Ones for the road

I’m not a car nut — I could never afford to be, lacking both the money and the time — but I do enjoy and appreciate them as works of arts, science, culture and plain necessity. So, about a month ago the kid and I joined Britt Blaser at the Concours d’Elegance in Newport Harbor, looking at an amazing collection of antique cars and motorcycles, all restored or preserved to a level of perfection you hardly find in new cars off the production line.

We also got to hang with new friends from Iconic Motors, who are making a very hot little sports car designed and made entirely in the U.S., mostly by small manufacturers of obsessively perfected goods. Took a lot of pictures of both, which you’ll find by following the links under the photos.



One response to “Ones for the road”

  1. Hey Doc
    Too damn busy here, but caught Pogue on CNBC and here is NYTimes piece
    Auto-Geotagging your photos
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/technology/personaltech/26pogue.html

    Cars are cool, but motorcycles are better
    Attended “legend” this year
    http://www.legendofthemotorcycle.com/
    Friend was a judge, and I was in area

    Different crowd
    Few posers amongst bike folk, posers who ride don’t ride long
    Mistakes on bikes are more costly than in cars

    http://looneydunes.blogspot.com/2008/05/pondering-differences.html

    Ciao
    Chip

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