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Exhaust Notes Newsletter of the St Louis Triumph Owners Association

Www.SLTOA.org Vol 17, Issue 9 September 2015

VTR 2015: Triumphs in the Heartland

Pg 5. 1955 Swallow Doretti (photo by Chris Kresser)

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Calendar

12 Sept 2015—14

th Annual Brits in the Ozarks, all-

British car and cycle show, sponsored by the British Iron Touring Club of Northwest Arkansas in association with the British Motoring Club of Arkansas, Greater Ozarks British Motoring Club and Jaguar Club of Tulsa. 10 AM to 2 PM at Agri Park, University of Arkansas, The event benefits the ALS Association, Arkansas Chapter. For registration information contact Bill Watkins (479)636-2168 or Doug Schrantz (479)531-2783, monitor www.britishironnwa.org/show15.html.

12-13 Sept 2013—Germantown Festival Show & Shine, Germantown, TN. More to follow, monitor www.memphisbritishcars.org.

13 Sept 2015—BSCC Autocross No. 6, Family Arena, St Charles, 9-9:30 show time. For info contact Racer Steve at sshab@yahoo.com.

13 Sept 2015—Midget Day Party, hosted by the MG Club of St Louis. Gathering of the local Midgets/Spridgets, all welcome, at Babler State Park, 1 PM.

13 Sept 2015—Annual Chicagoland British Car Fes-tival, hosted by the British Car Union. Harper College, 1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL. Details at www.britishcarunion.com.

13 Sept 2015—19th

Annual Walter F. Phillips Memori-al Old Cars Against Cancer Wheels in Motion Day, Westport Plaza, 9 AM to 4 PM. Registration $20 per car, first 150 cars received a dash plaque. For more info, call Elliott (314)878-0534 or Al at (314)650-7639.

18-20 Sept 2015—55th

Annual Greentree Festival, Kirkwood Park. This year’s theme, “The Greentree Cir-cus Parade;” parade on the 19th at 10 AM, classic car show Sunday the 20th, 10 AM-4 PM, north end of the Community Center parking lot. Info and registration at http://www.kirkwoodmo.org/mm/files/GREENTREE/ 2014Greentree/Car Show Registration 2015.pdf.

.19 Sept 2015—Cars & Coffee, Westport Plaza, 8:30-10:30 AM.

19 Sept 2015—3rd

Annual Chesterfield Community Church Cruise-In, 3 PM, 14647 Ladue Rd (at Olive). For information, contact Major Deberry (314)814-2611.

20 Sept 2015—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No

9, Gateway Motorsports Park, see www.stlsolo.org for

more information.

24 Sept 2015—Gateway Healey Association RUMP. Visit Mann’s Restoration, 5 N 6th St, Festus; leave St Louis area about 9-9:30 AM, tour of Mann’s 10-10:30 AM, fol-lowed by lunch at Poppy’s Ristorante, 2000 N Truman Blvd, Crystal City, 12 noon. All welcome!

25-26 Sept 2015—Annual Memphis Euro-Fest, spon-sored by the Memphis British Sports Car Club, Ltd, at Youth Villages, 7410 Memphis Arlington Road. All pro-ceeds benefit Youth Villages. Info at www.memphisbritishcars.org/eurofest.htm.

27 Sept 2015—Annual Autos on Valhalla, 7600 St Charles Rock Rd, benefitting Ride on St Louis. Starts at

15 Sept 2015—SLTOA Monthly Meet-ing, The Corner Pub & Grill, 15824 Fountain Plaza, Chesterfield.

25 Sept 2015—ABBCS Annual BBQ & Welcome Party, 6-11 PM, hosted by British Car Restorations & Services LLC, 2338 N Lindbergh, St Louis. Details to follow, moni-

tor www.stlouismgclub.com/.

26 Sept 2015—34th

Annual St Louis All British Car & Cycle Show. Best in the Midwest, at the traditional show grounds at Creve Coeur Lake Park, presented by the MG Club of St Louis with food concession by the St Louis Triumph Owners Association. This year’s featured marque is MG, with a special salute to the 60th anniver-sary of the MGA. Info including online reservation at www.allbritishcarshow.com/home/.

3-4 Oct 2015—Fall Drive to Fulton. Overnight trip for a visit to the National Churchill Museum, on the grounds of Westminster College, the scene of his 5 March 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech. Other opportunities including the Auto World Museum. Club gets a lodging discount if nine or more sign up; the motel is the Country Hearth Inn & Suites, (556)642-0077. Final details at the September meeting.

8-11 Oct 2015—Triumphest 2015, Del Mar, CA, hosted by the Triumph Sports Car Club of San Diego. Host hotel is the Hilton del Mar; activities include the autocross, fun-cours, social events, tour of USS Midway (CV-41) down-town plus other events. Monitor www.triumphest2015.com/home.html.

17 Oct 2015—Get Out and Drive Drive. Work in pro-gress, details will come together by the middle of Septem-ber. Expect a departure following Cars & Coffee for a run most likely up the river (which river? TBD) with a lunch stop to follow at some location. More to follow, stay tuned...

8 Nov 2015—Third Annual SLTOA Veterans Day Run, down the river to Chester with lunch at Stonie’s in Perryville. Open to all LBC, sports and special interest car clubs, donations requested, all proceeds go to the veterans programs of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

4 Dec 2015—Date tentative, annual SLTOA Christmas Party, Missouri Athletic Club-West.

20-24 Apr 2016—”The Oklahoma Run,” South Cen-tral VTR Regional. In Norman, OK, sponsored by Central Oklahoma VTR.

3-7 Oct 2016—”Bigger in Texas, Better in a Tri-umph,” VTR National. Lake Texoma/Pottsboro, host-ed by the Red River Triumphs of Fort Worth-Dallas.

12 Sept 2015—5th

Annual LifePointe Transportation Expo, at LifePointe Church, 1400 Babler Park Dr. Show 10 AM-3 PM, 15 classes, plaques awarded for each class plus special awards, proceeds benefit club to help local boys living in difficult situations. Info (636)458-3885 or www.lifepointewildwood.com.

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11 AM with awards at 2 PM, food by Maggiano’s. Details at http://rideonstl.org/autosonvalhalla.

2 Oct 2015—Last Memories Car Club First Friday Cruise (aka “The Zoo”), Faith Church, MO 30/Gravois at Rahning Rd, west of I-270. Sponsored by the Memories Car Club, 6-9 PM, gates open 4 PM, display vehicles en-ter off Old Gravois Rd.

4 Oct 2015—BSCC Autocross No. 7, Family Arena, St Charles, 9-9:30 show time. For info con-tact Racer Steve at sshab@yahoo.com.

10 Oct 2015—Annual Jaguar Asso-ciation of Greater St Louis Con-cours d’Elegance, at Bishop’s Post, 16125 Chesterfield Parkway West, with awards dinner to follow. One of the major annual St Louis Brit/special interest car

events, monitor www.jcna.com/clubs/main?club=sc20&Vref=sc20.

10 Oct 2015—The Hunt for Red October. Sponsored by the ASW team over at the MG Club of St Louis. Meet

at the Target lot in Chesterfield Valley at 1 PM, drive to some place to shoot and sink subs. More will be an-

nounced, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com. До свидания!

11 Oct 2015—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 10, Family Arena, St Charles. See www.stlsolo.org for more information.

17 Oct 2015—Last Cars & Coffee of the season, Westport Plaza, I-270 and Page, 8:30-10:30 AM.

18 Oct 2015—Wine Tour/Fun in the Fall, sponsored by the MG Club of St Louis. Start point is the MO 94/I-64/US 40 commuter lot in O’Fallon, 10 AM. Details to follow, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com.

18 Oct 2015—BSCC Autocross, Family Arena, St Charles, 9-9:30 show time. Makeup event for earlier rain-out, for info contact Racer Steve at sshab@yahoo.com.

24 Oct 2015—Annual Halloween Rally, sponsored by the MGCStL. Start point at the Target lot in Chesterfield, 1 PM, with stop at a corn maze, followed by dinner. Cos-tumes highly recommended! Details to follow, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com.

SLTOA Blog: News, commentary, opinion and season immaturity. www.sltoa.org/blog/

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Saturday, 26 September:

9 AM—Show field opens 9-12 noon—On-site registration 9 AM-2 PM—Swap meet 11 AM-1:30 PM—Popular voting 3 PM—Awards

Attendance prizes will be awarded throughout the day! Judging is “People’s Choice,” except for the Chairman’s Choice Trophy.

3-4 October

SLTOA

Overnight

Drive to

Fulton, MO

Westminster College

National Churchill

Museum

Auto World Museum

Food * Shopping

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Hello Triumph Faithful!

We had a very good turnout at last month's meeting. We discussed the up and coming All British car show on the 26

th of September. I am in hopes

that all have been preparing their cars for this event and plan to attend the meet. We currently have a full roster of members volunteering to partici-pate at the concession for the meet. I received word from Lee Fox that they currently have 127 pre-registered for the show.

For those of you who did not attend Cars and Coffee on August 15th, we were very well represented by a wide variety of Triumphs. I would say there was at least 300 plus cars at the get together.

Recently, Miss Rose and I attended the monthly meeting of the north chap-ter of British Motor Club of New Orle-ans. I passed out registration forms and invited them to the upcoming meet in St. Louis. We discussed an upcom-ing meet in Natchez, Mississip-pi. Check their website for further de-tails.

Our next meeting will be held at the Corner Pub and Grill on Clarkson and Clayton Rd., Tuesday, September 15th.

Hope to see you all there.

- Jesse

Meeting Notes—18 August 2015

It was a dark and stormy night; mean-while, in a distant king-dom, St George was looking for a dragon…Slowly I turned (the last section courtesy of John Maneke).

Having paid our re-spects to George Ed-ward Bulwar-Lytton (see http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/), the St Lou-is Triumph Owners As-

sociation did in fact have a meeting in mid-August. It was in fact a dark and stormy night, but one Spitfire made it to the parking lot along with a Mini and a Corvette of some re-pute, while 27 Triumph faithful gathered inside the Wildwood Pub & Grill for great food and the usual tomfoolery.

Speaking of, one of the early arrivals was prospective new member Tom Puarro. Tom recently posted a question on the SLTOA Blog, stating he’d acquired a ’73 TR6 from Hawaii which wasn’t running and was looking for some guidance and expertise on what to do and what to expect. No surprise, Tom wound up in one of the TR6 corners of the gathering. Elsewhere, Bonnie and Jack David regaled one and all with tales of their re-cent tour of Yurp. Jack said that above and beyond the great driving and interesting cars, Europe proved educational (“If you see a sign that says ‘Hotel de Ville,’ it’s not a hotel. It’s city hall”). Jack added that they probably dropped something like 150 Euros (~$167 US) in tolls during their time on the continent. In their run through France, Italy, Germany and Australia, they saw one TR250, one MG, two Morgans plus a host of other cars.

At 7:09 PM, President Jesse closed the doors and started the meeting, stating that everyone either had their food or their bills and it was time to get on to the business at hand. First item, a good SLTOA turnout at the August Cars & Coffee, along with the usual assortment of interesting cars. The one that probably drew the most commentary was the 1957 Ferrari Berlinetta 250 TDF, which actually raced in one of the Tours de France during the decade, placing second. Estimated value for the car? Somewhere in the ballpark of $5-8 million. The ’48 Packard convertible also drew a lot of comments when it cruised into the parking lot.

El Presidente also congratulated the club on a most excellent SweatFest. John and Donna’s huge basement slot car track – still a work in progress (hmmm…just like most of the club’s Triumphs) – proved particularly entertaining.

Concerning the 26 September All British Car & Cycle Show, Steve Moore got the food permit and, as he put it, “It only took one day” (applause). Steve added the club was looking for two or three more volunteers to man stations at the food concessions.

For other upcoming events, Kathy Kresser, Ann Stark and Bonnie David are handling the preparations for the Christmas Party (more applause). More near term, concerning the 3-4 October overnighter to Fulton, MO, Bonnie said she’d called the motel, the Coun-try Hearth Inn & Suites, and their rep had said that while the sign-up deadline for the club room rates had passed, they’d still accept reservations at the rate. BOOK SOON!

Getting back to the ABCCS, pre-registration closes on 26 August; Lee Fox indicated the event had 90 cars registered and reminded everyone that the first 100 cars/owners get free event t-shirts. The county has promised to cut the grass this year (retort by Ste-phen Paur: “Get rid of the gophers!” Response from the floor: “Okay, who’s in charge of the gophers?”).

Next up, the treasurer’s report. Andy announced the club at $2907.08 in the till, but he was still waiting on the bill for our share of the SweatFest.

Discussion/commentary on additional upcoming events followed, including the 19-20 September Greentree Festival inn Kirkwood, with parade on the 19th (Lee Fox said he was driving in the parade) and car show on the 20th. The festival incorporates a large number of activities, a lot of food and “folk life” reenactors. Otherwise, still plenty of things to do between now and the end of the year, including the September and October Cars & Coffee gatherings and the ongoing Boeing Sports Car Club autocross series.

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By Jesse Lowe

The Shape of Things to Come!

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VTR 2015: Triumphs in the Heartland

by Kathy Kresser

Jam-packed and fun-filled best describes the Triumph week in Fon-tana, Wisconsin. The host of VTR, ISOA (Illinois Sports Owners Asso-ciation) ordered near-perfect weath-er for this gathering of Triumphs on the shores of Geneva Lake in the southeastern part of Wisconsin. There were activities to suit every-one’s enthusiasm plus the chance to talk with R.W. “Kas” Kastner of Vista, California. The R. W. "Kas" Kastner website posts:

Kas was a well-known production car driver in the late 1950's and class Cham-pion of the California Sports Car Club in 1959 as well as winner of the Championship for the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) during that same year. The Champion-ships were won driving a 1958 TR3A Triumph. He was the Chief Instructor for the California Sports Car Club at the Riverside Race-way for several years and also the National Licensing Chairman for the SCCA. His experience in the automotive industry spans over 50 years. He has particular experience in the field of performance vehicles and automotive racing and racing team management.

The funkana was a big draw showcasing one’s unusual talents to the opposite end of the spectrum with the autocross requiring some skill and maneuvering abilities. SLTOA member Dave Massey took second in his autocross class.

The time, speed and distance rally can be challenging. One cou-ple made their first attempt at the TSD; they were out for one hour, could not find the first check point and called it a day. The gimmick rally and self-guided tours traveled the scenic and rustic country roads. Not to be missed for many was the ice cream run – need I say more? The boat excursion (no Triumph required) around a portion of Gene-va Lake gave viewers a good look at the beautiful homes and man-sions. Another non-car event was the photo competition where

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Photos by Steve Moore and Chris Kresser

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SLTOA member Linda Massey took second place.

The VTR car show provides the opportunity for one to display one’s car in Participants Choice or Concours d’Elegance. Dave and Linda Massey received second in their Concours class for their 1957 TR3. SLTOA member Chris Kresser showed his 1959 TR3A in the Senior Class (a judged-only class).

There were several technical sessions including a detailed de-scription of the second restoration of TS1 (the prototype for the TR2). This gleaming pearl white car with geranium interior was restored by Macy’s Garage in Tipp City, Ohio. Other sessions included: transmis-sion rebuilding, distributor ignition systems, TR rear main seal and frame analysis. Karl Schmitt com-mented, “The tech sessions were above and beyond what is normal-ly expected. They were interesting and informative. I suspect at-tendees learned a few things.”

Bob Streepy, Co-Chairman for the VTR National, said, “The members of ISOA were very grati-fied that so many people chose to attend the event and hope that all of the attendees enjoyed their stays.”

See you next year October 3-7, 2016, when the VTR National moves to Pottsboro, Texas, on Lake Texoma.

Proofread by Anice Etz

VTR 2015 (Continued from page 5)

Above: The interior of the Swallow Doretti. Left: the Singer.

Left: Daring Dave tackles the auto-cross. Below right: Ho Yong Oertwig, Cap-ital Triumph Regis-ter, running through the cones in her and husband Stephen’s Triumph 2000.

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Triumph Stag H.O.

Note: Steve Moore provided the photo of the “Triumph Stag H.O.”, to the left; he also photographed the data card on the car’s windshield:

When British Leyland produced the British Triumph Stag in 1970, sales figures were not quite up to expectations. Leyland then specu-lated that if they offered an optional performance model, that would boost sales . They enlisted the help of John DeLoirean (of GM fame for the GTO and others) to oversee the program. What they hadn’t realized was that Mr. DeLorean was at the peak of his cocaine habit and was completely stoned 24 hours a day and hadn’t slept in over a year.

The result of the project was the Stag H.O. In DeLorean fashion, all of the H.O.s were to be painted chalky faded white. Sales were well below expectations and by the best accounts, they only sold one. It was purchased by Mr. E. Knievel in 1973 and used for weekend drives over canyons.

Mr. Knievel subsequently sold the car and it has passed on to several owners since then. The car had some notoriety when it played the villain in the Disney movie, “Herbie Gets His Ass Kicked.”

It is now owned by ISOA member Bob Steele, who is restoring it in hopes of bringing it to the New Glarus hill jump in future years.

Congrats to:

Chris & Kathy Kresser—Senior Division, Concours d’Elegance, 3rd, 1959 TR3A

Dave Massey—TR2/TR3 Class, Con-cours d’Elegance, 2nd place, 1957 TR3. 4th place, Autocross

And thanks to the Illinois Sports Owners Association for putting on a great VTR national!

Representing SLTOA: Dave and Linda Massey; Stephen (photographer) and Maria Moore; Ed and Mary Kaizer; and Chris and Kathy Kresser.

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Report from Scotland

Craig,

Here is a Jensen Interceptor at the Carfest North. The guy seated behind it rebuilt the orange one in the background, sold it, bought the green one as a wreck and rebuilt it. He was quite content to sit there for hours and talk about the 7.2 litre V8 and the "Torque Flite" transmission. All good US engineering – Andrew

Wow – Did the JI's come with that power plant stock?? 7.2 L's! – Craig

Craig - The JI came with a 383 cu in (6.3 litre) then this was followed by the 440 cu in (7.2l) with the three- speed torqueflite. They then developed the FF four wheel drive with the big Chrysler engine. Fantastic and way ahead of its time. I drove one in 1969.

I dread to think of the fuel costs in the UK with the JI in the 60s and 70s. I guess 8mpg would have been average at a time when 30 mpg was thought of as expensive.

Very desirable car at the time. Great V8 rumble from the exhaust. The company is no more went bust like so many others – Andrew

More Field Reports...

As mentioned elsewhere, Bonnie and Jack David recently completed a grand tour of Europe, including the nations of France, Germany, Austria and Italy. And, sure ‘nuff, they saw a good variety of neat old cars; they shared the photos at the last meeting. Jack noted they also saw a TR250 and one MG during their travels.

As for Stephen and Ronnie Paur, they too have continued their interna-tional (or at the very least, overseas) quest for LBCs and other exotic means of transportation. Here’s a photo they took from their last trip to Hawaii (hey, it’s a tough job, but the search for British cars requires some level of sacri-fice!).

Finally, as this edition of Exhaust Notes goes to press (finally!), the editor and his bride Kelli are way out west, searching for LBCs in several locations in New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. YFE

was pleased to announce he found two really good looking Spitfires on US 54 north of Alamogordo, NM; he suspects they might require some work.

A lot of the old Triumph promotional photos are out there floating around. Your editorial staff found this one which apparently dates from the late 1970s.

The car’s a Spitfire 4 (aka the Mk 1); the lady with the car is international film star Tunita del Mundo. According to the minimal infor-mation that came with the photo, the shot was taken in Zaragoza, Spain.

Pretty cool, eh? If anyone else has a promo photo of a Triumph, fell free to scan it and send it in for publication.

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SLTOA’s on Facebook! www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_134416339926824&ap=1

St Louis Triumph Owners Association

Member club, St Louis Sports Car Council

www.stlscc.org

BSCC Autocrosses

Sun 9 August

Driver Car Class Overall Finish Indexed Time

D Guenther BMW 330ci F Stock 22nd 34.365

Maneke Corvette AS 30th 35.487

Houghtaling Yaris HS 33rd 36.058

Moore TR6 FS Prepared 38th 39.166

Sun 23 August

Driver Car Class Overall Finish Indexed Time

Maneke Corvette AS 23rd 50.824

Massey TR6 HS 26th 51.756

Houghtaling Camaro HS 27th 52.159

Leinicke Camaro HS 28th 53.170

Moore TR6 FSP 35th 55.956

Morgan TR8 ES 37th 59.374

Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting the Spin Doctors (photo by Ste-phen Paur)

News item: In an effort to boost its team standings, the Slow Roller Racing Team hires a noted a competition driving instructor (photo cour-tesy of Steve Moore).

Slow Roller

Racing Team

Results—

BSCC Autocrosses,

9 and 23 August, 2015

Family Arena, St Charles

Next Event: 13 September

Team Standings:

(Total Events: 4)

1. Maneke 19

2. Houghtaling 18

3. Fox 15

Massey 15

5. D Guenther 9

6. Moore 7

7. Leinicke 6

8. Ryan Francis 2

9. Rod Francis 1

Morgan 1 John Maneke (Stephen Moore photo) Dave Massey (YFE)

Creig Houghtaling (SM) Craig Leinicke (SM) Mark Morgan (SM)

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Admit It, You Want

These Cars! Concerning the 3rd annual Veterans Day Drive, scheduled for 8 November, it was pointed out the MG Club of St Louis would hold their annual fall colors drive that same Sunday. MGCStL Chairman Lee said his club would also attempt to collection donations for a veterans organization. Vets Day Drive organizer Mark Morgan said the word would go out to the other member clubs of the St Louis Sports Car Council that the drive to Perryville and back was open to all sports and special interest cars. Hopefully that’ll generate a good-sized turnout of vehicle and participants (afterwards, two members stepped up and made the first donations for the event).

Debate followed on convincing former or out-of-date mem-bers to re-up with the club. One member suggested contact-ing all of those who didn’t renew with a “we miss you” email, particularly keyed towards the long-time SLTOA members who failed to renew for 2015. Discussion and strategery con-tinues.

Finally, John Maneke announced he had the latest Moss Motors catalogues for the TR2/3/4 and TR250/6, free to who-ever wanted them.

Next meeting, Corner Pub & Grill at Clarkston and Clayton, next to Lucky’s Market. Plenty of space inside for the mem-bers and plenty outside for Triumphs. And with that an-nouncement, Prez Jesse rang down the curtain, at 7:30 PM.

Meeting (Continued from page 4)

Yea, though I park in the valley between Ford and Dodge….

Here are two more recent posts from Bring A Trailer (http://bringatrailer.com); lately it’s been somewhat hard to keep up, what with all of the Triumphs and other LBCs popping up for sale around the country. However, these two definitely qualified as stand-outs. First up, a 1949 Triumph 2000 TDA, described by BAT as follows:

This 1949 Triumph 2000 TDA looks all the world like a miniature Rolls Royce and is one of about 16,000 made between 1946 and 1954. Bodied in alu-minum due to post-war steel supply shortages, this particular car is described as an older restoration that’s been with the seller for 20 years. It looks very nice in photos, the ad further noting an im-pressively low ~40k miles. Bodied by Mulliners of Bir-mingham (which would become a part of Standard-Triumph less than a decade later), the saloon features an attractive mix of sharp edges and graceful curves, though the very upright greenhouse and semi-detached trunk must have looked very dated compared to the much more modern Standard Vanguard with which it shares an engine.

Featuring a 3-speed column shift gearbox with syn-chromesh on all forward gears and as many as 68 horse-power on tap, the car will probably struggle in modern traffic regardless of its partially aluminum construction. Perhaps best driven around town, this small luxury car is sure to draw attention wherever it goes…better be pre-pared with a bottle of Gray Poupon in the glovebox at all times because everyone’s going to think it’s a Roller.

The car went up for bid in Bossier City, Louisiana, with a buy-it-now price of $28,500. Next up, something we in SLTOA are familiar with: a GT6 with V8 engine. Again, BAT provides the details:

This 1971 Triumph GT6 is the first we have ever seen with an all-aluminum Buick V8 swap. nt is said to be original and the fit and finish looks very good. Unusual for a swap like this, the sell-er says that the car has “No issues whatsever,” and also that the car has been owned by the same person for 44 years.

The interior looks clean with nice wood veneer and what looks like an aftermarket tach in the stock location. The transmission is a 5-speed of unspecified make. Perhaps a T5? The engine fitment looks mostly clean but we would want to get a look at what suspension and sub-frame modifications were made.

This one was for sale in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, via Craigslist for $12,500.

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SLTOA Classifieds

65 Spitfire—Needs total restoration or use as a parts car, engine taken out for rebuilding, never accomplished. Known parts missing: side glass, convertible top, hood latches, front and back bumpers, one tail light lens, exhaust manifold, lifters, cam-shaft, timing gears, generator. Cute English car but needs a LOT of work. Clear title, in Shiloh, please provide phone number or I will not reply, c3sjf-5100980498@sail.craigslist.org, $850 (Craigslist) (1504)

Ultimate TR250 Project—Two TR250s for sale: one that runs and drives and the other in mid-dismantle. I haven’t worked on the cars in a while and it’s time to clean the garage. Both cars have clear titles, are located in St Peters. Other goodies include two additional engines, one transmission, two spare frames (one a little rough, other good but patched), nice set of fenders from a TR4A, plus much, much more including additional TR250-specific parts and components. Contact for full list/details. Brian Borgstede, (636)397-3146 bborgstede@charter.net (1408)

74 TR6—Black with tan interi-or, subject of restoration over last 8-10 years. Engine profes-sionally rebuilt, Monza exhaust installed, overdrive transmis-sion installed, front and rear suspension rebuilt, new top, new upholstery, wheels/rims

powder coated, has new redline tires. In Highland, IL, $14,500 call Gary Crosby (618)654-5195 or email u87pro-ject@charter.net (1509)

74 TR6—British Racing Green, numbers matching, has seen the inside of a garage for most of its life. Runs and drives well, has a fairly new exhaust system as well as clutch master cylinder. In St Louis area, $4000, call (314)498-7271 (Craigslist)(1509)

74 Spitfire MkIV—Great project car, does run. In Barnhart, $2000, email p5rmk-5104722999@sail.craigslist.org (Craigslist) (1507)

75 TR6—58,000 miles, always gar-aged, no rust, has electronic ignition,

gear reduction starter, remanu-factured SU carbs, rear tube shock conversion, less than 1000-miles on rebuilt engine. New custom-built radiator (will not overhead), new interior, new dashboard, new cloth top, tonneau cover, luggage rack, impeccable records of mainte-

nance and receipts for all parts. In O’Fallon, MO, $26,000, call (314)352-3113 (AutoTrader)(1509)

75 TR6—All original, only 53,000 miles, in spectacular running and cosmetic condition. Has working overdrive; starts, runs and drives like a TR6 should. In Festus, asking $18,900, call or text (636)542-1432 (Craigslist)(1509)

76 TR7—Project/parts car, in Shi-loh, has clear title. Cute English/British car, but needs LOTS of work. Car was parked years ago; hood is bent, floorboards do not appear to be rusted through, there is rust-through in the trunk on the left rear

fender and right rear fender. $750 firm, no trades; send your phone number to btzf5-5197289300@sale.craigslist.org and I’ll call you (Craigslist)(1509)

79 TR7—Original owner, 77K miles, has dealer-installed custom wood steering wheel and wood shift knob, air conditioning, AM/FM cassette, starts and drives but needs some work. Top torn, needs replacement, lights will not come up so car cannot be driven

at night. Will make a great weekend car with a little work. In Sunset Hills, price reduced from $3700 to $3400, call Linda (314)842-0434 (Craigslist) (1507)

For Sale—Five GT6 parts cars, one TR6 parts car. Call Ron Theel (636-931-6058, Festus (1401)

For Sale—Wide variety of TR3/4 used OEM parts, primarily from the completion of my TR3B in 1968. Call/email for the entire four page list, specifics and questions. Larry Brown (618)971-0056 or larryb1703@hotmail.com (1312)

For Sale—1500cc Spitfire motor, needs assembly. Flat-top pistons (40 over), harmonic balancer, crank and flywheel bal-anced as a unit. Fly-wheel lightened. Includes new main and

rod bearings, wrist pin bush-ings, front and rear oil seals and gasket set. Heavy duty valve springs and seats. Head machine work not completed (head is included), needs your connecting rods, exhaust and intake set-up. Block ma-chine work is done, asking $628 $500. Call Craig at (636)248- 7466 (1501)

Best of Craigslist

80 TR7—Eight-cylinder conversion, has 305ci Formula Fire-bird engine with Powerglide automatic, new recovered seats, top, decals and gunmetal gray paint. Headers with custom exhaust, HD front springs, Edelbrock carb, new fuel cell and electric fuel pump. Car is very fast and performs very well. Some minor bumps and bruises on body, never any rust. Some finishing work will be needed on the electrical system. In Decatur, IL, $8000, call (215)855-3457.

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Next Meeting:

Tuesday 18 August 2015

14824 Fountain Plaza

Chesterfield

(636)230-3400

NOTE: We’re meeting at the other Corner. Show after 5 PM, consume victuals and libation in an orderly and dignified fashion. be prepared to contribute to witty and cogent debate and commentary, with occasional forays into realpolitik.

And Finally...

For those of you who rely on a

modern vehicle for your daily

commute/work/chores, here’s a

helpful summary on what all of

those little symbols on the dash

stand for... Thanks to Dave Massey