Speedster 50th Anniversay

Is anybody going to the Speedster 50th Anniversary Show in Monterey?

Hope we get a detailed report from some of yoou bloggers.

Just returned from Pebble Beach. More than 500 Speedsters, Vintage & New Porsches, a restored Porsche tractor, and 2 (mine and one other, although I couldn't locate it) replicas were on display. It was rumored the NEW Carrera GT would make an appearance from San Francisco but sadly (from my point of view) it didn't happen.

The whole event was awesome. EVERYONE I met and spoke with said the event EXCEEDED their expectations BIG TIME. To view the first 3 SPEEDSTERS ever built, side by side, was special. Oh they're owned by the same guy! priceless...but for everything else there's mastercard.

The promoter had a film production company filming for a documentary. There will be a documentary dvd some day they said. Now I'm NOT being paid to say this...I'll buy it in a second, those guys filmed every car and interviewed many many owners.

Chuck

A Carrera GT passed me on the 101 between Santa Barbara and Oxnard
Yesterday afternoon on my way back from the Wine run.....
I was impressed.......

Chuck: Awesome pics! Wish I could have seen it all. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.

BD

Hey Chuck!

I was there too, in fact that's me with the black hat in the 550 pic. We were there with our 59 D.

BTW: That 550 is a Thunder Ranch replica. Home built here in Phoenix by Jason Young, then sold to the new owner when Jason got shipped out for overseas duty. During our quick chat, I found out the new owner races it a lot up in Nor Cal.



I have a few pics posted at www.pbase.com/photoaaron I'll have more posted later this week.

Aaron

Wow Aaron, great photos. I wish I were a great photographer. Really loved the horse shots in the JUNE gallery.

Horse shots? JUNE Gallery?

Did you go to the right website?

Aaron

WOW! 356 stretched limo and panel delivery! Cool pics!!

BD

Aaron, thanks for the correction. I understood (obviously incorrect) the 550 was real.

Chuck

Chuck we were in Monterey as well, I don't know how we missed each other, I thought I had looked at every car there. We were in our red JPS speedster at every event. I haven't processed our film yet I'll try to post some pictures later. If anyone asks the weekend was well worth the cost and I will be attending the 100th.

Steve
I'm really sorry we didn't connect. The weekend WAS awesome like you said. I went to the Aquarium for dinner. It was really special having it exclusively for the small 356 group AND the Tuscan food was very good certainly not your typical "rubber chicken' fare!

Chuck

which car is yours? We were out at Pebble for dinner.

Steve I was positioned in the "other" porsche corral grouped with other 56 & 57's. Mine is signal red, beehive tail lights, 2275cc SCAT, with a 911 styled fan/shroud kit.

Attached #1 is the only photo I took of my 356 at Pebble.

Chuck

Does anyone that attended happed to have available, a 50th program available from the show? Sure would like to have one ...

Let me know what you need for it.

Thanks! Alan M

The 356 Club in Southern California posted some great photos of the Speedster 50th Event on their website. If you're interested, check 'em out at:
www.porsche356club.org/Speedster50th/index.html