[Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance May 17th 2009]

[gtwincams]

Ha! Yes, I'm right with you, Norm. None of our cars are original. When I 
first entered the Elan in the British car shown in Palo Alto, one of my 
fellow Lotus owners, nose firmly extended up in the air, proclaimed my 
car a hack job because it has a roll bar and does not have standard 
seatbelts. Since my wife Trish won't ride in the car or drive it without 
some sense that she will live through the experience, it's a no-brainer 
to me. Nevertheless, seeing concours-quality cars is usually a treat. 
Having said that, I actually prefer  looking at vintage race cars than 
over-restored high-end collectibles.
Don't abandon the idea of electronic ignition - that's been the first 
conversion for all of my cars, and has been a great improvement. I had a 
VW squareback that required adjusting points at least every 3,000 miles 
- what a pain!
Cheers,
Greg


 Norman Weinfeld wrote:
> Greg,
>
> No clipboard-toting authenticity sniffers for me thanks. My originality issues
> begin with radial tires (de rigueur in my opinion), inauthentic (Mercedes
> replicas even!) sun visors, unoriginal (to my car) dual stainless (gasp!)
> exhausts, an electric fan, unoriginal (to my car) wire wheels (and splined
> hubs, etc., etc.), Mark II type emergency flashers, etc., etc., etc. I even
> tried installing an electronic ignition but it unfortunately got fried via
> hooking it up backwards (who knew we'd been switched over to negative ground?)
> All of which makes it big fun to drive (except for the fried ignition). It
> would doubtless be a treat to go and have a look, but I'll burn my 50 clams in
> my gas tank instead of enter thank you very much.
>
> Norm Weinfeld
> San Francisco
> XK140 DHC
>
>
> From: gtwincams
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:59 AM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma
> Concoursd'Elegance May 17th 2009]
>
>
> Hi Group,
> Sounds very fancy, and not sure many of us have cars that would do well
> on an originality judging such as this (except for you, Norm), but these
> are always interesting. Tom Price is a sponsor, and most of us know
> something of his collection...
> How was the drive on Saturday? Looks from the photos that the Wine
> Country group had a lot of interesting cars on their drive, which was
> the same day.
> Cheers,
> Greg Tatarian
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