I certainly hope the rest is less narrow minded than the first part!
Joe Curry (who writes down everything I have read or heard and calls it
a database)
P.S. You gotta get your data from where it is available What better
source than from Club Registers and Owner inputs!
"Dorothea J. Ochs" wrote:
>
> Whoooooops!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> The rookie list operator messed up.
>
> The message quoted below went out (as a result of an accidental key stroke)
> when I was only half done writing it. The gist of the finished message (to
> come later) includes my concern for how data is collected, also my support
> for a net register. Thirty years of doing this by hand and looking at a lot
> of other people's data taught me something. It just wasn't how to use this
>PC.
>
> Look for more later.
>
> >Retroactive Registry efforts can be traced back as early as 1955. My
> >personal efforts started in the latter 60's and became formalized in in the
> >early 70's within my involment with the Triumph Register of America.
> >
> >Generic "Registers" are started for various reasons by people with different
> >objectives. The worst I've seen is the obsessive number collector who writes
> >dowm every thing he's read or written and wants to call it a database.
> >
> >Collaboration over the years has produced what I feel is the most
> >comprehensive list of surviving TR2 thru 3b. The web is one more souce of
> >input. However it is a tracking vehicle and probably will never be a true
> >census until we go out and open every garage, turn over every stone and
> >search the bottoms of all the oceans in the world. For the moment, any
> >collection of TR 2-3, etc., info should include owner, commission number,
> >body tag numbers and engine numbers, city and state, etc., where it now
> >resides. Car bios are good. Some are even collecting BMHLT "Birth
> >Certificate" info.
> >
> >BTW, whenever any one thinks they have found them all call me. I'll open up
> >a couple of time capsules and show you a few more. For the present, Triumph
> >Register of America is still the precedent for concise information about
> >your cutdown door piece of unique automotive engineering.
> >
> > Reflected below is the Enthusiasm under which the Triumph Register of
> >America was founded. The inspired and enthusiastic TR2 thru 3B owners were
> >the foundation for it's sucsess and credibility . The TR/4 has recently been
> >brought under the wings of TRA to aid in providing consice technical
> >information to yet another of the wet sleeve engineering marvels of the TR
> >series.
> >
> >
> > TRIUMPH REGISTER OF AMERICA
> > Formed to Preserve the Marque TR-2/3/3A/3B/
> >
> >TRA PHILOSOPHY
> >
> >THE TRIUMPH REGISTER OF AMERICA (TRA) is the only organization devoted
> >solely to the TR-2/3 What does this mean to you as a potential member? It
> >means that for the most comprehensive look at every problem regarding the
> >mechanics of your car -- for the best guidance on parts sources - for a real
> >membership with other hard core, wind-in-the-face, rain-in-the-lap people -
> >the Triumph Register of America offers the best you can find.
> >
> >How can you chatracterize our membership? We believe in side-curtains. We
> >believe in engines that last forever. We believe in a rock-solid ride and
> >cut-down doors. We believe that overheating in traffic is an unchangeable,
> >natural phenomenon, just as earthquakes and tornadoes are, no matter how
> >unfortinate they might be. We believe that the person inside an automobile
> >who is cold in the winter and hot in the summer - just like the weather
> >outside - is a more healthy person, who will no doubt live longer than those
> >who drive along in a controlled, unnatural environment. And most of all, we
> >believe that the TR 2/3 series is THE LAST mass-produced, cut-down door,
> >side-curatained sports car that will ever be produced. As such, it holds a
> >special place in the hearts of its Triumph Register of America owners, for
> >it represents the finest of an honest and rugged car design that is capable
> >of providing immense sporting pleasure at a reasonable cost. If you think
> >like we do, won't you join us?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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