The road show is, well, back on the road again, this time in search of LBCs in the greater Kansas City area, while visiting family.  Now obviously, between the Kansas City Triumph Club and the other local Brit car clubs, there should be plenty of opportunities over the weekend, we’ll see what I turn up.…

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  Always something of a surprise in mid-May to walk outside early, then run back inside to grab a jacket and switch the household HVAC from “cool” to “heat.”  But, despite temperatures in the mid-40s and winds which probably drove the wind chill into the 30s, a good number of Jaguar Association of Greater St…

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(Photo by Darren F) End of April and the BSCC autocross season for 2016 has started, with a large turnout of interesting vehicles (and more than a few interesting drivers) at Family Arena. Very pleased to say SLTOA’s Slow Roller Racing Team was out in force, with TR6s (Prez Steve and ex-Prez Creig), TR8 (yours…

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Quick one, as it’s already late afternoon and there’s still plenty of items on the to-do list. First Cars & Coffee of the season this morning, the estimate came in at 500 cars, uff-da! Great way to start the spring, with more to follow.  And, as always, big thanks to M.L. Hillard for starting the…

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Yeah, I know, when dealing with LBCs, they’re all “works in progress.”  But this one – observed in a 7-11 parking lot at Bates and Virginia earlier today – was in fact a work in progress: if you look closely, you’ll see one of the owner’s legs and part of his back, as he works…

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SLTOA’s Dawn Patrol…   The Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri’s Easter Concours returned to the parking lot of the Muny today and fortunately, we didn’t get any of the expected rain until most everyone had left the lot, somewhere around 1500L. And, this event featured the resumption (after last year’s layoff) of the Triumph-MG participation…

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Third and last full day at KRDR, other than the Mini haven’t seen an LBC.  However, I did see this other classic (?) out in the parking lot this morning… Will do one more patrol tomorrow for about five hours, in advance of returning to the airport for the flight home.  Looks like I’m going…

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No idea when this club gave up the ghost, a Google search didn’t turn up anything recent but apparently 50 years ago it was quite active.  AND, I do know one of the members/autocross competitors, contacted him last night (retired Colonel, USAF, one each) and he sent this photo of him in his E-Type during…

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The Morgan family arrived at Grand Forks AFB in late May 1966, the result of a transfer from McCoy AFB, Orlando, FL, for dad’s assignment to the 321st Strategic Missile Wing with LGM-30F Minuteman IIs. As it turns out, the base and city at that time had a very active sports car club, appropriately named…

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Well, that didn’t take long…on my way to work this morning at Grand Forks AFB, I stumbled across this Mini. Rather tired and with rust in several locations, but still pretty cool. Looked inside, the main instruments were mounted in the more traditional position behind the wheel, vice earlier Mini’s centrally-located gauges. Mid-to-late 90’s example?…

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