Don't think there's been a post of late, so here's a link to the TTACD website - have a look to see what's cooking. John Macartney, formerly with Standard-Triumph, Coventry, will be stopping in various locations around the country, so be sure to turn out and greet him. This is quite an event, and my wish is that lots of BCF-ers will participate in whatever manner possible.

All proceeds from the drive will go to research and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mickey

The event is shaping up. John will be ALL OVER the country, as well as part of Canada, this summer, so there's little excuse for you to miss hooking up.

Check out the latest here

And be sure to make a donation!

IT LIVES!!

Yesterday the Stag took its first drive! The launch is just a few short weeks away. Check out the website and Youtube drive here , and be sure to catch John if he comes through your town. The route is also on the website.

Mickey

Hi Mickey,

Thanks for keeping the discussion of this event alive!

Yes, the unveiling is on the 31st of May, next weekend. I'll be there to congratulate the ISOA STTAG members on their great accomplishment.

Drive kicks off 27 June at Grass Roots Motorsports in Holly Hills Florida. Everyone, BE THERE!!

I now have some time on my hands so I can do some chat now too.

Cheers!

Update - 6/22/09

I've been told by one of my Flickr contacts that the tour will be coming through Calgary in September (I think?), anyone know Phil Ethier? He will apparently be along for the drive...

Don't know him, but the tour will be in Calgary. From the website:



There will be a Flickr account set up to post pictures all along the way:

Flickr

The caravan is scheduled to arrive in Memphis on August 6th and leave on the 7th. The British Sports Car Club of Memphis will be meeting the caravan here and most likely have a special club dinner meeting for the event, and I'll be contacting the clubs in Arkansas to see if they'll get involved once the caravan moves west from here.

The drive is underway!

Click for the latest news. And be sure to check often to see where "Uncle Jack" is taking John and those who are in the caravan with him.

When they are in your area, be sure to come out and greet them!

Mickey

Already lots of pictures and some videos posted. Check it out.

I wish they were coming down the Northern California
coast.I5 is such a boring drive.

- Doug

The run is comming thru Charlotte NC this Wednesday July 8th! I will be at the dinner and will try to get a couple of pics to post. Bob

Thanks, Bob - looking forward to seeing the pics!

Mickey

Bracketing me...was in Montgomery - will be in Nashville.

Here are a couple of pics from last night. Great speaker and very entertaining. I hope his journey goes as planned! Its well worth making a effort to meet him and help his cause. Bob

Thanks for posting that, Bob. We're looking forward to his visit next month!

Mickey

I had breakfast with John and the Stag and 2 TCOC members. The Stag did not want to start and he has a flooding issue. We got it going but he needs to check the carb venting system or there is a needle and seat sticking problem. What a great sounding car when its running! Bob

The Delaware Valley Triumph club is hosting John this weekend. A group of about 7 cars met with John and Uncle Jack at The Whip Tavern in Chester County PA and after lunch escorted him up to the annual club picnic where many more club members were scheduled to be present. I had another commitment, so I wasn't able to make the picnic. A few pics were taken at the pub and hopefully I will be able to get a copy to post on here.

It's been fun reading about his progress in th website and seeing hte pictures on Flickr.

I'm looking forward to leading John into Corunna, ON, for an evening BBQ on July 30.

BCF's own Andy Mace is tagged in John's latest journal entry 7/27/09!

Hi All,

Just spent two enjoyable days in John's company as part of the Toronto Triumph Club and the British Saloon Car Club of Canada.

Members of the two clubs met John at the Border on Tuesday Evening in Niagara Falls and escorted him up to Burlington Ontario where John spent the evening relaxing after a long days drive. Two stags, A TR3A,TR4A, 4 6's, A Morgan, and and MGBGT and a Jag all joined in on the drive.

John had the car serviced on Wednesday at one of our Stag experts homes while he got a chance to update the website with more details of the journey. Wednesday evening, we met John for dinner at a local pub and listened to him speak about his days with Triumph and also listened to his story of how the drive came about. A very interesting speaker and we thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

Today John is on the road again to Sarnia Ontario where he will be escorted further by the TTC and the BSCCC and handed off to the Bluewater British Car Club I believe.

If John is driving through your area please support him in any way that you can.

Cheers,
David Tushingham
1973 TR6
1960 TR3A

Several YouTube entries on the website - check 'em out:

TTACD

Picking John and "Uncle Jack" up tomorrow pm!

We had a great time leading John from London to Corunna, ON. We had 15 cars in total; a really good turn out.

The BBQ at our house went off very well and even the local Press showed up to interview him.

John was certainly a bit nervous about the next days crossing but I told John to stop fretting; that crossing over at Sombra/Marine City would work out okay and it did!

Here's some pictures from the event my wife Judy and I had for John, as well as a few on the ferry from Sombra to Marine City.

John in Corunna

Also, here a link to the interview, including a video interview.
http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplayGenContent.aspx?e=13676

Picked John and "Uncle Jack" up in Evansville yesterday, along with BCF'er Paul Stedman. Nice drive back to Clarksville and wonderful dinner with John, who's snoozing away before we leave for Nashville later this morning.

Lovely gentleman, and his stories about the drive and the cause for which he's making it are wonderful.

I hope you can visit with him when he's in your area.

Will try to post some pictures as soon as I can.

Mickey

Only took a few pictures, as I was more interested in chatting with John and learning about his cause.

Pictures here - they're in reverse order - loading Photobucket doesn't seem to make sense to me!

Truly hated to hand him off to the Memphis club...

Again, if at all possible, do NOT miss meeting him.

Hello All,

John Marcartney and "Uncle Jack" are now sweating it out in Texas. When I was there two years ago for VTR, it was 115 F!!!
I am driving down to Raton Tuesday Morning early from Lafayette. Join me!

Here is the schedule from the TTA web site starting the 18th of August for caravaners in the North Texas, New Mexico, and Rocky Mountain Colorado regions.

Tuesday 08/18 - Departure from Amarillo TX to Raton NM to Rendezvous with any and all caravaners to escort John to Colorado Springs. After an overnighter in Colorado Springs - well read on ...

Tuesday 08/18 - Departure from Amarillo TX to Raton NM to Rendezvous with any and all caravaners to escort John to Colorado Springs. After an overnighter in Colorado Springs -

Wednesday 08/19 - drive up and down Pikes Peak Toll road, then lunch in Colorado Springs , then north toward and through Denver before rush hour!

ALL ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRITISH CLUBS: John is available for a talk about Coventry Motor industry days either Thursday 20th or Friday 21st evenings. Contact Glenn Merrell ASAP to set something up at your venue and invite all the other British Car clubs and members - pass the hat! Any arrangements and organization are greatly appreciated!

At this point, we’re at about past the ‘halfway’ point in terms of distance covered and distance to go before the finish. With this in mind, Glenn and Susan Merrell have kindly asked John to spend a few days R&R with them in Lafayette, Colorado. Glenn is past Chairman and President of The Triumph Stag Club, USA and very much of a moving light in the organization and co-ordination of the Triumph Trans-AmeriCa Charity Drive 2009, Glenn being the TTA North American Charity Drive 2009 Coordinator.

Sun. 23 August. A visit to Fort Collins as a guest of The British Motoring Club of Northern Colorado

Tue 25 August. The Drive resumes with John and “uncle jack” leaving Fort Collins, en-route for an evening meet with the guys and gals of somewhere between Ft. Collins and Omaha NE.

Cheers!

Doug,
The drive IS coming down the coast. Routes on the map are for general routes ONLY.

Actual routes are up to the local clubs to pick, so Coast Highway it is (and has always been)!!

In fact, it is 101/1A all the way to SLO!

Cheers!

Glenn,

Thanks!Is there any way of knowing when/where they'll
be staying in the Eureka area.I'm willing to do anything I
can to help.Should I drive the TR6,or the Cortina?

- Doug

Doug,
You need to contact Joe Cain of Triumph Travelers. JoeCainPEaol.com

Joe has all the details for caravaning with John down the coast through California.

Hello Travelers to Triumphest / NATC 2009:

ONLY 36 DAYS to TRIUMPHEST / North American Triumph Challenge 2009 in San Luis Obispo California!!

I am completing my plans for caravaning to Triumphest / NATC 2009 from Colorado. In the past we have traveled solo in the Stag and had some pretty spectacular drives I reported on over the years. This one should not be any different.

At present I am planning on a two day drive from Lafayette Colorado to San Luis Obispo California, and the moss don't grow under the wheels of this Stag! Get there, unpack and get with the program.

Basic route is approximately 1200 miles; out of Denver west on I-70 through the Colorado Rockies to I-15 in Utah, south through Las Vegas then west to Barstow California, spice it up a bit and take CA HWY 58 west to CA HWY 223, CA HWY 166 (maybe a photo op at ButtonWillow track) across the mountains to Santa Maria, then north on 101 to Pismo Beach.

I want to depart Colorado on either the 27th or 28th of September at the latest to arrive in Pismo the 29th.

There is a large caravan of Triumphs planning to travel with the TTA STTAG and John Macartney from Monterey CA the morning of the 30th down 1A and I'd like to meet up with them about San Simeon on 1A late morning on the 30th to make the grand finale arrival drive into SLO.

Comments and ideas? Wanna meet up?

--
Glenn Merrell
TSN Admin
http://www.triumphstag.net
mailto:StagByTriumphtriumphstagclub.org

BTW, John and Uncle Jack, with myself and Paul Lugo in my Stag summited Pikes Peak on the 19th of August.

Go to the Flickr site for photos
http://www.flickr.com/groups/triumphtransamerica/
and the TTA Web site for the trip to Omaha NE.

Glenn,

Thanks for the info,& update.Due to financial reasons,
& the fact that my TR6 would need too much work to go all the
way to SLO,I'll have to be content to maybe drive with John
for a limited distance.

- Doug

Well... This weekend he'll be here in Calgary, I hope to make it to some of the events, and I suspect I'll take some photos... LOL

Ya think?

Give him Janet's and my regards, please!

Mickey

Hi All,

It has been a week or so since I have put updates on the TTA Charity drive status out to the Triumph world.

As of Tuesday 31 August 2009 John crossed the Canadian border for the 3rd time and is now departing Winnipeg. After departing Colorado on the 25th of August, John was accompanied off the interstate roads along the North Platte river in Colorado to Nebraska by members of the British Car Club of Northern Colorado. Arriving in Omaha Nebraska, John was received by Nebraska Triumphs for two events, then off to Minneapolis/St. Paul Twin Cities for a couple of nights with Minnesota Triumphs, then off toward Alexandria and Fargo en route to Canada. Many thanks to the many dozens of volunteers who hosted and caravaned with John to this point. John now faces some of the longest distances to drive across the Canadian Territories over the next two weeks, not to mention some extremely stunning scenery to boot.

I am happy to announce the Winnipeg British Car club has topped the charitable contributions from a single stop over!! I promised the host clubs not to publish individual totals by clubs because every club has performed exquisitely regardless of club size or donation amount. Our drive total direct to charity now exceeds $11,000.00 USD!! Want to top your own club or group's contributions? Go and rally some corporate donations directly to Sidran.org or a local Trauma / PTSD charity and I'll tally them toward your groups total. We still have a lot of time to get this donation total much higher, and do not forget - many companies match charitable donations of their employees.

As it stands now, there are only about 6 clubs and maybe as many hosts remaining in about 27 days until the "Gran Finale Drive to Triumphest". This "Gran Finale" drive is being organized by the Triumph Travelers Sport Car Club member Joe Cain and others of TTSCC. This drive is planned to head south Wednesday morning 30 September on Highway 1A from Monterey through the redwood forest, a lunch stop somewhere (maybe Cambria), then arrive en masse in two full lines of Triumphs driving on Hwy 101 to the host hotel in San Luis Obispo sometime early afternoon, again, another FIRST! This may just be one of the largest single drives of Triumphs assembled anywhere at one time and place in North America and what a spectacular road to do it! TTSCC might have to turn Hwy 1A into a temporary toll road to collect money for a local California charity or the California government!

Can you guess the correct answers (at the end of the drive in SLO) for:
The total miles driven (to the nearest 1/10th of a mile calculated by Streets-n-Trips according to my entry log feedback from each host club) by John in the TTA Stag "uj" - based on actual routes driven? The actual odometer reading - total miles from the Stag (off by roughly 9% high) to the mile at the end of the drive (from John's travel log)? The total number of people John spoke to about PTSD? The total number of Triumphs who caravaned with John? The total number of Host Clubs and Hosts for John? The total dollars raised for Charity (by the Awards dinner 3 October 2009 in SLO)?

A few TTA Charity Drive 2009 business matters:

1. I'd like to get a few sponsors to step up and donate some nice prizes for the correct answers to the above questions, awarded at Triumphest.
2. I am also asking for contributions to cover John and Liz
Macartney's registration fee for Triumphest / NATC 2009 and their hotel room at the Embassy Suites host hotel. Please contact me off list if you are willing to help out. Myself, Joe Pawlak and John Macartney will have a tech session at 4:00 pm 2 October reviewing the drive from start to finish, and I will be passing the hat to top off the totals for charity. If donating for charity, bring your checkbook or donate online, if for covering John's expenses, drop in $0.$$ to $$$$.00 at SLO;
3. Many thanks to the excellent efforts of Delaware Valley Triumph Club, Sunoco has donated $1000 in gift cards to the drive. Problem is, we did not receive the cards until John was in Tulsa Oklahoma, and all of the Sunoco Stations are east of Kentucky, with very few in California, and none remaining the Canadian western provinces and territories, Washington or Oregon. So we have ten (10), One Hundred Dollar US, ($100 USD) Sunoco Gift Cards some lucky awardees can use at any Sunoco retailer for anything Sunoco sells including fuel and services. Here is the deal. This drive is all about charity!! We want to leverage the value of
this donation for charity. Write a MINIMUM of a Two Hundred Dollar ($200) donation check (ONLY checks dated AFTER 1 September 2009) (or ONLINE CONTRIBUTION at Sidran.org after 1 September 2009) to Sidran referencing "TTA Charity Drive 2009" in the memo line and mail or click it to Sidran. Send me a copy of the check or confirmed online donation with a Self Addressed First Class stamped envelope and I will send you a $100 Sunoco Gift Card! You win TWICE, because Sidran will send you a tax deductible slip for your $200 donation, and you will get a $100 card to use for anything at Sunoco! Cards will be mailed out after Triumphest, and only the first ten (10) donations received by me will receive a gift card, so contact me if you are going to take advantage of this excellent offer!!

Thanks for your time!

It was a good day with John, a very friendly man with an interesting and compelling story to tell (I know you know it Mickey), and a rather nice Triumph Stag at that, and Stag's are a rare sight here in Alberta.

I just took a few basic photos, that I'll get to sometime this week.

Glad you got to meet him - a fine gentleman he is!

It pleases me that John has been so well received. This has been quite the epic event for a lot of people.

There are only 4 more clubs between Calgary and San Luis Obispo. The Best places to catch John are going to be with Vancouver Triumphs in Vancouver, TYEE Triumphs in Washington, Portland Triumphs in Portland, then Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club in San Francisco.

The Gran Finale Drive departs Monterey the morning of the 30th of September (place to be announced) to travel along Hwy 1A to San Luis Obispo, a stop midway for lunch along the coast.
So if you want to cruise with a LOT of other Triumphs in the grand completion of this drive, THIS is the drive to attend!
More information soon!

A few pics of John and Liz McCartney and UJ in Vancouver B.C.yesterday (Sept 12 2009).Hosted by the British Columbia Triumph Registry the local TR club.Great couple they are!Weather was top notch,(low 90 degrees). approx fifty LBC's from various clubs were present.

Unfortunatly when John left he only got about a half block from the show site and uj's electric fuel pump crooked in the middle of the intersection!A pump was found quickly and I,
with the help of several others did a quick re and re., and John and uj were "on the road again"

Updates at John's site at http://www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk/ seem to have dried up since Sept. 12th; has anyone heard anything? Or maybe he decided to just stay in Vancouver! I hope all is well.

He has had some computer issues; could be the reason for no posts of late.

Yes actually John, Liz and UJ crossed the US border, traveled to Edmunds WA to spend some R&R with family.

Today, Friday they drive to Vancouver WA / Portland OR area in prep for a drive Saturday with the Portland Area Triumphs.

The 21st they head out of Portland, OR over to HWY 101, down to Eureka California.

The 22nd, probably some crooked road driving on the Matole Road / Kings road to Bodega Bay for an overnighter.

The 23rd should then be down 1A from Bodega Bay, over to Santa Rosa and Calistoga to the Silverado trail to Silver Oak and Stag Leap vineyards, Down to Napa, over to Novato or Petaluma, the Marin French Cheese farm, to Point Reyes National Seashore and Lighthouse, back over to 1A, down to Stinson Beach, maybe an overnighter before heading over the hill to 101 and up to Corte Madera on the 24th.
The 24th John does a presentation for the Lions Club, then it is up to TTSCC until the 28th in Monterey where Susan and I will meet up with John, Liz and UJ.
Then some Anniversary celebrations for John and Liz - 5th Wedding if you recall from the TVT a while back, then the Gran Finale Drive the 30th down HWY 1A to SLO.

There will be a Gran Finale Toast at the Embassy Suites the evening of the 30th in the Hotel Lounge during the Managers reception!

Be there if you can!!

Please let me know - I'm trying to coordinate
things here.I'd like to take John & his Wife out to
dinner,but I need to know details.Where are they
planning on staying in the Eureka area?

- Doug

Good to know all is going well. Thanks for the update, Glenn.

I finally talked to John tonight.Liz is not doing well.
I'm hoping to meet up with them next week.

- Doug

Food poisining in Florence,Oregon?
I knew SOMETHING would happen to avoid
coming to our area!It never fails.
I do hope that Liz is allright.

- Doug

Well Liz was resting yesterday and feeling slightly better, today they were planning the banzai run down 101 to get close to the North Bay area.
John was out gathering comfort meds to help nurse Liz back to health when I talked to him yesterday.
Unfortunately they will not be able to take my planned route through Napa or out to Rt. Reyes National Seashore as John has to be in the North Bay Area tomorrow for a Lions Club presentation.

Sorry Doug, just they way it goes sometimes. I'm sure you would not want to host guests who were not feeling up to par. Maybe John contacted you as he passed through Eureka today?

Cheers!

No,he didn't call.I didn't want to bother them,
but ended up calling him around 5PM.He didn't say
where he was,& his cell phone was breaking up so bad
that I couldn't understand what he was saying.The calls
got dropped every time (I tried 3 times).

- Doug

They got into Eureka about 8:30 pm, crashed - exhausted at the hotel and left early this morning.
John sends his apologies, and his cell phone battery was almost dead!

Hello All,

6 days and counting to Triumphest / North American Triumph Challenge 2009,
and the ...

Triumph Trans America Charity Drive 2009 Gran Finale DRIVE!

The plans for the Gran Finale Drive and arrival to SLO are coming together. Currently the Gran Finale Drive will depart Monterey at about 9:00 am. Arrive by 8:30 am as stated below.
If you did not see the post from TTSCC, here it is again:

>Wednesday morning, 9/30: Meet at the Rio Road Shopping Center in Carmel at
>Highway 1 and Rio Road at 8:30 a.m. Final TTACD tour departs Carmel at 9:00
>a.m. and proceeds down Highway 1 to Triumphest/VTR at San Luis Obispo.
>Scenic photo stops and comfort stops along the way. Lunch in Cambria. We
>expect this caravan to get huge as we approach San Luis Obispo. If you don't
>make the 9:00 a.m. departure, it won't be difficult to catch up with us. If
>you are already in SLO, please head north and join us for the end of the tour.
>
>Wednesday afternoon, 9/30: We expect to arrive in SLO at 2:30 p.m. (to be
>verified), and we hope for a Grand Reception as we enter the parking lot of
>the Embassy Suites. We will post updates about this final tour.

For the Embassy Suites Inn SLO group side of things, this gathering is very informal since I am driving south from Monterey. This should be two groups:
1. Drivers wanting to make the CAMBRIA lunch stop should plan of being in front of the hotel to depart no later than 10:30am Wednesday 30th September for the drive north on Hwy 1A to make the LUNCH STOP in Cambria. Just look for Triumphs lining up and assemble and ask those folks if they are driving up to Cambria to meet the Gran Finale Drive..
2. As the details of the 2nd rendezvous point are finalized for the two groups, teh 2nd has been set at Morrow Bay at the Lila H Keiser Park on Hwy 1 and Atascadero Road exit for the late group, after the Cambria Lunch stop. Anyone wishing to Rendezvous at the Morrow Bay rendezvous point should depart the Hotel about 1:00 pm. I have no idea what is available for parking at that park, but I would recommend this group line up on the Hwy 1 A On Ramp to merge with the south traveling group as they come down 1A

I will make a call to someone in the group at the Embassy Suites when we are about 30 minutes from the rendezvous points on Hwy 1A, first before the lunch stop, and then for the second group when we are leaving Cambria.

As to "Grand Reception", well this is of course my own typical "informal" arrangement - nothing formally tied to Triumphest organizers by specific request, just a "California Happening". I am planning to leave the Gran Finale group on 1A about 15 minutes ahead to set up a video camera and clear the area in front of the Hotel for the arrival. There is a "Special" parking spot in front of the hotel under the arrival banner for "Uncle Jack", so once UJ gets parked, we will have an initial gathering of everyone who is interested in that immediate area in front of the Gran Finale Banner, make some brief announcements and thank you's (since this is "California Happening" style, then it may become a spontaneous party - bring your coolers and chairs), announce the "Gran Finale Toast" will be held in the Hotel Atrium Lounge about 5:30 pm to coincide with the Managers Reception where we will pop the cork on some special STTAG fluifs. If you are staying at the hotel, make sure you get your free drink info through the hotel if that was advertised, and for all TTA Host organizers who have been on the contact list, SEE ME PERSONALLY and introduce yourself!!

Cheers!

--
Glenn Merrell
TSN Admin
http://www.triumphstag.net
mailto:StagByTriumphtriumphstagclub.org

Glenn,

I'm curious - if the meet in SLO isn't until the
30th,why is John in such a hurry to get down there by
this weekend?I'm still really bummed that I wasn't able
to meet him in person.

- Doug

Doug,

Have a look on the Route Plan on the TTA web site for this week's schedule - I updated yesterday. You can probably take a ride this weekend and meet up with him in the Bay Area - like tomorrow at the VA hospital Show n Shine in Meno Park. Take your Anglia!

Besides, I don't think you would wanted to have hosted Liz for a dinner when she was turning green, puking and nauseated.

John, Liz and UJ will be hosted in the Bay area from the 24th ( Lions CLub Presentation and LARGE charitable contribution) 25th (club Drives and Museum), a Show and Shine at the Menlo Park VA Hospital Saturday the 26th, a rest day the 27th, Drives and Museum stops the 28th by Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club. Then in Monterey the 28th - 29th. The 29th is John and Liz Anniversary, so that is a rest day for them.

John, Liz and UJ do not depart for SLO until The GRAN FINALE drive, which is next Wednesday morning, departing Monterey at 9:00 am, arriving at SLO approximately 2:30 pm.

Glenn,

I would have been overjoyed to meet/help them
in any way.I live in an out-of -the-way place to
the rest of the people on this Forum.When anyone
does come to this area,something always seems to
make it so I avoid contact.
I'm a nobody.It's always nice to meet a
somebody like John,who was there,in "the day".
These are the people that I have the most respect
for.How often do you get to meet a celeberity com-
ing thru your little town?
Sorry,but I had my chance,& missed it.

- Doug

Message from Glenn about the website:

"Hello All,
It seems John needs to renew the domain name triumphtransamerica.org.uk but needs to retrieve his registration information from home in Evesham. This may not be for a week, or if John and I can sort it out in the next day or two, it will be back up then.

Sorry for the delay."

More news from Glenn:

Hello All,

First, Uncle Jack has not yet sold. We are planning on putting up our very own auction site on the TTA Web site in the next week.

Accessing the TTA web site:
For the time being, the new link to the TTA Web site for the next few days will be

http://www.triumphtransamerica.org/public_html/

Once the transfers and updates are complete, you should be able to use http://www.triumphtransamerica.org which drops the "dot UK"

As John needs to renew the domain name triumphtransamerica.org.uk when he arrives home to the UK in a week and a half, this is a stop gap to get people back on to the web site.
We hope to have both URLs pointing to the TTA site completely soon.

Sorry for the Inconvenience.

--
Glenn A. Merrell
TTA North American Drive Coordinator 2009 www.triumphtransamerica.org

Okay, so "next week" came and went. Sorry.

After talking with John Macartney while he and Liz were cruising on the Queen Mary II voyage home to the UK, I thought I would wait until they returned home, got the URL renewed and forwarded to triumphtransamerica.org so all the old links floating around the world in emails and on web sites are working again.

I hope John can get this accomplished, in-between trips to Oxford to keep tabs on his eldest son Nicholas who seems to be in very poor condition in the hospital with multiple organ failures and flesh eating bacteria taking a portion of his leg.

We all know where that priority is, besides I am performing the 15k mile services on Uncle Jack, cleaning, primping, polishing, and a list of other things, getting ready for some photographing and a video for the auction site.

We lost some momentum with the old web site URL expiring at a critical time and now trying to get the photos back in display on the TTA site.

The correct URL for hence forward will be
Triumph TransAmeriCa Web Site http://www.triumphtransamerica.org, with the old dot UK URL being forwarded to the new URL.

Stay tuned, and spread the word that UJ will be on the auction block very soon!
The lions share of the winning bid will go directly to charity, which means a tax deduction slip comes directly to you from the charity. Think about it! When was the last time you bought a Triumph and could write off 80% of it on your taxes?!?!

Cheers!

TTA Stag - Uncle Jack is FOR SALE!!
Posted by: StagByTriumph
Date: 01/03/2010 08:50PM

Greetings All,

The LONG awaited auction for the Triumph Trans AmeriCa Charity Drive 2009 Triumph Stag known as "uncle jack",

is

pending activation

FOR SALE on eBay!!

PLEASE TELL EVERYONE, EMAIL EVERYONE, CALL ANY INTERESTED PARTY!!

Remember, this is FOR CHARITY!!!

The Auction will become Active on Monday, 4 January 2010 at 1:00 am Pacific Time - about 9 am GMT

Go to eBay [www.ebay.com] and enter item Number 250558126708

or click on this link for eBay details
eBay TTA UJ Sale!!
Good Luck, Happy Bidding!!



Cheers!

Glenn A. Merrell
TriumphStag dot Net administrator
TTA North American Coordinator (2007-2009)
past Chairman TSC USA (2007-2009)
past TSC USA President (2001-2007)
"The BEST trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead bugs on the windshield." 8)
_________________________

This is a WORLD WIDE EVENT!! Literally, enthusiasts from all over the world are watching this auction.
Don't delay, it ends in 5 days!



After just three days on auction, uncle jack MET its reserve price to the dollar, and as of this posting, over 2840 people have looked at the auction!!



Keep spreading the word!!

Again,
Go to eBay [www.ebay.com] and enter item Number 250558126708

or click on this link for eBay details

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250558126708


At one point, my TTA publicist Chuck Kittelson, had two Vegas casinos vying for the purchase of UJ for 7 figures, but unfortunately with his passing last year that information was lost - never locating any of the contact information or Casino names.

Maybe some of you know some people who will post the auction on their weekly automobile eMagazines or to their collector base?

I am told some very "serious" collectors are watching the auction - we can only hope! I am sure some of you know the local collector in your area who has a nice warehouse showroom. Let's quickly tap those resources to get as much money for PTSD charity awareness as possible!!

Cheers!

Glenn,

I read the eBay listing.Is there anywhere that there's
pictures,in order,telling where the pictures were taken?The
eBay listing had a link to pictures,but a lot of them didn't
give a location.
Sorry if this is picky,but I've been all over the U.S.,
& (for me)it's interesting to see the location of the picture
I'm viewing.

- Doug

Congrats Glenn on getting 38,500. I hope that gave the charity a nice start to the year. Did it sell to a collection or individual driver??

Just reading about the Colonel, very sad ...


Regarding the sale of UJ, thanks, but it was only $31,500. The sale after paying off parts restoration expenses represents just over $45,000 raised for the three charities during the drive and with this sale. That is quite good I think!
But I also I think we could have done better had we access to popular advertising in the main sports car magazines and classic publications

As to Photos, well the captions on Flickr were left up to the people taking the photos. With over 800 photos taken, it will take me a bit of time to put comments on the ones I know the locations.

On to the next adventure!

CHeers!

Oh, the proud new owners are



Phil and Susan Ethier of St. Paul Minnesota!!

UJ is scheduled to be delivered back to the ISOA S.T.T.A.G. team for a full preparation and presentation party the first weekend in May!