La Jolla Motorcar Classic at the Cove

Jan 13, 2008. Hey Vince - are you gunna be a judge again this year?

Haven't heard from my Chief Judge at this point, I will contact him soon....I'll bring the ghia for sure

I just received my invitation to judge this event again next month,
So all you soc'ers, make an event out of this for the day.....
many very cool cars. plus you can get your first look at my Ghia..

Ten foot waves at the cove today.

Ferraris, Maybachs, Lamborghinis, a Ghia - what a show!

The cove, headed south from Huntington Beach may end up there for a surf. Cabanaboy - rounding up da crew!

If you need some incentive to show up at this event....see the pic's from last year....
lajollabythesea.com the LaJolla Motor Car Classic

The Concours is this weekend....Sunday, at the cove....
I will be at the Hyatt Regency, LaJolla........
Was planning on taking the Ghia, but my wife just leased a Chrysler Sebring Hardtop Convertible, so guess what we are taking....

...hmmm, let's see, you have the ultra-cool Ghia; Terry rents a Sebring vert, so the compromise is to take the Sebring vert. I think we all (guys) know how THAT works!

Vince, I won't be able to make the show this weekend - good luck with your judging duties!!

Vince -

How was your stint of judging cars at the La Jolla Classic? Could the weather BE any nicer? Hope you and Terry had a great time.

Here's a link to pictures of that event...

WARNING!!! Be advised that the following pictures depict 80 degree weather under clear blue skies along SoCal's Pacific Coast. DO NOT VIEW if you are susceptable to fits of snow-bound/ice-storm/grey-sky/sub-40-degree/car-up-on-jacks-in-the-garage cabin fever!


http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/4th-annual-la-jolla/

Jim and Co.
The La Jolla show was a Suck-cess....
you can see by the pic's that it was a great day, big waves and beautiful cars (and women)....I judged the 50's American, best car in my class was the 58 Impala 96 points....got dinged for incorrect radio (updated to CD) and another thing I can't remember....
Oh, I also judged the race cars, of which there was a 904 porsche,
which won it's class, best part is they have to light them up for inspection........
Saw David K while I was there but didn't have time to talk much since I was working the field....
some concours have a class for special interest which would include replica's, but this show said no. special interest was reserved for modified originals....Replica's seem to piss off the concours crowd.

...here's a few of pics of that 904...

http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/4th-annual-la-jolla/0113084thannualmoto-10.html

http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/4th-annual-la-jolla/0113084thannualmoto-11.html

http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/4th-annual-la-jolla/0113084thannualmoto-12.html

http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/4th-annual-la-jolla/0113084thannualmoto-13.html

what is this?

That 904 was a twin cam of course. I gave the owner Jake Raby's website and a few others. Owner confirmed that old rumor about it taking 1 1/2 days to do a proper valve job!

In the background you can see a red Convertible D and a black C Coupe. They were flanking a gullwing Mercedes.

Also notice the venue, large grass lawn backing up to a 50 foot cliff overlooking the blue Pacific. There were about half a dozen body boarders riding about 8 foot waves out there. And a few (very few) swimmers in the cove, sans wetsuit, just swinmming. Just thought I'd mention that it was T-shirt weather to anyone in Cleveland who may care?

What pictures do NOT capture is our very own Vince, in white shirt, tie, and blue blazer! Priceless!

Odw - that blue fastback is a Lamborghini Muira SV circa 1970. It has a mid-engine transverse V-12 of many valves and cam, producing about 400 - 450 Hp.

Ah yes, the Miura. The first true supercar - and one of the most beautiful cars ever built.

And the winner is........


http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/4th-annual-la-jolla/0113084thannualmoto-74.html

not enough "O's" in the word smooooooooooth

did you say BIG waves and beautiful cars, dude I was soooooo tired from my trip I couldn't keep my eyes open, or I would of loaded my stick in my Tubb and hit the line-up. Cabanaboy

The black 50 Caddy owner was an Italian from New York and actually took me aside and tried to talk me into giving him a break on the points off....he wanted a trophy to show his friends..(His Caddy was the worse in the class)
Imagine that, just because I am also Italian from New York....
I don't like Italians any more than any other group. I hate everyone equally....

Vince, I hope you deducted points from the 904 for having incorrect air cleaners

The two classes that are the toughest to Judge is "special interest" and "race cars" because there are no rules....you judge what you see and how clean or quality of workmanship, that sort of thing....
the 904 was the best race car,that day..and I'm not one of those Porsche nuts (Angela), so I almost went for the big block pontiac.

FYI that "big block Pontiac" was a LeMans set up for drag racing. Motorcycle front wheels and short stubby exhausts. He fired it up twice while I was there. There were a dozen V12 Lambos and Ferraris about 100 feet away. They seemed very offended. Priceless!

BWAAAHAAAAHAAAAA!

Larry, I hope your shrink deducted a few dollars when you told him you had noticed the 904's incorrect air cleaners. ;)

...actually, he ADDED a few dollars for admitting he knew Vince!!

Hey, I resemble that remark....
Oh, by the way, I'm racking my brain trying to remember what beach this is, does anyone recognize it

What beach?

I have been there, that is sandy splits

Gotta post this somewhere, so here ya go:
One of the concours cars was a '64 Trabant (probably NOT a milion dollar car). Weight to power ratio is 50 pounds / Hp. But it wasn't the go power that got my attention - it was the stop power!

Per the owners literature:

"Drum brakes (13 inch wheels) are all this car needs to have one of the most efficient braking systems of any car."

"The car is so light that it needs no assistance from a servo, to have one of the best braking systems of any car."

Perhaps the car's claimed top speed of 65 MPH (downhill in front of a tornado?) had some influence?

Vince -

I believe that is either the Phil McKrackin State Beach or the Dick Hurtz Dunes!

I always thought that you stopped a Trabant the same way Fred Flintstone stopped his car.....drag your feet.

Yabba Dabba Doo!

I also like the fact that they left the cut-outs on the pulley so's you could start it with a pull-rope, too......