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Next-to-last ( for 2012 ) Canepa Cars & Coffee
Spent Saturday morning visiting Canepa's for their penultimate Cars & Coffee of the 2012 season. Canepa's last C & C of '12 will be, as it has been every other month so far, on the second Saturday of October, but that weekend I will be at Sears Point catching this season's last CSRG meeting.
It was the usual perfect weather, expertly made cappuccino and fresh Danish were on hand, all the right people were there, but being Canepa's, the cars are the real stars and the chief reason to visit.
As with previous Canepa C & Cs, the attendees constitute an eclectic lot, with classic Rods, customs, R Gruppe & Early S Reg-type cars and exotics all represented. In the showroom an absolutely immaculate '73 Porsche ( Series III ) Tangerine RS ( Ser.# 01170 ), originally sold into Austria, with all matching number components, highest quality, bare metal restoration by Nate Cantwell, with the power-train being completely rebuilt to new specs by Scott's Independent...........the eye-watering price being asked certainly reflects the quality of this car.
Another notable car on the showroom floor is a '97 993 Porsche Turbo, advertised as One-of-One, with 9140 original miles on the clock, including CofA indicating the car was returned to the factory in 2004, with a Sonderwunsch technician installing a Turbo S motor with larger turbos, upgraded control unit, additional oil cooling and custom made exhaust for a net increase of 42 HP to a new total of 444 HP. The Arctic Silver Metallic car sports a custom-tailored, Boxster-Red fully leather interior, countless options and custom touches and is as close to Zuffenhausen delivery-center new as it looks.
My personal highlight of the trip was tripping over a perfectly reconditioned '61 M-B 300SL Roadster chassis with the bare metal body on a dolly, waiting to be re-united after painting. For now, (last photo of this post ) a teaser shot of the two piece, steel center / alloy rim Rudge knock-off wheel mounted on the chassis. When I get done organizing and processing the shots of this rare jewel I will post it all under a separate thread in "Other Cars" for those interested,.............while studying the bare chassis and suspension I felt it was tantamount to reading a thesis on automotive Engineering.
I will miss these monthly get-togethers and hope that Bruce will continue this delightful practice next year.