8/15/08
Tomyang.net Monterey Party, and Quail
Photo A. Lazanoff
On Thursday night, I kicked off the Monterey weekend with the usual
Tomyang.net West Coast Cocktail Party. The Mariposa Inn on Munras
renovated the breakfast room since last year, so it was nice to break
it in with some old friends and some new ones.
Photo A. Lazanoff
John Bishop, pictured left, came all the way from Melbourne Australia.
He brought samples of parts he had reproduced for the 365GTC/4. He
has remade the round trim pieces on the seat backs that break so
easily, along with billet aluminum speaker grilles to replace the
flimsy plastic ones that crack the first time an errant foot touches
them when getting in and out of a C/4.
Photo A. Lazanoff
Some of the party spilled outside to look at some of the Vintage
Ferraris that drove into Monterey. John's PF coupe was in good
company parked next to Art's short nose 275GTB.
For me, Friday was all about the wonderful automotive event at Quail.
If it
wasn't for Rudy, a fellow tomyang.netter, I wouldn't have been able to
attend. The Quail event is becoming the hottest ticket on Friday of the
Monterey Weekend. Admission is limited, and previous attendees are
given the opportunity to purchase tickets first, so when the few
tickets that are left go on
sale to the general public they sell out within an hour.
The Quail Event is outstanding, with spectacular cars, excellent
food and drink available all for the price of a ticket. Because the
admission is limited, lines are never too long to get anything,
including some of the more popular food tents.
If I had to find one complaint about the Quail event, it would be the
loss of the more common car show feel. Almost every car at this event
was invited to participate because it represented the best of the
category. There's no room for several examples of each model to attend,
so there is less chance of comparison or swapping of stories. If I
wanted to attend a "normal" car show, Concorso would have been the only
choice, but the general consensus in Monterey about the Concorso Event
held on an
airport tarmac was not too enthusiastic. No one seemed to want to be
parked on an exposed tarmac all day with very little shade.
The coolest display at Quail Lodge was the "Bay Area Engine Modelers"
booth. They had several working miniature engines that they fired up
for interested gear heads. Everything from single cylinder engines to
flat head V-8s were represented on their tables.
Many of these engine kits were manufactured in the U.K. where interest
is
high, but there is still a fair amount of work to build a working
engine. Most of these guys started with life sized cars, but turned to
working models when they were looking for something different.
Just a reminder, I'm looking for a
new Vintage Ferrari Project. If you have, or know of a restoration
project, please let me know. It would be great to restore another car
on this website! My E-mail.
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