There were a couple hundred cars on display. To say the event was overwhelming would be an understatement. So many cars I've never seen before or even heard of! A crazy number of Alfas, and an equally alarming collection of Citroens. Who knew they were still making the 2CV in 1985? If you have never been to this event, you have to make the pilgrimage. It was a 25 hour round trip for us, towing at 70 mph. We were welcomed on Sunday morning with a pancake breakfast at a local body shop, and met some great people from the SoCal X 1/9 Club and FIAT America.com. We rolled out en masse and made a strong showing in the FIAT camp. There were a handful of exotics, but mostly people's pride and joy on display, warts and all. Many of the Alfas were in race form. After playing with them in video games for all these years, it was awesome to see them in person. Two Lancia Scorpions showed, which was also a first for us. Theresa had never seen another X 1/9 until the event, where there were probably 20 of them on display.
WOW, John! Thanks for posting pics of your adventure! Looks and sounds like you had a great time. Maybe next year we can caravan over. There are some fantastic looking cars there. I'm a bit partial to the Fiat Dino that you posted a picture of at the top. That's a bucket-list car for me. (OK, I'm still allowed to dream, right?) We've had a Lancia Beta Coupe in the family along with a slew of Fiats. The Lancia Scorpian is a neat car. Did anyone have a Lancia Stratos at the show? Any Puegots to help balance out the Citoens?
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