Naaah….I’d prefer the convertible with carbs (photo taken at HW Kia on Manchester).

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At some point several years ago, the Triumph faithful made a drive 40 miles south to De Soto under the title of “Targa De Soto,” incorporating a photo stop at the restored Texaco station on Main Street and lunch. Well, earlier this year, when discussions came up among the membership and leadership about drive opportunities

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…and the hits just keep on coming. Directly across US 64 and the English Ford, on the west side of Crump, Tennessee, more highly entertaining cars. The group included a ’64 Corvair Monza coupe, a mid-50s Packard Clipper, ’50 Studebaker and a few others. Our feature attraction, this late ’50s Jaguar MkIX. Yeah, it’s rough

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Once again, things you don’t necessarily expect to see while cruising US highways: a 1959 (or thereabouts) Ford Prefect saloon, located Light Hit Rebuilders, 3635 Hwy 64 on the west side of Crump, TN. English Ford (officially Ford UK) built the Prefect over several series from 1938 to 1941 and 1945 to 1953. This last

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What a week! From Wednesday, 29 May through Sunday, 01 June, the Triumph faithful of St Louis hosted the annual South Central Region VTR (Vintage Triumph Register) convention/ conference/confab (your choice of words). Typically one of the Texas or Oklahoma clubs host this major event; the Kansas City Triumphs Sports Car Club held it a

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After posting on the Panhandle British Car Association’s most excellent “Brits on the Bay” gathering (see 24 April), I swapped some info with club officers. Turns out I was way off on my estimate of the number of cars on display: it was actually 100 cars (!). In any event, I’m glad to provide the

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From the sublime to the ridiculous

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Nothing better than cruising the beach on the Gulf of Mexico – severe clear and warm, perfect day – and stumbling on a local car show. I actually managed a few shots as cars departed eastbound towards Perdido Key and Pensacola and for whatever reason, they were all Chey products… the ’57 Chevy as I

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Drove from St Louis to Orange Beach, Alabama, Friday night 19 April (708.4 miles, 14.8 hours, including the dinner stop in Tupelo) and how ’bout that, the Panhandle British Car Association was hosting its 29th annual “Brits on the Bay” show Saturday morning in downtown Pensacola. What do you do? Right…get some sleep, grab the

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Yeah, well, not much in the “polar” department, what with clear skies and temperature in the low 70s. BUT, we did have three polar bears join us: two stuffed and one ambulatory (the latter arrived in a red MGA…there might be a message there). Anyway, we had 42 cars and about 75-80 participants, driving a

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