[Fot] Roadster Factory Burned last night.

[Rich Hahn]

 On a similar note, years ago during one of the TRA conventions in Greensburg while doing the Fun Rally my TR4A water pump impeller shaft decided it had had enough and packed it in.  I limped into the Roadster Factory for the picnic and Charles and John Swager opened the company for me to get a new pump.  I just took everything I thought I would need, they loaned me a floor jack (to lift the engine enough to so the pully would clear the crossmember enough to remove Triumph's industrial strength fan belt) and scrounged up some antifreeze to replace what I had lost.  I changed the pump in their parking lot.  There were no questions about payment and they just sent me a bill later on for the pump plus the other parts.  I have been buying from the Roadster Factory since Charles was running the operation from his father's house and could always count on them for quality parts and advice, not to mention their support for the hobby in general!!  I hope they are able to rebuild the business.  
    On Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:27:34 AM EST, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 The loss of material items is bad enough, but truly sad to lose such a customer oriented vendor. During the 2018 PVGP I had the canister oil filter gasket go bad. I drove to TRF where I not only bought a dozen proper gaskets, but they were gracious enough to let me change the filter and gasket in their back lot.  One of them even came out to see if all was going well. You don’t find that kind of helpful attitude at every shop. 
They will be missed until they hopefully rebuild.
Phil Gott

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> On Dec 28, 2023, at 2:57 AM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> The family has yet to speak about the tragic event.
> 
> I understand the local newspaper may have secured an interview with Albert that may take place in the next few days.
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> I believe that TRF policy was not to charge orders until they were ready to ship, do this seems to be a limited issue.
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> What happens to all the specialty products and their manufacture remains to be seen.
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> Perhaps our community can give the Runyan family more than one day to process this disaster before demanding answers?
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> Brad Eells
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 27, 2023, at 8:23 PM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> It is indeed horrible news for those of us who seek parts Moss does not carry. But it has got to be immediate for those of us in the middle of a transaction. Parts paid for but not yet shipped and the computers with info about the transaction up in smoke.
>> 
>> I find myself wondering about their side curtain rebuilding shop. Customer's factory original side curtains waiting to be rebuilt. Were they stored and rebuilt in the same building or in a different location? I had mine rebuilt a little over a year ago. Very high quality work. I hope customer side curtain frames are someplace else and can be finished.
>> 
>> Maybe there is special tooling used to make TRF parts located at other companies where special parts were manufactured for TRF? What might happen to anything located in different locations? I'm thankful I have my rebuilt side curtains and the frames are not still sitting at TRF. But what about others?
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>> TeriAnn
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