Monterey California Car Week 2011
#12
Now for some muscle cars!
63 Impala (or as the license plate reads: 1MPALA
1MPALA interior
Ford Galaxy 500 (before '500' was a name for a lame Taurus replacement it meant top of the line)
'Cuda
Z28
Mach 1
Mustang GT/CS, making good use of that extinguisher
Roadrunner Super Bird. Imagine being 11 years old, car crazy and living in the era. Yep, I seen one of these on the local Chrysler Plymouth lot.
WRX got nothing on this wing
Horn Button
63 Impala (or as the license plate reads: 1MPALA
1MPALA interior
Ford Galaxy 500 (before '500' was a name for a lame Taurus replacement it meant top of the line)
'Cuda
Z28
Mach 1
Mustang GT/CS, making good use of that extinguisher
Roadrunner Super Bird. Imagine being 11 years old, car crazy and living in the era. Yep, I seen one of these on the local Chrysler Plymouth lot.
WRX got nothing on this wing
Horn Button
#13
Day 2 Concourse on the Avenue in Carmel
Muscle continued
442
Chevelle
Cowl induction
More great jet age interior - the shifter shouts out 'you need all five fingers to control the power of this here machine"
Muscle continued
442
Chevelle
Cowl induction
More great jet age interior - the shifter shouts out 'you need all five fingers to control the power of this here machine"
#14
Day 2
Concourse On The Avenue, Carmel
Found on the street
What looks like a Charger meetup is merely two rental cars trying to find a parking place
Porchee Spyders meet up
Fill up with $4/gallon Carmel Shell gas
Rolls rolling by
Stingray on the hunt
Carerra for sale and very bored looking lady
Cobrah
Army
Benz on Scenic Drive
Best car in town -
See ya tomorrow for the littlest pieces of crap show from Pacific Grove.
Got three events lined up after that - a rally from Pacific Grove, a day at Laguna Seca for the historic races and the Concours D'Lemons.
I remember seeing some other meetups in a parking lot by the wharf that was more my taste with 60s and 70s cars. Hope to bring more of the rest of Monterey Car Week.
Goal is to find a Monte someplace. Really, is there no honor out there?
Concourse On The Avenue, Carmel
Found on the street
What looks like a Charger meetup is merely two rental cars trying to find a parking place
Porchee Spyders meet up
Fill up with $4/gallon Carmel Shell gas
Rolls rolling by
Stingray on the hunt
Carerra for sale and very bored looking lady
Cobrah
Army
Benz on Scenic Drive
Best car in town -
See ya tomorrow for the littlest pieces of crap show from Pacific Grove.
Got three events lined up after that - a rally from Pacific Grove, a day at Laguna Seca for the historic races and the Concours D'Lemons.
I remember seeing some other meetups in a parking lot by the wharf that was more my taste with 60s and 70s cars. Hope to bring more of the rest of Monterey Car Week.
Goal is to find a Monte someplace. Really, is there no honor out there?
Last edited by Barovelli; 08-16-2011 at 08:36 PM.
#15
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#16
Day 3, My quest for free car exhibits continues - today with "The Littlest Car Show". Little cars and a little show. Weather today was overcast and chill.
First, 4 wheel machines
There was an awful lot of Fiat representation here. One of several X 1/9s
A scattering of Fiat 500s, past & present. Though the present was looking more like a sales pitch.
Sales pitch also applied to the 2nd Tesla at a showing in 2 days. Since the factory is 90 minutes (whattzzat, range of one full charge?) away I guess we can expect to see them. But there was a sales pitch going on. Anyway, this red battery runner looked a lot nice than the Comet Cleanser Can green one I saw in Carmel's street show.
Lotus 7
Yes, its a Honda
Honda interior. I'd be afraid of breaking that stalk of a shifter
Honda again. I'd seen Honda cars from the very beginning of the 600 micro car. This was interesting to see.
Also from Japan, this Toyota "Sprinter Trueno". Meh. Looks like any old beat up Celica commuter.
Citroen 2CV. Didn't have cupholders in those days.
Under the hood of a Citroen 2CV. Interesting shift linkage that goes to a **** that sticks out of the dash.
Morris Pickup. A friend named Rocky had a Minor, it was best known for vapor locking and we'd have to pull over and wait it out. Rocky's short term cure for vapor locking was to carry a cooler of brews. Vapor lock? Pop a top and take a walk.
Best of the class IMO. Triumph Herald. Only like because I once owned a TR3. I sympathize.
Triumph has tilt front end.
Hey, hey its the Moke
Moke runs Hoosier wheelbarrow tires
BMW Isetta.
First, 4 wheel machines
There was an awful lot of Fiat representation here. One of several X 1/9s
A scattering of Fiat 500s, past & present. Though the present was looking more like a sales pitch.
Sales pitch also applied to the 2nd Tesla at a showing in 2 days. Since the factory is 90 minutes (whattzzat, range of one full charge?) away I guess we can expect to see them. But there was a sales pitch going on. Anyway, this red battery runner looked a lot nice than the Comet Cleanser Can green one I saw in Carmel's street show.
Lotus 7
Yes, its a Honda
Honda interior. I'd be afraid of breaking that stalk of a shifter
Honda again. I'd seen Honda cars from the very beginning of the 600 micro car. This was interesting to see.
Also from Japan, this Toyota "Sprinter Trueno". Meh. Looks like any old beat up Celica commuter.
Citroen 2CV. Didn't have cupholders in those days.
Under the hood of a Citroen 2CV. Interesting shift linkage that goes to a **** that sticks out of the dash.
Morris Pickup. A friend named Rocky had a Minor, it was best known for vapor locking and we'd have to pull over and wait it out. Rocky's short term cure for vapor locking was to carry a cooler of brews. Vapor lock? Pop a top and take a walk.
Best of the class IMO. Triumph Herald. Only like because I once owned a TR3. I sympathize.
Triumph has tilt front end.
Hey, hey its the Moke
Moke runs Hoosier wheelbarrow tires
BMW Isetta.
Last edited by Barovelli; 08-17-2011 at 07:32 PM.
#17
Day 3 continues at Pacific Grove's "Littlest Car Show"
3 wheels
Didn't we see the stability of these demonstrated on "Top Gear"?
Odd little capsule, it's a Messerschmitt
After seeing that odd thing I was surprised by another one a block away!
BMW 3 Wheeler
Morgan
Morgan. Exposed Valve springs, wow.
Morgan. What do the levers on the wheel do?
Electra King. Pimpin' with that Caddy hood ornament
Electra King
Found on the street - 2 wheels
Gets 83 MPG the owner claims. Craig Vetter, designer and inventor of the Windjammer fairing,Triumph Hurricane Motorcycle and fuel economy motorcycles
There's nothing free scheduled for tomorrow so I don't expect to find any camera worthy items to post - check Friday for more!
3 wheels
Didn't we see the stability of these demonstrated on "Top Gear"?
Odd little capsule, it's a Messerschmitt
After seeing that odd thing I was surprised by another one a block away!
BMW 3 Wheeler
Morgan
Morgan. Exposed Valve springs, wow.
Morgan. What do the levers on the wheel do?
Electra King. Pimpin' with that Caddy hood ornament
Electra King
Found on the street - 2 wheels
Gets 83 MPG the owner claims. Craig Vetter, designer and inventor of the Windjammer fairing,Triumph Hurricane Motorcycle and fuel economy motorcycles
There's nothing free scheduled for tomorrow so I don't expect to find any camera worthy items to post - check Friday for more!
#19
Day 4 had nothing for me, so we skip to Day 5, where there were two events
Started at Laguna Seca for some qualifying runs for the historic races
Paddock Picutres
Driver - Brock Yates (think Cannonball..)
Firebird
Inside the Firebird
Rambler
Nice bumpers
In the states it's called a 510
Started at Laguna Seca for some qualifying runs for the historic races
Paddock Picutres
Driver - Brock Yates (think Cannonball..)
Firebird
Inside the Firebird
Rambler
Nice bumpers
In the states it's called a 510
#20
Paddock Pictures continued
Chevy Monza
Bob Sharp Z. I buitl a 1/25 model of that when I was a young'un
Shiny
Does this fender make me look short?
Unsprung Snyder. Early dragster
Driver seat (seat??)
Chevy Monza
Bob Sharp Z. I buitl a 1/25 model of that when I was a young'un
Shiny
Does this fender make me look short?
Unsprung Snyder. Early dragster
Driver seat (seat??)