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Perfect weather (okay, okay, a little chilly) and a total of 60 cars, which is undoubtedly a record for this annual event. The drive, which traditionally serves as the first road event for SLTOA, dates to the formation of the club in 1982. As always, all drivers/cars were welcome, which resulted in a number of…
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The club’s annual Polar Bear Run, the traditional first drive of the season, is coming on Sunday 20 February, one week after Super Bowl. Meet at the BP station at Chesterfield Airport Road and Olive Street Road, west end of Chesterfield, at 11 AM. Grab a snack and some hot coffee prior to the 1130…
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The weather cooperated (yes, at this time of year, it is fair cool in the morning), lots of sunshine and a darn fine route developed by two members of SLTOA. We had 23 people/15 cars participate this year, launching from our starting point at Sunset Overlook, west of Columbia on Bluff Road, for a river…
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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…