Forest Park Victory! 1 See Pg 5

Newsletter of the St Louis Triumph Owners Association Www.SLTOA.org Vol 19, Issue 5 May 2017

Forest Park Victory! 1 See pg 5

Calendar

16-18 Jun 17—15th Kastner Cup, Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, IL. In association with VSCDA’s Blackhawk Classic; see pg 3. 20 May 17—Cars & Coffee. Westport Plaza off I-270, 8- 10:30 AM. 20 Jun 17—SLTOA Monthly meeting, details/location TBA. 20 May 17—Annual JAGSL Veteran’s Home Show, at the Missouri Veteran’s Home, 10600 Lewis & Clark Blvd, Jun 17—SLTOA overnight drive to Hannibal, MO. In St Louis. Starts at 8:30 AM, followed by a driving tour of development, stay tuned for details. historic Alton and lunch. Monitor www.jagstl.com and the online Growl. 21-24 Jun 17—Triumph Register of America Nation- al Meet, Columbus, IN. Events include a tour of the Indi- 21 May 17— St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 2, anapolis 500 Speedway Museum. Additional info at Gateway Motorsports Park. Info at www.stlsolo.org. http://triumphregister.com/tra-national-meet/, email ton- 25 May 17—MG Club of St Louis monthly RUBCO break- [email protected]. fast, 9:30 AM at JJ Restaurant, 1215 S Duchesne, St 16-20 Aug 17—VTR 2017, Princeton, NJ, “Every Battle Charles. Please RSVP to [email protected]. Has a Triumph.” Hosted by the New Jersey Triumph As- 25 May 17—Gateway Healey Association monthly RUMP sociation and Delaware Valley Triumphs, convention lunch. Tentative, monitor the GHA web page at http:// headquarters at the Weston Princeton at Forrestal Vil- clubs.hemmings.com/gateway/healey. lage, 201 Village Blvd, Princeton. Info at vtr2017.org/ about or email [email protected]. 27 May 17—Gateway Cars & Coffee, at Gateway Classic 21-24 Sept 17—Triumphest 2017, Flagstaff, Arizona, at Cars, 1237 Central Park Dr, O’Fallon, IL, 9 AM-12 noon, pastries and coffee provided by Dunkin’ Donuts. For infor- the Little America. Hosted by Desert Centre TRA, plan- mation call (618)589-9952 or call up ning underway, info at www.triumphest.com or contact Bo www.gatewayclassicars.com. Shaw (760)977-6612. 2

2-3 Jun 17—British National Meet, in Blytheville, AR. For 11 Jun 17—St Louis Region SCCA As Time Goes By more information, contact Event Chairman Barry Harrison, Rally. Do-it-yourself introduction (with some help) to [email protected] or (870)780-5871. Web page at classic Time-Speed-Distance Rallying. Meet at the City www.britishnationalmeet.com/. Hall Parking Lot, 208 S Rapp Ave, Columbia, IL, registration 12 noon-12:45, rally school 12:45-1:15 PM, first car 4 Jun 17—Annual St Louis European Auto Show, Taub- departs at 1:30 PM. $10 entry fee, bring a car, driver, man Prestige Outlets, 17057 N Outer 40 Rd (north side of I- navigator, clipboard, calculator, watch or clock, pencils/ 64/US 40 in the Valley), 11 AM-2 PM. Online registration at pens. For info contact Rallymaster Jim Heine, Rallymas- www.eventbrite.com/e/st-louis-european-auto-show-2017- ter, [email protected] or (314)922-6120. presented-by-stl-motorcars-registration-33031525181. 11 Jun 17—BSCC Autocross No. 3. Family Arena, 4 Jun 17—Champagne British Car Festival, in Blooming- show around 9:30 AM, six runs for $35. Contact Racer ton. Featured marque is the DeLorean, info at www.cbcf- Steve at [email protected] for info or to get on the bloomington.com. emailing list. 9-10 Jun 17—Tulips By Night I/Tulips By Night II Monte 17 Jun 17—Annual Hazelwood Baptist Car Show, Carlo-style rally, presented by the St Louis Region 6161 Howdershell Rd. For vehicles 30 years and older, SCCA. Friday night/9 June start point: Wild Country, 17 food, beverages and music all day, display your car for Gateway Drive, Collinsville; Saturday night/10 June start free, People’s Choice Award. Car owners sign in be- point: City Hall parking lot, 208 S Rapp Ave, Columbia. tween 8 AM and 1 PM, Info (314)731-2244 or call up Registration for each event 7-7:45 PM, drivers meeting 7:45 www.hazelwoodbaptist.com, pre-registration highly en- Sunday,PM, first 19 car February departs 8:01 2017 PM. Entry fee $20 per rally, early couraged. registration available online at http://motorsportreg.com, have your credit card handy. You need a driver, navigator, 18 Jun 17—Annual Father’s Day Car Show, Museum car, clipboard, calculator, pencils and paper, a flashlight or of Transportation, 2933 Barrett Station Rd, 11 AM-3:30 other in-car device to read route instructions and a happy PM, sponsored by the Horseless Carriage Club of Mis- inclination to take an evening drive. Info at http://stlscca.org souri. or call (314)922-6120. 18 Jun 17— St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 3, 11 Jun 17—JAGSL drive to Crown Valley Winery and Gateway Motorsports Park. Info at www.stlsolo.org. Crown Valley Tiger Sanctuary in Ste Genevieve. Meet at St Louis BreadCo at Tesson Ferry/MO Hwy 21 and Ken- 9 Jul 17—BSCC Autocross No. 4. Family Arena, show nerly, 9:30 AM departure. Cost for tiger tour and wine tast- around 9:30 AM, six runs for $35. Contact Racer Steve ing is $20, please RSVP to Thomas Loew at big- at [email protected] for info or to get on the emailing [email protected] NLT 5 June. list.

Maximum Road Trip! 2017 Kastner Cup Race In association with the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association Blackhawk Classic XXV Blackhawk Farms Raceway South Beloit, IL 16-18 June 2017 Photo: Classic Motorsports  SLTOA’s sending a contingent, will convoy up Thursday in association with members of the Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis who are heading up to support Phil Taxman and his ‘64 E-Type FHC racer.  Meet location/departure time TBA  Camp at the racetrack or stay at the “official” SLTOA motel, The Garden Hotel & Conference Center, 200 Dear- born Ave, South Beloit 61080 (815)525-3600  Weekend will include vintage racing—including the Vintage Vee Series, Trans Am B-Sedan race and Sprite- Midget Race Series—plus the Kastner Cup race for Triumphs. Expect opportunities to get on the track for a couple of laps, BBQ and other activities. Return on Sunday.  To join the procession north, get information and for latest planning updates, contact Steve Moore, [email protected], Ed Kaizer at [email protected] or Mark Morgan at [email protected]. www.kaskastner.com/kastnercup.html/ On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/2017-Kastner-Cup-412465015590721

My Thoughts Meeting Notes—18 April 2017

Something of a light turnout for April’s meeting at Llewelyn’s in Webster Groves, with 22 members participating and three Triumphs in the parking lot out back (ah, but the weather was perfect for arriving in a British convertible). Still, those gathered immediately started ordering chow while engaging in the usual small talk (for example, “Does the manager know that when the piper arrives, we’ll have to close the doors?”; “You’ve gotta realize, you’re dealing with the GSA;” and “If you can get your By Steve Moore mouth open wide enough to eat that sandwich, I want a picture”). The meeting commenced promptly at 1900 with raucous applause for the club’s Congratulations to all of you who braved th the weather and brought your car to the victory at the 8 annual Triumph-MG Challenge at Forest Park and equally raucous Easter Car Show, in Forest Park. It was- phhfffftts for MG owners…delivered with a measure of class and grace, naturally. n’t the best of weather in the beginning, Yeah, a bit stormy at the start of the event, but in the end the club reclaimed the trav- but it turned out to be a very nice day. eling trophy. As you know we have an annual com- Following a couple of quick True Karl Schmitt stories, el Presidente por Vida Steve introduced Bill McAlester, owner of 1959 TR3A. Bill was one of SLTOA’s earliest petition between our club and the MG th club, for which club has the most cars at members, had noticed announcement of the upcoming 35 anniversary proceedings the car show. The past two years went (“Damn, has it been that long?”) and decided to rejoin the group. We also had a pro- to the MG club, which is a little disap- spective member in attendance, Bob Rhodes, currently restoring a ’76 TR6. Back pointing, however this year we were vic- during the 1970s-1980s, Bob owned a shop in Hollywood, Florida, which specialized torious, in spite of the weather condi- in LBCs; he’s now retired locally and has a house with a four car garage (question tions. from the floor: “When it gets colder, could you give us your address?”). th As tradition would have it, we need to Le President de Vice SLP provided an update on the 35 anniversary celebration, come up with a winning slogan to have which will include a drive to the party venue, a photo booth, 80s music and a group/ printed on the brass plaque that will be member photo session in the clubhouse parking lot. Stephen reminded everyone to attached to the trophy. So think about bring their wives and significant others (preferably not at the same time) and something appropriate, but not too ex- puhleeze RSVP; only $15 per person, checks to treasurer Andy and oh by the way, treme that we can have engraved on the Kenrick’s Meats was doing the catering (rsp from the floor: “OOOOOH, AAAAH”). plaque. Again thank you for you effort, it The Veep also advised Chilly the SLTOA bear would be at the party. He apologized was worth it. for the bear’s non-appearance at February’s Polar Bear Run; apparently Chilly was out in San Diego with Steve playing golf. The drive to Hannibal, with an overnight stay is planned for the last weekend Concerning upcoming events, the group received the gouge on the MG Club of St in June, Saturday the 24th and 25th. We Louis’ upcoming/annual Missouri Endurance Run, hopefully no flambéed Morris Gar- are finalizing the drive’s activities for the ages products at this year’s drive. Karl Schmitt received rave reviews for his recent trip as well as the overnight accommoda- weeknight pop-up drive/dinner. As for the upcoming Kastner Cup at Blackhawk tions. If you are interested in going on Farms, communications continued with the Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis this overnight drive, please let me know over a possible group drive north to the track. As of meeting time, Prez Steve, Jim via e-mail or telephone Dooley, Yr Fthfl Ed and Creig Houghtaling planned to attend the weekend event. - Steve Rich Etz announced the Pierce- Arrow Society would hold its annual convention 6- (314) 249-7401 10 June at the Sheraton Westport; no, they most definitely aren’t LBCs but they are [email protected] neat cars. As an aside, someone mentioned the Studebaker Drivers Club held their annual confab in St Louis two years ago. Finally, 6Pack’s holding this year’s TRials in Indiana; SLTOA will continue to study sponsoring the 2019 event in the Gateway City. Next, a pronouncement by Treasurer Andy: “We have money.” More applause/ relief…He stated a club balance of $2485.89 with only one major expenditure, the club’s payment of the $250 event insurance fee. Andy also tacked on another prospective event for the Triumph Welcome and MG clubs at the Returning Member! Richmond Heights Menard’s (1700 S Han- ley), on 7 October, Bill McAlster which could provide an opportunity to partici- 1959 TR3A pate in a community Ballwin activity. More info to follow. Prez Steve then opened the floor to up- SLTOA Blog: News, commentary, dates on vehicular pro- opinion and seasoned immaturity. www.sltoa.org/blog/ (Continued on page 18) 4

8th Annual Triumph-MG Challenge—16 April 2017

To set the proper tone for this year’s Forest Park Concours d’Elegance, one probably could’ve cued-up Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries.” During the run-up to the event, the 56th iteration hosted by the Horseless Carriage club of Missouri, the weather guessers consistently forecast a high threat of rain and thunderstorms for Easter Sunday. They were right. The skies opened up as the LBCs and other cars and their owners arrived, elevating the prospect of a total wash-out of the proceedings.

Despite the early bad weather, the Concours judges arrived in good Watching for the next arrival (Photo by Darren Frazier) order, ready to take charge (artwork by Jose Luis Muñoz Luque).

Still, local car enthusiasts including members of SLTOA and the MG Club of St Louis persisted. Jesse Lowe had his orange TR7 on the lot early, followed by Yr Fthfl Ed in the High-Speed Doorstop (’80 TR8). Then the First Family (club President Steve Moore, Ma- ria and Notes Chief Photographer John) arrived, bringing donuts and, thankfully, plenty of coffee. Heavy weather gear was donned and they maintained their posts, welcoming others as they arrived for the soggy festivities. Overall, we’re not sure how many looked at the early threatening skies and decided to leave their LBC in the garage. In the end, thanks to the efforts of event organizer Prez Steve and the membership, enough Triumph owners laughed in the face of the ele- DF ments and put a winning number of cars on the field, thus reclaim- ing the traveling British Leyland Participation Trophy. SLTOA went into the concours with 26 Triumphs signed up, plus the two Morgans of Mike and Sonja Poropat and a Jaguar XJ-S (!); a total of 21 actually went on display. The total number of Morris Garages products, emplaced by our esteemed colleagues with the MG Club of St Louis? 19. The trophy, signifying victory in the annual Triumph-MG Challenge, went to SLTOA; the win marked the club’s fourth in eight years of competition and the first in three years. Fortunately, as the day progressed, the clouds passed, the sun came out and everything dried out. According to HCCMO, about 400 vehicles made the field this year; the Chevrolet Camaro served as the featured model, in recognition of the pony car’s 50th anniversary. Appropriately, the first Camaro to show was a 1967 Z28; by early afternoon, there was a pretty good lineup of the Chevrolets. As per usual at this event, several other vehicles stood out, scat- tered between the club parking and the individual vehicles. They included a Moon, Gardner, two (count ‘em, two!) Crossleys, plus a particular rarity: an immaculate 1953 Kaiser Darrin. Elsewhere on the lot, in full gull-wing glory, a ’74 Bricklin SV-1 and DeLorean DMC-12 sat side-by-side. Above and beyond SLTOA’s retrieval of the trophy, all in all the day turned out pretty well, with good crowds. Many of the at- tendees spent a good amount of time talking True Triumph Tales

Photo by John Moore (Continued on page 6) 5

Challenge (continued from page 5) with club members, taking photos and generally enjoying the opportunities presented by the Concours. As always, we extend our thanks to the HCCMO for putting on a good show. And for our friends over at the MG Club: see you next year.

MG Club of St Louis Chairman Bob Bentzinger offers congratulations to SLTOA President Steve Moore.

Two Moons: a 1925 Series A and 1924 Touring. Bricklin SV-1 and DeLorean DMC-12 Car Dog, one each...

More concerning the upcoming SLTOA 35th Anniversary Party… Mike Peters, “Mother Goose & Grimm”

Works In Progress Completed!

Congrats to Chris and Kathy Kresser on finishing their 1955 TR3; the restoration took just about six years. Also, Mike Poropat recently wrapped up the repairs to Sonja’s ‘68 Morgan +4. Nice work, eh?

Photos by Chris Kresser and Mike Poropat

SLTOA 35th: Rules for Collecting Triumphs

One of the benefits of club membership is the incredible much less trouble you will have if you talk about “Scarlet Spit” amount of guidance, recommendations and advisories provid- rather than “CC4-12345.” ed by fellow Triumph/LBC owners. For example, see the fol- Rule 4: Early in your collecting, buy a Triumph you don’t lowing, which appeared in the September 1994 edition of Ex- want. Then sell it as quickly as you can. Don’t worry about haust Notes during Larry Snyder’s tenure as editor. The ad- making any money on the transaction, the main thing is to buy vice remains relevant…and any resemblance to particular a Triumph and get rid of it. Then you can say, “Yes my sweet, members of SLTOA is purely coincidental. I do have six Triumphs in the garage while our car is out in the weather. That doesn’t mean I will always have six Triumphs. Remember the one I got rid of? I’m thinking of selling another Rules for Collecting Triumphs one any day now, so we can put our car in the garage.” If you By Rob and Bob Wiley have a friend who collects Triumphs, make arrangements for him to drop off a Triumph now and again. That way you can This article was first writ- say, if anyone asks, you bought it. Then have him haul it off ten in regard to antique again and say you sold it. With this system you establish your tractors by Robert Welch reputation for moderation. who lives out in Nebraska. However, the similarity be- Rule 5: Pay for your Triumphs with cashier’s checks or tween collecting tractors postal money orders or cash, which leaves far less evidence and Triumphs was too good than checks drawn on the family account. Once you have got- to miss so we borrowed his ten possession of another Triumph and paid for it, eat the rules and changed a few stubs, carbon copies and receipts immediately. Such things words! have a way of becoming an embarrassment later, take it from me! Rule 1: Collect only one model of Triumph, nothing Rule 6: Now and then buy a wreck for “parts,” even if you but Spitfires or early TRs, don’t need parts. In fact, you might consider hauling a wreck for example. When all your or two on the same trailer or truck, whenever you haul home a Triumphs are the same good Triumph. This is called “liability averaging.” If your signif- color and shape, it’s harder icant other says something about having enough money for yet if not impossible for anyone another Triumph, but not enough for the new refrigerator, point to figure out how many Tri- indignantly to the Triumphs on the trailer: the beautiful one, umphs you actually have. solid and in running condition for which you paid $1,500 and the rusted hulks which you got for $50 each. Then huff, Rule 2: Never line up your Triumphs, ever! Nothing dis- “Snookums, I got those for a little more than $500.00 each and tresses a difficult spouse more than seeing 2 old Triumphs the one in back is easily worth $2,000. That’s a tidy profit of lined up, looking for all the world like a pile of burning hundred $400.” Doesn’t that make you sound like an investment wiz- dollar bills. Scatter the Triumphs around, a couple behind the ard? garage, one or two in the garage, another beside the garage, another beside the garage, maybe a couple at a friend’s Rule 7: When things get critical, consider dragging home a house, so that it is not possible for anyone (if you know who I Triumph without transmission or real wheels. If there’s a com- mean) to see more than two or three from any one perspec- plaint you say, “Triumph? What Triumph? That’s not a Tri- tive. Your hobby will be less “irritating” that way. umph! That’ s only a front end, not even close to a Triumph.” Then a couple of weeks later bring home a rear end minus the Rule 3: For pretty much the same reason, don’t number radiator, engine and front wheels. “Triumph? What Triumph? your Triumphs, give them names. You’d be surprised how (Continued on page 18) 7

Report From Scotland

In a recent email swap between our Scottish 6. Ranger Rover Mk1, 1970-1966 (“…Land Rover re- correspondent Andrew Milne and Craig Ingra- cently decided to refurbish a bunch of the original cars ham, Andrew noted the publication of a poll by to sell for £135,000, which is £133,000 more than they London’s Daily Mail which rated the best British cost some 47 years ago”). cars of all time. He wrote, 7. Ford GT40, 1964-1969 (“…the endurance machine… Craig – Just received this from number 2 son. was originally created by a crack team of British engi- 50 top cars built in UK when Britain was "Great." Note the Triumphs Herald and Stag made it as did the Austin neers…”). 7, the first car I ever owned. Interesting to see that the 8. Caterham/Lotus 7, 1957-present (“It’s a testament to GT40 and AC Cobra are classed as British built and how good a car is when you see it’s been on sale for designed – 60 years”) Andrew 9. Ford Escort Mk1, 1967-1975 (“…it’s fondly remem- According to the article (Rob Hull, “What is the best British car bered for being one of the original Fast Fords”) of all time?”, 20 April 2017), “…a panel of motor industry big- wigs named their top 50.” The group including the leadership of 10. Lotus Elise, 1996-2001 (“…the Elise defined the brand Aston Martin, BMW and McLaren; the top 10 came in as fol- as a forward thinker”) lows: The two Triumphs on 1. Mini, 1959-2000 (“There was never any doubting, was the list are the Stag at there?”) number 34 and Herald at 2. Jaguar E-Type, 1961-1975 (“Get one today and it’s 50 (for the record, the destined to be worth a small fortune”) MGB landed at number 28, immediately ahead of 3. Land Rover Series/Defender, 1948-2016 (“…once the the Austin-Healey 3000). ultimate utilitarian vehicle”) You can call up the origi- 4. Aston Martin DB5, 1963-1965 (“…one of the most ach- nal article at http:// ingly good looking cars ever created”) dailym.ai/2oY6BiE.

5. McLaren F1, 1992-1998 (“The McLaren F1 set stand- Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew review Royal Air Force Buccaneer ards that were previously unseen…”) S.2Bs of No. 237 Operational Conver- sion Unit at RAF Honington, Suffolk, in 1979.

The first week of May, Yr Fthfl Ed was out in the Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA vicinity for a history conference (go figure). On Monday, 1 May, while on the drive down to Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast for a visit with one of the daughters and three of the grandnippers, I passed through the town of Lafayette, on OR 99W (old US 99). And what LBC organization is just south of Lafa- yette? British Parts Northwest, well worth a stop and quick tour. Greg Sherick (who owns a TR8) and his staff provided a friendly greeting and Greg gave me the quick tour of the facilities; no surprise, every building stacked to the ceiling with LBC parts, pallets of parts coming in and other pallets heading out. Quite an operation and a truly friendly group of people. If you find yourself heading southwest out of Portland some time, by all means drop by and say hello.

Second (right), Commonwealth Classics, purveyor of LBC restorations and repairs, is adjacent to Vancouver Barracks/Fort Vancouver National Historic Site off I-5 on the north side of the Columbia. Quite a shop, including three Triumphs (only TRs seen on the trip) and a bunch of other vehicles. The address is 1613 E 4th Street, Vancouver, WA 98661.

BSCC Autocross No. 2

Summary: Outstanding weather and Slow Roller another excellent course design by the Boeing Sports Car Club gang. This Racing Team month’s layout featured a lot of straights Results – and the Slow Roller battle pretty much came down to the two big bore cars. Still, 7 May 2017 great fun for all participants PLUS a guest Family Arena, St Charles appearance by President Emeritus Jesse.

Standings (Total Events: 2) Driver Car Class Overall Indexed Time Finish 1 – Maneke 18 Houghtaling Corvette C4 BS 42nd 45.300 Houghtaling 18 Maneke Corvette C6 AS 45th 45.613 3 – Moore 14 Moore TR6 FS-Prepared 51st 49.324 4 – Fox 10 Morgan TR8 HS 52nd 50.122 5– A Paur 7 Morgan 7

Photo by Darren Frazier Photo by Darren Frazier SCCA Majors Racing

In other racing news, over 22- 23 April, the St Louis and Southern Illinois Regions of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) hosted the “Luau in the Lou” Majors and IT races at Gateway Motorsports Park (aka “Circuit of St Louis”). Happy to say, two Triumphs took part in the festivities. Sargis and his Spitfire at the far left. Photos by Darren Frazier. Steve Sargis, Frankfort, Illi- nois, driving a Grand Touring- Morey Doyle of Indianapolis, finished 11th in Saturday’s E Light class Triumph Spitfire, finished first both days in the com- Production race driving his TR8 and finished the weekend with bined E-Production/F Prod/GTL races. He’s built quite a rec- a 10th place finish on Sunday. Mark Weber of St Louis (Miata) ord over the past 20 years, winning the SCCA’s national cham- and Rick Sisk of Washington (Porsche 944) also competed; pionship six times in three different production classes (F, G Jesse Prather of Topeka, Kansas took the EP class in Satur- and H). The GT cars feature tube frame chassis; local/ day’s run (34, third overall) with Bill Miller of Weston, Missouri, regional drivers who competed in the class included Peter Ze- gaining the honors (47, also third overall) on Sunday. kert of Maryland Heights and Brad Lewis, St Louis, both in Nis- sans.

Morey Doyle in the TR8. Trailing Aaron Kelley, GTL MG Midget Whoops... 9

Rules for Collecting (Continued from page 7) Best of Craigslist That’s no Triumph, that’s only a rear end, not even close to a Triumph!” However, don’t try this more than once every couple of years! Rule 8: Have a dealer or friend call you now and then whey you’re not at home and tell your spouse, “Bob told me to keep an eye on the Triumph going at the auction Saturday but it sold for $5,000, and I know there’s no way a financially cautious and responsible guy like Bob would pay that much, so I didn’t even make a bid on it for him.” Not only will this make you look real good, but the next time you buy a Triumph say something like, “Luvi-bear, this beauty only cost me $1,000, which means we are $4,000 ahead of where we’d have been if I’d gotten this one before. If I keep saving money like this, we’ll be able to afford to go on that Caribbean cruise next winter.” If you say it fast enough, it might work! Rule 9: If your mate insults your work calling it “rustoration,” laugh a lighthearted laugh, making it clear that Triumphs are not to you what shoes were to Imelda Marcos. Rule 10: If your situation worsens to the point where your mate asks, “Who do you love more, me or your Triumphs?”, 49 2000 Roadster—Unique resto mod, 1949 Triumph Tour- whatever you do, don’t ask for time to ing Roadster with rumble seat and second tilt up rear wind- think it over! shield. All aluminum body except front fenders, very light, will be fast! Partially finished and has a small lock Ford and 5spd

installed. Easy to change to your desired power output and includes a $1,100 custom built new radiator for the car. I have all the original body parts so no searching for parts. Just build it the way you want it. This will make a great resto mod worth Minutes (Continued from page 4) big dollars at a great price, only $6,950. In Joplin, email sw9nk [email protected] (Craigslist) (1705) jects. Chris and Kathy Kresser’s 1955 TR3 is complete, following five to six years of restoration. Chris commented, “It’s been a challenge but it should be a good car.” Iggy’s TR6 isn’t St Louis Triumph Owners Association finished yet, but Johnny Williams did complete the engine re- build. Mike Poropat finished the repairs to Sonja’s ’68 Morgan +4; he added they decided not to attend the Forest Park show due to the weather, but hoped everyone enjoyed the boat show. Proud member club, St Louis Sports Car Council Concerning membership, only eight of last year’s members www.stlscc.org declined to renew and were dropped from the SLTOA roster. That put the club at 89 members total, not counting spouses/ family members. The club continues to push for at least one driving event per month, generally under the guise of the Retired Old Geezers (ROG…as distinguished from GHA’s RUMP and MGCStL’s RUBCO). Watch for web page and email alerts of events as well as more information on a possible/probable club over- nighter to Hannibal in late June. The president also formally asked Ed Kaizer to set up the now annual fall drive, possibly with a slightly different route this year. Ed agreed. The last item of business concerned club apparel sales and availability. In talks with MG Club Chairman Bob Benzinger, we have a lead on a trophy shop which produces plastic name- tags (Andy: “They’re not that expensive and they look really nice”). Club ball caps are still available and the t-shirt shop is still taking orders. The meeting concluded at 1933.

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79 Spitfire 1500—New interi- or, convertible top, tires, Holley electric fuel pump. Has custom front bumper, roll pan rear, custom bodywork; I have the original bumpers, luggage rack, etc in case you want to put the car back to original. $5900 OBO, in Lebanon, MO, call Mike (417)3225929 (Craigslist) (1705) 80 Spitfire 1500—Fun project, restored, new $3000 paint job, no rust. Too many new parts to list, manual transmission with overdrive, 52,253 miles. Have $9300 invested but would like to sell before winter, needs someone who enjoys tinkering with cars and wants a winter project. $7300, call Mike Charman (618)918-0249, cash only, no trades, in Centralia (1611). For Sale—Tonneau for TR4/TR4A, NOS, not used since its 80 TR8—Don Huber’s Wedge, low mileage, original car. purchase in 1980, heavy duty construction, ready to use. $250, Acquired by Don in February 2000, only 18,987 miles. One of call Tom (314)422-7149 (1705) the finest if not the finest Wedges in the club; an identical TR8 For Sale—Triumph parts, including 1961-1967 Herald LR recently sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Flagstaff, Ari- quarter panel, NOS, genuine StanPart No. 902318; NOS 1962- zona, for $15,400. Let’s keep Don’s car local, $14,000 nego- 1967 Spitfire front bumper; NOS 1962-1967 Spitfire hood, off- tiable. For more info or to see the car, contact Creig Hough- center nose, sticker on but unreadable; NOS 1963-1970 Spit- taling at (314)401-7817 or email [email protected] (1702) fire RF fender, part No. 903089; NOS TR4 hood, part No. 903178; TR4 trunk lid, used; plus Karman Ghia, VW, Mer- 62 TR3—In Florissant, good cedes, Ford and Datsun parts. Call Monti between 8:30-4:30 Eastern at (631)423-8151 or write to 1959 New York Ave, Hun- driver, needs to go to a good tington, NY 11746 (1705) home! Asking $15,000, for more details contact David For Sale—Original steel disc wheel and tire off a 1971 TR6 Bentley at bent- (spare tire), asking $200 OBO. Contact Darold Johnson (314) [email protected], call (314) 835-8522 or at [email protected] for more information 991-2502 or check out his Face- and additional photos (1705). book page (1705). For Sale—TR4/4A tonneau, NOS, 74 Spitfire 1500—New tires, wire wheels, carpet, recently never used since purchase in 1980. reupholstered, new convertible top. Always garaged, selling Heavy duty construction, $250. Call as part of an estate sale, 70,955 miles. Asking $7000, in Mar- Tom at (314)422-7149 (1705) shall, MO, call Tracy (660)815-0661 (Craigslist) (1705) For Sale—Triumph parts: NOS 76 Spitfire 1500—W/hardtop, tonneau 1961-1967 Herald left rear quarter cover; new brakes, brake lines, clutch, panel; NOS 1962-1967 Spitfire front engine rebuilt and has a Weber carb, bumper; NOS 1962-1967 Spitfire new tires. $4200, in Festus, Call Tom hood (off-center nose, sticker on but (636)524-9787 (Craigslist) (1704) unreadable); NOS 1963-1970 Spitfire right front fender; NOS TR4 hood; TR trunk lid, used; plus VW, Mercedes and Datsun 76 Spitfire 1500—New paint, tires, parts and others. Call Monti 8:30 AM-4:30 PM eastern, (631) other new parts; nice little car, runs and 423-8151 or write him at 1959 New York Ave, Huntington, NY drives good, shows 79K miles. 11746 (1705) In Decatur, IL, $3300, call Steve (217)853-0803 (Craigslist) For Sale—TR6 parts, for sale or giveaway, includes a differ- (1705) ential, transmission and doors. Call Dennis at 440-9074 if interested (1705) 79 TR7—5sp, air conditioning (serviced Jul 16), very good con- For Sale—Back on the market: four TR8 wheels suitable for dition, runs great, have owned use on a TR7 or Spitfire, three have usable rubber and one for 10 years. In Kimberling City might serve you well at the drag strip or for inadvertent skid/ (Lake of the Ozarks, west of loss of control training. $150 OBO, contact Mark Morgan (314) Branson), $5250, email sb3jm- 607-1507 or [email protected] (1705) [email protected] (Craigslist) (1704) For Sale—Wide variety of TR3/4 used OEM parts, primarily from the completion of my TR3B in 1968. Call/email for the 79 Spitfire 1500—Has over- entire four page list, specifics and questions. Larry Brown (618) drive, Nardi steering wheel, no 971-0056 or [email protected] (1312) other details given. In central Illinois, call August (217)730-1434 (Craigslist) (1705)

Next Meeting: Sunday 21 May 2017

SLTOA 35th Anniversary Party! Hickory Ridge Clubhouse 100 S Willow Grove Court St Peters

10 AM start time at the Lewis & Clark Boathouse for a scenic drive, then to the clubhouse for a buffet meal, story telling, SLTOA artifacts, 80s music and other fun

And Finally...

...for your listening pleasure at the gala SLTOA 35th Anniversary party, 80s music selected by JP Martini, former bassist/ vocalist for The Young Stags, Norfolk, VA’s most famous unknown punk/New Wave band!