Every weekend of the summer, the Larz Anderson Park, Museum of Transportation just outside of Boston holds a themed car day. You can view their schedule here and their shows are momentous: http://larzanderson.org/2016-lawn-event-schedule/
Yesterday, on Father's day, they held their "German Car Day". The weather was a picture-perfect, drop-dead-gorgeous, New England summer's day. They always park the invited cars on the front lawn of the estate's original Carriage shed (a monstrously big, three story horse barn made of New Hampshire Granite in a gothic style - I could easily move in and live there) and when they have BIG shows they move late-arriving cars to the three, vast, outer lawns as over-flow areas.
One of the members of my local 356 club suggested that we all meet up around 8AM a few miles away from the estate and then caravan in as a group, way before the 10am opening "to get good parking spaces". Absolutely brilliant. We met up at a coffee shop, got a good start on our daily caffeine ration and then headed out through some fabulously beautiful "old money" neighborhoods to pull in as a force to be reckoned with - It worked, as we ended up in the only large patch of shade on the entire lawn.
I was amazed when one new friend, John from Rye, NH with his recently purchased IM and a poster on here, arrived as a direct arrival, and then a few minutes later Kevin, a new VS owner (4 weeks old, actually) arrived from Mansfield (or could be Marshfield...I always get those two towns confused) in his speedster. Three replicas out of 11 356's in our group (and a couple more elsewhere on the lawn who arrived too late for our limited space - "Get here earlier, next time!"
Anyway, there were a LOT of German cars there, and a whole lot of spectators, so I'll just put up a Lane-sized bunch of photos and let you enjoy our day, too.
Here you go, starting with an aerial view from the 2nd floor Men's room:
Yes, this is a Horse Barn!
Oh, and a few of those "other" Porsches showed up, too
The Audi's arrived a little late (probably relaxing over their Lattes) so they got relegated to the first "Expansion Lot".
Yes, there are also cars in this picture:
These guys were set for a week. Did some BBQ there, too.
The only BMW 503 I have ever been close to, and THIS one was superb:
And if you have the time (you obviously already have the money), build a $600 Lego model of your car for the back window......
From the far side of the overflow lot #1
Crowd control was provided by the "Italian Car Days" crew.....
Quick! Guess what year this Bimmer Bike is! (it's a 1,200cc). Gorgeous, isn't it?
As always, Herb Chambers has to show up with one of these. This year, he brought two.
The back end of the BMW 503:
This is not a model. It's one of the cars inside of the horse barn (OK, so "Carriage Shed" takes more keystrokes). Yes, the Carriage Shed is pretty plush.
Everyone should have an exotic BMW on the wall to highlight their antique BMW motorcycles.
This was the head-turner of the show, a 1938 Mercedes.
Being an old Dune Buggy builder, I couldn't pass this one up. A real Manx and very nicely done - BY A TEENAGER!
And for those of you unfortunate enough to have been to East Germany during the separation, your (un-) favorite car, a Trabant. Original condition. The guy figured out if you put a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil into the gas tank each time, it miraculously stops burning oil at a rate of 1 qt every 500 miles and get you out closer to 2,000 miles and no smoke!
Everybody deserves a little "Bespoke" now and then.....
This fizzed out on me. It was a few shades lighter than Meissen Blue and I loved it.
The Ghia next to it wasn't bad, either.
Not as nice as Ralph Lauren's Gull Wing, but this is the result of a $180,000 restoration project, after you bought the car:
Well, it IS German, after all, and a "Mini-Vette", to boot:
This Convertible D is owned by a College Engineering Professor, hence the instructional signs hung about.
Can't mistake THIS model:
What Pearl would look like with an original steering wheel:
Yes, my engine was almost this clean 
And now, a "Pearl Poser" in Silver:
From the gardens at the top of the hill behind the horse barn and the skyline of Boston, 7 miles away.
