Laguna Seca/Classiche entry
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Tom Wilson
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- Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Michael Bayer
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Guys
I am from Melbourne Australia and I have read this thread with great interest and agreement. The exact same situation is repeated here. A few years ago the owners of carb cars got together and started to have Sunday lunch runs where we would drive say 150 miles, have lunch in a nice place, talk cars and drive home. So a round trip of 300 miles. The "rules" were the car must have carbs and be a Ferrari. Now this was run by car enthusiasts and they can invite anyone they like, so there was usually a few other cars as well but always interesting such as a Hispano-Suiza or comp Healey or a Muira etc. There were/are no other rules. No fees, no constitution etc. It is self regulating because if you are not a "car nut" it would be boring as dog sh*t, so the "new car" guys are not interested anyway. The first drives attracted say 5 cars but 3 years later we usually get 20 cars along and when we get the Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide people along we get over 40 cars. All V12 "up front" cars. Not bad. Note that the Brisbane and Adelaide guys would drive their cars over 2000 miles to attend the long weekend away! Usually we get plenty of Daytonas, GTEs, C4s, a few 275s etc. Most of the guys drive them pretty hard as an old V12 at red line in third is a JOY.
So my advice is just do it. Start with Tom's party and then go from there. Reading this site indicates that there are many like minded people who have the resources and passion to just do it.
So any of you guys who happen to come over to Melbourrne let me know and we can arrange a drive, on the correct side of the road!
Good luck.
John (proud C4 owner)
:) :D
I am from Melbourne Australia and I have read this thread with great interest and agreement. The exact same situation is repeated here. A few years ago the owners of carb cars got together and started to have Sunday lunch runs where we would drive say 150 miles, have lunch in a nice place, talk cars and drive home. So a round trip of 300 miles. The "rules" were the car must have carbs and be a Ferrari. Now this was run by car enthusiasts and they can invite anyone they like, so there was usually a few other cars as well but always interesting such as a Hispano-Suiza or comp Healey or a Muira etc. There were/are no other rules. No fees, no constitution etc. It is self regulating because if you are not a "car nut" it would be boring as dog sh*t, so the "new car" guys are not interested anyway. The first drives attracted say 5 cars but 3 years later we usually get 20 cars along and when we get the Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide people along we get over 40 cars. All V12 "up front" cars. Not bad. Note that the Brisbane and Adelaide guys would drive their cars over 2000 miles to attend the long weekend away! Usually we get plenty of Daytonas, GTEs, C4s, a few 275s etc. Most of the guys drive them pretty hard as an old V12 at red line in third is a JOY.
So my advice is just do it. Start with Tom's party and then go from there. Reading this site indicates that there are many like minded people who have the resources and passion to just do it.
So any of you guys who happen to come over to Melbourrne let me know and we can arrange a drive, on the correct side of the road!
Good luck.
John (proud C4 owner)
:) :D
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Michael Bayer
- Posts: 699
- Joined: Mon Nov 04, 2002 7:22 am
Guys
Another thing I should mention is that mechanical ability should not be a prerequisite for being passionate about old cars. Some of the guys who have big collections of old cars do not know the first thing about using a screw driver, BUT they LOVE their cars. So our group has evrything from guys who have taken their cars apart to individual nuts and bolts (and put them back together again correctly) to guys who can't change spark plugs. The common thread is a real interest in old cars, NOT "the lifestyle" aspects of Ferrari ownership. There are not too many Ferrari shirts, hats, gloves, watches, jackets, sun glasses, shoes, flags, Scudderia shields etc etc on our drives. Just guys who drive their cars hard. It is great to be following a 4 cam 275 with a comp 275 in the rear view mirror at speed on winding Ferrari friendly roads. Just BRILLIANT. As an aside it seems that these cars go better after a good hard run.
Sermon over, and good luck with organising something. We have a great time over here.
John
Another thing I should mention is that mechanical ability should not be a prerequisite for being passionate about old cars. Some of the guys who have big collections of old cars do not know the first thing about using a screw driver, BUT they LOVE their cars. So our group has evrything from guys who have taken their cars apart to individual nuts and bolts (and put them back together again correctly) to guys who can't change spark plugs. The common thread is a real interest in old cars, NOT "the lifestyle" aspects of Ferrari ownership. There are not too many Ferrari shirts, hats, gloves, watches, jackets, sun glasses, shoes, flags, Scudderia shields etc etc on our drives. Just guys who drive their cars hard. It is great to be following a 4 cam 275 with a comp 275 in the rear view mirror at speed on winding Ferrari friendly roads. Just BRILLIANT. As an aside it seems that these cars go better after a good hard run.
Sermon over, and good luck with organising something. We have a great time over here.
John