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KitCar.com's
showcase of the 1996 NCKCC Concours
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The Northern
California Kit Car Club's annual (September) carshow is one of
the industry's less-publicized and underrated motorcar concours.
By its spectacular location alone... situated alongside San Francisco
Bay at the El Torito Restaurant in San Leandro... and by the
predictably splendid bay-area weather, it's one of the industry's
most enjoyable carshows. |
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The
photographs for this photo feature were shot by Vern Hance
of the NCKCC, and by Curt Scott. Enjoy and savor!
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This
is the scenery adjoining the carshow area. The building at the
top left of the photo is Horatio's Seafood House; on the right
is the Marina Hotel, where most of the carshow participants and
visitors stay for the weekend. |
Below
is a sampling of the machines at the 1996 show:
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This
dazzling Porsche 914 conversion (the "Bravossa" by
Fiber Jet Industries) proved to be one of the most photogenic
cars at the show. Tim & Nettie Figuhr of Fiber Jet were there,
as always, to cheerfully answer any and all questions about their
firm's extensive array of dune buggies and Porsche 911 &
914 body conversion kits. Great folks, fine fiberglass craftsmanship! |
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Brinton
Jones' (Fremont, California) equally resplendent Manta Montage
took the "2nd Place for Sports Cars over $20,000." |
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Joel
Heinke's (Castro Valley, California) Guardsman Blue CRL Cobra
took the "3rd Place" trophy among an array of stiff
Cobra competition. |
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John
Washington's (Velo Rossa Engineering, Tempe, Arizona) debuted
his all-new "Subtle Z" aerodynamics package, which
very nicely provides an upscale, aggressive stance to Datsun/Nissan
Z-cars (240Z, 260Z, 280Z). |
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This
magnificent BRG & silver Sceptre (Bob Londagin,
Pleasanton, California) took 1) "Best of Show," 2)
"1st Place--Classic over $20,000," and 3) "Most
Unique." Deservedly so on all counts... this is a crowd-stopping
motorcar. |
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Here's
"Mad Hatter" Bill Landers (who always commandeers the
prize for "Most Bizarre Headgear") awards the 3rd Place
trophy for "Classics under $10,000" to Paul King, for
his 1929 Mercedes SSK replica. |
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Vern
& Carol Hance's Classic Factory Mercedes 500K replica was
one of the show's top attention- getters. It was one of five
gorgeous 500K replicas at the show... and it took "2nd Place--Classic
over $20,000." |
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Many
of the show-goers arrived in their own specialty-car transportation,
as evidenced by this Sterling, driven to the show (and driven
daily) by Shane Williams of San Jose State University) |
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As
with all motorcar club events, the success of the occasion is
greatly enhanced by participation of club members... including
members of other motorcar clubs. This year, as every year, much
of the size and success of the NCKCC show was due to the enthusiastic
participation of members of other clubs. Both the AHA (Association
of Handcrafted Automobiles) of southern California and the Oregon
Handcrafted Automobile Association (including its President Al
Bohr) were amply represented, and helped once again to make the
NCKCC show a resounding success and great fun for all involved!
Stay
tuned to this site's "Shows & Events" page for
details on upcoming specialty car shows. Curt Scott
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