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From: John Gillis <jgillis@tcd.ie>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 13:30:41 +0100 (BST)
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>To: "Johnny Storm: International racing car driver" <hiu06f@bangor.ac.uk>
>From: John Gillis <jgillis@mail.tcd.ie>
>Subject: Re: stuff
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>>  I read somewhere on the list that someone wished triumph had used a
>>different PI system. If you are the first production PI producer surely
>>that means that there wasn't a great deal of choice of PI systems?:-)
>>
>>I went to Dublin the other day to visit the National Museum and learn
>>loads from the Bronze age display. LBC spotting was very poor, only saw a
>>orangey-yellow MGB, where were the Gillis brothers? I had a quick squizz
>>in trinity, on the off chance I could see a Triumph!
>>
>>The most interesting thing I learnt all day is that it's true that
>>Guiness tastes better in Dublin!! Almost as disapointing as the lack of
>>LBC's was the lack of posters promoting 'DANA' for president, I wanted
>>one as a souvenir! Geez and people think Reagan was a bad idea!!
>>
>>Johnny
>>'77 spit
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>
>Johnny
>       One of the Gillis bro's here, sorry I missed you. If you were
>looking around Trinity for my Triumph, you should have checked out the
>bike area. There sits my Triumph 21. My TR2 will not be on view to anyone
>for quite some time. It's a pity ypu did not spot any other Triumphs, like
>bro number 2's Triumph 2000 mk1, it's in town every day. There are quite a
>few around to be seen, but it can be tricky from the inside of a pub. You
>think Dana is a bad idea !! you should should see the rest of the mob
>going for the job, you can almost see the strings attached to each one
>under the control of the main political parties, rant, rant, rave, rave,
>enough of that, did you visit the old library and Kells?, what did you
>think of the exhibition?..
>
>John.
>

John Gillis
1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
1964 Triumph 3TA 350cc (a little gem)
Trinity College
Dublin,
IRELAND.



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