I’ve lived in the Midwest three times, Nebraska, North Dakota and now 14.5 years in St Louis, Missouri. I cannot recall a New Year’s Day where the temperature hit 60 degrees but shoot, time to get the HSD out on a local patrol, eh? Ended up spending about an hour behind the wheel, absolutely perfect…

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On the road again, earlier today while driving through downtown Henderson, TN, I spied what looked like a Nissan 280ZX parked behind an auto shop. Went back there, wondering what else might be in the lot and how ’bout that, a 68-74 Midget! Despite being on the ground, it actually looked to be in good…

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Yup, another road trip, this time the annual trek to the Pacific Northwest for a visit with kids and grandkids. As per usual I’ve kept an eye out for classic LBCs, such as Triumphs, MGs, Healeys, etc. Regrettably, as I prepare for my return to St Louis, haven’t seen any other than a possible MGB…

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Was prowling around Ryan Airfield this morning, 14 miles west of Tucson on the Ajo Highway, looking for interesting aircraft…and doggone, hit the daily double on LBCs! Long as I’m at it, later that evening I stumbled across this at a In and Out Burger up on east Broadway.

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Once again, the third Saturday of September brought out the LBC faithful to the All British Car & Cycle Show at Creve Couer Lake Park. Organized by the MG Club of St Louis, the event drew about 165 cars this year, under perfect blue skies and reasonable temperatures. This year’s gathering celebrated the 60th anniversary…

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Figures…spent 2.5 of the last three weeks on the road, two trips (ND/SD/MT/WY/CO, followed by TN) and had a heckuva time tracking down and photographing LBCs. Sooo, naturally, I have to return to St Louis to see one or actually two: Creig H’s F Production Spitfire at today’s Boeing Sports Car Club autocross as well…

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Day four of the patrol of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado and, regret to say, still no LBCs. Shoot, haven’t even seen a Jaguar, let alone an example of some other classic British make. Ah, but there are still four days remaining in this sojourn, including a couple of days IVO Denver,…

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The annual European Auto Show returned with a bang, with another huge gathering at Mini of St Louis and perfect weather. Lots of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, BMWs, Audis, Minis (new and original), Mercedes plus a good number of standouts. For example, Hyman had a Jaguar C-Type on display (wow!) and over with the Porsches was a…

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Good grief, June already and nearly two months since the last post, apologies! Funny how time gets away from you. As per usual for this time of year, plenty of automotive-related opportunities here locally now: “The Zoo” at Faith Church on Gravois/MO 30, first Friday of each month; gatherings every Friday at the Sonic in…

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And then, there’s the other side of the auto hobby, about as far away from LBCs as one can get. Still pretty impressive…The car’s a ’49 Chrysler, seen in the lot of a local Dierberg’s.

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