The gear reduction starter ordered from The Wedge Shop arrived Thursday after work; I had the floor jack, just needed a couple of new jack stands in order to safely get the TR8 into the car for the starter replacement procedure (I had jack stands, but the duty 19-year-old apparently absconded with them). Placed chocks

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If anyone runs into Greg Reiman, congratulate him.  The Show-Me Corvair Club ran a rally last weekend and Greg and future son-in-law Josh Wills (serving as navigator) bagged one of the two trophies, for best time and they also won the dice roll.  Not bad for the only LBC in the rally, wahoo!

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Light blue TR6, heading westbound on Manchester west of MO 141 earlier tonight, did not recognize the driver but he didn’t look like an SLTOA member.  Am curious to find out who he might be… Moving into the weekend, this is a BIG one, with a large number of events involving a large number of

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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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