[Nobbc] May British car events?

[Alan and Paula Spencer]

To all the May 16 Marin Sonoma highlights that Gerry mentioned, I'd like to
add that there will be a display of historic hot rods, a couple of 60s
Lamborghinis, a Muntz Jet, a Porsche 917, a special display of commercial
vehicles, a 1926 Bugatti Grand Prix racer, and lots more, including a talk
about Isky cams by none other than Ed Iskendarian, and of course, Janis
Joplin's psychedelic 356.  The new Rolls Ghost will be there, and so will the
only Lexus LFA supercar in the US.  

In the North Bay, this is a car show
that no enthusiast should miss.  Gates open at 9:00.  For $15 a head, it's a
bargain.  Spread the word!

Cheers,

Alan Spencer
________________________________
From: G. Mugele <mewgull at sonic.net>
To: North
Bay British Car Club <nobbc at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 8:49:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] May British car events?

In that vein, this year there
will be some interesting American Iron
there too.

For example... how many are
familiar with the 1965 Appollo?  They
were made in Oakland for a few years in
the mid-sixties and then
morphed into the Vetta Ventura.
The one at this
year's concours is a convertible.  I can't quote
numbers but the majority were
GTs so this one must be pretty rare.

Also on the list is an assortment of
Pierce-Arrows, a 1924 Kissel
(built in Wisconsin), two 1930 Willys-Knights and
of course assorted
Packards, Cords and Caddys.
For those intent loving the
Brit hardware there will be a Nash Healey,
a '37 Railton Drophead, some
Rollers including at least one woody
shooting brake.  In fact there is one
whole category for Woodys.  And
then there is the standard Brit stuff, one
MGA, a TD,  a TC, a Plus-4,
a 3 wheeler, a Daimler SP-250, A TR-6, an XK-150
Drophead, an XK-120
Coupe, and a couple post-war Bentleys.

This is the year
for Porsche and there's a boatload of those on the
list but alas, not even one
904.

Apparently just for the fun of it there will also be a small cadre of
old mahogany speed boats on the lagoon.

One of the cars of interest for me is
the '47 Nardi-Danese Corsa Spyder.

Well worth the trip down there on the
16th.  I think the gates open
at 9AM.... so getting there before the throngs
is probably a good plan.

Gerry

On May 3, 2010, at 2:47 PM, wendell bain
wrote:

> Last year's Marin Sonoma Concours was a terrific show. Attracted
some
> very interesting and unusual autos. Maybe you aren't particularly
>
interested
> in old American iron, but to have three 29 Jordan's, one a
legendary
> Playboy roadster, was pretty unusual. Well worth attending.
>
>
Cheers,
>
> Wendell

G. Mugele
mewgull at mugele.net

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recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
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