Maybe we could all drive to the Marin Concours as a club!
Dawson
On Nov 19, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Norman Weinfeld wrote:
> Larry,
>
> Oh boy! If there's one thing I'm short on it's coffee table car
> books... But
> you're right, I shall study the particulars. I suppose I could always
> resolutely leave the hood (um... bonnet) down and append a sign saying
> something like, "Judge Not Lest Ye be Mooned" or some such. And so
> Larry,
> where were you on the Pedal Pushers drive, eh? You were sorely
> missed. But not
> to worry, we're healing, if only gradually.
>
> Norm
>
>
> From: ppanther
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:27 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma
> Concours
> d'Elegance May 17th 2009]
>
>
> 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@autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces@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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