At 10:56 PM 9/13/98 GMT, Tom O'Malley wrote:
>Ah!
>
>Just got back from the CTR show in Wickham park. Like last year, it
>was super!
>
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>And Henry? Well what can I say? Here's a guy after my own heart.
>Despite having an inventory of perhaps twenty or thirty concours
>Triumphs <<all stolen>, he brings a TESTOR ORANGE TR3 will holes in
the
>sill big enough for me to put my hand through! Watta guy! Now I
>don't feel so bad about covering my front bumper last night with
>chrome tape. BTW....I learned this trick from Richard Jackson. :-)
>
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Geez, jealously DOES bring out some nasty comments! ;-)
If only Mr. O'Malley would have given me an advance copy of this
"O'Malley Report", I could have delivered a proper rebuttal to Congress
(er, I mean The List) in advance...
<bigger><bigger>Allegation 1. Twenty or thirty Triumphs.
</bigger></bigger>
This figure is slightly inflated. Current inventory, as believed by Mrs.
Frye (that is all that counts, right???) is 4.5 Triumphs.
<bigger><bigger>Allegation 2. Concours Triumphs.
</bigger></bigger>
Again, Mr. O'Malley has slightly exaggerated the truth. The awards
presented to the Frye TR fleet total some number less than one, even if a
review of accounts with The British Parts Connection, Moss Motors, The
Roadster Factory, and Victoria British may indicate otherwise.
<bigger><bigger>Allegation 3. <<all stolen>.
</bigger></bigger>
It is clear that Mr. O'Malley's definition of the word 'stolen' is not
exactly the same as that of the Webster's Dictionary. Legal Bills of Sale
are on file for all Triumphs, all former Triumphs, all hulks that a
practiced eye could possibly identify as formerly a Triumph, and all
parts associated thereto. The words Mr. O'Malley is most probably
searching for are bargain, good deal, discounted, price reduced, cheap...
<bigger><bigger>Allegation 4. Testor Orange TR3.
</bigger></bigger>The defendants plead 'no lo contendere'. (Anybody need
750 tiny glass bottles? Excellent for tiny parts storage!) Actually,
folks, the color happens to be an exact match to Ford Truck Red/Orange.
Not my choice, the car came that way!
<bigger><bigger>Allegation 5. Holes in the sill big enough for me to put
my hand through.</bigger></bigger>
It is obvious Mr. O'Malley is a Spit guy, not familiar with this feature
on the large chassis TR's. The removable end caps make life so much
easier when cleaning out the inner sills!
;-) ;-) ;-) And to think I voted for Tom's Spit! ;-)
It was a great day and a great show. The Mrs. came along, but had to
leave early so she followed me in the Jeep. I couldn't imagine why she
was not keeping up to me on the highway. When we arrived at the show, she
told me I was going 72 to 75 MPH. Boy, that overdrive is nice, I never
pulled over 3100 RPM's! The speedo calibration is not near as far out as
I thought...
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Henry Frye - thefryes@iconn.net - Connecticut, USA
TR3B TCF1927 L Driver
TR250 CD690 L Soon to be Driver
TR250 CD8096 L Someday Driver
TR250 CD1074 L Some Brave Soul Other Than Me
Will Make This A Driver!
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