Gateway Relay

Vol V, No. 111 St Louis Sports Car Council August 2016

Up & Coming Council News & Notes 27 Aug 16 —JAGSL MotoeXotica Outing , 2340 Cassens Dr, Fenton (636)600 -  A couple of particular items this 4600. Meet at MotoeXotica at 10 AM for a tour of the vast inventory; JAGSL mem- month. For starters, a glance to ber Scott Brandt will give a talk on his perspective on the classic car industry. Fol- the right will show how very busy low up lunch at HotShots in Fenton, 11:30 AM, 950 S Hwy Drive. Monitor this upcoming weekend will be. www.jagstl.com and the online Growl . Unfortunately, the Relay photog- rapher will be out of town for the 27 Aug 16 —Celebrate Wildwood Founders Day Car Show . On Main Street, funeral of a family member. Wildwood; registration 10 AM -12 noon, show 10 AM -3 PM, $15 with all proceeds to  We ’ve made this request before, charity. Food, beer and wine garden, dealer vendors on site, pop -up tents allowed, all vehicles of interest are accepted as space allows. Multiple award classes in- but this time it ’s particularly im- cluding the Huber Memorial Special Award and “Best of Show -Antique ” (1910 - portant. In order to fill the 1950, 1951 -1990). For info, contact John Gragnani (636)458 -4350 or email “Featured Events ” section of the [email protected]. newsletter in September, we need photo support this coming 27 Aug 16 —Cars & Coffee East , Gateway Classic Cars. Last Saturday each weekend. month, all makes and models welcome, starts at 9 AM, “Do Not Touch ” dash  If you or someone you know gets plaques for all participants. 1237 Central Park Dr, O ’Fallon, IL, info (618)271 -3000. some shots at the Wildwood 27 -28 Aug 16 —St Louis Region SCCA Gateway Double -Divisional Road- Founders Day show, the two TM SCCA rallies, the SCCA auto- Rally Weekend , incorporating the Route 66 Ramble Tour and Scenic cross and/or the weekend races Byways Tour . Two days of enjoyable sports car rallying, roads and scenery in at Gateway, puhleeeze try to get the Illinois portion of the St Louis metro region. Rallymasters Ron Ferris and Jim some photos to the address in the Heine have designed each rally with the beginning/occasional rally team in mind. editor ’s box, pg. 8...and thanks. Jim ’s Route 66 Ramble , Saturday, 27 August, will feature historic portions of the  Second, we learned at the last Mother Road in Macoupin and Madison Counties. Ron ’s Scenic Byways is Sun- Cars & Coffee (the original and day, 28 August, over rural roads and country lanes of Monroe and St Clair Coun- still the best!) that event founder/ ties. Rally headquarters is the Doubletree Inn -St Louis, 1000 Eastport Plaza Dr at organizer/sparkplug M.L. Hillard I-55/70 and IL 157; entry fee is $40 for single -day rally, $70 for both days; register is “retiring. ” Effective in Septem- online at http://motorsportReg.com. For more info/details including registration and ber, two other individuals will as- departure times, contact Jim at [email protected] or Ron at ron- sume the coordination duties [email protected]. (we ’ll have their names next is- sues). 27 -28 Aug 16 —Summer Speedfest Sports Car Racing & Track Day . Triple regional, SCCA Run -offs qualifier, hosted by the St Louis and Southern Illinois Re-  M.L ’s done a fantastic job setting gions, SCCA, Gateway Motorsports Park. up, monitoring and—on occa- sion—policing C&C, which is now 28 Aug 16 —St Louis Region SCCA Solo Event No. 8 , Family Arena, St one of the premier special interest Charles. Info at www.stlsolo.org. events in this part of the country. StLSCC extends its gratitude to M.L. for a job well done. (Continued on page 2)

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In Print Whoops, missed one! The June Classic & Sports Car – mentioned last month – had an additional article of note: a feature on the Volvo 122 “Amazon, ” with the authors driving a 122S, 221 and 123GT. Continuing with Volvos, the 8 August 2016 issue of Autoweek contains an extensive test of the S90 . The July -August Vintage Motorsport has a cover article on the BMW -McLaren 320i Turbo 4 (quote: “Outrageous!...[the car] jammed five gallons of power into a two - gallon bag ”) plus the usual outstanding color photography of various vintage events (including two Pintos – yes, Pintos (Continued on page 5) Continued on pg. 5

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Up & Coming (Continued from page 1)

2 Sept 16 —First Friday Memories Car Cruze (aka “The Zoo ”), at the Faith Church, MO 30 at Rahning Rd between I - 270 and MO 141. Gates open at 4 PM, cruisers enter off Old Gravois, show runs from 6 -9 PM. 2 Sept 16 —Every Friday through October, Sonic Car Cruise , Kirkwood Rd and Big Bend, 5 -9 PM. Attendance priz- es, 50/50 drawing, DJ music. Primarily muscle cars, rods and Detroit heavy metal, but imports are making in- roads. 4 Sept 16 —Boeing Sports Car Club Autocross No. 5 , Family a rena , St Charles. To sign up and/or get on the emailing list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 11 Sept 16 —20 th Annual Wheels in Motion Car Show , hosted by the First Capitol Classics Auto Club, Westport Plaza, 9 AM to 4 PM. Registration $20, all proceeds to the National Children ’s Cancer Society. Dash plaques to the first 150 en- trants, food and entertainment including “Memories of Elvis ” (no word on the pink Cadillac …). For info call Elliott at (314)878 - 0534 or Al (314)650 -7639. 17 Sept 16 —Cars & Coffee . Westport Plaza, I -270 and Page across from the McDonalds, 8:15 to 10:30 AM. 17 Sept 16 —Gateway VCOA Winery Drive , to Augusta. Details including meeting location, time and final destination TBA, in the meantime monitor https://sites.google.com/site/gatewayvcoa. 17 Sept 16 —4th Annual Chesterfield Community Church CCC Cruise -In , 3 PM to 7 PM, 14647 Ladue Rd at Olive, Chester- field. Admission is free, the collection of cars is eclectic. Free water, food available from Kettelhut ’s Smokehouse, music by Surrender Dorothy. Fun and safe family entertainment, bring your blankets and chairs to relax, see the cars and listen to the band. 18 Sept 16 —Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri 38 th Annual Swap Meet & Car Show , at the Hollywood Casino, 777 Ca- sino Center Drive, Maryland Heights. Car show will have 17 classes, dash plaques to the first 100 cars, 1991 or older. More info after 1 May 16 at www.hccmo.com. 23 Sept 16 —Traditional pre -All British Car & Cycle Show Welcome/BBQ , sponsored by the “MG Doctor, ” All British Car Repair. At the ABCCS pavilion (Heldman Shelter), Creve Coeur Lake Park on Marine Dr, 5 PM till dark. Monitor www.stlouismgclub.com/events -calendar/. 24 Sept 16 —35 th Annual St Louis All British Car & Cycle Show , Creve Coeur Lake Park. Hosted by the MG Club of St Louis, food concession by the St Louis Triumph Owners Association. This year ’s featured model is the Triumph TR6. Web page including registration information at www.allbritishcarshow.com/home/. 24 Sept 16 —Cars & Coffee East , Gateway Classic Cars. Last Saturday each month, all makes and models welcome, starts at 9 AM, “Do Not Touch ” dash plaques for all participants. 1237 Central Park Dr, O ’Fallon, IL, info (618)271 -3000. 25 Sept 16 —Boeing Sports Car Club Autocross No. 6 , Family Arena, St Charles. To sign up and/or get on the emailing list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 25 Sept 16 —Autos on Valhalla Auto Show , at Valhalla Cemetery, 7600 St Charles Rock Rd, 11 AM-2 PM. Participants arrive between 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM, show benefits Ride On St Louis. 25 Sept 16 —30 th Annual St Charles Oktoberfest Car Show , at Boone ’s Lick Rd and South Main Street. Registration 9 AM to noon, stock vehicles only through 1991 model year. $20 registration, dash plaques to the first 150 cars, awards in 23 classes, restaurants and shops nearby plus Oktoberfest food and entertainment. Info (636)928 -8672. 25 Sept 16 —18 th Annual Charity Show, sponsored by the Daniel Boone Shrine Club. O ’Fallon Plaza, Highway M north of I - 70, rain or shine; registration10 AM -noon, show time 12 -4 PM. Dash plaques to first 100 cars, show participant judging for awards, multiple classes by year group. $15 if you pre-register, $20 day of show, for more information contact Mark Rothemeyer (314)605 -7615. 2 Oct 16 —St Louis Region BMWCCA Fall Road Tour . Starts at Plaza BMW, 11858 Olive Blvd, Creve Coeur. For de- tails, contact [email protected]. 2 Oct 16 —St Louis Region SCCA Solo Event No. 9 , Family Arena, St Charles. Info at www.stlsolo.org. 7-9 Oct 16 —St Louis BMWCCA track day with the St Louis Region PCA, Gateway Motorsports Park. 8 Oct 16 —Annual Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis Concours d ’Elegance , at Bishop ’s Post, 16125 Chester- field Parkway West, Chesterfield. With post -event awards dinner; monitor www.jagstl.com/ or the online Growl. 9 Oct 16 —Boeing Sports Car Club Autocross No. 7 , Family Arena, St Charles. To sign up and/or get on the emailing list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 15 Oct 16 —Last Cars & Coffee of the season. Westport Plaza, I -270 and Page across from the McDonalds, 8:15 to 10:30 AM. 15 Oct 16 —SLTOA Fall Color Drive . We did it last year and had a great so we ’ll do it again. Depart from Cars & Coffee at Westport, join -up somewhere in Illinois and hit the roads for autumn leaves and lunch. Details to follow, monitor www.sltoa.org.

St Louis Car Shows and Cruises : http://clubs.hemmings.com/lakerscarclub

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Roadwork: Mr Healey Goes to Sebring

Back in the early, post -World War II days of sports car rac- of ’s C4 -R/, besting ing in the United States, the majority of events took place on and Jaguar. street circuits (Watkins Glen, Elkhart Lake, etc) and airports. On one hand, the latter provided good venues for fast driving: The Austin -Healey team, led by Donald Healey, showed up lots of pavement, wide runways and minimal obstructions; for the 7 March 1954 race. Lance Macklin and George Hun- conversely, the concrete runways and ramps tended to be toon finished third in hard on vehicles and there was the slight problem of having to one of the early - set up and take down in order for air operations to resume. build AH 100s (SPL 257BN), in the pro- Among cess taking first in the airport the Sports 3.0 class, circuits five laps down from was Se- the winning Osca bring, a MT4 1450 of Stirling WWII Army Moss/Bill Lloyd Air Forces (notably, the race installation marked Moss ’ first - originally ever drive of a non - The Macklin/Huntoon 100. Photo via Rac- named British car). ing Sports Cars. Hendricks Field. Es- In advance of the race, Healey modified the 100, adding tablished Dunlop disc brakes. As reported in Motor Sport , Macklin and on 26 June Down in the swampy wilds of south Florida: Hen- Huntoon drove steadily, at one point gaining third place as “… 1941 as a dricks Field during World War II (Army Air Forces most of the favourites were eliminated by mechanical difficul- basic flight photos) ties. ” The Healey actually wound up in fourth, but moved up a training spot after the race organizers disqualified the third place Lan- school, the field subsequently housed training for B -17 combat cia, which driver Robert Manzon had pushed across the finish crews and four -engine pilot training. It received the name of line (Donald Healey had filed the protest). Two privately - Ocala, Florida native 1Lt Laird Hendricks, Jr, a West Point entered 100s (HL Brundage/JB Orr and Bill Wellenberg Jr/Bill graduate who died in a Royal Air Force B -17C crash in Eng- Wonder), failed to finish due to blown engines. land on 28 July 1941. The base inactivated on 31 December Following this excellent start at the south Florida event, Don- 1945 and it passed to the City of Sebring, which continued its ald Healey Ltd returned in 1955 with a new model, designated use as an airport. the 100S. It featured an all -aluminum body fabricated by Jen- The airport hosted its first race on 31 December 1950, the sen; the engine, developed by Alf Depper of the Austin Experi- six -hour Sam Collier Memorial Sebring Grand Prix of Endur- mental Department, incorporated Weslake heads with larger ance. Collier, with brother Miles, had introduced the MG to the valves, a high -lift camshaft, nitride -hardened steel crankshaft United States during the 1930s, founded the Automobile Rac- and forged -steel connecting rods for 132 bhp. The engine put ing Club of America (a predecessor of the SCCA) and was the power to the back end through a close -ratio gearbox with part of the group (which also included Alec Ullman) which de- overdrive; other improvements included four -wheel discs, an veloped the plans for sports car endurance races at Hendricks improved suspension and 20 -gallon fuel tank. Field. Following Sam ’s death during a race at Watkins Glen Healey built an initial four 100Ss, termed “Special Test on 23 September 1950, his brother and Ullman pressed on Cars, ” and gave two of the prototypes – SPL 226B and SPL with plans for Sebring. As noted by Kurt Ernst of Hemmings, 256BN – a “shakedown cruise ” by competing in the 1954 Car- the race – extended to 12 hours in its second year – became rera Panamerica, held in late November in Mexico. Another the “… premier endurance event in the world of sports car rac- legendary event, the race comprised the sixth stop in the FIA ing. ” World Sports Car Championship and was notable for its mix of No Healey prod- European sports cars and Detroit heavy metal, such as Lin- ucts ran that first colns, Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles. event at the bumpy Sad to say, neither car finished. Donald Healey co-drove airport circuit, but SPL 226B with Lance Macklin but the car didn ’t survive the first they ’d arrive soon day, going out with ignition issues. The other car, driven by enough. Concern- Carroll Shelby and Roy Jackson -Moore, placed 4 th at the end ing the 1950 inaugu- of the first day but DNFd on the second due to an accident (the ral six hour event, Carrera was equally legendary for the number of accidents; Ralph Deshon and regrettably, many proved fatal to the driver). Fritze Koster won … The winning Crosley at the inaugural Se- in a Crosley Hot Still, the 100S bring race. Photo via Motorsport.com. Shot, believe it or showed promise and, not. A in mid -March 1955, 166mm Touring Barcheta driven by Jim Kimberly and Marshall the Healey team re- Lewis came in second; the first LBCs to finish were MG TCs turned to Sebring, in driven by John van Driel and Frank O ’Hare/Bill Milliken which association with multi- came in 5 th and 6 th respectively. The field also included Jagu- ple privately -owned ars, Aston Martins and Allards. 100Ss. For this year ’s competition, Sebring didn ’t host an endurance race in 1951, but when it the organizers re - did return in 1952 it expanded to the now familiar 12 -hour for- paved the road mat. In 1953’ s event, Erwin Goldschmidt and Paul O ’Shea ran course portion of the runways and ramp – basically making it a a somewhat modified Healey Silverstone (it had a Cadillac permanent layout – but the competitors still had to watch for engine installed) but regrettably the rear end gave way after aircraft parked alongside the course at various locations. only 45 laps. Phil Walters and John Fitch won the race in one (Continued on page 4) 3

Dolomite (Continued from page 3) In 1958, Hambro entered two 100 -6MMs; Gilbert Geitner, Har- old Kunz and Phil Stiles finished a credible 14 th /3 rd in GT3.5, The team followed by William Kinchloe and Fred Moore (17 th /4 th in class) did well; Stir- and Gus Erhrman and Ray Cuomo (23 rd /5 th in class). ling Moss and The big Healeys returned to Sebring in 1960, 3000s entered Macklin in by the British Motor Corporation; they shared the grid with SPL 258BN th several Sebring Sprites, which had debuted in 1959. Both placed 6 th types continued appearing at the south Florida track/airport for overall and 5 several years. As for the 100Ss, they went on to quite a bit of in the S3.0 success at races around the world; according to Racing class, behind Sports Cars , one of the cars, driven by Scott Visniewski, took two Maserati 1st place in D -Modified at an SCCA race at Willow Springs, 300Ss, two California, on 17 November 1963. That apparently marked Ferrari Monza The /Lance Macklin Austin -Healey the 100S ’s last victory. 100S at Sebring, 1955. Photo by Howard Woolery. Spyders and the Briggs Needless to say, with their background and competition rec- Cunningham ord, 100Ss are now highly collectible and periodically show up Jaguar D - at auctions. If you think big Healeys are expensive, cars like Type, driven the 100S tend to go at rates which induce heart attacks. to victory by For example, Phil Walters in December and Mike 2001, Bonhams Hawthorn offered a Donald (notably, it Healey factory took the sanc- prototype which tioning body, had run at Se- the AAA, 10 bring, Le Mans, days to de- Moss passing the Siata 300BC -Fiat of Austin Con- the Carrera clare Walters ley. Photo via BarcBoys. Panamerica and and Hawthorn Nassau Speed the winner. Originally, the Ferrari of and Carroll Shel- Week. In fact, by was given the first place checkered flag but after much re- the car – SPL view and back and forth, Walters/Hawthorn received the hon- 226B/license SPL 226B, prior to restoration. Photo via Bon- ors). NOJ 393 – was hams. As for the other Austin -Healeys, Bill Brewster/Bill Rutan fin- the one driven ished in 15 th place, one spot ahead of Hobart “Bill ” Cook and by Lance Macklin and in the 1955 Le Mans 24 - Steve Lansing. Joseph Giubardo and Fred Wolf finished 22 nd hour with tragic results; Macklin was the wheel on lap 28 when in a 100M; Bill Wonder/Bill Wellenberg Jr, 24 th in another the Mercedes -Benz 300SLR of hit him, launch- 100M: James Fergusson/Rowland Keith, 32 nd in a 100S; Jack- ing the Mercedes into the crowd. Fully restored after many ie Cooper/Roy Jackson -Moore, 41 st in a 100S; and Sir Sydney years, SPL 226B went to a Swiss buyer for $1,103,322. and Lady Greta Oakes, 49 th in a 100M. Cooper, a movie actor With the exception of the fuel crisis year of 1974, racing has of some fame, later wrote that he did run into problems with continued at Sebring since 1950. While the facility is still a his 100S: operating field – now Sebring Regional Airport – it is also a In Sebring faulty wiring caused battery failure and I dedicated sports car racing site and is considered the oldest had to push the car over a mile! Actually, I had more permanent racing circuit in the United States. success with a stock 100 and a personally modified In March 2015, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) initiated a 100 in 1954. Ferrari came out with a 2.8 in our class in vintage race at the track in direct relationship to what is now 1955 and whipped our ass. My 100 S was one of the titled the Mobil 1 . The event started with first four to reach this country in ’55… two 5 -lap springs sponsored by WeatherTech, followed by a Still, not a bad outing for the marque: six 100Ss finished, 45 -minute “endure, ” all classes. Several Bugeye/Frogeye with one other – driven by Fred Allen and Gus Ehrman – fail- Sprites and in this initial vintage event and returned for a sec- ing to complete the race. ond race in December. Unfortunately, the 1956 “Florida International Grand Prix of This year ’s HSR Classic 12 Hours of Sebring, Pistons and Endurance Powered by Amoco ” proved a rough one for the Props Presented by Classic Motorsports Magazine is sched- Healey team and its 100Ss. The Jackson -Moore/Elliot Forbes uled for 1 -4 December. Hopefully some Big Healeys will show -Robinson car departed the competition on lap 90 due to en- up; will any of the surviving 100Ss compete? Hmmm …would gine failure, while the Macklin/Archie Scott -Brown team car you be willing to risk a million -dollar historic sports car on the went out on the 110 th lap with a failed starter. A third 100S, track? entered by Ship & Shore Motors of Pompano Beach with Phil th Stiles and George Huntoon completed 168 laps, good for 11 place/third in class. A fourth 100S, entered by William Brew- Sources : Racing Sports Cars ; Kurt Ernst, “Racing Heroes – ster with Bill Rutan co -driving dropped its clutch on the 39 th Miles and Sam Collier, ” Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car , 18 lap. February 2014; ‘Surprise Victory in Sebring 12 -Hour race, ” Motor Sport , April 1954; Peter Falkner, “HSR Sebring 12 The 1956 race pretty much marked the end of Healey ’s offi- Hours 2015 – Report and Photos, ” Sports Car Digest , 6 April cial involvement at Sebring as the company shifted its empha- 2015; Chris Jasurek, “HSR Wraps Up 2015 With Sebring sis to the new 100 -6. By 1957, the race was really gaining Sportscar Spectacular, ” Epoch Times , 4 December 2015; attention internationally, with participation by multiple factory “Austin -Healey 100S, ” The B.M.C. Experience , n.d.; “AHRS teams including Maserati, Jaguar, Ferrari, Lotus, Osca, AC, 3504 – The Jackie Cooper 100S, ” FourinTune , n.d.; “1955 Cooper, Standard -Triumph, plus privateers like Briggs Cun- Austin -Healey 100S, ” SuperCars.net , 21 April 2016; Racing ningham, Lance Reventlow and Lindsay Hopkins. Sports Cars ; Bonhams; Gregor Grant, British Sports Cars, 5 th Hambro Automotive, a British parts importer in Ridgefield, ed (: G.T. Foulis & Co, Ltd, 1958); John Nikas, “Austin - New Jersey, entered three 100Ss in 1957 but neither finished. Healey NOJ 393,” Moss Motoring , n.d. 4

Featured Events continued Cars & Coffee 20 August 2016

“What ’ve you got in that thing? A small block? ” “A hemi. ” “A HEMI!? ” “It ’s a six...but it ’s a hemi! ”

In Print (Continued from page 1)

– racing at May ’s Jefferson 500 at Summit Point. Believe it!). August ’s Thoroughbred & Classic Cars includes a buyer ’s guide for the Series 1 and 2 Jaguar E -Type . Classic Motorsports for September offers up 23 useful tips on getting your classic/collectable car running properly, along with the first installment of a series of articles concerning the restoration of a Triumph TR3 for vintage racing. Over at Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car , the September issue has a cover article/buyer ’s guide for the Triumph TR2, plus stories on a 1975 MGB restoration with V8 conversion and the BMW/Alpina B12 5.0 coupe . September ’s Car & Driver is the mag ’s annual new car issue, with a first drive report for the Jaguar F -Type SVR and Volvo S90 , plus summaries of all of the 2017 models. Finally, Road & Track also provides first drive evaluations on the Volvo S90 and Jaguar F -Type SVR (and, if anyone out there has a Miata/MX5 in the garage, both C&D and R&T provide com- parison tests between the MX5 and the brand new “Fiata, ” the Fiat 124 Spider).

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Featured Events continued MG Club of St Louis Pre -Dawn Rally 14 August 2016

Photos by Andrew Ackerman

A couple of news items: A proud name in US auto manufacturing took another hit in early July, with Fiat Automobile ’s announcement of the impending end of passenger car production the United States. The Dodge Viper ’s on the way out (again) and the company also intends to cease manufacturing the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart while converting its US factories fully to Ram truck and Jeep production. Of course, the rationalization of production is for financial reasons. FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne ’s trying to improve the Dodge/Chrysler/Ram/Jeep profit margin by moving manufacturing of the remaining passenger cars – the Chrysler 300 and Pacifica and Dodge Charger and Challenger – to plants in Mexico and Canada. FCA ’s Windsor, Ontario, plant already builds the Dodge Grand Caravan while the Toluca, Mexico, factory handles the Dodge Journey; production of the Durango, built alongside the Grand Cherokee, will continue in Detroit. While traditionally the smallest of Detroit ’s “Big Three, ” the Chrysler Corporation formerly turned out a wide range of vehicles as competition for GM and Ford. Plymouth – which dated to 1928 and produced the legendary Road Runner, Fury, ‘Cuda, Duster, GTX and Superbird, among others – went by the boards in 2001. Now Dodge (1914) and Chrysler (1925) are down to only a couple of models each; rather sad, but the brands should survive, in and around FCA ’s ongo- ing financial conniptions. Second, according to Hemmings ’ Daniel Strohl in an online article published on 2 August, another famous (?!) name recently disappeared: Yugo. His story concerned the shutdown of Serbia ’s Zastava plant after 60 years of automotive and industrial production; he wrote, One would presume that a company that not only built the Yugo but also withstood international sanctions and a NATO bombing campaign and nevertheless continued to build cars could continue on, cockroach -like, forever. Yet Zastava in Kragujevac, Serbia, last month officially closed for good, brought down by a simple bankruptcy. The company dated to the 1850s, initially produced cannons and subsequently moved into farm equipment and license -built trucks JM before shifting to Fiats in the mid -1950s under the Zavodi Crveni Zastava (Red Flag Works) name. The Fiat 127 became the Yugo, imported to the US in 1986 by Malcolm Bricklin and Miloslav Kefurt. Despite the cheap price (less than $4000 for the base model), sales collapsed in the states in 1990 (what could possibly go wrong with an Italian design built in a Warsaw Pact nation?). In

On theSide: On ChryslerAdios and... 2008, Fiat joined the Serbian government in purchasing Zastava ’s remaining, war -damaged assets, created what is now FCA Serbia, but the Zastava corporation itself is now gone.

We always thought it ’d be fun to show up at the BSCC or SCCA The YUGOt NATO ’d team car, LeMons Northern autocrosses – or even the annual European Auto Show - with a “full -race ” Yugo. According to Hemmings, one possible prospect California at Thunderhill Raceway, May 2016. exists: an ’88 w/1.1L four and 4sp, offered by MotorCar Portfolio in Ironically, the race also featured a Bricklin SV -1. Canton, Ohio, for only $7495 “negotiable. ” The possibilities are Photo via Roadkill endless...maybe …perhaps … 6

Featured Events continued BSCC Autocross No. 3 30 July 2016

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St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 7 30 July 2016

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Featured Events Congratulations to the Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis on its 55 th birthday!

Fox Run Golf Club 17 July 2016

Featured speaker John Guenther (above). JCNA Dealer of the Year Award, Plaza Jaguar (right) ( Photos courtesy of JAGSL ).

MotoeXotica Tour Gateway VCOA—16 July 2016

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