Not to pre-empt Scott's recently posted inquiry, but . . .
Here is the current skinny on the Palo Alto Concours from the fellow in charge of the Cobra portion -
There will be two categories of Cobras that will be judged - CSX 2 & 3000, COB & COX cars (originals - Class SC1) and 1, 4, 7 & 8000 series (continuation - Class SC2 - no judging or trphies). They will also be setting aside an area adjacent to the Main Field for Replicas - Class SC3 (aka a Corral). The caveat is that in order to be in the Corral, you must be registered as an Entrant, i.e. you can not just drive up and request admission. This also means that they will want you there early on June 26th and expect to stay all day. Your car must be "selected" to participate in the Corral, i.e. they don't want home made/creative cars but instead want cars that are true to the original cars. Space will be limited.
I have just heard that they have an oral agreement that Mr. Shelby and his entourage will attend, including the 18 wheeler and his support staff. This is still a number of months off, so things may change, but this would be quite a coup if CS were actually there. (Rich, so there is your answer). They are also trying to get some of the most notable Cobras to be in attendance. More to follow on this.
Obviously there will be some folks who do not want to commit their entire day to this event and thus will not enter their car. For these folks, you may still wish to drive down and hang for a while. I will see what can be done to allocate some parking spaces for Cobras that are not in the Corral - I personally have no influence with this organization so I don't know if this is possible. As we get closer, I will ask for a head count on people who might want such an area set up.
REGISTRATION:
Please go to
www.paconcours.com or directly to:
http://www.paconcours.com/2005/Enter...gistration.pdf for registration material. Cost to enter cars in the SC1 and SC2 class is $50 with Class SC3 @ $30, the later for exhibit only - no judging. You can also e-mail Roy Riccetti who is the Concours Registrar at:
rocco@pacbell.net
Also available that weekend are: "The Drive" on Saturday 6/25 from 10:30-3 through the Santa Cruz mountains with lunch at a winery; Dinner Saturday night and/or the Patrons Pavilion.
The Drive might be something a lot of the guys want to do after leaving Athens Saturday morning - the timing is about right.
I hope this is of some interest and assistance. I will provide updates when I hear of them. NORCAL-SAAC also has information on this event - they are not a sponsor and their information is not this fresh.
Tom