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From: gblake58tr3 at icloud.com (Greg Blake)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 14:29:36 -0500
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Well deserved. 
Way to go Joe. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 16, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Amici...
> 
> No real need for me to preach to the FOT choir here!  Most all FOT members 
> know Joe Alexander, our multi-talented, tireless cheerleader, choreographer, 
> and an FOT founding father.  So no real need indeed.  But then, our Joe does 
> have one well-known short suit.  Joe lacks an inclination to toot his own 
> horn.  So I would like to step forward and toot it for him.  Come next month, 
> on June 2nd, Joe joins a very prestigious group as one of the 2018 inductees 
> into the British Sports Car Hall of Fame.  This year's group of inductees 
> also includes other Triumph family members Tom Householder, Joe Huffaker and 
> Bill Piggott.  Our marque is already well represented in the British Sports 
> Car Hall of Fame by Tony Adamcwicz, Sir John Black, Mike Cook, Robert Johns, 
> Kas Kastner and Bob Tullius.  And for the record, some of the other folks in 
> the Hall include Donald Healey, Geoff Healey, Sir William Lyons, Sir Stirling 
> Moss, W.O. Bentley, David Brown, Colin Chapman, and Carroll Shelby.  No 
> question about it, Joe is joining some pretty fast company.  Congratulations 
> are certainly in order.
> 
> Incidentally, Householder, is also an FOTer and a long time friend of mine.  
> Tom is described in one of the British Sports Car Hall of Fame announcements 
> as a true 'anorak'.  Concerned, that word sent me to the dictionary to ensure 
> it had nothing to do with sexual perversion.  It does not!  It is actually a 
> noun that means a warm, hooded, water-proofed garment worn in polar regions.  
> But this is the British Sports Car Hall of Fame, and in fact the British have 
> a special, second meaning for 'anorak'.  They use it to describe an obsessed 
> enthusiast, when referring to a studious person, especially somebody who is 
> excessively devoted to a particular hobby or interest. Given Householder's 
> lifelong obsession with the Swallow Doretti...that description might fits him 
> like a glove.  Joe Alexander, on the other hand, while dedicated to Triumph, 
> is more eclectic, and as such not qualified as a 'true anorak'.  He has other 
> interests.  He keeps threatening to retire from the forefront of Triumph 
> related activities.  He wants to get on to another phase of his life.  
> Perhaps he will, but I am not going to hold my breath.  This Triumph stuff is 
> in his blood.  At big Triumph gatherings, Joe can be found standing over in 
> the corner, quiet, but with a big smile on his face.  Dig into the details.  
> You will usually find out that the event you're having such a good time at 
> has his finger prints all over it.  If not the total choreographer, he is 
> usually an instigator.  He plans ahead, and keeps us focused.  We owe him a 
> lot....and he deserves to be in the British Sports Car Hall of Fame.
> 
> Congratulations!
> 
> Bill Dentinger
> Horn Tooter
> 
> 
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