Caravan to Canepa – Part One

Jim Yu

/comment

Comments

securedownload-3

Last Saturday, Bay Area Hoons caravanned from Oakland to the Santa Cruz Mountains for the Canepa Cars & Coffee event. I am breaking this trip into two segments because honestly, there is so much awesome, I’m afraid of melting the internet.

Vwminispeedster and his dad Henry, the hosts of Seconds Saturdays, organized this event. The rendezvous point was Henry’s garage, and about a dozen or so cars made it.

securedownload-4 11-20-54

securedownload-4

I hitched a ride with the Hanzels in a CNG-powered Crown Vic. The ride was comfortable. The handcuff-compatible rear shoulder belt that I wore was…painful.

securedownload-6

The diversity of cars cannot be overstated. The lede photo captures it all. Stu_Rock’s Pug between two Monterey-ready Audi ur-Quattros. But just between you and me, the gray Audi’s owner was not amused.

The first car I speed-walked to upon arriving at Canepa was this Maserati Biturbo. I had a really nice chat with the owner and his wife. The owner was a bit frustrated with his baby and laughed when I told him that I have a Biturbo engined-coffee table. I regret turning down the offer to take it for a spin around the block. The interior was unlike any other car I have sat in. The seats were so rich and creamy, like buttah.

securedownload-1

securedownload

securedownload-8

securedownload-10

securedownload-11

securedownload-14

securedownload-12

[Editor’s Note – That looks like Friend of Hooniverse & Big Muscle Host Mike Musto’s insanely awesome Dodge Dayonta]

securedownload-13

I cheated with this photo of the two Jags. This was taken at the body shop next door.

I’ll conclude Part 1 with this WTF grouping. Stay tuned for Part 2, which includes nine Porsche 959s, countless 300SL Gullwings and roadsters, a Dusenberg, and a stainless steel shop bench that blew Tim O.’s mind. 

securedownload-2

Images source: Copyright 2013 Hooniverse/Jim Yu

About

Jim Yu

Jim Yu

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

The maximum upload file size: 64 MB. You can upload: image, audio, video. Links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other services inserted in the comment text will be automatically embedded. Drop files here

18 responses to “Caravan to Canepa – Part One”

  1. Stu_Rock Avatar
    Stu_Rock

    I am amused that the gray ur-Quattro's owner was not amused.

    Reply
    1. LTDScott Avatar
      LTDScott

      Sounds like when my LeMons car was on display at SEMA. The ponytailed owner of the new Camaro parked next to it was definitely not amused, and even asked to move his car.
      I'm sure he was even more chapped that my car got more attention than his.

      Reply
  2. BlackIce_GTS Avatar
    BlackIce_GTS

    Background spotting:
    One-of-100 CLK DTM AMG CÖP (CÜP?) behind the Boxster beside the ur-Quattro owned by the guy who is not amused.
    From this angle in the thumbnail looks like:
    Tuner SN95 Mustang.
    Also:
    Blue sedan beside the Crown Vic in the copper Charger picture.
    What it is:
    I don't know.
    Why this post structure:
    I don't know either.

    Reply
    1. Maxichamp Avatar
      Maxichamp

      I had no idea the CLK DTM was so rare.
      The blue sedan is a Ford Cortina. See second picture, foreground. The owner also has a Dodge Scamp and a 1980s Dodge Charger, among other things.

      Reply
      1. BlackIce_GTS Avatar
        BlackIce_GTS

        There's also 80 convertibles, but those are even sillyer.

        Reply
  3. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
    Scandinavian Flick ★

    I can't believe turning a single nut a quarter of a turn is what kept me from making it to this… The level of my frustration with that fact is not conveyable by mere words.
    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/g4jcc1s.gif"&gt;

    Reply
    1. Maxichamp Avatar
      Maxichamp

      Dude, you missed out. I literally yelped when I stepped into the storage facility. They had a Dusenberg owners manual just sitting on the bench. The shop was amazeballs.

      Reply
      1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
        Scandinavian Flick ★

        <img src="http://i.imgur.com/E7J3W.gif"&gt;

        Reply
  4. dwegmull Avatar
    dwegmull

    I wasn't able to attend, but I have a great excuse: A friend of mine invited me to his car club's annual picnic in Napa.
    What so special about this? He drives a 1949 Rolls Royce…
    Photos are here: https://plus.google.com/photos/117835118185958118…

    Reply
    1. vwminispeedster Avatar
      vwminispeedster

      Paging the Brown Car Appreciation Society….

      Reply
  5. Tim Odell Avatar
    Tim Odell

    My jaw was sore from so much dropping.
    I was going to make a joke about my monocle falling out…but then one of the lenses to my Ray Bans actually fell out.
    Canepa: You will experience all the cliches of awe.

    Reply
    1. vwminispeedster Avatar
      vwminispeedster

      Agreed on the face hurting. So much smiling from "HEY LOOK AT THAT!!" to "HEY ANOTHER 959!!"
      Also, one of the red 959s was the LAST ONE ever built. So cool. And the 928 32' Ford hot rod. And the Duesey. And the Tyrrell. And…..

      Reply
      1. Tim Odell Avatar
        Tim Odell

        I was telling my wife it was a bit like going to the Louvre in Paris.
        You start thinking about famous paintings and other art, then you realize it's there. Like, the real one. Like, the actual Venus di Milo is right there where you could spit gum on it.
        That's how it was at Canepa, particularly with the upstairs museum.
        For the record, Daisy's favorite was the 917 upstairs. She forgot the name, but was like "you know…the one that could do 0-200 in under 12 seconds…?"
        0_0

        Reply
      2. Maxichamp Avatar
        Maxichamp

        The red hot rod with the Porsche engine sticking out. That's from a 928?

        Reply
        1. vwminispeedster Avatar
          vwminispeedster

          Yup 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=102007754…

          Reply
          1. sporty88au Avatar
            sporty88au

            If it's the same one that was featured in one of the major street-rodding magazines a few years ago, it's not just the engine from a 928, but the complete drive train, rear-mounted transmission and all. IIRC, it had quite few interesting tricks going on in the chassis and suspension department too. Not a bad place for the remains of a crash-damaged and uneconomical to repair land shark.

  6. ZomBee Racer Avatar
    ZomBee Racer

    It was a memorable weekend for sure. Super-Spouse actually rode in the ZomBee for the trip, only the second time in 5 years she's agreed to ride in it. And THIS time there weren't even any tow trucks involved!!
    Those of us in the south bay caught the caravan just as they started up wonderful Hwy 17 through the Santa Cruz mountains. In our group we had the Venerable ZomBee, a teammate's matching MGBGT, a Nissan Leaf and StuRock's plucky diesel Peugeot. Talk about your odd mixes.
    Kudos to Chris & Henry Hanzel for setting this up. And my apologies to any parents for the colorful language that kept blurting out of my mouth mid conversation… "HOLY @#$%& A "_____"!!!1!
    Here's a shot of the parking lot. A couple "Proper" sports cars, and a bunch of German crap. The entire property was mindboggling with the mix of cool, rare and fast vehicles. And THEN we got to go see the even cooler stuff INSIDE.
    <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/249187_10201430745635128_557390286_n.jpg&quot; width="600">

    Reply
  7. write my essay uk Avatar
    write my essay uk

    This is opening of a shop where owner is caring different forms of car and each car have a unique model. Customer can have any car of their desire with English writing service would be helpful to interact and barging with seller so that they can cheap product with good quality.

    Reply