August on the Monterey Pennisula

If ant SOC members will be in Monterey in mid August, please let me know. We could get together for a beer or three. My schedule is:

Tuesday, 8/10 street concours in Carmel
Wednesday, 8/11 automobilia show, Embassy Suites, Seaside
The McCall gathering, Monterey airport
Thursday, 8/12 Canepa Design, Santa Cruz
Friday 8/13 Concorso Italiano, Laguna Seca Golf Ranch
street concours, Pacific Grove
Saturday, 8/14 Monterey Historics, Laguna Seca/Mazda Raceway
Sunday, 8/15 Pebble Beach Concours

Tom, I will be in Monterey/Laguna Seca from 8/7-8/15 staying at Laguna Seca Raceway. I think tha some of the SOC crew may join up during this time. I'll send you a email with my phone number and we can get together. Are you bringing the IM?

hope to be there 8-11 to 8-14. Cool place to have a beer. Will confirm.

Will, I believe this will be one of Tom's "working vacations". I'll bet he's there to take pictures for his company. Enjoying the food and scenery is just a side benefit, right Tom?

BTW - He sold the IM a couple of years ago, replacing it with an Audi R8 (!). He couldn't stand being Speedsterless and recently bought a widebody VS for those days when the Carrera or R8 just aren't enough ;-)

I shoulda been a photographer.

Tom - barring any catastrophies, Ginny & I should be there (probably along with Will P and gang). Also, Howard Bobrow (blue 911-IM) will be there as well as a bunch of NorCal Spyder guys. Should be a fun gathering.

Yeah Tom, if you hook up with these folks, you will have a good time. As me how I know.

Too many things to do and I'm running out of passes.....I have got to figure out a work/customer visit angle......don't count on me but I will try my best to come down but it may be mid week the 9th through the 13th.

Will you camping ??

I am camping at Laguna Seca park. The camp site availability is pretty good until the actual historics start. If this year is like past years getting a site for the historics is pretty slim.

The Tuesday Street Concours in Carmel is cancelled this year. Scroll down to the article on the middle of the first page.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/100702PCA.pdf
You can see this event on Thursday http://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/pages/about-events-driving/index.htm#tour_d'elegance

Well poo..........I did not know the street concours had been dropped
I'll just park my rental car on Ocean Avenue & put a ribbon on it !

As Lane told you, I now have a 2007 Vintage widebody, but it will not make the trip.

The Tuesday event was a wonderful show, I am sorry that the organizer has had to give up for this year.

That Thurs. tour event is pretty cool. The cars stop for a few hours in Carmel, people line the streets for several blocks........then mingle around the cars, talk to the owners, etc. Everything from an original Porsche Spyder, to rare 50's & 60's Ferraris, old Bugatti's, custom bodied cars, etc. AND IT IS FREE. Granted it isn't all the cars that will be on display at Pebble, but some folks like to actually drive their old cars, so probably half the show is there. Hearing them pull up, & talking to the owners is part of the fun, some of the owners have even shipped cars from Europe. I didn't see any replicas last year....I guess you need to be invited to show in the Pebble Beach Concours, but many unique one of a kind builds. :-)

We had a great time at the pre-Historics last year...

please advise cell phone #s so that we can get together
Suggest Saturday 8/14 @ Laguna Seca

Tom's cell 423-612-2700

Evidently the street concours in Carmel is back on...http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100719/COLLECTOR/100719866

COOL!!

also 3 more events (possibly) worth mention:
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1. Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally

On Friday, August 13th from 1pm to 5:30pm, over 200 classic cars will converge on Pacific Grove's Lighthouse Avenue and adjacent streets. Pacific Grove's old-fashioned Victorians and Main Street feel create a perfect backdrop for this event.
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http://www.pgautorally.org/ (you can actually PARTICIPATE in this event with a replica Speedster or Spyder)
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2. a new event: "Little Car Show"
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What: "The Little Car Show". Our first annual show will be limited to 40 vehicles featuring gas powered micro, mini and little vehicles under 1,500cc and electric vehicles under 1,000 lbs.

Where: On Lighthouse Avenue, downtown Pacific Grove, between Fountain and Forest Avenues.
When: Wednesday August 11th. Setup starting at 11am Show times, noon to 6pm. Followed by a cruise along Ocean View Boulevard and Asilomar.
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(my friend Chuck L told me about this one - he'll show his newly acquired Crosley)
http://pacific-grove.org/calendar.html

3. and, not least....or maybe it is:
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Concours d'LeMons Monterey
The eyesore of Pebble Beach Automobile Week

Now featuring Monterey's only AutoJumble.
All the rusty parts you can eat.
Aug 14, 2010
Toro Regional Park
501 Monterey-Salinas Highway 68
Monterey, CA

http://www.concoursdlemons.com/

I'll beat Mickey to the punch and say it: I hate you guys!

Lane, I have a condo for rent in Redondo Beach, 2 car garage, 4 bedroom, 3 bath...less than a mile to the beach....
you and the boys can rent it leave a few tubs in the garage and use it for year round enjoyment....
One thing, no working on cars in my garage, we don't do that sort of thing on this coast..

OH COME ON VINCE
CALIFORNIA HAS ENOUGH RED NECKS
U GUYS STAY ON THE EAST COAST
BEST COAST IS NO DAMN FUN :)
ALSO THE COST TO SHIP THOSE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TOOLS IS COST PROHIBITIVE

Gonna be a full week !
More eye candy than at a Hooters reunion