Homecoming of the Triumph patent plate

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Owner:: bollock_de Message this owner
Released:: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Origin:: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Recently Spotted:: Unknown Location

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Bitte bringt diese originale gute 40 Jahre alte Triumph Patent Plakette zu dem Ort zurück, wo sie einst in der altehrwürdigen und leider mittlerweile abgerissenen Fabrik in Meriden, West Midlands, Großbritannien, an eine der legendären Triumph Motorcycles.als stolze Zierde angebracht worden ist. Bitte hilf dabei, sie in GC1DR1G "A Triumph Of Engineering" zu platzieren.
Dort wünsche ich mir, dass der Owner dieses mir kostbare Stück an das National Motorcycle Museum Birmingham übergibt

Vielen Dank!

Please bring this original and more than 40 years old Triumph Patent Plate back to the place where it was assembled to one of the legendary Triumph Motorcycles in the old but meanwhile destroyed Triumph plant in Meriden, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Pleasehelp to place it to GC1DR1G "A Triumph Of Engineering"

If the item arrives there I bed the cache owner to bring this my beloved patent plate and hand it out to the National Motorcycle Museum Birmingham

Thank you very much!

About This Item

Triumph Patent Plate

Diese Plakette war eines der Markenzeichen des in den 60er Jahren zweitgrößten Motorradproduzenten Triumph Motorcycles aus Coventry.
Nach der Bombardierung der Fabrik in Coventry entstand in Meriden eine neue Fabrik, in der auch eine T100 montiert wurde, von der ich diese Plakette 1999 entfernte um sie durch ein neues Ersatzteil im Rahmen einer Restauration ersetzte. Diese Machine wurde 1969 nach Südafrika geliefert und kam 1992 nach Deutschland wo ich sie 1993 erwarb. Mittlerweile ist diese Maschine schon einmal am Ort der ehemaligen Fabrik zu einem Gedenkbesuch gewesen.

This patent plate was one of the characteristic signs or the great motorcycle producer Triumph Motorcycles from Coventry, After the bombs destroyed the original factory there grew a new plant in Meriden, in which a T100 was built. From this T100 I removed the patent plate in 1999 to replace it with a NOS part when I restored this motorcycle´.
This motorcycles was delivered to South Africa in 1969 and came to Germany in 1992,
In the meantime this old Triumph visited the place where the Triumph pland stood one time.

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Tracking History (3483.9mi) View Map

10/17/2015	bollock_de marked it as missing		Visit Log
Die Ownerin/der Owner hat diesen Trackable als verschollen gemeldet.
10/25/2013	Superted posted a note for it		Visit Log
This Travel Bug reached its final destination today, the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham. I was very unsure what kind of reception I would receive when I turned up and tried to explain all about Geocaching and the goal of this Travel Bug. I needn't have worried. The person I met was most receptive, listened carefully to my explanations, studied the print-outs of the map and TB page and assured me that it would be well looked after and maybe even displayed one day. There are plans to expand this museum and aspirations to use some of the many interesting and historic items currently in storage. Having received such a warm welcome I was able to take the TB on its own tour of the museum and photograph some of the many Triumph motorcycles on display. The place is a real gem and a must-see for any enthusiast. So the TB owner can rest assured that the goal was achieved and the TB will spend this winter in warm rather than in a cold plastic container under a hedge somewhere!
10/22/2013	Superted posted a note for it		Visit Log
The travel bug went with me to the London Road Cemetary in Coventry today to visit the Triumph memorial. This memorial is dedicated to those sixty six Triumph workers who lost their lives in the World War I. It was unveiled in March 1921 German-born Siegfried Bettmann, who had founded the company some twenty-five years earlier. Siegfried Bettmann was somewhat shabberly treated during the war. At the time war broke out he was Mayor of Coventry but was rapidly demoted becasue of concerns over his nationality. The fact that Bettmann commissioned this memorial speaks of his forgivness to the way he had been treated.
10/12/2013	Superted retrieved it from A Triumph of Engineering	West Midlands, United Kingdom	Visit Log
The TB has now achieved its goal, arrived in Meriden and been taken on quite a tour by Mr Wizz. A friend of mine is a member of the Triumph Owner's Club that meets in Meriden and kindly took some photos of the TB next to his Triumph. Well, I say Triumph. It has a T100 engine, an Ariel frame and a BSA Chain base. Its certainly been put together by one clever engineer!
9/29/2013	Mr Wizz posted a note for it		Visit Log
If anyone is interested, the log for the release of the travel bug can be read here http://coord.info/GLCC388D
9/29/2013	Mr Wizz placed it in A Triumph of Engineering	West Midlands, United Kingdom - 22.81 miles	Visit Log

9/29/2013	Mr Wizz posted a note for it		Visit Log
GOAL COMPLETE!!!! I had been watching this travel bug since it's release, after Superted (the cache owner of the travel bug's goal) had announced on Facebook that the bug wanted to go to his cache. Wouldn't it be great, I thought, if I could help it reach its destination? So when it reached the area about a few weeks ago, I raced over to collect it. Then it was simply a matter of bringing it here... OK, so I didn't bring it directly here - I thought a couple side trips to other Triumph-related locations were in order first! Anyway, the travel bug has now finally made it, and here is the picture proof. Enjoy!
9/27/2013	Mr Wizz posted a note for it		Visit Log
Before it heads over to the Triumph works in Meriden, I thought a quick visit to the old Triumph Works at Canley was in order. The fact that I had to order some parts from my Citroen at the garage there (which is now sat on the land that the works used to occupy is entirely co-incidental LOL!) There isn't a lot left of the old works there now. The Triumph Social Club is the only original building that remains there now. The rest were knocked down back in the nineties and replaced with more modern businesses. Aside from the Social Club, the only things that show that Triumph were ever there is the name of the road Herald Ave, and a large stainless steel logo.
9/27/2013	Mr Wizz took it to Silence is Golden	West Midlands, United Kingdom - 2.15 miles	Visit Log

9/25/2013	bollock_de posted a note for it		Visit Log
I am enjoying the Mr Wizz eperience very! Thank you for your effort and your support for my little TB. I will send a big thank you later, but a small one is here already! Thank you and best regards!
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