An American Road Trip.... a little Porsche content as well!

[sladey]

Looks a great trip Mike - thanks for sharing the photos. That window open and brake disc temp thing on Pikes peak is pretty impressive - wonder what happened to tip them into doing that

[Ferry Man]

That's a Studebaker Avanti.

well done Nige that was quick! I'd certainly never seen one before, and hopefully I'll never see another....

Hey! That's harsh. I love an Avanti. Raymond Loewy, don't you know. Quality design.

This one from Amelia Island. Lovely cars.

[Ferry Man]

Some fabulous bikes.....

That's lovely.

[yoda]

Cracking pictures Mike. The standard is very high on DDK so a pleasure to read / view.

[Mike]

Raymond Loewy, don't you know. Quality design.

oh yeah Lowry I heard of him, northern guy did those matchstick men paintings......

[sladey]

Some fabulous bikes.....

That's lovely.

Isn’t a merkel a fanny wig?

[Tosh]

Love the make up drawer in the glove box of the Avanti

[Nick Moss]

Great stuff Mike. I did a similar route back in 1982 in a VW Rabbit Injection (a great little car) so the pics bring back some good memories.

[Mike]

So next morning this was the view on throwing back the curtains! The weather the day before had left the first coating of snow on the mountain tops..



It made for a fantastic backdrop to the show which was now up in the Mountain Village on the slopes above Telluride. Gerald was one of the first out dusting
down his car, he bought it 40 years ago for $1800 as a graduation present to himself and has toured all over the US, Canada and Mexico over the years, doing
3 engines in the process.

[Mike]

and a few more of the Porsche's. The 959 belonged to Mike who's supported the show since it began though he'd down scaled his contribution this year leaving
the 904, Carrera GT and 918 at home.... at the other end of the scale was the bitsa backdate built on an 81 shell, used early window frames and painted finish
wheels. Ski's on the SC cab looked great!

[Mike]

the bikes are back...







sent the pic of the duke to a mate who loves them, all he had to say was "rusty disc's"

[Mike]

Sun's back out so even Mrs Mike's smiling! Telluride was a great place, it's a little off the beaten track so not so much on the tourist trail more a local hangout.
Don't know what it's like as a ski resort in season, but perhaps not so bling as Aspen and Vail. We loved it, great hotels and restaurants and really nice people.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid liked it so much they robbed their first bank here, we used the ATM.

[Mike]

Gerald looked a little de-saturated there...this is more like it.

[Nick Moss]

I even kept the plate from the Rabbit




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[Mike]

To quote Willie Nelson and Canned Heat from the road trip playlist, we're back "on the road again". Leaving Colorado and heading into Utah, from this.....



to this in two hours...