Hi, David or William?
I live in Portland, and you're right, there is a lot of British car activity
here. Lot's of clubs that are pretty active, 3 significant Brit car repair
shops, 2 good stocking suppliers of Brit car parts. I'm a Minor one!
On Labor day weekend there is the ABFM at Portland International Raceway
(PIR) with well over 700 cars usually showing up for the Sat. main show and
a decent Brit. only parts swap meet on Sunday.
Looks like your son will have a good fix of Brit car stuff in the area.
Hope your son enjoys his stay here, it's a great place to live. It's just
too bad when we get a half inch of snow in the winter, the place gets
paralyzed!! As in nothing moves!!
BTW, yes, there are some triumphs here!
Best, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From: "William McLeod" <wbmcleod@cox.net>
To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:22 PM
Subject: Fwd: Portland, OR area
> This was on the MGB list....
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "Councill, David" <dcouncill@msubillings.edu>
> > Date: August 12, 2006 9:53:38 AM MST
> > To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Portland, OR area
> > Reply-To: "Councill, David" <dcouncill@msubillings.edu>
> >
> > Any listers in or around the Portland, Oregon (NW USA) area?
> >
> > I took my son there last week as he wants to relocate there. Its
> > seems to be
> > the "in" city for a lot of the youth here in Montana. Since I had
> > to haul a
> > trailer with my son's belongings, I drove the BBC (Big British car)
> > instead of
> > my MGs. But I did see a red 69 MGB during a drive to Oceanside to
> > see the
> > Pacific Oceam before I headed back inland to Montana. I talked to
> > the owner
> > while he was getting petrol at an Oceanside gas station. He said he
> > was having
> > clutch problems which he described along the lines of slippage
> > going uphill in
> > third gear. It didn't sound like clutch to me but he said he was
> > going to take
> > it to a shop in Portland that specialized in MGs. Anyone know of
> > this shop?
> >
> > The day after the Oceanside trip, I had to climb Mt. Hood (because
> > it was
> > there), a dormant 11,000 foot volcano. My son reported two MGB
> > sitings in
> > Portland while I was doing my climb.
> >
> > So it looks like there is a fair bit of MGB activity in Portland.
> > It looks
> > like if my son gets situated in Portland, I'll be heading over there
> > occassionally so if there are any Portland listers, perhaps they
> > can let me
> > know more of what there is in the area. Its only about a 900 mile
> > cruise from
> > here.
> >
> > David Councill
> > 67 MGBGT
> > 72 MBG
> > 74 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40
> > 03 Land Rover Discovery SE7
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