Pics from the "Tour of Marin" meetup

jontg428 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 10:20 AM

What a meetup! There were so many nice cars and people at this event it was truly amazing. I had a great time hanging out with all the alfisti and getting to see their nice cars. There were also several nice Jags and a couple of Ferrari's and Maserati's as well, which added to the mix nicely. Oh yeah, and that Porche Carrera GT, which sounds like a wild caged animal that had been given enough meth to supply all of Los Angeles for a month! To say this car sounds wicked is an understatement, I still have the sound stuck in my mind! A big thank you to Dick Gale for putting on the event, it was top notch. I will surely be back next year, and encourage anyone in the area or those looking for a road trip to come join in.

jontg428 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 10:21 AM

Here is another batch of pics

jontg428 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 10:22 AM

I wish I had a bigger memory card on my camera!

jontg428 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 10:23 AM

Here are some more pics

jontg428 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 10:25 AM

Here's the last of them

nizam · #6 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 10:38 AM

WOW!!! What a turnout!!!

Jon, thank you for the pics ... and yes, you need a bigger memory card in that camera

Did the GTA go on the drive with you all? I would have loved to hear that thing tear through the Marin headlands.

jontg428 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 04:02 PM

Yes it sure did, it sounded raspy, and I actually caught a climpse of it charging throuh a corner as I was waiting at a stop sign, what a sight!

alfa75 88 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 04:57 PM

Woah, what an impressive turnout! Lots of very nice cars. Thanks for the pictures too.

Alex · #9 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 07:28 PM

Anyone know who owns that little red Giulietta spyder with the red roll-over hoop? Are my eyes deceiving me or is that running on a set of the very early Ti Super wheels? More pics if possible (and of the GTA engine), please!

Alex.

p.s. Am I right in thinking that the white 1750 is an ex-Nuvolari car?

jontg428 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 08:13 PM

Sorry, those are all the pics I got. The GTA had a twin plug head that I saw, and plexiglass windows. He also talked about the caster changes made to the suspension geometry from the factory if I recall correctly. Damn I need more then a 16 meg card!

Alex · #11 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 08:54 PM

Best place to get huge memory cards is in Hong Kong ... a friend of mine out there found a company that sells Sony-compatible cards for 75% less than anywhere else. They do mail order, I'll hunt out the invoice and PM you ...

jontg428 · #12 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 08:57 PM

Nice I appreciate it, my canon powershot came with a 16 meg card, I have been meaning to buy a bigger one, but the 164 comes first!

**pathung** · #13 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006, 11:03 PM

Thanks for posting the pics! I attended last year, but unfortunately none of my Alfas are running this year. We didn't have a Porsche Carrera GT last year, but we did have a gorgeous fly-yellow Maserati with a big, throaty V-12 - this car was eventually pulled over by a moto-cop as the driver neglected to put on his license plates. Big engine and no plates? He had it coming.

jontg428 · #14 (**permalink**) 03-20-2006, 08:40 AM

Was it a Maserati 3500 GT driven by a younger guy? there was a yellow one in attendance, and it was immaculate.

**Bill** · #15 (**permalink**) 03-20-2006, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Best place to get huge memory cards is in Hong Kong ... a friend of mine out there found a company that sells Sony-compatible cards for 75% less than anywhere else. They do mail order, I'll hunt out the invoice and PM you ...