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April 2006 SLO Brits Rallye at Ragged Pt. Photos by Leo Pedersen, Blurb by Jim Crandall As recent arrivals on the San Luis Obispo motoring scene, Leo and Martha Pedersen were frustated by all those lovely British cars driving around aimlessly without a shared purpose. What to do? Organize an event, of course! "Martha and I invited everyone we know in the North County who have British cars, to join us on a run," said Leo. "We had breakfast at our house followed by a drive up the coast to Ragged Point for lunch." The Pedersen TC shares the front row with the McKarney and Weiss MGBs and a couple of BMW bikes. Clarence checks out a well-prepared Austin Healy 3000 but prefers his MGB. Although TCMGers have been to this gorgeous PCH turn-out many times, the scenery is always spectacular and chowing down with lovers of classic English iron never gets old. "In addition to our TC," continued Leo, "we had an MGA, an Austin Healy 3000, a Miata (owner of a TR3 which was not running) and a Dino Ferrari (owner of another A/H 3000 with a bad tire). In Cambria we were joined by Guild members Clarence and Barbara Weiss and Bob McCarney driving MGB's. At Ragged Point we bumped into another Healy owner who we know from the 'Sons of Lucas' club on the South Coast. Naturally, he and his wife joined us for lunch," for a total of eight cars. Clarence Weiss and Bob McKarney (front left) and Barbara Weiss and Martha Pedersen (far right ) converse with other British car owners at the Ragged Point cafe. Funny how owners of British cars are attracted to each other, even if their cars are "not running at the moment." Frequently, conversations start with complaints and commiserations, but almost always end with tales of unforgetable top-down treks over winding county roads. Isn't that how the TC motoring Guild first started over 50 years ago?

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