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- From: zebee@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: *** The Triumph Name ***
- Date: 18 Nov 92 22:40:39 GMT
- Organization: The University of Adelaide
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- datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
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- >BTW, I rode to Hinckley on Sunday (15th of Nov, '92) to ogle the Triumph
- >factory. I was going to take a piccy too. I was very disappointed. I don't
- >know what I was expecting, but all it was was a large industrial type unit
- >with a lot of smoked glass frontage and security cameras. There wasn't even
- >a badge or name on the main building front. It was listed on the map of the
- >estate as J S Bloor, and it was very Blooring. Apparently they are going to
- >expand as there was a J S Bloor sign on a vacant bit of land to the left of
- >the building.
-
- Word is that you go to your local Trumpy dealer, and he/she/it can arrange
- a tour of the inside. They use all the latest computerised CNC gee-whizzery,
- so no idea if that rings your chimes or not, but as you are at least on the
- same side of the planet, it might be worth an afternoon.
-
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