Subject: [WPTA] Remembering Mike Cook

From: "Ross, Lawrence via Wpta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:24:43 +0000

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Remembering Mike Cook

Bad news travels fast, so I can imagine that most of you have already heard=
 that TVT Editor Mike Cook passed away on November 27. Mike was hospitalize=
d the previous week with pneumonia and passed away peacefully on Tuesday mo=
rning while listening to Miles Davis and surrounded by family in a room fil=
led with much love.

Mike bought his first British sports car, a white long door TR2, in 1957. T=
he following year, Mike started his British car career, and his association=
 with Triumph clubs, when he was hired by Standard-Triumph Motor Company as=
 Assistant Advertising Manager and secretary of the Triumph Sports Owners A=
ssociation (TSOA) in August of 1958. I=92m going to say that career and ass=
ociation with Triumph owners isn=92t quite over, since Mike=92s last writte=
n words haven=92t been published yet. Mike=92s last editorial column will a=
ppear in the next issue of The Vintage Triumph.

If you recall what Mike said in his commentary entitled =93Replacing Rare P=
arts=94 in TVT issue 168, you may have noticed the incredible irony in thes=
e words: =93In the not-too-distant future, we, with our first-hand knowledg=
e, will be gone; when it comes to that personal knowledge that has kept VTR=
 alive and energetic for many years, who will replace us?!=94 Of course, in=
 this case, part of that answer is that Mike Cook is irreplaceable. As soon=
 as word of Mike=92s passing got out, people started filling social media p=
osts with pictures of themselves and/or their cars with Mike and warm remem=
brances of the time they spent with him. Mike=92s knowledge and memories we=
re incredible enough, but everyone who met him at any of our VTR events als=
o felt they had made a new friend.

Another part of the answer to Mike=92s question lies in the fact that VTR h=
as unceremoniously dumped the responsibility of finishing a TVT double issu=
e onto new TVT Associate Editor Shawn Frank. Shawn hasn=92t flinched, (at l=
east not that I can tell, from this far away) and the show will go on. If y=
ou have photos or memories of Mike Cook you=92d like to share in the next T=
VT issue, please send them to Shawn at [email-masked].

Mike's family has requested that those wishing to honor him do so by making=
 a donation in his name to either The American Cancer Society<https://donat=
e3.cancer.org/?lang=3Den&_ga=3D2.209888977.514392338.1543885531-1932406826.=
1543885531> or the American Heart Association<https://www2.heart.org/site/S=
PageNavigator/donatenow_heart_alt.html?s_src=3D123DR>.

More needs to be said about =93keeping VTR alive and energetic for many yea=
rs=94, but I=92ll save that for the next member email =96 which may look li=
ke a =93help wanted=94 ad. Today we=92re just remembering Mike Cook.

Cheers,
Jack McGahey
VTR President

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man&quot;">Bad news travels fast, so I can imagine that most
 of you have already heard that TVT Editor Mike Cook passed away on Novembe=
r 27. Mike was hospitalized the previous week with pneumonia and passed awa=
y peacefully on Tuesday morning while listening to Miles Davis and surround=
ed by family in a room filled with
 much love. <br>
<br>
Mike bought his first British sports car, a white long door TR2, in 1957. T=
he following year, Mike started his British car career, and his association=
 with Triumph clubs, when he was hired by Standard-Triumph Motor Company as=
 Assistant Advertising Manager and
 secretary of the Triumph Sports Owners Association (TSOA) in August of 195=
8. I=92m going to say that career and association with Triumph owners isn=
=92t quite over, since Mike=92s last written words haven=92t been published=
 yet. Mike=92s last editorial column will appear
 in the next issue of The Vintage Triumph. <br>
<br>
If you recall what Mike said in his commentary entitled =93Replacing Rare P=
arts=94 in TVT issue 168, you may have noticed the incredible irony in thes=
e words: =93In the not-too-distant future, we, with our first-hand knowledg=
e, will be gone; when it comes to that
 personal knowledge that has kept VTR alive and energetic for many years, w=
ho will replace us?!=94 Of course, in this case, part of that answer is tha=
t Mike Cook is irreplaceable. As soon as word of Mike=92s passing got out, =
people started filling social media
 posts with pictures of themselves and/or their cars with Mike and warm rem=
embrances of the time they spent with him. Mike=92s knowledge and memories =
were incredible enough, but everyone who met him at any of our VTR events a=
lso felt they had made a new friend.
<br>
<br>
Another part of the answer to Mike=92s question lies in the fact that VTR h=
as unceremoniously dumped the responsibility of finishing a TVT double issu=
e onto new TVT Associate Editor Shawn Frank. Shawn hasn=92t flinched, (at l=
east not that I can tell, from this
 far away) and the show will go on. If you have photos or memories of Mike =
Cook you=92d like to share in the next TVT issue, please send them to Shawn=
 at
<a>[email-masked]</a>. <br>
<br>
Mike's family has requested that those wishing to honor him do so by making=
 a donation in his name to either
<a href=3D"https://donate3.cancer.org/?lang=3Den&amp;_ga=3D2.209888977.5143=
92338.1543885531-1932406826.1543885531">
<font color=3D"#0000ff">The American Cancer Society</font></a> or the <a hr=
ef=3D"https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageNavigator/donatenow_heart_alt.html?s=
_src=3D123DR">
<font color=3D"#0000ff">American Heart Association</font></a>. <br>
<br>
More needs to be said about =93keeping VTR alive and energetic for many yea=
rs=94, but I=92ll save that for the next member email =96 which may look li=
ke a =93help wanted=94 ad. Today we=92re just remembering Mike Cook.
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Jack McGahey<br>
VTR President <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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