Back during the late 1960s when I got interested in sports cars and racing (my family was stationed at Grand Forks AFB at the time; I was about 14-15), Road & Track magazine and Competition Press & Autoweek served as my primary sources of information. In fact, I remember reading R&T’s review of the brand…

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    Darn good meeting of the St Louis Triumph faithful last PM, including the election of a new slate of officers to take the club through the next two years. Otherwise, event planning continues – Including the run-up to the Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri’s annual Easter Concours at Forest Park in about five weeks…

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Oh, and another thing…in the summary of cars/drivers which participated in the 2014 edition of Polar Bear a couple of weeks back, I unfortunately missed our duty Detroit heavy metal: the Corvette of John the Marine. As always, his presence livened up the festivities…

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Well, the last couple of days (it’s Monday night) have actually shown that spring may in fact be on the way, absolutely great driving weather. Then again, being the Midwest, we’ll see a return to cooler temps, rain and possibly some snow on the morrow, but this too shall pass. Hopefully some of y’all managed…

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Save for the late-evening, zero-wind-chill dash with the blue ’80 TR7 about three weeks ago, I hadn’t driven the car much.  I corrected that oversight today, primarily due to the incredibly nice temperature and despite the fact that our beautiful springish day disappeared into the clag.   The Wedge compared to the ’74 TR6?  Several observations:…

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We truly lucked out yesterday: the temp made it up to about 36 degrees, the roads were in good condition, most everyone said they enjoyed the route and the “partly cloudy” the weather guessers promised actually showed up late in the day. I counted 18 vehicles – 3 Spits, 1 GT6, 4 TR6s, 2 TR7s,…

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Four days to go and yeah, the weather’s been dismal (as indicated earlier, a “real winter” hereabouts), but as of today it could be a lot worse: you could be attempting a Polar Bear Run as a member of, oh, Georgia Triumph Association, Triumph Club of the Carolinas, the Richmond (VA) Triumph Register, Capital Triumph…

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Well, earlier this evening yours truly drove the ’74 TR6 one last time, south to owner Creig’s home. It’s been a highly entertaining three years storing the car for him, doing minor maintenance, participating in SLTOA events and autocrossing the red car. But, the TR – Creig’s first-ever Triumph, according to sources – is up…

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The word just went out via the SLTOA members’ email group, if any of y’all who read this hadn’t heard, the club’s annual kick-off event, the Polar Bear Run, has been postponed from Sunday 9 Feb to Sunday 6 Feb. For those out of the area, greater St Louis received between three and eight inches…

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