Author Archives: Mark Morgan

Boy, and to think I used to buy cars without air conditioning.  We are in the middle of particularly nasty stretch of high temps and corresponding mid-to-high humidity, which makes driving our cars top down, uh, challenging. In fact, earlier … Continue reading →

Seen at Skagit Regional Airport, off WA 20 west of Burlington, WA, earlier today. Lots of neat aircraft the airport too, including the collection of flyable warbirds at the Heritage Flight Museum.

It could qualify as a classic car park OR it could come under the category of auto junkyard…the lot’s on the east side of I-5 near Vader, WA, and according to the hand-lettered sign out front, the entire property – … Continue reading →

Hmmm…it might be time to lock up the auto stylists (the amazing thing is someone actually bought one of these CH-Rs, the biggest leap forward in automotive design since the Pontiac Aztek).

Sighted yesterday (Tues 24 Apr) at Scott AFB. Yes, the owner was rather startled when he showed up…and yes, those are balloons filling the passenger compartment.

Dang, those crafty, wiley MG club, er, folks pulled it off again: at the 9th edition of the Triumph-MG Challenge for the British Leyland Participation Trophy, they beat us handily, putting 27 of the Morris Garages products on the field … Continue reading →

Who you gonna call?  (I-44 WB near Arsenal, Mon 12 Mar)

Sunday, 11 March, 1220 hrs, Des Peres.

Back in the DC area again, short-notice short-duration trip in order to attend the funeral of an Air Force bud of yours truly.  In and around high winds, power outages and the farewell, have kept an eye out for TRs … Continue reading →

Ran across this one in the parking lot of Menards on Manchester, between I-270 and MO 141.   Got a brief glimpse of the driver before he entered the store; Mark and Andy in SLTOA have yellow TR6s, but this guy … Continue reading →