Alamogordo to Williams, AZ, 540 miles, 9.5 hours, no LBC sightings but did get in a 30-mile stretch of the original US 66 west of Los Lunas, NM.  Otherwise, the search continues!

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Submitted for your consideration, in Alamogordo: a Simca Aronde 1300 wagon. Yeah, she needs a little work, but other than that she’s cherry….

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What with Alamogordo’s proximity to Holloman AFB and the White Sands Missile Range, there’s a very strong rocket/missile/space exploration theme throughout the city. Case in point, these two signs. No idea what the lead rocket formerly advertised and obviously the sign’s seen better days, but it now marks a local VW specialist. That’s a VW…

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FOUND ‘EM! Triumphs! Okay, so they need a little work…spied at North 54 Salvage (“We Buy Junk Cars”) on the north side of Alamogordo, NM. You can also see two AMC (Austin) Metros, a Hudson and what looks like a Ford Ranchero in the background.

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Backing up a bit, when we flew into Albuquerque IAP and checked in at Hertz, all we were looking for was a car large enough to comfortably haul the Mother-in-Law of Morganstein around for a few days, with enough room in the trunk for three large suitcases plus a few smaller items. The guy at…

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  Actually saw two.  Third day on the road, heading out of Santa Fe, and out on the west side of town I spied a red Lotus Esprit pulling into a gas station.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t in a position to get the car turned around for a photo, rats. But wait!  On Cerrillos Road (US…

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BTW No. 2: There is still nothing like a western sunset.  Taken Wed night, north side of Albuquerque, looking across the Rio Grande Valley.

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No LBCs, but did see this beast in Santa Fe: Pinzgauer, used by its owner for 4WD/off-road adventures.  $25 for an hour!     Greetings one and all from downtown Santa Fe, NM, first stop on a run from northern New Mexico to southern New Mexico, then back up to northern Arizona for a look…

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We all arrived at Family Arena in St Charles under seriously overcast skies, had some minor spritzing of rain during the first driver’s meeting (which sent all of the convertible owners scrambling to put their tops up), but afterwards the skies cleared, leaving us the perfect day for an SBCC autocross. Several members of SLTOA…

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Running into the third week of August and holy cow, the late afternoons/ evenings hereabouts constitute perfect driving weather!  And, while the calendar’s going to start thinning out in a couple of months, we still have plenty of great opportunities locally to get out for some runs. Speaking of, Greg of The Blue Spitfire Group…

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