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    2021 Pebble Beach . . .

    . . . yup --- went to this one, too . . . 1st time in years

    $400 --- $500 day-o'-the-show

    Last time I went? . . . $150

    With prices like that, somehow masks seem appropriate


    Thank (your deity, here) for plastic 'cause nothing puts a dent in my beer money like drivin' all the way to Monterey for a car show


    Post yer pics, Citizens



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    Mentioned doing a last-minute Airbnb in Salinas --- a bedroom for two nights (sans So-Much-More-Than-a-Girl-Friend) . . . then headed-out Sunday AM . . . just a liiiiitle late + groggy

    But? --- sported a clean-shirt (with actual buttons) + appropriately masked-up. All packed-up, too --- heading straight home, after. Don't remember getting any breakfast = empty tank (mine)

    Usual cool/gray/semi-dismal morning --- which I love . . . 'specially if it keeps the crowds down

    Wasn't quite sure what to expect, given all the COVID business. 'Cept for law-enforcement (out to catch any inappropriate showing-off), almost no traffic getting to the venue . . . as in NONE

    !

    Oh, well . . .



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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

    Parking was kinda all over the place. I mean, there was bus service shuttling people from what must 've been a dozen separate lots, all scattered hither-and-yon. And --- unless my bus's driver was a complete ding-bat . . . not all-that-well marked, either . . . considering I had to walk a coupla miles to get to mine

    Regardless . . . entry was made from large wood-chipped collection-point that led to a gauntlet of vendor's tents --- not all of which were open. I'd considered buying a hat, but what was on offer was a bit, well . . . boujie

    Hey! --- don't let the buttons + flash watch give ya the wrong impression . . . I'm pretty-much a hillbilly with a hair-cut. 'Sides, I already dropped four yards for this little pajama party, so --- unless there's a happy ending involved? . . . I'm kinda tapped-out

    Entry mascots

    Ferrari 275 --- 4-cam going by the hood bulge . . . in an interesting shade of 'angel's food.' Hey! --- at least it's not red

    And if ya wanna know what ever happened to all those cheap SCs we used to see on AutoTrader and Craig's List, well . . . they're getting re-imagined as whatever this is

    Thank you, Singer . . . thank you


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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

    Here was a really interesting tent/store . . . Pur Sang

    I know-I know-I know --- 'Fauxgattis', I get it, I get it

    But just look at these things! Dunno what these cost --- but this is definitely something I could maintain myself. And whatever breaks or falls off, I could prolly get at Tractor Supply --- or on Amazon (shudder) . . . or maybe just take to a machinist and have made. I pretty-much expect anything internally combusted to be rendered economically if not legislatively defunct over the next coupla decades, as we switch over to electrics. And anything that does survive the transition, will be a challenge to maintain/use . . . if we're even allowed to use it at all

    So instead of something like this . . .
    https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...=1#post1122558

    . . . what about one o' these?


    OK-OK --- so there's no back seat or cup-holders . . . and maybe the kids 'll crab about being bounced-around gettin' dropped-off at school . . .

    . . . but something as elemental as this will outlive any plastics or software being built today

    Word --- new cars aren't restored . . . they're re-cycled



    And how fun would it be to take something like this to work?



    'Honey --- you seen my goggles, anywhere?'



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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

    . . . more of the gauntlet

    People really hadn't started showing-up, yet --- so I was in kindova hurry, here

    These tents all opened-up, later . . . and some pretty amazing sh!t behind all this canvas, lemme tell/show ya (later)

    Mercedes-Benz pavilion at the end --- kinda impressive for what 's basically a temporary structure . . . but looked/felt more like a new car show-room, so . . .

    . . . blew through, there


    Quick 180, and? . . . and there's the crowd at the entrance NOT

    !


    = why I go early







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    I'm guessing any space at the entrance of a high-end shew like ol' Pebble would make for a outstanding advertising space --- and/so would command a premium price . . .

    . . . and attract a premium brand


    Just wish these cars were --- I dunno . . .

    . . . prettier?

    Considering Ferrari's rather-cynical marketing calculus of producing 'one less than we can sell,' there 'll always be (at least) one customer for their sleds . . .

    . . . so I'm guessing that maybe they just don't feel like they have to try very hard?

    I mean --- I guess all the shapes + curves are sleek-enough . . .

    . . . still --- looks to me like an Aston Martin spent a night in Vegas with a Camaro


    Then/again --- maybe this is 'armored' version?


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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

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    Wow . . .

    . . . the lengths Ferrari 'll go to t' package a V12 in the front

    No rear window, huh? --- just a camera, looks like . . . another way to reduce the weight of glass, I guess. 'Course, there is that spoiler thingy . . . blocking-off the first 100-or-so feet of rear vision

    Oo-oo --- and the famous wing-on-the hood . . . what would Colin Chapman say about that?

    And I'm sure the Singer Guys are taking notes, here --- what with all the scoops, extractors, strakes, misc addenda, present

    I'm guessing cars like this don't get driven much, 'cause the first parking lot in my 'hood would prolly see-off half the plast --- er, carbon fiber hanging off this rig

    . . . but I'm sure Ferrari will happily conjour any required replacements if, at some point in the future one should be required (gulp!)

    Wonder if these already come with their 'red book'?





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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

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    Just a guess, but . . . some kinda Ferrari event, maybe? Weird. Everything was covered, so I didn't bother. Later

    See? This is what I get when I go to Pebble --- a really sad wrist-band . . . oh - + a program (soft-cover) . . . + a poster . . . which I doubt I'll ever put up. I'm an idiot

    Oo-oo-oo --- izzat the 'new' Countach? Wow, nice job --- on a design that's 47 years old . . . never woulda recognized it

    Gemballa 'Project Sandbox.' Really? Didn't Porsche already do this? . . . like, 40-years, ago? 'Cept for those bazooka-tube exhaust pipes, thing looks suspiciously like a Tesla from behind



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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

    . . . I'm sure there's a name for this part of The Shew . . . I just don't remember it

    Audi Skysphere --- too big for my camera . . . prolly has to be big to fit enough batteries to haul itself around . . . although that front grill looks kiiiiiinda big just for AC. Kinda gross proportions = nose-heavy-looking . . . better have radar for finding the curb when you're parking. And it's looking like rear windows are getting styled out of new cars --- being replaced by cameras, here . . . sprouting off the front quarters, looks like. Top is made out of a different material than the rest . . . removable, maybe? Looks like something Batman's Dad would drive . . . woof!

    Genesis --- now this looks like a car that's ready for sale, like . . . now. Nice size = compact + tight body-work . . . just not my favorite face. Razor-blade rear-views. And am I seeing formation lights striping the front? Military aircraft use these = low-glare + useful in poor visibility. Pretty conservative . . . w/accent on the pretty

    Acura NSX --- just what every high-schooler draws in English class. Just count those scoops, will ya? Better be fast . . . yawn


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    More 2021 Pebble Beach . . .

    . . . Koenigsegg

    Kinda pretty -- but apart from car shows, maybe a magazine article-or-three, + assorted/inevitable cars & coffee . . . I just don't see this getting a lotta miles, y' know. And no rear window

    Prolly a not-so-great place to sink 7-figures . . . unless you've got 8 or 9 more to burn, maybe?



    But I am kinda diggin' on dem fin-things





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