Yup, the editor’s on the road; greetings from old US 66 in New Mexico.  I’ll be on patrol for the week, looking for LBCs in general and Triumphs in particular, stay tuned.

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With the HSD still up on jacks, I’ve arranged for an alternate vehicle for the next BSCC autocross…

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Spied over this past weekend.  Car No. 1 – the white one on the trailer – was sighted on I-44 eastbound Saturday afternoon.  As we pulled into range I thought, “Hmmm, a much-modified Vega” (look at the roof line and the b-pillar/rear side window layout). However, between a good look at the back end and

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Absolutely perfect weather (I don’t think it exceeded 87 degrees), clear skies and a big field of nearly 50 cars at the monthly BSCC event at Family Arena.  And, SLTOA turned out a pretty good-sized contingent with the Slow Roller Racing Team: nine members, two of whom drove Triumphs. This autocross marked my second in

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Had to go out of town for a funeral this past weekend and therefore missed multiple local car events.   The previous Sunday, though – 21 August – I had the great fortune to do the “sprint and drift” thing, along with Ace Exhaust Notes staff photographer John Moore. The event was SLTOA’s dinner drive to

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Seen earlier today in the lot of the Commissary/BX at Scott AFB, when it first drove by I thought it was a Daewoo.  But no, it’s an exceedingly rare Dale Earnhardt Memorial Edition Infiniti M35x. Truly unique luxury car, eh?

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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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