Subject: Re: [TR] No names, no pack drill.

From: bill beecher <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:16:18 -0500

Wonderful memories John, Thank you!
Bill B

“Obstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the goal”  H. Ford

On Mar 26, 2025, at 3:40 PM, John Macartney <[email-masked]> wrote:

I was cleaning out my spam and junk mail folder today and had a quiet chuckle to myself.
There’s a bloke in this world whose company makes electric cars and it seems that in the UK he’s not exactly flavour of the month at the moment. That to one side, the email informed me of a number of ‘demonstrations’ scheduled to take place this coming weekend at showrooms selling the electric cars aforesaid. I quickly scanned the various locations and laughed out loud when I saw the event planned for West London.

It’s going to be at 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3.

So what’s in an address?

It just happens that 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3 is the exact same address of Standard-Triumph’s London Service Division which I visited on many occasions in my mis-spent ‘swinging sixties’ youth in the days when interesting cars were made.

The old place which had a special corner in my heart is now demolished with new buildings in its place.

I don’t plan or wish to attend the forthcoming event but it would be fun to turn up in my much-loved and greatly missed former TR5 with its chronic pressure relief valve warble and ask whoever I met if Jeff Hancock (the Lucas injection guru) was available to sort out my dilemma?

Bless him, Jeff’s been dead these many years, as has my gorgeous Valencia Blue bolide, but it would be nice to be there in spirit with car and Jeff - and without a protest placard. I could just sit there revving the engine and send clouds of over-rich carbon monoxide into the gathered crowd. That *would* be fun.

Jonmac
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From: Philip Ethier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:00:47 -0500

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Good on ya!

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:43=E2=80=AFPM John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.=
com>
wrote:

> There=E2=80=99s a bloke in this world whose company makes electric cars a=
nd it
> seems that in the UK he=E2=80=99s not exactly flavour of the month at the=
 moment.
> That to one side, the email informed me of a number of =E2=80=98demonstra=
tions=E2=80=99
> scheduled to take place this coming weekend at showrooms selling the
> electric cars aforesaid. I quickly scanned the various locations and
> laughed out loud when I saw the event planned for West London.
>
>  It=E2=80=99s going to be at 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3.
>
> So what=E2=80=99s in an address?
>
> It just happens that 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3 is the exact
> same address of Standard-Triumph=E2=80=99s London Service Division which =
I visited
> on many occasions in my mis-spent =E2=80=98swinging sixties=E2=80=99 yout=
h in the days when
> interesting cars were made.
>
> I don=E2=80=99t plan or wish to attend the forthcoming event but it would=
 be fun
> to turn up in my much-loved and greatly missed former TR5 with its chroni=
c
> pressure relief valve warble and ask whoever I met if Jeff Hancock (the
> Lucas injection guru) was available to sort out my dilemma?
>
> Bless him, Jeff=E2=80=99s been dead these many years, as has my gorgeous =
Valencia
> Blue bolide, but it would be nice to be there in spirit with car and Jeff=
 -
> and without a protest placard. I could just sit there revving the engine
> and send clouds of over-rich carbon monoxide into the gathered crowd. Tha=
t
> *would* be fun.
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:monospac=
e">Good on ya!</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contain=
er"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:43=E2=
=80=AFPM John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">johnb=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex">I was cleaning out my spam and junk mail folder today and =
had a quiet chuckle to myself.<br>
There=E2=80=99s a bloke in this world whose company makes electric cars and=
 it seems that in the UK he=E2=80=99s not exactly flavour of the month at t=
he moment. That to one side, the email informed me of a number of =E2=80=98=
demonstrations=E2=80=99 scheduled to take place this coming weekend at show=
rooms selling the electric cars aforesaid. I quickly scanned the various lo=
cations and laughed out loud when I saw the event planned for West London.<=
br>
<br>
=C2=A0It=E2=80=99s going to be at 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3.<br=
<br>
So what=E2=80=99s in an address?<br>
<br>
It just happens that 153 Dukes Road, Park Royal, London W3 is the exact sam=
e address of Standard-Triumph=E2=80=99s London Service Division which I vis=
ited on many occasions in my mis-spent =E2=80=98swinging sixties=E2=80=99 y=
outh in the days when interesting cars were made. <br>
<br>
The old place which had a special corner in my heart is now demolished with=
 new buildings in its place.<br>
<br>
I don=E2=80=99t plan or wish to attend the forthcoming event but it would b=
e fun to turn up in my much-loved and greatly missed former TR5 with its ch=
ronic pressure relief valve warble and ask whoever I met if Jeff Hancock (t=
he Lucas injection guru) was available to sort out my dilemma?<br>
<br>
Bless him, Jeff=E2=80=99s been dead these many years, as has my gorgeous Va=
lencia Blue bolide, but it would be nice to be there in spirit with car and=
 Jeff - and without a protest placard. I could just sit there revving the e=
ngine and send clouds of over-rich carbon monoxide into the gathered crowd.=
 That *would* be fun.<br>
<br>
Jonmac<br>
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