Monterey Car Week Engines

August 17th, 2010

Monterey Car Week Engines

At this years, events, I found myself snapping pictures of engines this year. Had I put any thought into it a head of time, I would have gone out of my way to get important engines from each of the great marques. But I didn’t. So here’s a somewhat random collection of the expensive metal that was on the Moneterey Peninsula for the 2010 events.

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Buying A Lotus

September 24th, 2009

Buying A Lotus

The problem with telling this story is that nothing interesting happened. Sure, I ended up with one of Chapman’s little Bread Vans, but 500 miles in a vintage Lotus during the blazing heat of summer should have been ripe with struggles. And it just wasn’t.

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Pebble Beach Tour 2009

August 17th, 2009

Pebble Beach Tour 2009

Just when you thought the CVCC fun of Monterey Car Week was over for another year, we surprise you another fun collection of Les Ellis photos.

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Problem: Oil Leak; Solution: Hills Motors

This week I took a little road trip to my old stomping grounds on the San Francisco peninsula to have some work done on the Jaguar XK8 coupe by the good folks of Hills Motors in San Mateo.

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The Less Beaten Path to Santa Cruz

I think I found the best route yet, between Santa Cruz and Burlingame. At least it was a very enjoyable drive yesterday.

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