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This scene is in Montana, but I know that John “Mad Dog” Morrow’s E-type is almost done with its restoration and will soon be delivered from San Diego to Seattle. Not quite Denver to San Francisco, but a worthy road trip nonetheless. Lots of great roads to choose from.
Jerome, my friend in New Zealand says “Summer now officially over here so it must be slowly edging its way back
over your way.” I haven’t seen much evidence of that fact yet. It even snowed here late last week. The Rains have returned, which means it is snowing like mad up in the mountains. This is a good thing as our snowpack is very low this year. The only sign that Spring is coming are longer days, but I’ll keep an eye out for others.
I found this photo while searching for “Road Photo of the Day” … it was taken on July 20th last year near Artist Point at the far end of SR 542. As you can see winter prefers to cling to this region for a while.
This is a movie, taken in 1905, and I found it via a mention on the Jag-Lovers.org E-type mailing list. I’m not a huge follower of brass-era cars, but this movie is fascinating in so many ways. First of all, it is a moving record of pre-1906 Earthquake/Fire that destroyed much of San Francisco. Second it shows that boys will be boys, no matter what the era! Additionally it allows us a glimpse back 100+ years to see that:
Found via Archive.org.
I’m fairly certain this photo has appeared here before, but it is too fun to not see again.
It calls out for a caption contest! Here’s my contribution: “Baja Bathtub?”
Another photo from the smoky summer of 2006. I think I may be in violation of a law here, somewhere in the inland northwest.
I forgot to post a CPotD yesterday, so you are getting two today! Never let it be said that I am a slacker-blogger.
This is a scene at the afore-mentioned Monte Shelton start. As usual a plethora of Alfas, but also a few oddballs thrown in the mix. Can you name all the cars? (OK, an absurd task, but hit the highlights! 😉 )
Proudly worn on the nose of this product of Maranello is a prancing pony and a Gold Medal from the Monte Shelton NW Classic rally. To be honest the Gold Medal has the greater value of the two!
The Monte Shelton attracts 60-80 cars to somewhere in Oregon every August, where they vie against probability, reliability, time, speed, distance, and a genuinely evil rally master to somehow manage as few penalties as possible. My father and I two years ago managed to squeak into the “silver medal” standing (top 20 cars), and finally attained our own Gold (top 10) last summer. I really don’t have anywhere on the E-type (luggage rack maybe?) to proudly display my prize, so it sits in my office.
I attribute our consistent good showing at the Monte Shelton on our annual “warm up” earlier in the summer at the “Annie & Steve Norman – College Planning Network Classic Motorcar Rally” put on by Doug Breithaupt. I plan on writing more about this event later, as it is genuinely under-appreciated. It is a small, very friendly, yet technically demanding TSD rally. The best part about it is the social atmosphere. Really great people and Doug always arranges some very unique “rest stops” and special guests along the way, such as visits to car collections. For example: The very first rally I attended with Doug we stopped at the collection of Pebble Beach Concours organizer Glenn Mounger. He had some amazing pre-war classics from Packard, Duesenberg, etc. This year’s rally will be on Vancouver Island, home to probably the densest concentration of vintage British steel on the planet. It should be an excellent event.