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These are a VERY small sampling of the pictures I took... gotta go through and upload more of them.. but it was a great event..

http://calgecko.smugmug.com/gallery/5734668_jGr8E#354155603_pc9w4


Here's some photos for y'all...

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Mosler Engineering had a car there... $360k, 0-60 in 3.0 seconds.  carbon fiber everywhere.. even the rims!!
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Our friend's house where we were staying in Pacific Grove..

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Once again...... awesome shots. You're an artist Mark! Nice Miura SV....how did that blue one sound?
Cool house too!

Once again, this year I missed it again!!!!!!!!!!  >:(

Next year no excuses.

thx for sharing those with us great job mark ;)

is that blue Miura suffering from road rash???  :o

good eye, Jim.. yeah, it did have a fender bender on the front right .. that musta been enough to make a grown man come to tears.  The cars were gorgeous .. people watching was almost as entertaining as watching/listening to the cars.. you could tell who the people were who owned some of the cars - they just had money dripping off of them.. it was comical.  The blue Miura was pretty, and sounded pretty good too.. the red one was a stunning example of an incredible restoration.. the paint on it was absolutely phenomenal.  There were a couple Carrera GT3's there ... gorgeous.  But my favorite car of the weekend was probably this one..
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As far as my favorite photos of the weekend.. probably these:
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Is that a 250 GT California Spider? One of the rarest Ferraris ever built.

just noticed the Suby motor in the Spyder kit.....   the Subaru is the "new" kit car motor....  cool  8)

Thanks again for the pics Mr Brooks.   Good work.

"Ding-Ding" - we have a winner! Yeah - it was a work of art.


Yeah, the guy driving the Spyder kit was really cool - he just had it built last year, and said the engine dyno'd at just over 230hp... in a car that weighs what, 1800 lbs if that?

Fantastic Pics, Thanks for Sharing!

that's alot of hp for a n/a Suby.....  (I don't see a turbo).

Update - just found out that the red/orange Miura was broadsided when a drunk (woman) driver ran a police stop-sign at Pebble Beach yesterday (the day after I took the photo)

Yeah, back in high school one guy's dad had one, they crashed it through the back of the garage and down into the woods...er, wait...nevermind.

Sucks about the orange Miura...really.

my day just got really bad hearing that .........   oh shit...

wow, that is just incredibly bad news man....  how did you find that out?

Thanks for the compliments on the photos, guys. 

As far as hearing about the Lambo - one of the guys in my Miata club (stop laughing!) was also there this weekend and went to the Concours event at Pebble Beach.. he mentioned it on our club website.

Terrible. Bad weekend to have your Miura out, judging by the blue car's FR fender and the nightmare with the SV. That's really too bad... and it was an SV too... the bad-ass, if you will, of the Miuras

That picture with the "PORSCHE" engine dressed in carbon fibre fan shrouding and IDF Webers, the looks awfully suspicious. I've never see a Porsche 4 cyl with valve covers (and intake manifolds) shaped like those.... seems like somebody dressed a VW motor to look like a 4 cammer?  ::)

do you know if the occupants of the Miura were ok?

I couldn't tell you anything about the "Porsche" engine .. sorry mang.. as far as the occupant(s) of the Miura - not sure.. haven't heard any details yet.. I tried searching for an article online about it, but couldn't find anything.  The car was flawless too.  That's what really drew me to it - the paint was like glass, with no imperfections anywhere, and it was immaculate. 

Someone is making those valve covers for the kit car Porsche guys. I saw a pair on ebay a couple months ago. Not cheap, but they look like very nice pieces.

thats a nice house U friend has....and it looks like its build at an perfect place!

By the way......the cars are hot too....hahahaha.

And i have to say it again.........U are an artist..........very nice pics  ;D

Great shots ! 8)

Have you ever thought of becoming a proffessional photo guy like for a job???
These photos are amazing.

yeah sure would beat his topless waiter job, huh?

I have been thinking about quitting my job at Hooters, but I really love the shorts... .


Frank - trust me, I'd LOVE to do photography as a job.. it's just that it's really hard to get into as a career.  There are a lot of 'professional' photographers out there, and most people who appreciate good photos don't want to pay for them .. I've been thinking about a way to do something for some extra cash.. now it's just a matter of putting my thoughts into action..
www.geckosites.com

Heck, you're the entrepreneur .. maybe I should get some ideas from you!

The yellow car hit the white car and then met the wall.
this one won't buff out.

http://www.pbase.com/bernds_porsche_935s/chassis_numbers_whittington_bros_935 (http://www.pbase.com/bernds_porsche_935s/chassis_numbers_whittington_bros_935)

Initial Damage Assessment:

All body work destroyed
Front-end askew 15 inches
Cleaned-off the oil-cooler
Crushed fuel cell
Crushed Oil Tank
Wrinkled floor-pan from back to the driver’s seat
Rocker boxes wavy
Wheels, all four broken or bent
Rear control arm, right side busted
Gearbox damaged, both at the bell-housing and nose
Chassis right-rear corner crushed-in, approx. 12 inches
Exhaust Header tweaked (right-side)

300k damage, another sold over the weekend for over 600k.


 

nice vid of the Laguna Seca vintage races.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2523709678244564599&hl=en (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2523709678244564599&hl=en)

Here is an ad for the fake valve covers.
It kind of upsets me to see so many fakes, repros and kit cars at Monterey.
:-(

I thought all the muscle cars were a bit boring.
Monterey 10 years ago must of been much more euro.
The RM auction had some nice cars, check the results.
http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResults.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&SortBy=HB&View=Normal&Category=Cars&Currency=# (http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResults.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&SortBy=HB&View=Normal&Category=Cars&Currency=#)
A 57 oval window sold for 17k. :)
In the time it took me to order a vodka tonic this car http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&CarID=r308&Currency= (http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&CarID=r308&Currency=) started bidiing at 2m went up 250k a bid till it sold at 4.1m.
A very nice Cal Spyder replica built on the same platform sold for 214k, I'd have that in a heartbeat considering the real deal is in the millions.
http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&CarID=r249&Currency= (http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&CarID=r249&Currency=)
Now this was more along the BJ auction lines..
http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&CarID=r155&Currency= (http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MO08&CarID=r155&Currency=)


Russo and steel auction n the round was not so elegant...
http://www.russoandsteele.com/monterey_info.html (http://www.russoandsteele.com/monterey_info.html)

I heard Bonhams had some very high end cars too.