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Here we go again... These wonderful little cars take up so much of our attention it's hard to step back and share the news about what we have been accomplishing here at the Ranch. So, click the link below to see just what the heck we've been up to over the last 3 months.

Ranch News — British Car Ranch Ranch News! British Car Ranch News For May 2025 Sometimes you literally have to go undercover to find the problem! Sulley is creating a dark space to use our black light to find the source of a leak on Bob`s MGA. Finally, Spring has filled the hills with the sound of Balsom Root Arrowleaf`s! This is...

Greetings all welcome to the latest edition of News from the Ranch. Your one stop shop for all the news and happenings for the last month for your favorite team of LBC mechanics. Click the link below to dive in and see what we have been up to!

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Ranch News — British Car Ranch Ranch News! British Car Ranch News For February 2025 Happy anniversary to Steve and Laurie this month, 55 years ago she was driving a TR3, and he was driving a hot rod Mustang. Today she has a TR6, a Bugeye, a MG Midget and an MGB-GT and he has a Healey 3000, and a thriving business that caters to B...

Happy Holidays everyone! We hope this latest episode of the Ranch News finds you all happy, healthy and enjoying the season.

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Ranch News — British Car Ranch Ranch News! BRITISH CAR RANCH NEWS FOR OCTOBER 2024  HAPPY HOLIDAYS! It doesn`t seem possible, but Thanksgiving is days away and Christmas is right behind it Lots going on in the shop and in the family. Laurie just got back from her first international trip; she was on a 10-day knitters' trip to ...

British Car Ranch has presented another Tech Session for you. We recorded it and posted it on YouTube,
The topic we covered this time is " How to get your British car ready for a safe driving season".
Click on the link below and enjoy and watch for more sessions in the future.
If you have a favorite topic you would like to see presented in the future, go to our website, there is a page for you to send us your request.
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Getting Your Car Ready For A Safe Driving Season - Tech Session In this video, British Car Ranch's Steve Day discusses our checklist on how to get a British car ready for a safe driving season. You can find all the infor...

DO NOT USE AVAS ONLINE FLORIST! THEY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART!

Laurie and I had our 52nd anniversary coming up and we planned a big trip to Las Vegas for a week to celebrate in style.

Our tradition is for her to receive a special flower arrangement on Feb. 5th, and for 51 years, I made that happen, no matter where we were celebrating in the U.S. It has been in Seattle, Honolulu, Kihe Maui, Beaufort S.C., Washington D.C., Whistler B.C., or Wenatchee, without fail, until this year in Vegas.

Not from lack of effort! I began the process of ordering flowers to be delivered to our Bellagio hotel 2 weeks before we were to arrive. The Bellagio does not have an in-house florist, so I went online and found Avas Flowers. It took 38 minutes to place the order, Alex was very deliberate and detailed in taking down the details, even though I had pre-selected my choices and input all my info online. I thought, ok, it will be good to get it right. He correctly repeated each detail to me 3 times, including where and when I wanted the flowers delivered. Sunday the 4th, before noon at the Bellagio Las Vegas. (You have heard of the Bellagio, right? You know, the host hotel for CBS for the broadcast of the Super Bowl that week.)

I received multiple emails confirming all of this.

On Sat. the 3rd at 4 pm, I received a call from Avas, “We don't deliver on Sunday”. An important part of our ritual is to walk into the hotel room and have a gorgeous arrangement greeting her. More than upset, I asked why Alex didn't tell me when I ordered? No real answer, “Just our policy”.

Having me squarely behind the eight ball, she said Monday morning. I said it had to be as early as possible, after much fumbling around, she said 10 a.m. was the best she could do. I reluctantly agreed.

With there to be no flowers on arrival, I worked on a secret plan to stay in the room until 10 a.m. so she could be surprised by the delivery of flowers. Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, Christopher was receiving phone calls from Avas, asking for the delivery address for the flowers! He would tell them about the Bellagio in Vegas each time.

Monday morning came, no flowers, no contact from Avas on our cell phone, even though specific, confirmed details had been given at the time of ordering, that after Sat. we should be contacted on our cell number.

At 11:30 Monday, Christopher called me to talk in private, and when safe, said Avas was calling multiple times wanting the address to deliver the flowers! At this point I had to spill the beans and tell Laurie what was happening and why she didn't have flowers for the first time in 52 years! I was beyond being able to hold a civil conversation, so minutes later when Avas called on our cell to ask for the address, she took the phone and asked for a manager. She then very patiently described the whole story in a 20-minute conversation, repeating all the details a tenth time. The manager promised immediate action and delivery, and a follow-up phone call to confirm they were on the way.

That was 8 days ago, we never did get flowers, or a follow up call, only more calls asking for the delivery address of the Bellagio and a bill for $144 for no flowers. No, we are not paying the bill, we are also warning you, DO NOT USE AVAS FLOWERS.

Footnote: Laurie proved I made the perfect choice for a lifetime partner that day when she heard the story for the first time, she was immediately impressed by the effort I had gone to, to keep our ritual intact and flatly stated that I didn`t break the ritual, Avas flowers did! We had a celebratory anniversary dinner in the Bellagio at one of their fancy restaurants, Harvest, and when we arrived at our table there was a single red rose and a “Happy Anniversary” card waiting for us, compliments from the restaurant staff. We thanked the manager and mentioned our story to him, he was most appalled too. When we got back to our room that evening, there was a gorgeous flower arrangement and card wishing us a wonderful evening, signed, the staff of the Harvest restaurant. Such touching care and service was the perfect antidote to the complete frustrating failure of Avas.