The California Mille...anyone know this year's itinerary?

[rcooled]

It's a 5-day tour for pre-'58 classics that makes a different run thru CA each year. For 2022, it'll start in Hollywood on the 24th and finish just south of SF in Half Moon Bay.
Thought I might be able to see them passing thru at some point, but can't find any info on what roads they'll be driving. Anyone know the route?


https://californiamille.com/

[Noah930]

Pretty neat. I was just planning on a Sunday daytrip from LA (could make it Hollywood) up to Santa Barbara. Maybe catch these cars on their drive up the coast.

[ckissick]

So, they'll be ending in HMB next Thursday? What time, and where? I live in HMB and my '50 beetle is running great. Maybe I could slip in there like a black Audi wagon. Seriously, when and where can I see the cars in HMB? The website doesn't say.

Last week, a Bay Area 356 club met in HMB for breakfast. I was alerted to the event and showed up in my beetle. My car was a big hit! All those Porsche owners absolutely swarmed around my humble beetle, mostly asking me to activate the semaphores. I joked that I had the oldest Porsche there. Maybe the Mille volks will like my Volks as well.

[ckissick]

I did a little research and found out they're staying at a hotel in HMB. The entry fee is $9500 so I have to assume they're staying at the Ritz. It's very ritzy.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by ckissick

Seriously, when and where can I see the cars in HMB? The website doesn't say.

The organizers seem pretty cagey about making any of the tour details public...don't know why though. I'd imagine that the cars will probably show up at the Ritz Carlton around late-afternoon on Wednesday...just in time for cocktails before dinner. The entry fee includes a 2-night stay at the Ritz at the conclusion of the tour, so I'd imagine the cars will be on-site there Wednesday evening and all day Thursday.

"Our specially planned route begins in Hollywood and finishes in Half Moon Bay where we'll enjoy a two-night stay along with our finish. Our tour begins at the W Hollywood Hotel on Sunday April 24th, and ends with your overnight stay in Half Moon Bay on Thursday, April 28th."

If any of you LA guys are near the W Hollywood Hotel (6250 Hollywood Blvd.) tomorrow afternoon, the cars will be on display and there'll probably be a route map posted somewhere. Maybe you could snap a photo of it and share it here?

↓ This was the start of the 2016 tour at the Fairmont in SF. Part of the route map can be seen at the far left.

[ckissick]

They'll undoubtedly go through Santa Cruz. I hope you get to see them. Maybe they'll stop for lunch there.

[rcooled]

The tour stopped at Canepa Design in Scotts Valley today.







1937 Lancia Aprilla ↓






1937 Tatra w/a rear-mounted air-cooled flat-four engine ↓






Not all fun & games ↓

[ckissick]

I found them this morning in a parking lot at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay. A great collection of cars. I drove my '50 beetle so I fit right in.