Right on, Tom!
Speaking of Manchester, I took home a flyer and I'll be going this year for
the first time. Looks like an easy drive. I can't make British Invasion
in Stowe, VT this year due to a conflict, so this will be a really good
substitute, coming just a week earlier. The flyer even has Don Sforza's
name on it (but I'll go anyway). Don, sorry we didn't get to meet at DOT.
Sumner Weisman
62 TR-3B
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> From: Tom O'Malley <tomomalley@hey.net>
> To: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Day of Triumph
> Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 9:05 PM
>
> Sumner writes...
>
> >It was great meeting all the listers at DOT yesterday. Thanks to Barry,
> >Dan, Ron, Tom, and others for coming over and introducing yourselves.
>
> Gee...what a nice day it was, eh? I spent a fair amount of time
> trying to nail down fellow scions Sumner. Adding to your list above
> was Bob Danielson with his sanitary TR6, Kevin Rhodes with his
> incredible 1969-80 Spitfire, Hans Mentzen who made us miss 100 cars by
> hiding in the parking lot, <just kidding Hans! :-)> Keith Ehrlich who
> was certainly there but I never caught up with and Adam Owens who
> owns an MGB and got the days mixed up. :-)
>
> > Bob, I saw your car but not you -- you were "off racing."
>
> He he...that lil' sneak! I took a picture of that sign on his
> windshield. Bob doesn't know it yet, but his car was not there the
> whole time. Frankly, I've seen this car race and there was *no way* I
> could resist the temptation of finding out what makes it tick...seeing
> that it was sitting there unattended and all. Fortunately, a
> professional car thief named Henry Frye helped me wisk it away into
> the barn while the beenie babies were being raffled off. We went over
> the car with a fine toothed comb and had it back in place before
> anyone was the wiser. Yes Henry.....we *did* "hafta' give it back".
> :-)
>
> Don "house of" Sforsa was there too...he showed his TR4 but asked that
> it not be judged. Just as well...this former show winner has really
> gone down hill. The poor thing looked like it had spent the last year
> on the streets of Newark or somethin'....bummer. Perhaps Don can
> patch this baby up a bit for the show in Manchester. We can only
> hope.
>
> :-) :-) :-)
>
> Cheers!
> Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
> '74, '77 Spits
>
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