Seen in the Trader Joe’s parking lot, on Manchester, Sunday 21 August.

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Now here’s something different, something rarely seen: a circa 1974-1977 Mercury Capri, observed at Jefferson Barracks last Friday. And yes, it is an LBC, or more accurately an LGC: German Ford, produced in Cologne, with some English Ford parts IIRC.  Regularly called the “European Mustang” (Mercury’s advertising referred to them as “The first sexy European…

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End of the July, two autocrosses in two days: on Saturday, the Boeing Sports Car Club event at Family Arena, followed by the SCCA at Gateway on Sunday.   At both, the usual assortment of highly entertaining cars, such as a startlingly fast (and loud, natch) ’68ish Chevy Malibu.  Wild… SLTOA’s Slow Roller Racing Team continues…

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A tad late on the posting of the photos, but July’s C&C constituted another outstanding gathering of roughly 300 cars, with perfect weather to boot (okay, okay, so it was somewhat hot and humid).   More than a few head-turners showed up, including the ’39 Mercury (upper left) from FastLane.   The Lancia Fulvia was another surprise,…

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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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