Wonderful memories John, Thank you!
Bill B
â??Obstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the goalâ?? H. Ford
On Mar 26, 2025, at 3:40â?¯PM, John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com> wrote:
I was cleaning out my spam and junk mail folder today and had a quiet
chuckle to myself.
Thereâ??s a bloke in this world whose company makes electric cars and it seems
that in the UK heâ??s not exactly flavour of the month at the moment. That to
one side, the email informed me of a number of â??demonstrationsâ?? scheduled
to take place this coming weekend at showrooms selling the electric cars
aforesaid. I quickly scanned the various locations and laughed out loud when I
saw the event planned for West London.
Itâ??s going to be at 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3.
So whatâ??s in an address?
It just happens that 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3 is the exact same
address of Standard-Triumphâ??s London Service Division which I visited on many
occasions in my mis-spent â??swinging sixtiesâ?? youth in the days when
interesting cars were made.
The old place which had a special corner in my heart is now demolished with new
buildings in its place.
I donâ??t plan or wish to attend the forthcoming event but it would be fun to
turn up in my much-loved and greatly missed former TR5 with its chronic
pressure relief valve warble and ask whoever I met if Jeff Hancock (the Lucas
injection guru) was available to sort out my dilemma?
Bless him, Jeffâ??s been dead these many years, as has my gorgeous Valencia
Blue bolide, but it would be nice to be there in spirit with car and Jeff - and
without a protest placard. I could just sit there revving the engine and send
clouds of over-rich carbon monoxide into the gathered crowd. That *would* be
fun.
Jonmac
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