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Title: Thought some of you might enjoy this... Post by: jholmgren on April 30, 2016, 10:52:02 am Last weekend I had the chance to celebrate the 75th birthday of a good friend of mine.
Ted is a bit of an icon in the British auto world, particularly Triumph. He raced for Group 44 (Triumph factory race team) back in the 70's and even continued racing as an independent in his TR-8 until the late 80's. Ted's shop is in Pandora OH. Truly small-town America. His uncle opened the shop in 1913 and they became one of the very first Dodge Brothers dealerships in 1914. Today Ted owns the building and it still looks quite a bit like the it did in the early days. Ted has spent the last decade or so collecting memorabilia related to the building. Since it is such a small town, he's had neighbors drop off original bills of sale and other marketing materials that they've found in "grandad's papers". Here is a bit more history of the building. http://tsimportedautomotive.com/TSIPictures.html I took a couple of picture as it is today while at the birthday party. I think some of you who collect signs and petrolina may like some of the things on display... http://littlebluespitfire.com/gallery309/index.php/spitfire/ted Jim Title: Re: Thought some of you might enjoy this... Post by: Ltransam on April 30, 2016, 10:55:50 am Jim Very nice !!! Thanks for posting . Title: Re: Thought some of you might enjoy this... Post by: ajf5577 on April 30, 2016, 02:20:39 pm Thanks for posting this Jim. It's nice to see things are still together after 100 years.
Title: Re: Thought some of you might enjoy this... Post by: Jared on April 30, 2016, 08:20:48 pm Great post thanks Jim
Title: Re: Thought some of you might enjoy this... Post by: Jim on May 01, 2016, 07:17:32 am Awesome story Jim ! ! !
Title: Re: Thought some of you might enjoy this... Post by: HowDueYouDue on May 01, 2016, 09:43:18 am Awesome; thanks for sharing
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