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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Off on another LBC patrol, this time in and around Grand Forks, ND, one of my favorite places on the planet, dating to 1966-1970 when we were stationed at the air force base. Today’s excursion, post-landing at KGFK, involved a quick run across the Red River of the North to Crookston, then north to Thief…

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Yeah, got the TR8 out again last evening for a grocery run (via the scenic route, natch). Had to; the weather just too good to leave the car in the garage. I think most of us have had the circumstance where someone walks up to your car and makes appreciative comments.  Occasionally, we hear “I…

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A couple of items: one, the HSD definitely shifts easier with the proper shift knob. Lest I didn’t mention it earlier (several of the Polar Bear group heard the story), after leaving church last Sunday I initially got on I-64 westbound, heading for the Polar Bear start point at the Lewis & Clark Boat House…

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Short entry tonight…we matched last year’s record turnout with 28 cars, about 40-45 people total and quite a variety: besides multiple Triumphs, today’s Polar Bear Run included Corvettes, Jaguars, a gaggle of Miatas/MX5s plus a few other vehicles including a Kelvinator-white toaster, er, Scion. More details to follow – particularly in the March Exhaust Notes…

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Yup, incredible: third weekend of February, temperature’s right about 75, skies are clear, had to get the HSD out of the garage for about 45 minutes of pre-Polar Bear road testing. Everything seems to be working properly, should be a fine drive tomorrow.  Oh, and no surprise, plenty of convertibles out there today with their…

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Short one…about two hours ago I returned from the first run over a planned rallye course, had a ball.  The local owners/enthusiasts of Chevrolet’s “rear-engined wonder,” the Show-Me Corvair Club, is planning their 2nd Annual Spring Rally for 7 May and I volunteered to come up with the route, In advance of the expected 1-2″…

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Last Sunday the Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis held their (presumably) first annual “Blue Line Roads, Fried Chicken & BBQ Pork Steaks Rallye,” down to Washington and back.  Yeah, it was a tad cool (mid-30s, IIRC) and yeah, the clouds eventually came in, but hoo-hah, what a great drive and what great fun. Something…

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No, I’m not talking about manning up, launching and escorting an Aviatsiya Dal’nego Deystviya Tu-95 down the coast (or down the Mississippi River Valley, for that matter).  I’m talking about taking advantage of Saturday’s incredibly good weather (clear/PC, mid-60s) for a reconnaissance drive along this year’s SLTOA Polar Bear Run route. Devised by a couple…

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Photo by Andy Ackerman Truth be known, I was planning on commentary on our fellow St Louis drivers and how they handle (or don’t handle) snow.   Then again it could be worse; we could be living in the Charlotte to Boston corridor, which is about to get one helluva storm over the weekend.  Last night…

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