Canepa Designs Auto Collection

[dzls rok]

yesterday, a few of us pelicans went to canepa's to see his auto collection. amazing facility, incredible cars and bruce was a very gracious host. he has a world class facility and does top notch work. if you are ever in northern cal. i would highly recommend visiting. here are a few pics of mine. you can take a virtual tour and find more info at Canepa Design

[dzls rok]

[dzls rok]

[crustychief]

My friends and I built a replica of the Donahue/ Sunoco/ Yenko/ Camaro. I am currently donating labor to restore vintage Gm cars. I love old Iron.

[kevin993]

Excellent pics. Thanks for sharing.

[Schumi]

hooooooooooaaaaa


the number 4 908/3.... such a ridiculously neat car. gears in front of diff transaxle, aluminum space frame with fiberglass reinforcement panels and a 400HP flat 8, 90 inch wheelbase. 1100 lbs. mmmmmmmm

[porsche4life]

Schumi do you need to clean something off your keyboard???

[CMDR Perry]

What is his story? Is he self made or old money? I cannot find any real history or bio on him. Just curious, thanks.

[Oh Haha]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing with us.

I like simplistic look of the displays.

"Here are the cars, look at them and not a bunch of distracting crap."

[strupgolf]

Thanks for sharing; what a fine collection.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by CMDR Perry

What is his story? Is he self made or old money? I cannot find any real history or bio on him. Just curious, thanks.

His dad had a Lincoln/Mercury franchise in Santa Cruz for years. He retired quite a while ago to spend time fishing and cruising on his big motor yacht. Bruce started with a small sports/exotic car shop in the early 80s and was also developing aero kits for big rig tractors. I'm guessing here but family money probably helped start the ball rolling. He then got into federalizing and upgrading 959s when the import restrictions were relaxed and started building his reputation for high-end custom SUVs, bikes & cars. He amassed the collection over time and has always been an active amateur road racer. This year's SPEED coverage of the Monterey Historics featured Canepa piloting a 935 in one of the heats.

[dzls rok]

Originally Posted by Schumi

hooooooooooaaaaa


the number 4 908/3.... such a ridiculously neat car. gears in front of diff transaxle, aluminum space frame with fiberglass reinforcement panels and a 400HP flat 8, 90 inch wheelbase. 1100 lbs. mmmmmmmm

on top of all that, it had a space saver spare tire tucked away under there! some goofy fia rule.

the white pantera had about 175 miles on it. basically brand new!

there were many of his cars that i didnt take pics of. we also got to check out his shop and some of the cars he was working on. out of respect for his customers privacy, i wont post those. even his shop was immaculately clean like his show room!

[greglepore]

The Yunick car is way cool, sorta a 7/8's scale Chevelle.

[herr_oberst]

Wow. Nice collection, and nicely eclectic. Can you imagine, sleepless night, lots on your mind, you just go into the garage at 2am and walk around.

Thanks for the pix.

Bucket List! And not too far from here!

[jtkkz]

Thanks for posting, cool pics.

That was a fun drive and nice showroom / cars & shop.

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Can you imagine, sleepless night, lots on your mind, you just go into the garage at 2am and walk around.

I'm imagining going in under similar circumstances and firing up that Shadow and taking it out for a little drive.

[onewhippedpuppy]

WOW. Very impressive.

[dzls rok]

Originally Posted by jtkkz

Thanks for posting, cool pics.

That was a fun drive and nice showroom / cars & shop.

definitely! the morning started out foggy, but cleared up for a cool, clear day. perfect weather for our air cooled cars. after the visit to canepa's, we had a fun drive on some twisties out to the coast. had a nice lunch in pescadero. i have something in the works for our next drive/gtg!

[boba]

Originally Posted by dzls rok

on top of all that, it had a space saver spare tire tucked away under there! some goofy fia rule.

Like this?

[jtkkz]

Originally Posted by boba

Like this?

Yes, just like that....