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Re: Cambs/Beds Spits

To: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Subject: Re: Cambs/Beds Spits
From: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 14:19:46 +0000
Hi all,
No snow here in Cambridge!
Just bloody cold..
Sorry to here about vandalism Mike, had a similar thing happen to sophie in
Bristol, mind you the foot prints on the hood and boot, pointed to someone
actually running over the car!
Cheers
Tim


Richard B Gosling wrote:

> SNIP
> ....Mind you, if it looks as though the snow is over for the year, I might not
>  fit it until
> October...
> SNIP
>
> Mike, don't go saying things like that, look what you went and did!!!!!
>
> (For the benefit of those who don't live in Bedfordshire or Cambridgeshire,
>  Mike, Tim and I all woke up to about 3 inches of snow this morning.  OK, not
>  much compared to what those in Canada, the northern US or Scotland can get,
>  but it's a big deal in the South-East!)
>
> Jeff's Totally Triumph Garage - well, the best thing to do is go and have a
>  look.  It's a bit like this list with lots of people sharing ideas and help,
>  but messages are entered and displayed on his web-site, and everything is
>  divided up into helpful categories.  Address is -
>  www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?conf=conference.
>
> TRGB is a Triumph specialist in Somersham - large village to the north of
>  Cambridge.  They sell pretty much the full range of new parts, although some
>  unusual parts they source from the big dealers (Rimmers and Moss), so you 
>have
>  to wait a few days.  I usually find them to be a little cheaper than the list
>  prices from Rimmers & Moss.  They also dismantle scrap vehicles so they have 
>a
>  large supply of second-hand parts.  They have a workshop which can handle
>  anything up to a full restoration, and at a pretty reasonable hourly rate.
>  You can definitely go there and spend hours browsing and chatting about
>  Triumphs...  Only problem is they close lunch-time on Saturdays, so you can
>  only spend half the day there!  It takes me about 20 mins to Bedford and 20
>  mins to TRGB, so I guess its about 40 minutes from you.  I actually just
>  checked on one of these route-planner things, and the correct route takes you
>  about 100 yards from my door, so you have no excuse not to pop in and see me!
>  Have a look at their web-site on www.trgb.co.uk.
>
> Look forward to meeting the two of you...
>
> Richard & Daffy

--
Tim Dafforn
University of Cambridge
Structural Medicine Unit
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2XY.
UK
Tel. (01223) 336829
Fax. (01223) 336827
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