On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Robert Streepy wrote:
> Greetings Triumph List--
>
> At the TRA Nationals last weekend I saw a TR3 with a Standard
> Triumph badge, not to be confused with a TSOA badge. It was in the shape
> of a Standard Triumph logo and was blue and white. The owner of the car
> did not know about its orgins since it was on the car when he bought
> it. Was this a factory sponsored club which was precursor to TSOA? All
> references to "We don't need no stinkin' badges" not withstanding, might
> anyone care to shed some light (insert your own Lucas joke here) on this
> orgainization?
No, actually TSOA came first. Some information and a picture of the badge
were included in the November 1960 "TSOA Newsletter", Vol.VI, No.11. You
can see this, thanks to Florida's Temple of Triumph Web site, at:
<http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/Temple_of_Triumph/tsoa/tsoa1160.html>
Nice looking badge, actually!
--Andy
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