SoCal Cars & Coffee, 03-Sep, 2012 . . .

[LongRanger]

Got my camera fixed, so . . . . time to check it out . . .

This is the C&C that goes on every week --- except during Monterey . . . down at the Irvine Spectrum, Taco Bell World Headquarters (no snickering) parking lot

I only go every coupla months, any more. This Deal has gotten WAY bigger --- almost outta control, if you ask me . . . so big that the display stuff is starting to creep west into an adjacent parking area. Uh-oh

Anyway, before everybody gets thrown out . . . again . . .

1) Ever seen cars get trailered to a parking-lot car show? The End is Near

2) I'm gonna guess this car wasn't trailerd

3) + 4) Early low-light Karmann Ghia

[LongRanger]

Maserati Convertible

Bigger than expected, pretty, knock-offs! . . . . and bazooka pipes!!!

[LongRanger]

Big Benz rag-top . . .

Never cared for the 'stack' on the backs of full convertibles/cabriolets . . . kinda kills the lines, for me, plus? --- that's five thousand bucks-worth of frame-work and upholstery smooshed-down back there! And what's the sun gonna do to all that leather? And I can almost hear the wood creaking + fading + splitting!

Owning a rig like this would be exhausting, for me. Too much --- responsibility, here . . .

[LongRanger]

Now we're talking

I'm convinced that every Guy w/ a Big Shiny Honker Benz Cabrio secretly really wants one o' deez . . .

Door ding? You call 'at a door ding? . . . . . Dems Door Dings. 12-guage, I tink. And ya like my seat covers? Got 'em from a pettin' zoo --- heh-heh-heh. As for in-car entertainment? . . . Dat would be Donna . . . and no --- she's NOT hands-free . . .

[Bummler]

Big Benz rag-top . . .

Never cared for the 'stack' on the backs of full convertibles/cabriolets . . . kinda kills the lines, for me, plus? --- that's five thousand bucks-worth of frame-work and upholstery smooshed-down back there! And what's the sun gonna do to all that leather? And I can almost hear the wood creaking + fading + splitting!

Owning a rig like this would be exhausting, for me. Too much --- responsibility, here . . .

But they're so damn pretty...

[LongRanger]

'For Sale' . . . and obligatory Porsche content --- before this thread gets The Hook . . .

(Not mine)

[LongRanger]

Old Skool Kustom . . . looks like a Merc?

Check out the center-locks, shifter, lines + gaps, over-all finish. Not exactly my kinda car . . . but the attention + execution + details are pretty amazing

[LongRanger]

LR 90" Series II?

Galvanized bumpers? Get doooooown!

[LongRanger]

Audi R10 --- correction R8 . . . . not-so stock . . .

(You think this car drove here?)

[LongRanger]

. . . compared to R10 --- correction R8. . . stock