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Good on ya!
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:43=E2=80=AFPM John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.=
com>
wrote:
> I was cleaning out my spam and junk mail folder today and had a quiet
> chuckle to myself.
> There=E2=80=99s a bloke in this world whose company makes electric cars a=
nd it
> seems that in the UK he=E2=80=99s not exactly flavour of the month at the=
moment.
> That to one side, the email informed me of a number of =E2=80=98demonstra=
tions=E2=80=99
> 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.
>
> It=E2=80=99s going to be at 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3.
>
> So what=E2=80=99s in an address?
>
> It just happens that 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3 is the exact
> same address of Standard-Triumph=E2=80=99s London Service Division which =
I visited
> on many occasions in my mis-spent =E2=80=98swinging sixties=E2=80=99 yout=
h 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 don=E2=80=99t 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 chroni=
c
> 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, Jeff=E2=80=99s 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. Tha=
t
> *would* be fun.
>
> Jonmac
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Phil Ethier, West Side, Saint Paul Minnesota, USA
2006 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C, 8.1, white
2011 Cayman 2.9 PDK, white
2021 Ford F-150 3500cc twin turbo, white
1991 Caterham 1700 Super Sprint, not white
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:monospac=
e">Good on ya!</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contain=
er"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:43=E2=
=80=AFPM John Macartney <<a href=3D"mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com";>johnb=
macartney@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex">I was cleaning out my spam and junk mail folder today and =
had a quiet chuckle to myself.<br>
There=E2=80=99s a bloke in this world whose company makes electric cars and=
it seems that in the UK he=E2=80=99s not exactly flavour of the month at t=
he moment. That to one side, the email informed me of a number of =E2=80=98=
demonstrations=E2=80=99 scheduled to take place this coming weekend at show=
rooms selling the electric cars aforesaid. I quickly scanned the various lo=
cations and laughed out loud when I saw the event planned for West London.<=
br>
<br>
=C2=A0It=E2=80=99s going to be at 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3.<br=
>
<br>
So what=E2=80=99s in an address?<br>
<br>
It just happens that 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3 is the exact sam=
e address of Standard-Triumph=E2=80=99s London Service Division which I vis=
ited on many occasions in my mis-spent =E2=80=98swinging sixties=E2=80=99 y=
outh in the days when interesting cars were made. <br>
<br>
The old place which had a special corner in my heart is now demolished with=
new buildings in its place.<br>
<br>
I don=E2=80=99t plan or wish to attend the forthcoming event but it would b=
e fun to turn up in my much-loved and greatly missed former TR5 with its ch=
ronic pressure relief valve warble and ask whoever I met if Jeff Hancock (t=
he Lucas injection guru) was available to sort out my dilemma?<br>
<br>
Bless him, Jeff=E2=80=99s been dead these many years, as has my gorgeous Va=
lencia 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 e=
ngine and send clouds of over-rich carbon monoxide into the gathered crowd.=
That *would* be fun.<br>
<br>
Jonmac<br>
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r"><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;background-color:r=
gb(255,255,255)"><font face=3D"monospace">Phil Ethier, West Side, Saint Pau=
l Minnesota, USA</font></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospa=
ce;color:rgb(0,0,0)">2006 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C, 8.1, white</span></=
div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"=
><font face=3D"monospace">2011 Cayman 2.9 PDK, white</font></span></div><di=
v><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font =
face=3D"monospace">2021 Ford F-150 3500cc twin turbo, white</font></span></=
div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face=3D"mo=
nospace">1991 Caterham 1700 Super Sprint, not white</font><br style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,"lucida grande",ar=
ial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://www.mnautox.com/"; style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(0,24,57);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,"lucida grande",=
arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target=3D"_blank">www.mnautox.com<br></a></span=
><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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