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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Best of France & Italy Car Gathering

by Mike -

The Best of France & Italy Car event happens the first Sunday in November every year at Woodley park in Van Nuys, California. This year it is on November 6 from 9:00AM to 4:00PM.

Pebble Beach Winning Bizzarrini GT 5300

Two Iso Rivolta GTs Surround a Bizzarrini GT 5300

This is a very casual event where Jay Leno usually makes an appearance driving a Bugatti or something else French or Italian.

Iso Rivolta GT

Iso Grifo Series 1

The pictures here are from 2008 when I took my Bizzarrini GT 5300 all the way down the California coast.

These pictures below are of my silver Bizzarrini being prepped for a video shoot for the TV show "My Classic Car With Dennis Gage" on Speed Channel.

More Makeup?

I plan to attend this year but without a car. If you are in the area stop by - there will be a few Iso and Bizzarrini cars there plus a lot of other cool cars as well.

Dennis Gage On The Right and Me On The Left Getting Ready For The Video

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Preparing For Monterey Car Week - A Cartoon

by Mike -

ATS 2500 GT at Pebble Beach

This is a short cartoon (1:07) based on Car Collector Clichés And Contradictions.

I credit Mike Clarke with introducing me to this new art form. Unless I hear a lot of complaints I may do this again.

I Bought An Iso - A Video By Moviecar

I Bought An Iso - A Video By Moviecar - Part 2

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Classic Cars At The Millenáris Velodrom in Budapest, Hungary

by Mike -

My Car Quest reader Gábor Vida has sent in some classic car photos from an event where he lives in Hungary. Gábor was the winner of the My Car Quest Best Car Photo Contest recently.

Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France

Gábor writes,

The event was a classic car, motorcycle and bicycle meeting in Budapest, Hungary. The Millenáris Velodrom is an oval track that is more than 100 years old used for bicycle races, near the heart of the city.

Fairthorpe Electron Minor

Austin Healey 3000 MK3

Marcos 1800 GT

All the bikes, bicycles, and the cars not heavier than 1000 kgs (2200 lbs) used the track for several laps. They were grouped by age, and categories, e.g., motorcycles before WWI, post WWII British roadsters, etc...

Bugatti Type 44

Triumph TR6

It was a very special feeling to hear and smell these old cars, not only to watch them. It was a little, Hungarian Goodwood Revival - the visitors who dressed for the cars had cheeper entry fees.

Jaguar XK140

The green Iso Rivolta arrived late in the afternoon, and it didn't run around, I think it was too late, and the car is too heavy.

Iso Rivolta GT

Here are more photos, from Gábor, vintage bikes, and photos by László Katona.

Gábor Vida is an artist, so you may see some of these photos show up as drawings on his web site.

Hungary looks like a great place for car and motorcycle lovers. And I have never seen a Fairthorpe Electron Minor before, nor have I heard of this car.

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Fun In The Sun!

by Mike -

We attended a car show yesterday in Los Gatos, California that turned out much better than I had expected.

1995 Ferrari F50

It was called "European Style meets American Classic", was hosted by Aldo Maresca and John Scalmanini and was a charity benefit for the Campbell Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society.

Here are some pictures from the day.

Iso Grifo and Ferrari 550 Maranello