Concours at the Coast (San Luis Obispo)

[356robo]

Here's the links to info on this event, Oct 22-25. I participated last year and it was well done. Many really beautiful cars of all marques. Porsche is the featured mark this year. The local PCA is hosting a concours within the main event.

http://www.avilabeachconcours.com/

http://ccc.pca.org/Octcalen/Concours_Flyer.pdf

Rob

[John Z Goriup]

My wife & I went to this event and enjoyed it. The weather was spectacular, even considering that it's October near the coast, the nicest time of the year there. Great venue, small enough to be managable, and not so crowded that you have to park a mile away.

This year Porsche was the featured marque, with fair representation but just like at GAF recently, one cannot escape the pall this wretched econmy has cast over all events of this type. Ran into four R Gruppe guys I know, the rest where mostly local PCA folks. Craig Smith brought his sensational 2.0 liter four-cam Carrera GT. One of forty ever produced and in amazing condition. Studying that car is like peeling an onion. After every layer of original and period correct detail another set of amazing details emerge and the wonder never stops.

There was the usual obligatory Ferrari presence, with most of them being the property of the same old San Jose Exotics houses. There was one interesting classic V-12, Tom Shaughnessy's 375 MM roadster, remarkable in the fact that it was the only Ferrari there that wasn't (over)restored to Pebble Beach standards, it actually reflected the way these things looked when new in the fifties. The rest, with the exception of a Daytona, a Lusso and a 275 GTB were current production V-8 models of one type or another.

A beutifully done M-B 300 SL Roadster with Rudge wheels (restored by marque specialist Paul Russell looked awfully good and was my pick for Best of Show ( didn't stick around for trophy presentations ) with a couple more noteworthy cars, but nothing really drop-dead unique or leaving you thinking "how many children do I have to sell" to bring one home.

To be perfectly honest, I enjoyed the motorcycle display the most. Beautiful examples of every bike I ever owned and one which I lusted after but never had the guts to buy and own......A BSA motor in a Rickman Metissee frame with a completely custom-designed and home-built external oiling system including full-flow automotive oil filter, Disc brakes, but yet, enough vintage touches to make it a practical every-day usable machine & bring tears to your eyes.

Some photos I took, many taken with the new Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro "L" series lens. If you own a Canon DSLR, you need this piece of glass. Outstanding.

JZG

[John Z Goriup]

A few more

JZG

[jzajfen]

that olive green turbo is gorgeous

[John Z Goriup]

You're right.....it's a real eyecatcher, but it's not the color we know as olive on early 911s. It's a lot lighter than that. Talked to several people at the event trying to find out more about the car, and they all referred to it as peagreen.

Attaching another shot of the car from a different position.

JZG

[W6CZ]

I was wondering about that color myself. Pea Soup Green - I remember my uncle's 51 Ford Convertable that was about that color - maybe a bit lighter.