Canepa Design Cars & Coffee is this Saturday, May 10th, from 8am to 12pm

For those who don't know, it's in Scotts Valley, a stones throw from San Jose and Santa Cruz. Canepa Design has some of the most amazing vehicles you'll ever see, and it's a privilege just to be able to walk through their immaculate work area.

I'll be there and I hope to see some other 914s in attendance. It's fun, casual, and a whole lot smaller than the Blackhawk or San Jose cars & coffees.

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Been there, loved that!

Someone in CA please go hump their 917 for me. If it's not there, make sweet love to the 959's hiding in the back there.

Great place and friendly guys.

I did notice none of the cars had prices though...I bet that's because they are so cheap they don't want to start a riot!

Are cameras allowed?
I live close by, but have never been to the shops before.

I used my camera!

Didn't we go there during the WCR few years ago? Great place.

If you live close by you should definitely come out on Saturday. And yes, you can take pictures of all the cars. The one thing they ask you to keep in mind is the privacy of the individual owners. Some of the cars have paperwork that identifies who owns the car, and Canepa respectfully requests that you blur out the owner's name, if visible on the image.

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went there maybe 10 years ago when I first found out they were making 959s street legal. It was mind blowing.

We did, but I don't remember you there. They did mention some strange guy in a Fiat X19 wandering around the previous week mumbling something about "where was everyone"

You're right Elliot, we all invaded Canepa for WCR 2012 ...

Bumping this to the top again. If you don't have any other plans for Saturday morning, come on out for Cars & Coffee. Those of you going to Tahoe for WCR 2014, here's your chance to have a shakedown run. Canepa is worth the visit!

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I'll be leaving the Starbucks at Crow Canyon & 680 around 6:30am if any tri valley guys want to tag along.

Wow! Look at that flared car with rusty deck lids backing in on the right side of that photo!

At least there's no trash can...

Oh Snap!

It's going to be a beautiful morning ... a perfect excuse for a morning run. We'll be at Canepa at about 8:30am. Hope to see some of you there!

Broke down on the way there. Still having axle issues. Stuck in Pleasanton waiting for a tow truck.

EDIT
Axle flange walked out of the transmission. These newer Boxster trannies do not have a bolt to hold the flange to the tranny. It just clips in.

A floor jack, 2x4 and deab blow fixed it once I got home.

Might be time for the Sasquatch 4 build thread...

Sorry to hear about your troubles Mike. I was wondering what had happened ... I told my wife something must have broken on your car.

Here are some shots from today's event.

Porsches hogged the primo spots in the parking lot. In fact, it seemed like half the cars there were Porsches.
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One of my favorite 914s is this factory 914-6, owned by one of my favorite 914 guys, Sandy (Seaside6)
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914-6 conversion ... unfortunately did not meet the owner
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This is a pretty famous and popular 914 around these parts: Tom's (carreraguy) turbo suby powered 914 in gulf livery
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More air cooled Porsches ...
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Jeff Zwart's 959
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A flawless Speedster. Saw these guys on the way over ... a couple of big ol' dudes whose heads were literally above the tiny windshield
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And more ... here's a rare one, a BMW 2002 Turbo
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Remember the recent 914 video featuring the red 2-liter? Lane (LaneS) shot that video and here is his 944
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One of my wife's favorite cars ... the Audi Quattro
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Out of South Africa a Ford GT continuation model. Owner says he's gone cross country with it ... it's got A/C!
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Totally unexpected was this unrestored, gangster-like '40 Packard
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It was so crowded today, cars had to use every available spot and more ...
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Here's my car today...

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Sorry to see that Mike.

Continuing with the photos ..

Stepping inside, the showroom was packed with cars, half of which seemed to be Porsches
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A '77 WV Beetle with 92 original miles ... yes, ninety-two
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I'm not a huge fan of Targas, but I'd take this one in a heartbeat
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The shop floor was as packed as I've ever seen it ... Porsches everywhere
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Bugatti ...
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The back room was also packed to the gills with cars
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Pupulidy Special
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Finally, the museum
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Let's finish up with the legendary 917
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Sorry I missed everyone that turned out for C&C. While I'm no longer a Board Director at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, I now get my car fill as Canepa's Operations Manager. If you're ever in the area and you want a tour let me know ahead of time.

See you during your trips to Canepa's during Porsche Parade. I won't have my
teener out during your visit as we only have 91 parking spaces.

Harlen