Hey there Guest!
Hey - did you know if you click on the title of a thread it will take you to the first unread post since you last visited that thread?
but were afraid to ask: 
STOP!! Never post your email address in open forums. Bots can "harvest" your email! If you must share your email use a Private Message or use the 
smilie in place of the real @
Pretty Please - add it to our Events forum(s) and add to the calendar! >> 
Offline
Yesterday my wife and I attended the Heartland All British Car Show in Merriam, KS (a suburb of Kansas City). The turnout of cars was quite nice, about 60 or so, including seven TR3s.
As we were walking in, a beat-up TR3 arrived, with its rear-end smashed, dirty and lots of bugs in the front. It looked a little trashed-out. I assumed that someone was bringing it in to sell, rather than entering it as a concours contestant!
It turns out that the two fellows who owned it (brothers?), had just returned, literally, from a 10,000 mile trip to the Arctic Circle and back! OMG! The rear-end damage was from a dump truck that ran up behind them, smashing their trailer as well. When the tail-pipe flattened, the engine blew a head gasket, which they replaced overnight in a hotel parking lot.
Most of us limit our TRs to fairly short trips, maybe a few hundred miles, but 10K? Their perseverance and good-humor about the trip should be rewarded, along with "posterior endurance." Attached are some photos I took of the car.
Keith Jordan
As we were walking in, a beat-up TR3 arrived, with its rear-end smashed, dirty and lots of bugs in the front. It looked a little trashed-out. I assumed that someone was bringing it in to sell, rather than entering it as a concours contestant!
It turns out that the two fellows who owned it (brothers?), had just returned, literally, from a 10,000 mile trip to the Arctic Circle and back! OMG! The rear-end damage was from a dump truck that ran up behind them, smashing their trailer as well. When the tail-pipe flattened, the engine blew a head gasket, which they replaced overnight in a hotel parking lot.
Most of us limit our TRs to fairly short trips, maybe a few hundred miles, but 10K? Their perseverance and good-humor about the trip should be rewarded, along with "posterior endurance." Attached are some photos I took of the car.
Keith Jordan
A friendly reminder - be careful what links you click on here. If a link is posted by someone you don't know, or the URL looks fishy, DON'T CLICK. Spammers sometimes post links that lead to sites that can infect your computer, so be mindful what you click.