My error. The car is being raffled. It is a 1976 Spitfire, tickets $5.00
Canadian.
There is no contact information in the newspaper article, except that the
local Kinsmen club has the raffle licence, and will draw the winning
ticket. The draw is on June 5. I'm sure you don't have to be present to
win, and I'm sure the school would love to sell more tickets.
For those of you who are really interested, I will try to get
more information and post it to the list.
Cheers.
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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Joe Curry wrote:
> Hold on a minute. Is this car being "auctioned off" as previously
> stated, or is it being Raffled off as is indicated by the $5.00 ticket
> cost?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know?
>
> Joe
>
> Bob Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Do we have to be present to win?<G>
> >
> > Bob
> > '74 TR6
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Musson, Carl
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 2:23 PM
> > > To: 'Dr. Robert Carley'; triumphs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: spitfire school auction
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert - How about sending the info to the list; there might be a few
> > > others that would be willing to put up a fivertwo...
> > > (C$ or US$?)
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dr. Robert Carley [mailto:rcarley@uoguelph.ca]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 1:42 PM
> > > To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: spitfire school auction
> > >
> > >
> > > I live in a rural area west of Toronto (Canada). While
> > > browsing though
> > > a local newspaper last night, there was an
> > > article about a
> > > high school
> > > that was auctioning off a restored Spitfire.
> > > Apparently the
> > > shop
> > > teacher and his students had been working on
> > > this car for a
> > > few years,
> > > and now the school is selling tickets to raise
> > > money. The
> > > teacher
> > > estimated that about 10,000 dollars had been
> > > spent on it -
> > > money that
> > > was loaned by some other teachers out of their
> > > own pockets
> > > until the car
> > > is to be auctioned off.
> > >
> > > I thought it was a good example of how young people can
> > > experience an
> > > LBC; of how a small town high school can raise
> > > money; and
> > > also of how
> > > dedicated teachers can get around funding
> > > cutbacks to raise
> > > money for
> > > their school. Some of the local community clubs are
> > > involved, and from
> > > the article, it seems everyone is quite proud
> > > of this old
> > > Spit and their
> > > participation in this project.
> > >
> > > Tickets are $5.00, and I just might buy one.
> > >
> > > Robert Carley
> > > 73 TR6
> > > near Guelph, Ontario.
> > >
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
>
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