Porsche Swap Meet
Day 2
Location: Anaheim at the Phoenix Club
Sunday March 5, 2017
7:00 AM I got ready and drove to Anaheim, California to the Phoenix Club. This is a Porsche Swap Meet and there is always something to be found here.
Porsche Literature Meet at the Hilton LAX Day 1
Porsche Literature Meet
Location: Hilton LAX
Event: March 4, 2017
This weekend was heaven for Porsche enthusiasts. This past week all the major restoration/ repair shops had Open Houses that you could attend. Then on Saturday was the big Porsche Literature Show which is swap meet for anything Porsche.
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars | Days 4 -8
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars | Days 4-8
Ashland, Oregon is a really quaint small town. It holds an annual Shakespeare Festival with 2 million visitors. The whole downtown area has construction going on for this event. As an Los Angeles resident , it amazes me how friendly everyone is. I guess we are just jaded coming from LA. We next drove to Portland, Oregon and spent a few days there to check out the city. We hit all the tourist land markets: Voodoo Doughnuts, Chinatown, Powell Books, Nike, Lake Owego, Mother’s Restaurant, Downtown Food Carts, etc. It was alot of fun. After a few days of Portland , we were ready to take the 4 hour drive to Seattle, Washington. While Portland had a more small town feel, Seattle felt like Los Angeles. It rained the whole time but it was a city I could see myself living in.
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars | Day 3
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars
Day 3
Today we decided to drive to Stockton, California to see a few cars for sale. These cars were on my list of cars to check out on our road trip. Afterwards we decided to keep going north to Sacramento , then Redding, and stopped in Ashland, Oregon due to the ice and snow.
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars | Day 2
Road Trip 2017: Day 2
We explored San Francisco and had a great time. In the morning we went for Dim Sum which is my favorite thing to do in the rain. It was a recommendation and the quality of the food was amazing. Next we explored the Windmills and Land’s End. Its beautiful and reminds me of Carmel by the Sea with the forests along the coast and the wind swept trees.
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars / Day 1
Road Trip 2017: Hunting for Classic Cars / Day 1
The road trip started on Feb 1st, 2017. We decided the drive up north on the 5 Freeway to San Francisco. The whole drive up I was trying to coordinate with a seller of a rare Alfa Romeo that I have wanted for a long time. We followed a yellow Alfa Romeo Duetto ( I think) for a portion of the journey.
Travel and Classics: Monday 1/27/17
Travel and Classics: Monday 1/27/17
I went to see about a new restoration project in Los Angeles today and came across some very interesting cars. One in particular was an Aston Martin DB2 convertible needing total restoration. The salesman said this car be restored with parts sourced directly from Aston Martin. There is no chance you will the correct parts on Ebay or anywhere else due to its rarity. It is comforting to know that Aston Martin still supports their past models. They only made 411 examples of the DB2 and only 102 convertibles built. Unfortunately this car has been sold but there will be something to fill that void soon.
Travel and Classics: Monday 1/24/17
Travel and Classics
1/24/17
Monday in Los Angeles
I went about my business today and decided to stop into 2 locations to see what was new. I was hoping to find some interesting cars. I saw a 250SE Cabriolet in silver that just went through a full restoration. Asking Price $114,000.
What did you see today ?
1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder sitting for 3 year in Arizona
1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder sitting for 3 year
Location: Arizona
I was notified that a seller had some cars that have been sitting for a long time in Arizona.
- 1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder (garaged)
- 1997 Jaguar XJS V12 convertible (garaged)
- Mercedes 450 SLC (outside)
Why not? Lets go check them out!
I was able to get to the Ferraro 348 Spyder in the evening but the battery was completely dead. We decided to charge the battery overnight and try again in the morning. The car looked good. It definitely showed signs of sitting
We are a couple of enthusiasts that enjoy traveling the world hunting for classics cars and the stories behind them.