For earning the most points with a pre-1960s vehicle in the 2015 Motoring Challenge, Scott and Nancy Gilbert won the Vintage Victor Award. This is their story: My wife Nancy and I are privileged to be the current custodians of MGTD #16872, otherwise known as Sassy Cathy. She came to me from my cousin who…
I’m parked on the grass alongside Highway 59 just outside Montevideo, Minn. I’ve positioned my car in front of a bright green sign announcing “Lac qui Parle County.” As I set up the tripod and camera, a passing Ford pulls over and stops. The driver rolls down his window and asks if I’m having trouble…
Sitting behind the wheel of an MG TC, for ten hours, one has the opportunity to contemplate. Contemplate at least, between moments of stark terror, as the car lurches about in a never-ending desire to escape the leash. Why is this taking so long? Only a few hours into a 470 mile drive from Petersburg,…
It all started with a Mustang…I was fresh out of college, starting my career, ogling cars I was resisting to buy, when one day the local Ford dealership got a used 2004 Saleen S289 SC. Of course I had to drool because the Mustang was one of my favorite cars. Not a few seconds later…
Just some quick items from my driving adventures for the Moss Motoring Challenge: Driving south toward Tooele, top down, i heard a horn beep behind me, and as I looked left saw a Porsche Carerra, also top down, with the driver’s thumb in the air. As he zipped by, I noticed his license plate: AVAST!…
A couple of weeks ago, I was all set to round up a few more Challenge points. End the race to the finish on an up note. A city starting with an “E”, a laboratory, firetrucks, and a Christmas parade were on the agenda for that afternoon and into the evening. Maggie, my 73 TR6,…
It was a dark and dreary night in 1964 as the young student rolled onto the Kearney College campus in his newly purchased used 1959 Austin Healey Sprite. His pride and joy was a sports car that constantly drew admiring glances from the young girls, and life was good. The student used it for all…
Last year my challenge was to get the TR3 on the road. But this year, I took the Moss Motoring Challenge. For the first few months, I didn’t really take it too seriously. Even after Prudence and I drove to San Francisco, and on to Seattle, I didn’t really think I had a chance. In…
January 2014: So there I sat, engulfed with despair, with only the memories of my dad to reflect upon. Although our vocations and interest differed greatly, during visits, the conversation would eventually gravitate toward automotive sports and vehicular adventures. His funeral now over, I needed a project to focus on and the healing process to…
This Moss Motoring Challenge was quite fun. This was our first year, we are not retired, and we live in the middle of Kansas. It was quite a challenge. The most memorable trip we made was to Western Kansas to get the letter Q. We were driving down I-70 when we saw a huge billboard…
