[TR] Old badge

[Jim Henningsen]

Lovely story.  Fred was the king of kindness and of powder coating.  Always there with helpful tips when you needed help on your TR. Jim

> On Nov 18, 2022, at 5:32 AM, johnbmacartney at gmx.com wrote:
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> Dear dear Fred Thomas! A lovely man and I miss him too. He came to the UK in about 2000 for a vacation and we spent the day in my Triumph 2000 saloon driving one of the former factory test routes. Fred was fascinated in the way I used the overdrive and said so many nice things about it. When he went home he asked for my address as he wanted to send me something to say thank you for the day we shared together. About three weeks later, a long parcel arrived at my home and on unpacking it, lo and behold was a beautiful powder-coated valve cover he'd done for me. It went straight on the car and stayed there until I sold it and put the old one back in place. I've still got it and dearly wish I'd got a car to fit it to but I'm now too long in the tooth "to play with Triumphs myself."
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> Jonmac
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com> 
> Sent: 16 November 2022 22:11
> To: Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Old badge
> 
> I remember Fred Thomas giving these out at The Roadster Factory Party in 2003 or 2004?  Joe Curry, does that timeframe ring a bell or was it another pin or date.  Rest In Peace Fred.  I miss you. Jim Henningsen 
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>> On Nov 16, 2022, at 1:04 PM, Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
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>> Was cleaning up some stuff and found this.  Can't remember exactly when it was made, or who was responsible for doing so. Maybe 1995 or so?
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>> mjb.
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