July 2016

You’ve probably seen the Toyota TV commercial and possibly the billboard: Camrys racing at Monaco. Every review/road test I’ve ever read about the Camry – any generation Camry – has used words like “solid,” “reliable,” “comfortable,” etc.  I have never seen the word “fun” or “sporting.”  The same pretty much goes for every vehicle in…

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Or LBC reading room, or your man cave, whatever.  Only $415, available now in De Ridder, Louisiana!

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As in, “Return to Base.” One full day left in Lake Charles, LA, and then home…and I regret to say, after nearly 10 days in Houston and Lake Charles, I’ve yet to see any LBC let alone a Triumph.  Oh, I’ve seen plenty of Range and Land Rovers and Jaguars (such as the XJ in…

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  Mecom Lola T70 photo: CarGuyChronicles What you see in the photo is located on the west side of Hitchcock, Texas, south of I-45 and TX 6 and adjacent to the former NAS Hitchcock, a lighter-than-air ASW installation dating to World War II (ZP-23 assigned). Postwar, Texas oil man/industrialist John Mecom acquired the base and…

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There is nothing like spending a hot, humid 4th of July participating in yer classic small town America (well, medium-sized town…large suburb?) parade.  I joined in with the local squadron of the Sea Scouts, great fun! Haven’t spotted any LBCs yet although the local new Mini club (the Houston Mini Monitoring Society) turned out several…

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Slow Roller Racing Team member Lee Fox, fired up and ready to go…   Was planning on posting this last weekend after the second BSCC autocross of the season, but evil gremlins (minions?) attacked my machine and I lost the original post, ah well… Overall, great autocross in dry, most clear and quite warm weather…

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From looking at the amount of space left on this trailer, I’d guess the owner has a couple of good years of travel left before he runs out of room for more bumper stickers. BTW, I’m out on patrol again for LBCs, this time well to the south of St Louis. If I turn any…

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