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Index First, to borrow a French word from David Swanger ( one of the
President 's Corner, p. 4
The Cars of February, p. 6
January Club Dinner, A Burns
Supper p. 27
Wint er Project - TR-6 p.32
Race Ticket - So Long Brit ishVolt
p. 40
Mot orSport News, p. 46
Oh, Henry- How Three owners
and One MGC Became a Family (
Spoiler Alert -Love is Involved)
p. 50
Part ing Shot , p. 64
Where's Winst on?
No one found him in January for a
really good reason--like a ninny I I
forgot to hide him. This would not be
considered an auspicious beginning
to 2023 but I've since placed a large
note on my desk to help me
remember to put him in for the rest
of the year. Find Winston
(hiding in much smaller form) in our
pages. Then, send your name and his
location by page # to
twasbrilag@aol.com
If you're t he first finder, you'll win
t he wort hwhile prize --but you can't
win if you don't ent er. Cont est s are
funny t hat way.
Edit orial: The Cars We Love by Cherie A. Beatty
few he knows as we know from reading his article in January
about driving in France) - Merde!
I had a meltdown, literally, at the end of 2022 and in my haste to
get the January 2023 issue to Rick Mathis to make the publication
date, I mislabled the first issue of the new year. January should
have been #10, not #9, and this issue is #11 in our first season of
MOTORING.
This is also our rouge ( the second word in French David knows)
Issue. In the spirit of Valentine's Day we're featuring British
cars, of any hue on the red spectrum, that belong to some of our
members. That means 16 pages of love stories, not only about
the cars but in some cases about the romances that have come
with them, too. You can be sentimental about a car without the
need to buy it a gift , but you know you've hit the mark when you
love someone enough to gift them with a car they've always
wanted or, even better, you inherit one from a person in your life
that loved it enough to pass it on to you or you buy one from such
a person and become the car's next caretaker.
Some of you may have heard about my travails with the British
car I bought when I joined the NBCC. ( The fact that Nicholas
Cage owned it first, was not why I had to have it. ) It was an all
heart and no head purchase and like some other love stories the
heartaches and headaches came fairly quickly.
I lack the obvious skills of many of our members to bring a car
back to good behavior but I've been blessed with a talented
mechanic. Josh Orner, a former Jaguar tech, is now a Porsche
professional. He sweated and swore in his calm way at my 1997
Aston Martin DB7 i6 with manual transmission until he got it
right and performing to an exacting standard.
After spending almost a full year in its preferred location, the
workshop, Josh returned Winston to me in time for the February
issue. He came with a stern warning. " Drive this car," Josh said, "
as often as possible if you want to keep it running as it should."
I've taken his advice; so far, so good. Here's my red car. It still
has my heart and I've given Josh chocolates to say so. Cherie
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