Centre to redeem my first voucher
> on
> a complete Spitfire service :-) . And since this seems to be my lucky
> week
> I'll check my PO Box tomorrow morning for my complete Mk1 Spitfire
> overdrive
> conversion kit that someone will send . :-)
>
> Once again : Thank you Justin .
>
> Kind regards
> Chris de Wet
> PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa .
> One '56 TR3 with o/d , two Heralds and four early Spitfires without o/d .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris De Wet
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:05 PM
> To: 'jmwagner'
> Subject: RE: Triumph Service Voucher book
> Importance: High
>
>
> Dear Justin
>
> The service voucher book arrived ! :-) :-) :-) :-)
> Did you hear me shout with joy ? THANK YOU VERY MUCH . The book is great ,
> life is great and you are a great guy ! You are being recommended to every
> Triumph owner I encounter in South Africa and as soon as it becomes
> necessary I will order my gaskets from you .
> Please let me know if you need any early Spitfire parts . I don't have
> many
> parts , but if I can help you with something I will . If you ever visit
> South Africa , you and your family are most welcome to stay with us on the
> farm ( near Pretoria ) .
>
> Once again , thank you very much Triumph friend .
> Best wishes
> Chris de Wet
> PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jmwagner [mailto:jmwagner@greenheart.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 10:09 AM
> To: Chris De Wet
> Subject: Re: Triumph Service Voucher book
>
>
> I think a couple weeks ago...
>
> It's a freebie...
>
> Get some friends together one day and buy a couple gaskets for their TR's
> or
> something... but no hurry... and not required... : )
>
> Hope you can make use of it...
>
> --Justin
> http://www.greenheart.com/jmwagner
>
> P.S. Did you really think I could send it to anyone else after your
> e-mail?
> I
> even forwarded it to another guy who asked for it...someone I have gotten
> to
> know in the group... in fact... a leader in the Triumph clubs of the
> USA...
> and
> asked him... and he agreed... that while he wanted it... it was meant to
> go
> to
> you.
>
>
>
> Chris De Wet wrote:
>
> > Justin
> > No , unfortunately not yet . I was not aware that I was the chosen one .
> You
> > have made me very happy . Thank you very much . Mail delivery takes
> about
> 8
> > to 10 weeks from USA to SA . On which date and by which means did you
> send
> > the book ? What do I owe you ?
> > Once again , your kindness are highly appreciated , Triumph friend .
> > Kind regards .
> > Chris de Wet
> > PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa .
> > One '56 TR 3 with o/d , two Heralds and four early Spitfires without o/d
> .
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jmwagner [mailto:jmwagner@greenheart.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 6:34 PM
> > To: Chris De Wet
> > Subject: Re: Triumph Service Voucher book
> >
> > Did you receive it?
> >
> > --Justin
> >
> > Chris De Wet wrote:
> >
> > > Justin
> > >
> > > PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE !!!!!
> > >
> > > Wow !!! You've found something I always tought unobtainable .
> > > Altough I reside in South Africa I sincerely hope that the following
> might
> > > put me in the race ( please :-) ):
> > >
> > > Current age 30 ( 31 in June ). Employed as an occupational health and
> > safety
> > > advisor by a large national company .
> > >
> > > I bought my first car , a 12/50 Herald , in 1986 . I now own five
> early
> > > Spitfires ( four Mk1's + one Mk2 )and two Heralds ( 1200 Coupe + 12/50
> > > Saloon ) . The oldest Spitfire is a December 1962 ( or early 1963 )
> model
> > > and is the oldest Spitfire 4 in South Africa .After a 3 year search I
> > > finally bought my first TR 3 ( 1956 model ) on 10 January 2000 . (
> Since
> > my
> > > wife and bank manager want to kill me , I think i should stop buying
> > > Triumphs for a while :-( But I've got my eye on a nice TR4 . he he !
> ).
> > >
> > > Triumphs are my only form of transport and there are no Triumph parts
> > > suppliers in SA . Couple this with the fact that I go for total
> > originality
> > > and you may think I'm a little nutty , everyone else does :-) .
> > >
> > > So far I have been lucky enough in obtaining the original Spitfire 4
> > owners
> > > manual and colour sales brochure . I've also found the original
> Stanpart
> > > parts manual for the herald 1200 and 12/50 .( a big greyish file type
> book
> > > with pictures , descriptions and part numbers for every Herald part )
> .
> > The
> > > TR3 I bought came with an original parts book ( huge redish book
> almost
> > like
> > > an old Christian Bible with pictures , descriptions and part numbers )
> and
> > > the previous owner promised to look for an original owners manual
> which
> he
> > > thinks he might have somewhere .
> > >
> > > All the above books ( except TR3 ) have been restored to almost
> perferct
> > > condition and are always available to any Triumph enthusiast . I've
> > already
> > > managed to make perfect copies of everything i have and forwarded it
> to
> > > everyone that asked .
> > >
> > > If the service voucher book should come to me , i promise to restore
> and
> > > make it available to everyone . If not , I ask only one big favour .
> > Please
> > > forward a copy ( photostat or similar ) to me . I would be eternally
> > > grateful . please let me know . TIA
> > > Best wishes
> > >
> > > Chris ( fingers crossed ) de Wet
> > > PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jmwagner [mailto:jmwagner@greenheart.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:28 AM
> > > To: Triumph Newsgroup
> > > Subject: Triumph Service Voucher book
> > >
> > > I have a "Triumph Service" booklet ("Facilities Available to Owners
> of
> > > Vitesse 6, Spitfire 4, Herald 1200, Herald 12/50")... fairly beat up,
> > > but complete except for one 500 mile voucher removed.
> > >
> > > It reminds me of the old Disney ticket book... albeit the size of the
> > > usual glove box booklets... where you remove vouchers for each of the
> > > required services. (no E-tickets here of course!)
> > >
> > > I would like to give this to someone that is putting together some
> sort
> > > of historical library for this range of cars. Someone that would make
> > > this available to yet another person, in the future, should someone
> want
> > > to reprint this for the concours enthusiasts, etc...
> > >
> > > If this sounds like you, please reply in private. I will forward this
> > > booklet to the most appropriate response.
> > >
> > > It has vouchers up to 96,000 miles and a bunch of winter services
> > > vouchers. There's about 10 pages of introduction, recommendations,
> etc.
> > >
> > > Let me know, don't be shy.
> > >
> > > --Justin
>
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