Headed up to Amelia this PM. Look for my Fjord blue CSL on the golf course tomorrow at the cars and coffee from 9 to 1.
Regards
Scott
Regards
Scott
Bats at Amelia
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Yes, but it six hours drive north of me, so it might as well be another state.
Was low 60s here this am.
I don't mind, since my car lacks AC. I prefer it actually. It poured all over the state yesterday, and now that is done. A nice dry weekend!
Scott
Was low 60s here this am.
I don't mind, since my car lacks AC. I prefer it actually. It poured all over the state yesterday, and now that is done. A nice dry weekend!
Scott
that's right, more Southern Georgia than Florida... if you get a good look at the black Carb'd CSL would love to hear about it's condition, ect...
Enjoy while I look at an 8' snowbank out my office window.
Enjoy while I look at an 8' snowbank out my office window.
Snag an VINs you see too! 
runner
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Ok, I wasn't able to make it down, but here's a link to the Cars and Coffee with some of our members vehicles. Enjoy
http://www.sportscardigest.com/cars-and-coffee-at-2014-amelia-island-concours-photo-gallery/
http://www.sportscardigest.com/cars-and-coffee-at-2014-amelia-island-concours-photo-gallery/
I just got back. 1300 miles round trip. 18.5 mpg on the triples and no oil burned, but a few nicks and windscreen dings. Strong coupe showing and it was great to meet fellow members and the entire weekend was a lot of fun. I hope you all returned safely. Will post pics tomorrow. Going to clean the bugs off the car now.
here's a link with lots of photos
http://www.sportscardigest.com/amelia-island-concours-2014-report-and-photos/
http://www.sportscardigest.com/amelia-island-concours-2014-report-and-photos/
Pics from Amelia
Had a great time road tripping to Amelia Island this past weekend (1300 miles round trip in the coupe). Amazing event. Met several coupers from this board and some other owners whom I tried to recruit. I also met Mike Valentine (his wife owns a coupe) and Carl N for the first time. On to the pics:
Welcome to the Gooding Auction, the doorman looks familiar:
Gooding Auction CSL:
"Lorraine, I give this Cobra a solid 1 on the collectibility scale"
Cars and Coffee load in. John from SC I think (someone correct me if wrong) in the Hellrot coupe, me, Scott C (Craterface) in his Fjord CSL from Sanibel Island, and Gary (m5bb) from Atlanta in his Nachtblau:
Scott Hughes' ridiculously nice BAT, Gary, Craig Brody's CSL (also in Concours next day), Amy Lester (Coupelady), Scott, me, and John all lined up in force:
From the front:
Another pic of the BAT:
24 Hours of LeMans, Daytona, and Sebring winners:
Scott Hughes' racing CSL engine:
Rahal CSL BAT at the Concours:
Calder Art Car, pictures do not do it justice, it really is stunning:
Sunrise on the beach, about to head to Concours:
***WARNING***
***THE FOLLOWING IS WEBER CARB PORN NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART***
Maserati triples:
Ferrari triples:
Testarossa Webers:
Guess:
Best of show for me, 1954 Maserati A6GCS:
There were so many amazing cars there, including the Zagato section, which were stunning.
Am looking forward to seeing the other attendees pictures.
Had a great time road tripping to Amelia Island this past weekend (1300 miles round trip in the coupe). Amazing event. Met several coupers from this board and some other owners whom I tried to recruit. I also met Mike Valentine (his wife owns a coupe) and Carl N for the first time. On to the pics:
Welcome to the Gooding Auction, the doorman looks familiar:
Gooding Auction CSL:
"Lorraine, I give this Cobra a solid 1 on the collectibility scale"
Cars and Coffee load in. John from SC I think (someone correct me if wrong) in the Hellrot coupe, me, Scott C (Craterface) in his Fjord CSL from Sanibel Island, and Gary (m5bb) from Atlanta in his Nachtblau:
Scott Hughes' ridiculously nice BAT, Gary, Craig Brody's CSL (also in Concours next day), Amy Lester (Coupelady), Scott, me, and John all lined up in force:
From the front:
Another pic of the BAT:
24 Hours of LeMans, Daytona, and Sebring winners:
Scott Hughes' racing CSL engine:
Rahal CSL BAT at the Concours:
Calder Art Car, pictures do not do it justice, it really is stunning:
Sunrise on the beach, about to head to Concours:
***WARNING***
***THE FOLLOWING IS WEBER CARB PORN NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART***
Maserati triples:
Ferrari triples:
Testarossa Webers:
Guess:
Best of show for me, 1954 Maserati A6GCS:
There were so many amazing cars there, including the Zagato section, which were stunning.
Am looking forward to seeing the other attendees pictures.
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jamesw
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That is just some fantastic photography of some incredible cars.
I don't have too much to add to Steve's pix, plus all the ones on on sportcardigest.com of both the Cars and Coffee on Saturday and the big show on Sunday.
But I do have afew observations:
Having now been to both Pebble and this, this one is very keen competition to Pebble. I will say it is about 7/10 of what Pebble is. One downside is that the cars are a bit close together, especially the big American cars from the 30s and Rolls cars, which benefit from wider spacing. I will say the price is a LOT lower to get in, and the parking is 1000x better than at Pebble.
The setting is very, very nice. Lots of old Live Oaks, draped in Spanish Moss. Beautiful sand dunes and beach in front of the Ritz. Not Pebble, but nice.
What Struck me was how heterogenous CSLs are. For instance, Craig Brody's CSL (Fjord with a stripe in the pix), has power rear windows, fiberglass rear bumper, no front bumper, and steel doors. So is his rear bumper and front bumper delete a later add on to what was otherwise a city pack car??? Nevertheless, Craig was invited to the big dance on Sunday and won a ribbon (about a third of all the cars in the show got some type of ribbon). I have been told (from a nameless BMW employee) that the build sheet on our cars is available in the BMW archives with all the details, but all they will divulge is the color, build date, and delivery city. I would like to restore my car to its original spec, but I have no idea what that is.
People love e9s, perhaps even more than they love a 911S, and that is now a 100-200k car.
Pitted chrome around the vent windows is the norm on our cars, since it is such a bear to take that apart, chrome it, and put it back again. Now I don't feel so bad about my pitted chrome. Bobby Rahals CSL has pitted chrome in that area, as does Craig Brody's.
The grand total was 3 street CSLs (including a BAT) plus 4 CS coupes plus the three race cars at Cars and Coffee on Saturday, then add Calder's CSL and Rahals CSL on Sunday, for a total of 12 different coupes, 8 of which were CSLs. Not too shabby for the east coast.
Hopefully, we will do it again in a few years.
RogerB, Dirk, and rsporsche all had coupe that would have come, but all were out service. So next time we will shoot for 15.
Scott
But I do have afew observations:
Having now been to both Pebble and this, this one is very keen competition to Pebble. I will say it is about 7/10 of what Pebble is. One downside is that the cars are a bit close together, especially the big American cars from the 30s and Rolls cars, which benefit from wider spacing. I will say the price is a LOT lower to get in, and the parking is 1000x better than at Pebble.
The setting is very, very nice. Lots of old Live Oaks, draped in Spanish Moss. Beautiful sand dunes and beach in front of the Ritz. Not Pebble, but nice.
What Struck me was how heterogenous CSLs are. For instance, Craig Brody's CSL (Fjord with a stripe in the pix), has power rear windows, fiberglass rear bumper, no front bumper, and steel doors. So is his rear bumper and front bumper delete a later add on to what was otherwise a city pack car??? Nevertheless, Craig was invited to the big dance on Sunday and won a ribbon (about a third of all the cars in the show got some type of ribbon). I have been told (from a nameless BMW employee) that the build sheet on our cars is available in the BMW archives with all the details, but all they will divulge is the color, build date, and delivery city. I would like to restore my car to its original spec, but I have no idea what that is.
People love e9s, perhaps even more than they love a 911S, and that is now a 100-200k car.
Pitted chrome around the vent windows is the norm on our cars, since it is such a bear to take that apart, chrome it, and put it back again. Now I don't feel so bad about my pitted chrome. Bobby Rahals CSL has pitted chrome in that area, as does Craig Brody's.
The grand total was 3 street CSLs (including a BAT) plus 4 CS coupes plus the three race cars at Cars and Coffee on Saturday, then add Calder's CSL and Rahals CSL on Sunday, for a total of 12 different coupes, 8 of which were CSLs. Not too shabby for the east coast.
Hopefully, we will do it again in a few years.
RogerB, Dirk, and rsporsche all had coupe that would have come, but all were out service. So next time we will shoot for 15.
Scott
i had a lot of fun walking the shows and seeing the cars. great to meet Scott Crater and Amy Lester ... already knew Steve + Gary. sorry i missed John, George + Craig.
Beautiful coupes and great representation in the overall show. everybody was talking about the calder art car and how nice the other csl examples showed.
the coupes at cars and coffee got a lot of high praise from a few mercedes, porsche and jag friends that i ran into at the show.
i am very sorry i got tied up and couldn't make it to the dinner on Saturday night. i promise to have my coupe there next year.
cheers
scott
Beautiful coupes and great representation in the overall show. everybody was talking about the calder art car and how nice the other csl examples showed.
the coupes at cars and coffee got a lot of high praise from a few mercedes, porsche and jag friends that i ran into at the show.
i am very sorry i got tied up and couldn't make it to the dinner on Saturday night. i promise to have my coupe there next year.
cheers
scott
Dirk
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We got home about 6 last night. Car made it fine on a very tired motor.
Rebuild commences this week. The Vintage on Memorial Day is my goal.
What a great weekend.
Car Crazy overload would be putting it mildly.
I agree with Scott that we could easily call Amelia the East Coast Pebble Beach.
Great to see you guys and sorry some others could not make it.
Now I need to work on getting all of you to The Vintage.
We had about 12 coupes last year.
No modern BMW's.
Here's the link so you can save it.
http://atthevintage.com/
This is much more of a grass routes BMW only meet.
What can I say, Spaten sets up a beer garden.
Rebuild commences this week. The Vintage on Memorial Day is my goal.
What a great weekend.
Car Crazy overload would be putting it mildly.
I agree with Scott that we could easily call Amelia the East Coast Pebble Beach.
Great to see you guys and sorry some others could not make it.
Now I need to work on getting all of you to The Vintage.
We had about 12 coupes last year.
No modern BMW's.
Here's the link so you can save it.
http://atthevintage.com/
This is much more of a grass routes BMW only meet.
What can I say, Spaten sets up a beer garden.
Black CSL?
Did anyone get a good look at the black CSL... level of finish, color change, interior?
thanks- Richard
Did anyone get a good look at the black CSL... level of finish, color change, interior?
thanks- Richard
Only the guys that went to the auction saw that car. I did not. It was not part of the Concours on Sunday.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I saw it but sorry to say I didn't give it a thorough once-over. The color plate in the door jam appeared to be a repro. Overall the car was nice but I was not blown away. Not real crazy about the colored stripes over the schwartz.
Dirk
Well-Known Member
Was golf yellow earlier in its life.
