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Another great meet in Calabasas, topped of with Jay Leno showing up in a
very rare 1963
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This was a bit of an unusual event at the lovely Descanso Gardens.
Fifteen Cobras (a combination of "real" and "reproduction") were parked
at various locations
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The highest quality group of cars I see on a
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The annual "Motor Festival" at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center had a number of rare and beautiful cars.
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A great turn-out at their 27th annual car show.
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It seemed like the first few weeks
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Another good showing in Calabasas this month.
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Various vehicles from miscellaneous meets, January - June, 2009
A very rare and beautiful AC Bristol - one of a handful with a factory racing history |
A gorgeous C-Type replica |
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 An Ultima kit car...it looked very fast. |
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A 1911 motorcycle... Yes, it was driving around! |
The first hydrogen-powered vehicle I've seen. |
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This was one big truck! |
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A very successful drag racer from the mid-60s |
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 Not too many Bricklins around |
 A Maserati Khamsin |
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 A very rare Enzmann 506 |
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 An original AAR Cuda 340/4 speed! |
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 An Intermeccanica Squire (Only 50 were built in the 70s) |
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This Z had a V6 in the back! |
And this little Suzuki had a Chevy 454 in it! |
They don't come much bigger than this! |
I have no idea what this is |
What a combo! |
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 A rare Alfa 1750 from the early 30s |
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I'd take this one |
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 This little Sprite has a rotary engine from an old Mazda sedan |
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 A very rare 1957 (I think) Auto Union |
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 A rare and impressive Bentley Continental R |
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 Looking like it came out of a museum, an absolutely gorgeous 1954 Porsche. |
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 A very rare 1960 Thunderbird with a factory sunroof. |
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Queens
English All British Car Meet, March 8, 2009
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It was a beautiful day for a fantastic show. Dozens of MGs, Triumphs, Healeys, Jags and original Minis in all model years and in every configuration you can imagine. There were Morgans, Jensen Healeys, close to 20 Sunbeam Tigers, and a number of museum-quality vehicles including Rolls, Bentley, Aston Martins, etc. A few Lotuses (oddly not one Seven or Caterham) but an absolutely incredible early 60s Elite and two Europas. There was also some pretty rare stuff including a TVR and three Singers (no, not the sewing machine), two London busses, a couple of London taxis, and a few vehicles with well-done V6 and V8 engine swaps. And of course a few motorcycles. Jay Leno showed up in his McLaren F1...I'd seen that one before at Autobooks (pictured here). Hey, even the parking lot had its share of special cars! If you’re a fan of British cars,
this is one meet you should try to catch next year. Check out
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An absolutely incredible day in Calabasas, February 22, 2009
 The meet on the last Sunday of each month in Calabasas is usually quite spectacular, but today's meet was beyond description. Due to a threat of rain (and
the fact that many guys didn't realize that it was the last Sunday of
the month) turnout was a little on the low side. While I was looking at
two 300SLs (I'd seen them there before) an incredibly restored late 50s
Ferrari pulled in. While I was looking at that, a late 50s Maserati
prototype roared in. It turns out that this car had been driven by
Stirling Moss in the late 50s, among others, and had a very full race
history. I love living in Southern California - it can't get much better than
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