A week ago Thursday, ex-prez Creig – bless him! – was over here for three full hours, troubleshooting the electrics/non-starting-starter on the TR8 while providing yours truly with a great education on, well, Lucas electrics.  Regret to say, by 9 PM we still hadn’t figured out the problem, so the HSD got to spend yet…

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One of the neat things about the east coast is being able to run through towns which date back some 400 years or thereabouts.   Founded in 1631, Lewes, Delaware, is like a lot of these old communities in that the town has a well preserved, historic downtown area with a mix of residential and commercial.…

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..while driving across Delaware. Saturday 02 May, on MD 404/Shore Highway, eastbound near Denton, Maryland, about 9 AM….and an immaculate Jaguar XK120 goes booming past me in the left lane, followed almost immediately by an equally excellent TR4A. The chase was on, with me attempting to get one-handed photos of both cars through the open…

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Once again, for the seventh time in the last 13 months, a trip to the Bowie/Annapolis/Baltimore area, although this time around the purpose is more upbeat: the wedding tomorrow of one of my nieces. And, amazingly, within 20 minutes of departing BWI in the duty rental car (a ’15 Ford Focus…I find I’m glad I…

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“I’ve got your parts right here…”   Fine day for a drive, over to KCMO to retrieve the last of the TR8 parts from the HSD’s previous owner.  Weather was perfect, everything fit in the back of the Kia and I stumbled across a couple of great driving roads on the way back, as I…

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The gear reduction starter ordered from The Wedge Shop arrived Thursday after work; I had the floor jack, just needed a couple of new jack stands in order to safely get the TR8 into the car for the starter replacement procedure (I had jack stands, but the duty 19-year-old apparently absconded with them). Placed chocks…

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If anyone runs into Greg Reiman, congratulate him.  The Show-Me Corvair Club ran a rally last weekend and Greg and future son-in-law Josh Wills (serving as navigator) bagged one of the two trophies, for best time and they also won the dice roll.  Not bad for the only LBC in the rally, wahoo!

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Light blue TR6, heading westbound on Manchester west of MO 141 earlier tonight, did not recognize the driver but he didn’t look like an SLTOA member.  Am curious to find out who he might be… Moving into the weekend, this is a BIG one, with a large number of events involving a large number of…

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Here you go: the Ford Thames van, Lincoln City, OR.  Rather unique, eh?

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Lincoln City, OR, two days ago, prior to our return to Seattle/King County: a Ford Thames 400E Freighter parked near an art gallery. As built, these LBVs came with a 1.7L, 53bhp engine and three-on-the-tree; above and beyond the primer black paint job, this one’s received bigger/wider tires and wheels, some paneling in the interior…

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