Automotive

The local car club arranged an awesome visit to Canepa Design last weekend and having never been there, I immediately signed up to visit and to join the local car club. Canepa Design is a racing outfit and historic vehicle restorer in Northern California....  

2 959s in one place, I never knew about Canepa, what a wonderful way to spend a day, thanks for bringing us along :-) S

I counted 4 959s! Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not the 959 expert, but they all looked like 959s. 1 - Silver 2 - Red 3 - White 4 - Red again ...  

You're a very very lucky man to see 4 of them in one place, the 959 was a dream Porsche growing up :-) and still is in some ways :-) S

My first grade teacher gave me a Porsche brochure, and that was one of my most prized possessions. I'm almost certain I'll end up owning one or two someday. By the way, you have one of my dream cars, the Glandenwagen is one of my dreams. Hope to have one ... 

... that grey Porsche ... Isnt that number 5 ? :-)

Hmm, I don't recall, but it does look like you're right! 5! It is! Good Eye Bim!

Indeed : FIVE !!!!!

...though the 300SL Merc would be hard second choice... Great place you visited!

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makes the entree even more refreshing! Thank you for the extra picks Patrick.

Didn't upload all of them at once because I had to upload them individually, very tiring. So I had a few pics left of some vehicles.

...shudder at the cost, but I will help Nico sell his household for this.

Love the stacking garage. JerryW

Look at the kid wearing the hat in the picture (I know, which one right? They're all kids in a candy store). ...  

Amazing variety of cars and I also love that stacking garage - you would need to be certain of your failsafes so that one car didn't drop on another. Great visit and post. Andrew

The stackers have "locks" (which are nothing like pad-locks used to chain a fence but anti-drop safeties) approximately every four inches on both left and right side of the stacker, theoretically the most any car could fall at one time is those "approxima...  

would be the gorgeous 356 Coupé in grey or maybe the orange Carrera RS :-) Thanks, for sharing! Oliver

I was fortunate I brought a big camera... Put engine in there... ...  

Could live with that one as my everyday car. thxs Vte :)

Daytona for main course and 300SL for desert. That will be all for today, thank you! Cheers. Francois

Gullwing or non gullwing? Both were exquisite.

I think there are two in this photo. And over the years, they've had more than 20 come through the shops owned by this company. This restoration place apparently does like Gullwings. Dessert... Now I'm getting hungry.

For Vlad.. Just for Vlad.... ;) Salut, and check your neck, if you ever think about it, again... ;) Nicolas

pick me up at CDG in your Dino, I promise I will travel very light :):) Cheers my friend. Francois

Thank you for these pictures. You made my day! Dirk

That one was a nice one! Good choice! ...  

....possible school boys dream car over the decades is included! the M1 is something special! I always thought it never made it past concept, but I guess someone owns it and drives it!! But the old porsches (the roadsters) are stunning - not the quickest ... 

The BMW M1 has a storied history. Lamborghini was involved in the development of the car, but Lamborghini went bankrupt halfway through the project. But in the end, BMW made a very limited amount of them as road cars for race car homologization. Scotland ... 

How may 959's do they have? Thanks for the pics. Filip

Waiting for your response Bim. Here's something for you... By the way, SalmanQ8 and I counted four different 959s. ...  

The Desmoseidici RR is an amazing piece of kit, almost unrideable on the streets and almost equalled (if not) by the new Panigale .. especially with the R coming up. I had the pleasure opening a desmoseidici engine together with my friend from the Ducati-... 

When I saw that bike, I instantly thought of "Le Bim."

Absolutely amazing place. They have some gorgeous and sexy machines in there. Thanks for the tour, a real pleasure. cheers Vte :)

Thanks for viewing. Any favorites?

Love this 911, looks in perfect shape. This one is not bad at all, would be great for some "driving miss Daisy" moments, and beautiful roads and weather moments. This quick machine for the circuit days. And of course, the elegant SL300, pure beauty. V...  

I really liked that 911 as well. Big fan of the 993 series of 911s mainly because that's the first "poster car" I was introduced to.

Certainly is a very impressive collection.

where exactly is this place , say distance from from San Francisco. How may one contact them to be allowed to view cars. Thanks in advance. Cheers,dreamer

This facility is approximately 80 minutes and 68 miles South of Downtown San Francisco. They do not normally do tours, but if there was a specific vehicle you were interested in procuring, they take sales appointments. This particular tour was organized b... 

I may be visiting SF on my way back from NY in late April and wondered where it was located. Cheers,dreamer

First of all, shoot me a PM before you come in. If I'm in town and not booked, I'll be happy to show you around. Secondly, one can always visit their showroom. Make an appointment, and if you don't see anything you're dying to acquire in the showroom just... 

Wouldn't it be more straightforward and honest to ask for a peak at their "private collection?" Canepa has a storied history. Thanks for the virtual tour. TM

wanted my Miura since 5-6 years and since i was not ready to sell it, he convinced me for a trade, meaning i can still caress it from time to time...;-)