the drive from cambria to monterrey and up to SFO

classic coastline shot
more of the same
the minx, ready to roll
monterrey beach

background is where i had great breakfast - crabcakes and eggs

more treffen shots

above, the polar opposite of the wailing wench of the East
experienced traveller
nice lemon targa, was for sale I believe. I don't know asking
Arjen's purchase from Los Vegas, center fill tank made over winter, and now himself and Bas drive cross country back to Newark, then ship it to Rotterdam, to get restored for vintage racing in Europe.
Pedro Johanssen car. Very tidy with racing stripe.

Above, Ray Crawford's beauty - olive targa. Thorsten and Doris were driving this for the Treffen.

Ray's own car. Very cool.

from left Leonard Stolk, Arjen,, Frank Enea and myself
Curt Egerer checking out some cool rides, his own of course, in background with black steelies.
Cut, with Scott Hansen and John Dilger (far right) at back

More treffen shots

rolly's hood lights, with those of my own
Sepia cars are about to make a comeback ... the brown sheep of the famly
Rolly's R style car ... epitomises the spirit of this car club
what would a 911 show be, without a ducktail shot

Bob Aines at right behind his gorgeous tangerine car !!

Carrera RSR (72T) homage

Scott's rsr replica
above are some trick racing extended lugnuts ....
this interior was just done and it looks like it. In fact the pics don't really do it justice.
the seats are just to die for -- superb --- houndstooth
The muffler .... i am not so sure about. But overall a great car.

Very nicely put together RSR homage, by Scott. Great guy and great car. Interior was just done and it is superb. Absof--inglutely gorgeous. The seats in green houndstooth are spectacular. Great job. And the engine was done by Henry of SuperTec.

Treffen Day 2

Gib Bosworth's Kremer car, with Gib standing behind it
a closeup of his talbot mirror, very nice
very nice aubergine car. I believe it could be Sergio Meza's car. Nice guy with super nice dog.
Chuck again looking at his rear brakes
A pint for whomever can tell us more about this ..... factory accessory, but only for certain markets !!! Come on guys n gals ....

video of wildlife and car shots

Some more video of the wildlife, from Friday, as well as a little more on car and new lights on front.

Treffen Day 2

Above is the morning of day 2, cars getting dried off a little, after rain overnight
Every car area has to have a vicious guard dog. This little fella is a killer. Don't mistake his easy demeanor for weakness !
Curts's car (on right) has found a twin
Curt Squared - the 2 Curt's ... Autenrieth on left and Egerer on right
Our trusty moderator and creative advisor from the Early S Registry, Chuck Miller.

more treffen

Seal cove, which is what i call this cove. It is right beside Vista Point, which was packed with tourists. No-one at the cove next door, though,
just outside san simeon
the nearest neighbour, on an estate of 142 acres, if anyone is interested and recently won the lotto
the moonstone drive beach, where the hotel is located

some video from the coast

some video of the seal's and birds

Treffen 09, and Cambria, CA area

Le new Look, down at CambriaThe Kremer car of Gib Bosworth on right, 911R replica of Terry in Santa Barbara, then John Gray's green S
Scott's newly finished RSR relica, and Gib, and others
Bob Aines car in Tangerine, all the way from Dallas
from left, scott, aaron, mike and marco in front of mike's targa

Video on Highway One (PCH)

My friend Vasco, from Portugal, was travelling with Dave Conklin, and he shot some video with his camera, which he just sent me. It is of me driving along PCH after having left San Luis Obispo last October and on our way back to LA. This was my last day here and it was en route to parking the car in storage in LA, and taking my flight back to NY.

TOTD - the movie !!

Finally, here is "dealsgapRing - the movie" or how i learned to flog the dog (a massachusetts terms for driving the crap out of the car, as I learned from Paul). At some point in the movie, there will be some wind noise, as well as some speedometer cable noise. The cable noise goes away after a few minutes. I tried to hold on and be as steady as possible. I also had to cut a lot, so apologies to anyone if your best moments were left on the cutting room floor. Hopefully the HD aspect and resolution remain. It was 2.5Gig but vimeo had a one gig limit, so more compression occurred in the preparation.
Enjoy ...

TOTD - pics

Vic Rola's rally car ... just gorgeous
Hal put some new shoes on the 993 and wow do they pop. Great job Hal.
A polo red 67S that was one of the nicest cars I have ever seen. Color is too bright here in the sunlight. Bill Bausser's car, and a real tribute to his ownership. The car is flat out fast ... nimble and quick, and a lot of it is down to the skill of the driver.
The wailing wench indeed, complete with rally strips, matching the minilites. Great job Paul. Like the carrera script ;-)
This was prepping to leave NY, where they picked me up. Last minute packing by Fred in the black cab, and by Mark in his GT carrera

Actual Next Trip - TOTD

The actual next trip is not to Cali, but first to Tennessee, and North Carolina, to ride the Tail Of The Dragon (TOTD with 381 curves in 11 miles). As our car is in Cali, I ride with my buddy from MA, Paul Ripley and co-drive his twinplugged 2.8 litre wailing wench (as he calls it affectionately).

Can't wait to get some wheel time on this puppy !!!

the next trip

Proposal is to bring the minx back from Cali to NY in May

I fly to LA, stay at airport and pick car up in Pasadena, Fri May 1st.
May 1st to 3rd is Treffen 09, 10th anniversary of Rgruppe gathering, in Cambria, CA.
Sun, May 3rd, I'll pick up Nikki at airport in SFO. Then head to Sea Ranch, CA (www.searanchlodge.com). Stay until 6th. Drive on 6th from there to Battle Mountain, NV.
May 7th head to Yellowstone Drive MT. Drive thru Yellowstone Park, depending upon weather.
May 8th head to Badlands, SD. Mt.Rushmore etc. Stay at Custer, SD.
My 9th head to Beloit, WI, for no reason other than to break journey.
May 10th stay at Mill Run, PA and visit Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright's american masterpiece.
Then home.


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Salt Lake City

I am here for a Delta Global Sales Conference with my AF sales buddies, and so I just wanted to take some video of arrival, hotel etc. Enjoy.


Salt Lake City, Day 1 of our conference from karlusmagnus on Vimeo.