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t walgamuth 03-24-2019 10:23 AM

That show is so great I'd be tempted to fly out just to attend it.

cmac2012 03-24-2019 04:33 PM

The first Ferrari in the thread was taken apart and reassembled at a garage in Berkeley of all places, according to the article. IIRC he spent about a million, purchase price and restore. I agree on the no air cleaner bit. Use at least something, even minimal. Could you imagine seeing that next to you at a stoplight? I never saw him out and about. I saw a D type Jag a few days back in the vicinity, on a public road.

But whoops! Looks like the show is no more. Stanford quit participating in the use of the facility and they couldn't find another suitable one, this a few years back. I just now discovered all of this.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/01/30/palo-alto-concours-delegance-to-be-called-off-for-good/

tbomachines 03-24-2019 04:47 PM

Holy crap, what a collection there. Ive been trying to find a legitimate business reason to fly out to monterey on concours weekend but it has eluded me so far.

cmac2012 03-24-2019 05:38 PM

Was an amazing experience. Just eye candy all around. I was reading in the link above about it coming to an end how the organizer said that Stanford should have regarded it as a community outreach event and I couldn't agree more. Ivory tower indeed.


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