Here you go: the Ford Thames van, Lincoln City, OR.  Rather unique, eh?

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Lincoln City, OR, two days ago, prior to our return to Seattle/King County: a Ford Thames 400E Freighter parked near an art gallery. As built, these LBVs came with a 1.7L, 53bhp engine and three-on-the-tree; above and beyond the primer black paint job, this one’s received bigger/wider tires and wheels, some paneling in the interior

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What? No Triumphs in Lincoln City, Newport, Otis, Grand Ronde, etc? AIIIEEE!

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The locally famous “Car in the Tree,” a ’57 Studebaker President, on the north side of OR 18 near Willamina, OR.  How it got there, my daughter did not know but thanks to the head’s up she provided (“Hey dad, did you know there’s a car in a tree up ahead?”), I was able to

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Sighted one interesting RLBC (Rather Large British Car) today, across the street from the motel in Lake Oswego, see the photo.  Otherwise, the usual smattering of Jags and Range Rovers, as well as an Aztek Of Many Colors…just about every body panel was a replacement and it was quite colorful, unfortunately I couldn’t get to

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  Greetings all from Lake Oswego, on the south side of Portland. Four days into this return trip to the Pacific Northwest; Seattle served as the starting point, we’ve worked our way south and later this evening will head west to the Oregon coast for major stop No. 2. So far have seen one Jaguar

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Well, I swapped out the starter relay on the HSD following the arrival of a new replacement from British Parts Northwest…and the TR8 still won’t start.  I figured the starter wasn’t getting any electricity as it didn’t make any sound or motion when the key was turned and thereby assumed I’d start with the relay. 

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Would like to remind everyone that five days ago the high was in the 20s and we were looking at the prospects of more snow…funny thing about this particular winter, most of the snowfall did actually take place in March (ah, the joys of life in the Midwest!). BUT, as we locals all know, spring

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The Southern Patrol arriving at the Washington, MO, rally point.  Photo by John Testrake.   For the record (and probably an event for the SLTOA record books): temps in the mid-60s, severe clear by mid-day, 43 participants from multiple clubs (predominately SLTOA and the MG Club of St Louis), 6 Spitfires, 1 Spit6, 2 TR7s,

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0800 on a Sunday morning, temperature already at 55 (in February! You gotta love these Midwest winters…), looks like partly cloudy, guess I’d better head out the door with my Nikon in a few minutes and start looking for The Bear. Obviously, this year, there’s not much “Polar” involved! If per chance anyone’s reading this

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