From gary at cs.utah.edu  Mon Oct  1 17:10:59 2007
From: gary at cs.utah.edu (Gary Lindstrom)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:59 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] fall colour tour report and photos
Message-ID: <47017E83.9040001@cs.utah.edu>

See http://www.britishmotorclub.org/2007/ColourTour9-30-07/

Enjoy,
	--Gary

From gary at cs.utah.edu  Tue Oct  2 10:08:02 2007
From: gary at cs.utah.edu (Gary Lindstrom)
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:08:02 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] oct newsletter is out
Message-ID: <47026CE2.50607@cs.utah.edu>

See http://www.britishmotorclub.org/news/2007/oct07.pdf

Enjoy,
	--Gary

From stradi at xmission.com  Tue Oct  2 12:26:24 2007
From: stradi at xmission.com (Michael Scoggins)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:26:24 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] Cruise? (on water)
Message-ID: <B0EE4B2A18654EA1A8F35327E24A3ECA@MScogginsPC>

Membership:

So this weekends drive was a blast even though I had to drive my yellow Mini.
Brake issues with my TR6. Cold but ever so invigorating for the folks that
didn't have the top up. The mirror lake drive is one of my favorites in any
kind of car.

So I was on the Mini club website (BMCU really is my club) and they are
putting to getter a Mini Club cruise for this time next year. I want to know
how come we haven't put together a cruise? We could pack our cars and drive
them around the deck. I wonder if they will take theirs?

Michael Scoggins
Membership Director

From jpivirotto at firstindustrial.com  Wed Oct  3 08:03:20 2007
From: jpivirotto at firstindustrial.com (Jim Pivirotto)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:03:20 -0500
Subject: [Bmcu] Cruise? (on water)
In-Reply-To: <B0EE4B2A18654EA1A8F35327E24A3ECA@MScogginsPC>
Message-ID: <FD97AFAD7BCD0141B9D4B3E9A1F09AB106F6E1BB@EX2.ad.firstindustrial.com>

The cruise ship would have to be an oil tanker to accept all the drip
spots from our cars, Pugs

-----Original Message-----
From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Michael Scoggins
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:26 PM
To: BCMU
Subject: [Bmcu] Cruise? (on water)


Membership:

So this weekends drive was a blast even though I had to drive my yellow
Mini. Brake issues with my TR6. Cold but ever so invigorating for the
folks that didn't have the top up. The mirror lake drive is one of my
favorites in any kind of car.

So I was on the Mini club website (BMCU really is my club) and they are
putting to getter a Mini Club cruise for this time next year. I want to
know how come we haven't put together a cruise? We could pack our cars
and drive them around the deck. I wonder if they will take theirs?

Michael Scoggins
Membership Director _______________________________________________
Bmcu mailing list
Bmcu at autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/bmcu

From alpine87fp at msn.com  Wed Oct  3 21:20:02 2007
From: alpine87fp at msn.com (ROGER DAVIS)
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:20:02 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] Cruise? (on water)
In-Reply-To: <B0EE4B2A18654EA1A8F35327E24A3ECA@MScogginsPC>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F25CBEC90BB308758877DFDC3A80@phx.gbl>

   Michael,

   Jill  and I were on a cruise in the Eastern Carribean and saw a Harley
   motorcycle  group cruising.  When they would get into port, they would
   ride  the  motorcyles  out  of  the  hold, onto the dock, and onto the
   island.   There  they had various tours lined up with the local Harley
   riders/dealer.   At  the end of the day, they rode bacik onto the ship
   and sailed off to the next port.

   At the time, we talked about how cool it would be to do the same thing
   with our LBC's.

   It  would  take  a  bunch of planning, but it would be neat to meet up
   with  other  LBC  owners on the different islands.  Perhaps they would
   host  us  for  a  tour of their respective islands.  Sure beats seeing
   T-shirt shops in port after port!

   Roger Davis
       ______________________________________________________________

     From:  "Michael Scoggins" <stradi at xmission.com>
     To:  "BCMU" <bmcu at autox.team.net>
     Subject:  [Bmcu] Cruise? (on water)
     Date:  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:26:24 -0600
     >Membership:
     >
     >So  this  weekends drive was a blast even though I had to drive my
     yellow Mini.
     >Brake  issues  with  my TR6. Cold but ever so invigorating for the
     folks that
     >didn't  have  the  top  up.  The  mirror  lake  drive is one of my
     favorites in any
     >kind of car.
     >
     >So  I  was  on  the Mini club website (BMCU really is my club) and
     they are
     >putting  to  getter  a Mini Club cruise for this time next year. I
     want to know
     >how  come we haven't put together a cruise? We could pack our cars
     and drive
     >them around the deck. I wonder if they will take theirs?
     >
     >Michael Scoggins
     >Membership Director
     >_______________________________________________
     >Bmcu mailing list
     >Bmcu at autox.team.net
     >http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/bmcu

From spitfiresrule at msn.com  Sat Oct  6 23:38:09 2007
From: spitfiresrule at msn.com (MITCH D JOHNSON)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 23:38:09 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] Distributor needed
Message-ID: <BAY106-DAV148BB7CFA7F95518E24DF3BEAB0@phx.gbl>

Greetings all,
A friend of mine is looking for a working distributor for a late model Midget
with the Spitfire engine. If anyone has a spare one to part with please
contact him. Here is his contact info:

Dean Anderson
801-966-6520
goldnugget93 at msn.com<mailto:goldnugget93 at msn.com>

Thanks!
Mitch D. Johnson
Governor General

From eastoncp at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 11 17:17:15 2007
From: eastoncp at yahoo.com (Charles Easton)
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:17:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Bmcu] MG BGT still for sale
In-Reply-To: <47026CE2.50607@cs.utah.edu>
Message-ID: <997272.76533.qm@web35302.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Howdy folks,
   
  Due to constraints on my time, I really MUST part ways with the '70 BGT I have. Someone please make me an offer before I resort to the unthinkable - dealerships! I've got photos aplenty.
   
  Just to remind you, it's a great driver, it looks great, it sounds great. The paint, interior, and engine are all in excellent condition. There is minimal to no rust. The floor pans are near perfect, rockers are solid, body has very little bondo if any (a magnet can attest to that), running gear is intact and working as it should. I've had no problems on any road trip or club activity. It's ready to go and ANY OFFER WILL BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. Email or call me at:
   
  801-910-2263 Cell
  801-546-6703 Home
  801-975-4923 Office
   
  Thanks,
   
  Chuck Easton

       
---------------------------------
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From rfoye at wwdb.org  Tue Oct 16 21:41:30 2007
From: rfoye at wwdb.org (Rob and Mary Foye)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:41:30 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] Need a MGB Hood (bonnet)
In-Reply-To: <46C89909.2090303@cs.utah.edu>
Message-ID: <NEBBJFLGMENJDDDLHJCKGEPHGHAA.rfoye@wwdb.org>

To the BMCU
Does anyone have a good MGB hood/bonnet, either aluminum or steel, they
would like to sell/trade/barter?
Let us know, we have a restoration about ready for paint.
Thanks
Rob Foye
801 916-1949
rfoye at wwdb.org

From andrew.lindeman at gmail.com  Wed Oct 17 15:13:00 2007
From: andrew.lindeman at gmail.com (Andrew Lindeman)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:13:00 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] Fwd: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 -
 Announcement at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell
In-Reply-To: <023201c810fb$6a5a07e0$0201a8c0@Bevan>
References: <018101c81038$f25ad070$0201a8c0@Bevan>
	<2cc65d5a0710161536iee7f2ffg8d325d8ceabdc023@mail.gmail.com>
	<023201c810fb$6a5a07e0$0201a8c0@Bevan>
Message-ID: <2cc65d5a0710171413h3a1d3e9fn8afbae4a42fb8ffc@mail.gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Macartney <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Date: Oct 17, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 -
Announcement at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell
To: Andrew Lindeman <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com>


Hi, Andrew

Here it is....

Glen Merrell wrote:

> I would like to hear thoughts and comments on the presentation for
> Triumphs Across America 2009 Charity Run I made at Triumphest's Awards
> Dinner.
> This is quite the undertaking by John Macartney and many volunteers on
> both sides of the pond.
> So your comments, good, bad, indifferent, wanting to participate,
> wanting to sponsor, wanting to contribute, wanting to volunteer are all
> welcome, but we would really like to hear and read overwhelming support
> for this endeavor.  I will let John respond to the thoughts and comments
> directly.

Glenn, thank you so much for initially 'banging the drum' in announcing the
event at Triumphest and I hope those who heard and saw the presentation now
have a better idea of what it's all about. As Glenn said, more details will
appear in the next edition of The Vintage Triumph magazine and TRIUMPH WORLD
will be running a series of articles as preparations hot up and the event
gets underway. so, a thumbnail sketch of important aspects of the event.

WHEN - probably from about mid-July 2009 until Triumphest in 2009 where the
event is clearly likely to finish. The fact that the VTR Annual Convention
is also likely to be running in parallel, makes T'fest the obvious place to
end the trip.

WHERE - well, we've obviously got the finish point in our sights, but where
we go to get there is anybody's guess! I feel it's very much up to Triumph
enthusiasts to give their club committees an *ear-bending.* on this matter -
but the general thinking that Blake Discher, Glenn Merrell, Fred Thomas and
I have had over the last few months is this.

1. The event will raise money to be shared in equal parts to one American,
one British and one Canadian non-profit organisation that specialises in the
treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Read my article in the
next edition of Triumph World and you'll get a clue as to why this is
important to me.
2. Fred Thomas has obtained a list of Remedial Help Centres across the US
that treat Veterans from the US Military who suffer from PTSD. While this
event is not, I repeat not, specifically for the benefit of military
personnel, these people are important. Primarily, funds raised will go to
civilians who suffer from PTSD (there are about 7 million in the US alone)
and these will obviously include former military personnel who 'escaped the
de-programming net' before getting their discharge papers. From my research,
a very large number escaped that trawl for many different reasons!! So, we
want one club per VTR Chapter to arrange a British Car Show at a venue that
is as conveniently central as possible to the Chapter. These car shows will
obviously be at weekends and there will be as many car shows as there are
Chapters. I have already written to Chapter Co-ordinators on this matter and
await their responses. As the opportunities arise, at each car show, I plan
to meet as many Triumph owners as possible and hopefully give them a talk
about 'Life at Standard-Triumph' as I saw it, both in Coventry and London. I
foresee each *Stop* lasting three to four days maximum - and then we move on
to the next venue.

There's a wild card here as well. I want the route to take in Canada too. I
know there is a vibrant Triumph community in Toronto, there's another in
Winnipeg and a third in British Columbia. The other reason for taking in
Canada is that I want to visit Regina, Saskatchewan where my Dad spent his
childhood from 1905 until 1915

So, the conclude on the WHERE section is this. We know where we'll be
finishing but no-one has a clue as to where else we'll be going beforehand.
That's a hyper-critical element and it has to be resolved by the end of this
year or very early on in 2008. Until we know the likely route, we're stymied
for arranging for different crews to drive the Stag, though I'll be going
the whole trip in the car I ship to the States. Incidentally, a word on
crews. If you'd like to ride in either car - and possibly drive one or both,
this will be subject to you raising sponsorship to a minimum value - but
more details on that issue will appear on the website.

HOW - Two cars will be taking part in the whole trip and I'm terming them as
the official "Works" cars. One will be a Stag (to be sourced in the US) and
the other will be either a 2000 or 2500 saloon that'll be coming from the
UK. Currently, I'm actively considering shipping over my own 2.5PI. At the
end of the event, the UK car will return to England but the Stag will be
raffled. Tickets will be available fairly soon and income from these will
finance the Stag buy cost and hopefully the cost of parts to repair. The
Stag is very much in Glenn's bailliewick. But guys, we want SPONSORSHIP in
any and every way we can get it from funding to get the cars running
reliably to venues for the car shows to fuel to keep them running, mealsd
and accommodation en route etc etc. More will be said on this on the
website.

ADMINISTRATION - Apart from Glenn, Blake and Fred having done so much so far
in the US, the event is being planned and co-ordinated in the UK and that is
why we need to keep things simple. All PR issues are being dealt with by a
lady, who until recently, worked for the BBC World Service. She knows
virtually every radio and TV station in North America and once the route is
known, will be alerting those stations to what is planned to take place. We
foresee local radio and TV playing a key role in fundraising.

THE CHARITIES (NON-PROFITS) Currently there are three in the frame. The
whole event is operating under the umbrella of THE MACARTNEY CHARITABLE
TRUST.  I formed this recently with the objective of handling and
distributing funds raised from the event described above. It has a current
working capital of approx US$10,000 as an interest-free loan from me and it
will be surrporting Assist UK www.traumatic-stress.freeserve.co.uk and Gift
from Within www.giftfromwithin.org  These are the British and American
beneficiary charities but we still need one for Canada. The Macartney
Charitable Trust has been structured as an award-granting charity in its own
right and it will continue after this event to provide events for classic
car enthusiasts in the UK (together with visitors from overseas) so the
money it raises can be passed to other charities and needy causes. As far as
I know, there is no other charity of that type in the UK and I'm hoping that
as it becomes more widely known, it'll be regarded as 'the classic car
charity.'

Finally, WHY AM I DOING THIS? I'm doing it because I want to. Many years ago
when I was still a young man with a career stretching out before me, I sold
several hundred Triumph sports cars for export to Canada or the US. I vowed
that one day, I too would go there myself. While I've certainly been there
many times on business, that's not the same. In the years that followed
after I left British Leyland, I was fortunate to see much of the world at my
employer's expense and I have many memories. Many are happy - a few are
tragic. It's the tragic ones that have made me want to do the trip so that I
may hopefully in some way help those who so recently helped me. I guess this
whole affair may see me spending the rest of my life in dire penury but if I
can somehow influence people to help me help others, then it'll all have
been worth it.

There'll no doubt be a book about it from me when its all over :)

In conclusion, I know many enthusiasts don't belong to VTR, don't belong to
these lists and don't read Triumph World. I'm preparing a series of articles
for the UK clubs about this trip and if any club newsletter editor would
like to receive the same material for his/her publication, please let me
know.

Sorry for the bandwidth guys - but the cat is now out of the bag and
cruising towards what I think will be yet another *TRIUMPH FIRST* and that
sees an ex-employee driving coast to coast in a 35+ year old car made by his
former employer. I hope to see many.many more Triumphs as we cover the
route; to welcome us to the next venue and 'talk us in' or to 'say farewell
and send us on our way.' There's a huge amount of planning still to do and
I'll try to keep you all updated this way.

Cheers, all

Jonmac

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Lindeman" <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com>
To: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 - Announcement
at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell


> I'd like a copy.

From wbeech at flash.net  Wed Oct 17 15:40:20 2007
From: wbeech at flash.net (wbeech)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:40:20 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] Fwd: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 -
 Announcement at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell
In-Reply-To: <2cc65d5a0710171413h3a1d3e9fn8afbae4a42fb8ffc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20071017214023.AF24D1879DA@autox.team.net>

Andrew,
Just the second finished reading this same email from John, is the BMCU
planning to be involved?
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Andrew Lindeman
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:13 PM
To: bmcu at autox.team.net
Subject: [Bmcu] Fwd: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 -
Announcement at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Macartney <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Date: Oct 17, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 - Announcement
at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell
To: Andrew Lindeman <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com>


Hi, Andrew

Here it is....

Glen Merrell wrote:

> I would like to hear thoughts and comments on the presentation for 
> Triumphs Across America 2009 Charity Run I made at Triumphest's Awards 
> Dinner.
> This is quite the undertaking by John Macartney and many volunteers on 
> both sides of the pond.
> So your comments, good, bad, indifferent, wanting to participate, 
> wanting to sponsor, wanting to contribute, wanting to volunteer are 
> all welcome, but we would really like to hear and read overwhelming 
> support for this endeavor.  I will let John respond to the thoughts 
> and comments directly.

Glenn, thank you so much for initially 'banging the drum' in announcing the
event at Triumphest and I hope those who heard and saw the presentation now
have a better idea of what it's all about. As Glenn said, more details will
appear in the next edition of The Vintage Triumph magazine and TRIUMPH WORLD
will be running a series of articles as preparations hot up and the event
gets underway. so, a thumbnail sketch of important aspects of the event.

WHEN - probably from about mid-July 2009 until Triumphest in 2009 where the
event is clearly likely to finish. The fact that the VTR Annual Convention
is also likely to be running in parallel, makes T'fest the obvious place to
end the trip.

WHERE - well, we've obviously got the finish point in our sights, but where
we go to get there is anybody's guess! I feel it's very much up to Triumph
enthusiasts to give their club committees an *ear-bending.* on this matter -
but the general thinking that Blake Discher, Glenn Merrell, Fred Thomas and
I have had over the last few months is this.

1. The event will raise money to be shared in equal parts to one American,
one British and one Canadian non-profit organisation that specialises in the
treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Read my article in the
next edition of Triumph World and you'll get a clue as to why this is
important to me.
2. Fred Thomas has obtained a list of Remedial Help Centres across the US
that treat Veterans from the US Military who suffer from PTSD. While this
event is not, I repeat not, specifically for the benefit of military
personnel, these people are important. Primarily, funds raised will go to
civilians who suffer from PTSD (there are about 7 million in the US alone)
and these will obviously include former military personnel who 'escaped the
de-programming net' before getting their discharge papers. From my research,
a very large number escaped that trawl for many different reasons!! So, we
want one club per VTR Chapter to arrange a British Car Show at a venue that
is as conveniently central as possible to the Chapter. These car shows will
obviously be at weekends and there will be as many car shows as there are
Chapters. I have already written to Chapter Co-ordinators on this matter and
await their responses. As the opportunities arise, at each car show, I plan
to meet as many Triumph owners as possible and hopefully give them a talk
about 'Life at Standard-Triumph' as I saw it, both in Coventry and London. I
foresee each *Stop* lasting three to four days maximum - and then we move on
to the next venue.

There's a wild card here as well. I want the route to take in Canada too. I
know there is a vibrant Triumph community in Toronto, there's another in
Winnipeg and a third in British Columbia. The other reason for taking in
Canada is that I want to visit Regina, Saskatchewan where my Dad spent his
childhood from 1905 until 1915

So, the conclude on the WHERE section is this. We know where we'll be
finishing but no-one has a clue as to where else we'll be going beforehand.
That's a hyper-critical element and it has to be resolved by the end of this
year or very early on in 2008. Until we know the likely route, we're stymied
for arranging for different crews to drive the Stag, though I'll be going
the whole trip in the car I ship to the States. Incidentally, a word on
crews. If you'd like to ride in either car - and possibly drive one or both,
this will be subject to you raising sponsorship to a minimum value - but
more details on that issue will appear on the website.

HOW - Two cars will be taking part in the whole trip and I'm terming them as
the official "Works" cars. One will be a Stag (to be sourced in the US) and
the other will be either a 2000 or 2500 saloon that'll be coming from the
UK. Currently, I'm actively considering shipping over my own 2.5PI. At the
end of the event, the UK car will return to England but the Stag will be
raffled. Tickets will be available fairly soon and income from these will
finance the Stag buy cost and hopefully the cost of parts to repair. The
Stag is very much in Glenn's bailliewick. But guys, we want SPONSORSHIP in
any and every way we can get it from funding to get the cars running
reliably to venues for the car shows to fuel to keep them running, mealsd
and accommodation en route etc etc. More will be said on this on the
website.

ADMINISTRATION - Apart from Glenn, Blake and Fred having done so much so far
in the US, the event is being planned and co-ordinated in the UK and that is
why we need to keep things simple. All PR issues are being dealt with by a
lady, who until recently, worked for the BBC World Service. She knows
virtually every radio and TV station in North America and once the route is
known, will be alerting those stations to what is planned to take place. We
foresee local radio and TV playing a key role in fundraising.

THE CHARITIES (NON-PROFITS) Currently there are three in the frame. The
whole event is operating under the umbrella of THE MACARTNEY CHARITABLE
TRUST.  I formed this recently with the objective of handling and
distributing funds raised from the event described above. It has a current
working capital of approx US$10,000 as an interest-free loan from me and it
will be surrporting Assist UK www.traumatic-stress.freeserve.co.uk and Gift
from Within www.giftfromwithin.org  These are the British and American
beneficiary charities but we still need one for Canada. The Macartney
Charitable Trust has been structured as an award-granting charity in its own
right and it will continue after this event to provide events for classic
car enthusiasts in the UK (together with visitors from overseas) so the
money it raises can be passed to other charities and needy causes. As far as
I know, there is no other charity of that type in the UK and I'm hoping that
as it becomes more widely known, it'll be regarded as 'the classic car
charity.'

Finally, WHY AM I DOING THIS? I'm doing it because I want to. Many years ago
when I was still a young man with a career stretching out before me, I sold
several hundred Triumph sports cars for export to Canada or the US. I vowed
that one day, I too would go there myself. While I've certainly been there
many times on business, that's not the same. In the years that followed
after I left British Leyland, I was fortunate to see much of the world at my
employer's expense and I have many memories. Many are happy - a few are
tragic. It's the tragic ones that have made me want to do the trip so that I
may hopefully in some way help those who so recently helped me. I guess this
whole affair may see me spending the rest of my life in dire penury but if I
can somehow influence people to help me help others, then it'll all have
been worth it.

There'll no doubt be a book about it from me when its all over :)

In conclusion, I know many enthusiasts don't belong to VTR, don't belong to
these lists and don't read Triumph World. I'm preparing a series of articles
for the UK clubs about this trip and if any club newsletter editor would
like to receive the same material for his/her publication, please let me
know.

Sorry for the bandwidth guys - but the cat is now out of the bag and
cruising towards what I think will be yet another *TRIUMPH FIRST* and that
sees an ex-employee driving coast to coast in a 35+ year old car made by his
former employer. I hope to see many.many more Triumphs as we cover the
route; to welcome us to the next venue and 'talk us in' or to 'say farewell
and send us on our way.' There's a huge amount of planning still to do and
I'll try to keep you all updated this way.

Cheers, all

Jonmac

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Lindeman" <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com>
To: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 - Announcement
at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell


> I'd like a copy.
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From rmalsed2 at juno.com  Wed Oct 17 16:17:01 2007
From: rmalsed2 at juno.com (rmalsed2 at juno.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:17:01 GMT
Subject: [Bmcu] Fwd: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 -
 Ann ouncement at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell
Message-ID: <20071017.151701.22216.1@webmail19.dca.untd.com>

Can THE 10,000-MILE TD follow behind ?????
oh bytheway here's Maggie's entry attached....just think of it as lower case
"safety fast!"


Rick (& Maggie)
040807/041507

-- "Andrew Lindeman" <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Macartney <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Date: Oct 17, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 -
Announcement at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell
To: Andrew Lindeman <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com>


Hi, Andrew

Here it is....

Glen Merrell wrote:

> I would like to hear thoughts and comments on the presentation for
> Triumphs Across America 2009 Charity Run I made at Triumphest's Awards
> Dinner.
> This is quite the undertaking by John Macartney and many volunteers on
> both sides of the pond.
> So your comments, good, bad, indifferent, wanting to participate,
> wanting to sponsor, wanting to contribute, wanting to volunteer are all
> welcome, but we would really like to hear and read overwhelming support
> for this endeavor.  I will let John respond to the thoughts and comments
> directly.

Glenn, thank you so much for initially 'banging the drum' in announcing the
event at Triumphest and I hope those who heard and saw the presentation now
have a better idea of what it's all about. As Glenn said, more details will
appear in the next edition of The Vintage Triumph magazine and TRIUMPH WORLD
will be running a series of articles as preparations hot up and the event
gets underway. so, a thumbnail sketch of important aspects of the event.

WHEN - probably from about mid-July 2009 until Triumphest in 2009 where the
event is clearly likely to finish. The fact that the VTR Annual Convention
is also likely to be running in parallel, makes T'fest the obvious place to
end the trip.

WHERE - well, we've obviously got the finish point in our sights, but where
we go to get there is anybody's guess! I feel it's very much up to Triumph
enthusiasts to give their club committees an *ear-bending.* on this matter -
but the general thinking that Blake Discher, Glenn Merrell, Fred Thomas and
I have had over the last few months is this.

1. The event will raise money to be shared in equal parts to one American,
one British and one Canadian non-profit organisation that specialises in the
treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Read my article in the
next edition of Triumph World and you'll get a clue as to why this is
important to me.
2. Fred Thomas has obtained a list of Remedial Help Centres across the US
that treat Veterans from the US Military who suffer from PTSD. While this
event is not, I repeat not, specifically for the benefit of military
personnel, these people are important. Primarily, funds raised will go to
civilians who suffer from PTSD (there are about 7 million in the US alone)
and these will obviously include former military personnel who 'escaped the
de-programming net' before getting their discharge papers. From my research,
a very large number escaped that trawl for many different reasons!! So, we
want one club per VTR Chapter to arrange a British Car Show at a venue that
is as conveniently central as possible to the Chapter. These car shows will
obviously be at weekends and there will be as many car shows as there are
Chapters. I have already written to Chapter Co-ordinators on this matter and
await their responses. As the opportunities arise, at each car show, I plan
to meet as many Triumph owners as possible and hopefully give them a talk
about 'Life at Standard-Triumph' as I saw it, both in Coventry and London. I
foresee each *Stop* lasting three to four days maximum - and then we move on
to the next venue.

There's a wild card here as well. I want the route to take in Canada too. I
know there is a vibrant Triumph community in Toronto, there's another in
Winnipeg and a third in British Columbia. The other reason for taking in
Canada is that I want to visit Regina, Saskatchewan where my Dad spent his
childhood from 1905 until 1915

So, the conclude on the WHERE section is this. We know where we'll be
finishing but no-one has a clue as to where else we'll be going beforehand.
That's a hyper-critical element and it has to be resolved by the end of this
year or very early on in 2008. Until we know the likely route, we're stymied
for arranging for different crews to drive the Stag, though I'll be going
the whole trip in the car I ship to the States. Incidentally, a word on
crews. If you'd like to ride in either car - and possibly drive one or both,
this will be subject to you raising sponsorship to a minimum value - but
more details on that issue will appear on the website.

HOW - Two cars will be taking part in the whole trip and I'm terming them as
the official "Works" cars. One will be a Stag (to be sourced in the US) and
the other will be either a 2000 or 2500 saloon that'll be coming from the
UK. Currently, I'm actively considering shipping over my own 2.5PI. At the
end of the event, the UK car will return to England but the Stag will be
raffled. Tickets will be available fairly soon and income from these will
finance the Stag buy cost and hopefully the cost of parts to repair. The
Stag is very much in Glenn's bailliewick. But guys, we want SPONSORSHIP in
any and every way we can get it from funding to get the cars running
reliably to venues for the car shows to fuel to keep them running, mealsd
and accommodation en route etc etc. More will be said on this on the
website.

ADMINISTRATION - Apart from Glenn, Blake and Fred having done so much so far
in the US, the event is being planned and co-ordinated in the UK and that is
why we need to keep things simple. All PR issues are being dealt with by a
lady, who until recently, worked for the BBC World Service. She knows
virtually every radio and TV station in North America and once the route is
known, will be alerting those stations to what is planned to take place. We
foresee local radio and TV playing a key role in fundraising.

THE CHARITIES (NON-PROFITS) Currently there are three in the frame. The
whole event is operating under the umbrella of THE MACARTNEY CHARITABLE
TRUST.  I formed this recently with the objective of handling and
distributing funds raised from the event described above. It has a current
working capital of approx US$10,000 as an interest-free loan from me and it
will be surrporting Assist UK www.traumatic-stress.freeserve.co.uk and Gift
from Within www.giftfromwithin.org  These are the British and American
beneficiary charities but we still need one for Canada. The Macartney
Charitable Trust has been structured as an award-granting charity in its own
right and it will continue after this event to provide events for classic
car enthusiasts in the UK (together with visitors from overseas) so the
money it raises can be passed to other charities and needy causes. As far as
I know, there is no other charity of that type in the UK and I'm hoping that
as it becomes more widely known, it'll be regarded as 'the classic car
charity.'

Finally, WHY AM I DOING THIS? I'm doing it because I want to. Many years ago
when I was still a young man with a career stretching out before me, I sold
several hundred Triumph sports cars for export to Canada or the US. I vowed
that one day, I too would go there myself. While I've certainly been there
many times on business, that's not the same. In the years that followed
after I left British Leyland, I was fortunate to see much of the world at my
employer's expense and I have many memories. Many are happy - a few are
tragic. It's the tragic ones that have made me want to do the trip so that I
may hopefully in some way help those who so recently helped me. I guess this
whole affair may see me spending the rest of my life in dire penury but if I
can somehow influence people to help me help others, then it'll all have
been worth it.

There'll no doubt be a book about it from me when its all over :)

In conclusion, I know many enthusiasts don't belong to VTR, don't belong to
these lists and don't read Triumph World. I'm preparing a series of articles
for the UK clubs about this trip and if any club newsletter editor would
like to receive the same material for his/her publication, please let me
know.

Sorry for the bandwidth guys - but the cat is now out of the bag and
cruising towards what I think will be yet another *TRIUMPH FIRST* and that
sees an ex-employee driving coast to coast in a 35+ year old car made by his
former employer. I hope to see many.many more Triumphs as we cover the
route; to welcome us to the next venue and 'talk us in' or to 'say farewell
and send us on our way.' There's a huge amount of planning still to do and
I'll try to keep you all updated this way.

Cheers, all

Jonmac

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Lindeman" <andrew.lindeman at gmail.com>
To: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 - Announcement
at Triumphest by Glenn Merrell


> I'd like a copy.
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From gary at cs.utah.edu  Thu Oct 25 11:08:43 2007
From: gary at cs.utah.edu (Gary Lindstrom)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:08:43 -0600
Subject: [Bmcu] reminder: end of season dinner sat. 10/27
Message-ID: <4720CD9B.1080001@cs.utah.edu>

End of Season Dinner
October 27, 2007

It's been a great year of club driving events, but now's the time when 
many of us tuck our Britmobiles away for the winter.  We'll celebrate 
this passage at our annual End of Season Dinner 6:30pm on Saturday 
October 27 at MacCool's Irish Pub in Salt Lake's Foothill Village 
Shopping Center.

Last year MacCool's did a terrific job accommodating our large and 
sometimes rowdy crowd.  The food and drink are good, too!

The night being only a few days before Hallowe'en, everyone is asked to 
bring or wear something really scary.  It could be a repair bill, a high 
school photo, or a truly outlandish outfit, such as Michael Scoggins' 
tux last year.

We'll also observe the long standing tradition of honoring fiftieth 
birthdays of member cars.  So, if you own a 1957 model, be sure to bring 
some tribute to the car, e.g., a removable part, photo, or -- what a 
thought -- maybe even the car itself.

Pugs and Diane Pivirotto are organizers for this event, which is always 
a great time.  Call them at 801-486-0547 with any questions.

Note: there is no reserved parking or car show this year.  Recommended 
parking is on the underground level, which has an entrance ramp opposite 
MacCool's.