I am a semi-retired engineer/economist living in Groton, MA (45 miles Northwest of Boston). I spent 40 years working in the oil and gas industry with 30 of those years as a consultant/consulting company manager operating in international markets, especially Asia.
I've been a car nut since age 13 when I got my first car (clapped out 1928 Chevy 2 door). I moved on to a 1940 Ford 5-window coupe which I restored and into which I stuffed a Cadillac engine. Suffered a neat-car withdrawal through college, but then picked up an MGA (which I still own 44 years later) and got into autocrossing with it, then added a 1967 Fairland GT (390 HP 4-speed etc.).
Then I got into bikes, owning as many as 6 it one point. Ive owned a bunch including Hondas, Suzukis, Yamahas, BMWs, A Norton, a Triumph Bonneville (the original from 1970), a Bultaco, etc. I still own 4 (2 Beemers, the Bultaco, and the Triumph).
During most of the bike years my cars were pretty mundane, but I started back into cars about 2001 when I bought a BMW 540i with 6 speed and sport everything. A couple of years later I added a 64 E-Type Jaguar and then replaced that Jag with a 67 E-Type.
I got the Seven bug from the E-Type. I started autocrossing the E-Type a couple of years ago after a 35+ year hiatus and really enjoyed it, but wanted something more nimble and faster. The Seven seemed to fit the bill. I'm now the owner of a Brunton Stalker, which I will pick up tomorrow and will enter my first event with it in the next few weeks. I still plan to run my E-Type in the national Jaguar Slalom competition, but I plan for the Stalker will see a lot more autocross/track-day action.
Dennis Eklof
