Okay, okay, it’s a commercial ferry so it’s not exactly “haze gray” and the underway portion lasted about 10 minutes, with the crossing of the Mississippi from the Modoc, Illinois, landing over to Ste Genevieve, Missouri. Anyway, if you’re inclined to join the St Louis Triumph Owners Association and reps from a number of other…

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The weather cooperated (well, it was a mite chilly), we did see a good amount of color (particularly at the higher elevations in Pere Marquette State Park) and we had an excellent turnout for this year’s Fall Colours Drive. About 23 members and friends participated, driving four TR6s, one TR8, one Morgan, one MGB, one…

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BTW, if you’re in the St Louis/Metro East region and are looking for something to do on Saturday, 23 October, come on out for the annual SLTOA Fall Colours Drive. Join in with a bunch of Triumphs and an always entertaining mix of other cars/drivers for a run from Alton up to Pere Marquette State…

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Yee-haw, what a time. On Saturday 18 September, 184 British cars took the field at Creve Coeur Lake Park off MO 141 and everyone had a large time. As usual, incredible representation of British cars: MG, Triumph, Austin-Healey, Jaguar, Jensen-Healey, Rolls Royce (the ’48 boat tail roadster was a show-stopper…then again, so was the 1930…

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Made the drive to Stone Hill Winery in Hermann on 15 August and all who participated had a major large time. About 30 participated in close to 20 cars, including a bevy of TR6s (natch!), two Spitfires, one TR8 and one TR3, plus a couple of BMWs, one Toyota MR2 and a couple of other…

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Attention all who may be reading this, particularly if you live in the St Louis/Metro East area (or within reasonable distance of StL). If you’re looking for something fun to do on Sunday, 15 August, SLTOA members are making a drive to Hermann for some quality time at the Stone HIll Winery (to include a…

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Yeah, I’ve been rather delinquent in posting content on this blog but rest assured, the local Triumph Faithful have remained very busy as we’ve moved into the hot/humid days of summer (w/ the occasional massive thunderstorm, natch). For example, on Tuesday, 19 July, a bunch of us did the annual gathering in a member’s back…

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Beautiful weekend, great weather (okay, okay, a tad warm) and how do you spend your time? Yup, working on the TR8 again, utilizing a number of tools and the convenient rolling work table. The brake lights failure still has me stumped but the effort continues, resuming next weekend. Best case, I get the lights fixed…

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I mentioned travel in the previous blog…if you’re reading this and are in the vicinity of Vancouver, Washington/Portland, Oregon, drop by Commonwealth Classics Ltd, located at 1613 E 4th Street (to the immediate east of Vancouver Barracks National Historic Site). Second Sunday of each month, the owner hosts “Classics & Coffee,” always a good turnout…

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Yup, roughly six months from the last post, the result of a few technical issues and increasing, post-pandemic travel, official and otherwise. Anyway, the local clubs are getting back on the road and resuming in-person meetings (yahoo!) and we’ll make an effort to resume regular posts in this forum concerning SLTOA activities plus whatever else…

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