Under overcast skies the C&C faithful met at Books A’ Million this morning. Amid discussion of the upcoming TT & PDX at TGPR next weekend, some interesting old-school hardware, including Der Panzervagon in for some upgrades with Brett at Fusion Works:
and a Mikuni-carbed, headered, Panasported Datsun 510:
A Volvo 1800ES from back when they had quirky style:
and a very nice Boss 302, among other more modern machinery:
Lot of cool cars yesterday at Huntsville Cars & Coffee. (First Saturday morning each month, Barnes & Noble on the Parkway)
I promised a friend I’d post the pictures, so here are a few of the highlights.
First up, two brand-new 2016 MX-5s. I hadn’t seen one in person before:
2016 MX-5
A V8 Lotus Esprit:
Lotus Esprit V8
A really nice Opel GT:
Opel GT
And a Viper GTS, complete with turbo-charged(?) engine and drag radials. For when the stock 645 horses isn’t enough!
Viper GTS
Viper V10
Sewer pipes leading to dual intercoolers?
There was a 914-4 that someone had added a couple of extra air-cooled cylinders to, a modded RX7 twin-turbo that was down to one (big) turbo, a sort of resto-mod Camaro SS, super-clean and chromed-out, with “almost nothing original”, and a few others, including my Corvette FRC, still all stickered-up from Wilmington. I went home and de-numbered, de-stickered it now that the national tour season is over. Tomorrow I’ll be removing cone marks.
Huntsville C&C is becoming interesting!
I went to Huntsville Cars & Coffee this morning. (First Saturday of the month, Books-A-Million at the corner of the Parkway and 72.)
Of particular interest were two cars. The first a ’74 BMW 2002, bought new by the present owner, until recently a daily-driver, in great shape and with, get this: somewhere around a million miles. The owner lost track years ago at 875,000! Four engine rebuilds over its life. Two Mikuni side-drafts on it right now.
The second car had just been imported from Japan under the 25-year rule: a 1990 Nissan Skyline GTR. Right-hand drive, twin-turbo, 4-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering. I’d never seen one in person.
An amazing contrast is how simple the first car was and how complicated the second.
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