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TR3A Week 11 - Credit where credit's due

To: triumphs@autox.team.net, paul.dreuillard@sympatico.ca, ed.bas@sympatico.ca, franjoyce@direcway.com
Subject: TR3A Week 11 - Credit where credit's due
From: Triumph TR2 <triumphtr2@direcway.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:10:12 -0400
TS 54487 L rides again -  What a blast!

to recap - I looked for the right LBC for about a year and a half, ( a do-able 
"project" car), and once acquired April 26, had a rather aggressive goal of 
getting it roadworthy by July 6... only missed the mark by 3 days, and had 
plates on it July 9. ( We have a long winter here, and body-off resto will wait 
'till then.)

Here are some overdue acknowledgments:

Thanks to...

-Mark and the list at large (the absolute best resource for this), Dave 
Templeton, Randall, Fred, Gerald, George, Ken, Steven, Joe, Terry, Bob, Jim, 
Dave Massey, Frank, Cliff, John, and several others I may have unintentionally 
omitted. 

-Angelo for introducing me to Fred at British Auto Sports, other resources in 
the area, Glen, John et al at the Waterloo British Car Club. (though I've yet 
to meet or see him at the club!)

-Paul D for referring me to Ed at Beverly Automotive, and Ed, Chris, Anna and 
crew

-last, and far from least, Fran and family for their tolerance while I spent 
the better part of 3 months under, in, on, getting parts for, trailering, 
researching, reading, e-mailing, web-surfing, draining bank accounts and maxing 
cards for nothing but "the Triumph". (Better half Fran was referring to herself 
as 'love #2' 'till it was roadworthy and we've since been able to do 
threesomes!)

Still needs front suspension, speedo & tach cables, some body repair, and lots 
of work to recover from the awful PO paint job (and straightened wheels 
wouldn't hurt),  among a hundred other little things, but in the meantime, 
cruising under the "shudder zone" is a treat!

A couple of people have said, " you did this all on your own?" - response is -  
NO - had lots of help and support from great people all over the world, near 
and far, most I'd never met before, and definitely couldn't have done it 
without them.

Cameron Joyce
'59 TR3A (on the road!)
'54 TR2 (future project)





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