Snapshots of Okanagan British Car Club: Our members cars and stories in Photos
Webmaster, Mark and Carol with their 1976 TR6 purchased from Drake Automotive in June 2023 fulfilling a lifelong dream to own a Java Green TR, this being Marks' favourite colour. Currently garaged awating summer.
Nick , 1982 Jaguar XJ6
pats wedgie
I Drove a Wedge Into My Heart. My 1975 Triumph TR7 was languishing under a fir tree in Pemberton when I found it. I have a thing for adopting orphaned cars.
Even though it was a faded (lemon) yellow, its rust free body suggested that it was worthwhile restoring. Knowing that it was on its second “cooked” engine,
I was determined to make my own TR8, inspired by Group 44.So naive! It only took me 20 years!
ron and janET's moke
The finished restoration
Members, Ron & Janet and their 1967 Moke. This Moke was purchased locally from the first owner who bought it as a youth, in Detroit, to expand his paper route. We restored this car replacing 50% of the metal with new. The original 848cc engine and all suspension, brakes, etc were rebuilt or replaced. All in all it’s great fun but stay off the freeway!
Under construction
on the rotissaire
Paint
New paint just laid down
original owner!
Ron and I have owned our 1980 MGB since it was brand new. We purchased it as we were told we could not have children. But just a year after we purchased the car, the doctor was wrong. Three children later, we still kept the car since we could not part with it. We managed to find time to have our drive with it through the years. Now that our children are adults we find more time to use it in the summer seasons. We are currently in Alberta but will move back to BC with plans to move the car with us when Ron retires soon.
Beth & Paul’s 1991 Rover Mini Cooper
Fly like an Eagle
Built in the UK for the Italian market, “Basil” was first sold in Milan in 1991. Fifteen years later in 2006, we purchased him in Naples, Italy where he was Beth’s daily driver for the three years of their NATO posting there – the perfect car for that driving environment !
Twins
! Basil underwent a minor (mostly cosmetic) restoration in Virginia Beach, VA in 2010 during their next posting, and has since been seen frolicking about throughout southern Ontario and the Okanagan, where Mike’s British renewed the steering, front suspension, and clutch in 2020.
Basil
Despite 34 years and at least 205,000km on the original engine/transmission with no rebuilds, Basil is very reliable…except for expected British car eccentricities of marking territory, the odd electric mystery, and occasionally getting a little hot under the bonnet!
Basil is loads of fun to drive and creates lots of smiles wherever he goes. We look forward to many more happy years with him.