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parking lot that is covered in shade?"

Came the response to the imperative: "
This is area 3 and that is area 2. We were
told to go to area 3."

Said Long, " Yes, but there's no one in the
other parking lot. People can see us up
there from the road. I'm moving."
Before the decision was made, Mike did
have time to explain that bringing his
drop top vintage Riley to a drive in the
heat wasn't an option ( even if he could
have persuaded Carol to roast with him)
because the Riley has no fan to help cool
down a car that was never intended to
see a 100 degree real outside Not one but two vintage Land
temperature. Rovers lumbered up the hill,
assumed the parked position, and
"Like Model T Fords, Rileys were cooled
were roundly admired.
only by Thermosyphon water circulation,
until the 12/4 , 1500 like mine was Later, when the drive turned
introduced in 1935. The initial down a country road that featured
Thermosyphon intent was not a success a small bridge with a sign that read:
so fans were fitted to high radiator "Drive at Your Own Risk. This
(saloons) and water pumps to low radiator Bridge has Never Been
Lynx and Kestrel sporty cars. Fans amd Inspect ed," along with some other
pumps were available if ordered on any cautions , the warning further
car, " he explained, then added. "OK, it's supported by a Detour Sign that we
time to move." ignored, we all felt felt safe
because the two Rovers were
Move we did, the sky didn't fall because
there to winch us out of any
we colored outside the lines; It was much
potential trouble that we might get
cooler in the shade, and although one Jag
into. ( Warnings? We don't heed no
whizzed by and had to turn around,
stinking warnings!)
everyone else seemed to see the empty
lot 3 and automatically assumed that, As unlike a Rover as it is possible to
naturally, we would have relocated be Jake Lane, last seen on a club
ourselves to the shady lot 2 up on the drive in a primrose yellow Citroen
hillside. produced a car that's sound and
design was guaranteed to turn
By the time tour leader Russ Welty arrived,
heads. The chilly white Alfa
the gently misting dozen drivers, (
Romeo was both bellissimo and
so-called because there were ladies in the
the very definition of hot wheels
group and not just the manly sweating
when it pulled into lot #2.
gents) had already begun to talk, meet
new people, and admire the variety of We soon had the United Nations of
cars on display. cars going on with Miatas, Continues on page 54
Porsches, the Alfa, and our LBCs
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