Euro Auto Festival at BMW Zentrum, Spartanburg, SC

[Doug Dolan]

The 19th annual Euro Auto Festival was held last Saturday (10/18th) at the BMW Zentrum in Spartanburg, SC. There were over 400 cars on the field from Alfas to Volvo's (no Zagatos, so I couldn't say from A to Z). Here's a picture of Amy Lester and her "Best of the Best" winning 3.0 CS. Also a picture of my 2002 Z8. This year my coupe stayed home since I'd taken it to The Vintage and to Pittsburgh for the Vintage Grand Prix, so it was the Z8's turn for an outing. And here's a link to the rest of the pictures I took. Next year BMW will be Euro's "Marque of the Year" and Amy's talking about doing something to get a big E9 turnout. In 1999, when classic coupes were featured we had 27 E9's and 2000 CS's on the field. Maybe we can beat that number next year!

http://www.fototime.com/inv/DDF3526715BD7AC

 

[Doug Dolan]

Testing including picture within a post -- Amy's pristine engine bay:

 

[dbower]

Doug: Best set of pics that I've seen posted. Thanks.

I saw only 3 E9's in the show, although I understand there were more in the parking lots. Sorry I didn't get the names of the owners (other than Amy Lester). More E31's than I've ever seen in one place - they were a featured model. The quality, quantity and variety of cars on display was overwhelming.

Don

 

[Doug Dolan]

Don, thanks for the compliment. You're right that there were only two other E9's besides Amy's. One (Baikal/Red) belongs to Bob Platz from Philadelphia. The other (Polaris/Black) belongs to Kim (? sorry, I can't remember his last name) from North Carolina.

 

[Ohmess]

Congratulations Amy! I continue to admire your car.

 

[shanon]

Have never seen Amy before, very nice. Guess that's what mine looked like off the showroom floor.

Nice motor, any details?

 

[Stan]

Congrats to Amy, she is a very nice person with a beautiful car!

 

[Ohmess]

Have never seen Amy before, very nice. Guess that's what mine looked like off the showroom floor.

Nice motor, any details?

From what she told me at Sharkfest, she found an e24 M6 motor in a crate and added the triple weber carb setup. She did this quite a while ago and claims to have been something of a trailblazer on the carb setup. It looks, sounds and smells fabulous.