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So this morning I was at Alice's Restaurant in Woodside, CA, and after a while various interesting classic cars, motorcycles and sport cars started showing up. I took a lot of photos so I will divide them up into three threads. Here are the classic cars. The first one is a Stuz 32. I had heard of their Bearcat, but I had no idea they made this huge touring sedan. I sure wouldn't want to try to turn the engine over with a crank. [:0]
 

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villa d'este is a beautiful manor on the lake of como, not really near to sicily. every year there is a competition of design, not only for the new production, also the MV Agusta has competed with the F4. once, in that garden there was a great restaurant there, by cipriani... very, very expensive (25 years ago I pays about 200,000 lire, nearly 150$ for a dinner!), but everything there was beautiful and worth all the money I spent.
 
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Certainly were, Gerry. How about the 250 GTO !!! The last two 250's sold brought $35 million(2012) and $52 million (2014). It must be terrifying to be the transporter truck driver to these events, and do the owners ever get to give them a good blast on some back roads somewhere? In the early sixties a friend's family were the Australian Ferrari concessionaires. I got to occasionally sit in some of this exotica (including a 250LM) Little did I know then....
I would be quite happy with the California Spider, or the Alfa 6C, OK?
 
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Today was TC day at Alice's parking lot. [8D]

The red one is a 1948 model.
 

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I have seen so many classic cars lately, it is getting hard to remember them all. Here are some more from a car show that I visited today, including a VW Bug with a V-8 in the trunk and the stock engine in the rear. :confused:
 

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All good thanks Dev. Just cruising my K, and trying to keep out of trouble... [:D]
 
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Went to day two of the New Hope (PA) auto show today. Different cars each day. Very impressive selection. Here are a few...
 

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Car and motorcycle shows are great places to relive your youth and to see vehicles that you haven't seen before. [:D] Plus, I really appreciate all of the work (and money) it takes to restore and maintain these cars.
 
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I love to look at the mechanical detail on these old cars (and airplanes and bikes). Wish sometimes that I had the time and money - and talent - to take in a couple. Certainly takes a lot to keep them running. I heard one guy lament to another Alpha Romeo owner that he wanted to show his Alpha.... but it decided to stop running this morning. The guy displaying his deadpanned, "yeah... they like to do that..." :)
 
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Today was Shelby day (along with some other stuff, like a Morgan and a few old Porches) at Alice's Restaurant this morning. I have no idea if these are kit cars or the real thing. But here they are.
 

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So I visited another local car show today and ran across these cars.

The first one is a Ford-Shay, apparently a Ford factory-authorized Model A replica that were built between 1979 and 1982, using a Pinto engine and chassis (so that is what happened to left-over Pinto parts :rolleyes: ). This one is a Shay-Ford Super Deluxe Model A Roadster manufactured in 1980. See attached brochure.

And then there is this 1930's Chevy that the owner wants to sell for $44,400. [:0]

Also a nice 1950's-era Chevy woody.

Is that a Cadillac station wagon? It seemed as long as a city block.

And a couple of nice Ford hot rods.
 

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Today we have a 1958 Porsche Speedster, with a 1971 engine and a non-stock paint job. Then I saw a Ferrari Dino 308GT. Finally, my favorite, an AMC Pacer. Not shown is the CHP cruiser that was escorting it in front of the Pacer as it headed south up Skyline Boulevard. I assume that escort was for the protection of the other vehicles on the road. Shortly after that drive-by, the Skylonda Fire Brigade rolled out Code 3, followed by a Sheriff's car, with lights and siren on. I think the Pacer may have caused an accident as a passing driver died from laughing. Photos attached.
 

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Remember the Pacer in the '77 movie, "Oh God",(George Burns/ John Denver)? Funny car then, still now apparently. Google tells me Pacers have featured in some 40-odd movies since!Love the Porker, not just 'cos it's black, like mine, but not so keen on the 308 Dino. At least they are almost affordable Ferrari ownership, whereas an original Dino (yum) can bring 1/3 mil these days!
 
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Cannot look at a Pacer without thinking of the movie, Wayne's World. A waitress in my father's restaurant had one when I was a kid. She took us for a ride and I just recall it being the weirdest thing in terms of proportions - and a lot of glass!! ��
 
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As I was riding up from the coast toward Alice's Restaurant yesterday morning, I saw the Pacer coming down the hill on a flat-bed truck. I assume it must have been used in a scary movie this weekend and was now being returned to its hiding location waiting for the next time it will star on the big screen. It is a mystery to me why those things are so popular with screen writers that they feel the need to continually expose them to the public.
 
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Today's classic car of interest is a 1988 Lamborghini Countach. It looks like it ought to be flying through space. [:)]
 

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One of these, Stephen? Wheel Tire Vehicle Car Sky
 
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