Cars & Coffee, Great Falls, VA
Jun 18, 2019 16:03:36 #
CivilEngineer wrote:
FYI, this is the event that made national news last year when someone backed over the front end of a $300k custom Ferrari F458.
Several, yrs ago at a similar Sat morning in Va Bch, VA, a participant showed up with an original Shelby Cobra. He parked where it would be the least likely to encounter another vehicle, and sure enough, some guy showing off, promptly backed into the right rear. Damage was slight, but on a vehicle of that calibre, there is no slight damage.
Jun 18, 2019 18:49:18 #
CivilEngineer wrote:
Yep. A 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, if i remember correctly.
Wasn't that the model that James Dean died in?
Don
Jun 18, 2019 20:20:03 #
Jun 18, 2019 21:04:11 #
Jun 18, 2019 21:29:00 #
Jun 18, 2019 21:38:59 #
The Porsche appears to be a Speedster, not a Spyder & possibly a replica. The rear view mirror does not appear to be original.-----Henry
Jun 18, 2019 22:02:03 #
CivilEngineer
Loc: Northern Virginia
Henry Wattenbarger wrote:
The Porsche appears to be a Speedster, not a Spyder & possibly a replica. The rear view mirror does not appear to be original.-----Henry
I’m pretty sure it’s a Spyder, but it’s hard to make a call on the replica question. The rear mirror is a little different, but I’ve seen others with the more common “mirror on a stick” version swapped out with something similar. At most car shows, seeing a Spyder or a Shelby Cobra, I would assume it’s a replica, but with the cars that show up at this specific Cars & Coffee event, more often than not they are originals.
Jun 19, 2019 04:19:37 #
Thank you for sharing. Some beautiful cars there. I particularly like the orange Z car and bright yellow Pantera. I love going to car shows where there is a great variety of cars and not the typical collection of Mustangs, Corvettes, etc.
Jul 3, 2019 23:49:56 #
CivilEngineer wrote:
Some shots from this past Saturday's Cars and Coff... (show quote)
Very good set.
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