Porsche Day at the Larz Anderson Museum (a.k.a. Museum of Transportation, to some) in Brookline, MA – part of summer-long run of Lawn Events. Last year I attended the Italian Car Day, German Car Day, British Car Day and Mercedes Benz Day. Unfortunately, this year I only made it to the Micro and Mini Car Day, and now Porsche Day.
Every year the Larz Anderson Museum (a.k.a. Museum of Transportation, to some) in Brookline, MA puts on a number of Lawn Events. All of those events are themed in some way, for instance in the past I have attended the Italian Car Day, German Car Day, British Car Day and Mercedes Benz Day.
I would love to attend all of them as they are always a lot of fun and few gems can always be found, but with my limited time I can only pick and choose the few I go to. This first event I attended this year was the Micro & Mini Car Day and I must say that it blew my mind. … Continue Reading
The annual Newport Concours D’Elegance was held this past weekend in Newport, Rhode Island. This being my first concours attendance I was expecting to see a ton of older rich, cigar smoking guys with British vintage cars. I was expecting them to drive through the center of the gathering, applaud themselves, drink liquor, and later congratulate themselves for something and go home with their trophy wives. … Continue Reading
F40 Motorsports, hosted its annual Open House this weekend. Located in Portland Connecticut, about an hour-and-half drive from either Boston or New York City, it is a restoration shop and dealership made famous by HD Theater‘s show Chasing Classic Cars.
Some time ago I visited F40 for their monthly Cars & Coffee event and was overwhelmed by the amazing machinery there. This event however was much greater, with almost 300 cars showing off and probably close to a thousand visitors. This time around the F40 garages and work shops were open for a glance and more modern exotics showed up.
There are many websites out there that will bring you the latest news on all things that occurred at the NYIAS. Yes, there were concept cars, new vehicles revealed, special cars and ton of other crap. I do not consider CarGuyDad to be a news website, so instead I will just write about the things I liked and did not like at the show.
Here in alphabetical order, in over a hundred pictures and more than 2400 words are my views on the 2010 New York international Auto Show. Enjoy and thanks for looking. … Continue Reading
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I hear crying on Saturday at 4:30am. Ugh, it was going to be one of those days. To my surprise, my daughter went back to sleep within a few minutes, but I didn’t. Earlier in the week I learned that F40 Motorsports, famous from the HD Theather show Chasing Classic Cars,will be having a cars-and-coffee event. Getting up at 5am on a Saturday to drive almost two hours to look at some cars is not exactly my cup of tea (sorry for the pun), but since I was already up I decided to grab my camera and I quietly sneaked out of the house.* … Continue Reading
I don’t own a motorcycle and I even failed my motorcycle license test (story below), but I really do appreciate them. Short of cars such as the Lotus Exige, Caterham, or Ariel Atom, motorcycles are the most direct connection between a man (or a chick) and a machine. There is no safety devices, no electronic nannies, no OBD2, no emissions systems, and nothing that does not serve a purpose. That is exactly what makes motorcycles so great. Combine that with the idea of freedom that these machines offer and it is no wonder why they are loved so much.
It started off in California (where else?) and is now spreading like virus; a simple idea of car lovers gathering early on a Saturday morning, checking out some cars and chatting. No traffic jams, no minivans on the road, no non-carguys walking around asking dumb questions. Brilliant. … Continue Reading
October is here and only few more Lawn Events at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Boston remain. So far, you have seen British Car Day, German Car Day, Miata Day, Italian Car Day, and now Mercedes Benz Day. I was raised under the belief the Mercedes Benz is the oldest car company in the world and they make the best cars, which in the 1970′s and 1980′s was probably true, so seeing all these cars in mint condition gave me that warm fuzzy feeling. … Continue Reading
Yet another summer Lawn Event at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Boston (Brookline, MA technically). So far, you have seen British Car Day, German Car Day, Miata Day, and now Italian Car Day. Probably no one else on earth makes vehicles that capture speed, beauty, great design and awful reliability quite like the Italians. Everyone wants them, even despite hearing the nightmare stories that come with owning this wonderful machinery. … Continue Reading
It keeps happening all summer long, another Lawn Event at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Boston and this time it was Miata Day. Over 100 Miatas showed up: All three generations (NA, NB, and NC), naturally aspirated, turbocharged and supercharged variants. The cars ranged from completely stock, to race cars, from tastefully modified to completely cheesy. The Miata owners themselves span the gamut; man and women, old and young, were all in some ways attracted to the little roadster. … Continue Reading
Another Lawn Event at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Boston. This time however the weather did not co-operate as well as it did during the British Car Day and the turnout was a lot smaller, and that was just the beginning of our “problems”. … Continue Reading
If you happen to be in Boston this summer, you owe to yourself to visit Larz Anderson Auto Museum. In addition to being a beautiful museum filled with all kinds of great cars and tons of automotive memorabilia, just about every Sunday there is a themed Lawn Event. … Continue Reading
This is the first of three articles on Rally Racing. I intend to cover car set-ups, driver training, different classes, and whatever else I may come upon. This part will show a built of an Open Class rally car, which is …
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