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

[ppanther]

Well Norm I will quit heaping praise on your XK now that I know it is no
better than a mongrel bitsa.

In all seriousness folks you should look at what you get with the entry.
I entered a bike in the Concorso one year for $50, that got me 2 passes, a
coffee table book on Bizarinni, passes to the coffee tent and free parking.
If I remember right it was $125 per person to walk in.
If I went back I would ride a junk bike on to the lawn for the savings.
You may need to be a little thick skinned to pull it off but it is great fun
watching noses get bent.
Not saying that is the option here but keeping the avenues open some of you
have very nice cars, concours in my opinion.
An event like this could make for a ride with parking in the coral area. I
think some of the best cars are seen there.

Larry Gardini
Owner of cars in the rough.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Norman Weinfeld
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:36 AM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours
d'Elegance May 17th 2009]

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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