Bruce Canepa race car collection - a few pics - Wow!

[TomTurtle]

I visited Bruce Canepa's "shop" in Santa Cruz yesterday with a bunch of other folks from the local PCA region. In addition to checking out around 10 or so 959's in various states of refit, attached are a few shots of cars in his collection - wow!! Bruce is a great guy - very approachable and loaded with info. The story of how he was instrumental in getting the 959s US legal was very interesting and worthy of a chapter in some book on the 959 saga. He will be shortly setting up a race car museum at his new location in Scotts Valley at what used to be a Seagate office building - very nice collection so far! Many more pics but these are all I have time to send now.









Bruce telling us about this beyootifull RSR


Mercedes CLK DTM - what a car! Ony a handful in the US


Prototype of the Ferrari 275 GTO. Estimated value $15mill.


Original Vasek Polak hauler with very nice 74RS type


73RS and Joest winning 935

[jorian]

Great collection to tour. Thanks for the pics!

[syncroid]

Ah yes! Bruce has always had some really nice toys. I used to work for him when he had his shop on Water St. in Santa Cruz. I may have to make a trek over the hill and check out the new digs.

[Doug E]

Very impressive collection ... thanks for sharing the pics.

[TomTurtle]

He still has the digs on Water Street too - thats where all the 959s are - all will be moving to the new location in a few months.

[strupgolf]

Tom, could you PM me with his address. I have a item from 72 that he might like for his collection. Just a small thing, but it does have to do with one of his cars.

[tchanson]

You can also just go to Bruce's website for more info and photos.

Tim

[acapella8]

OMG - some of the shots he has of the 959 -- have just stopped me from watching Game 2 of the Series - and I'm a lifelong CWS fan!!!

-Tom

[Craig 930 RS]

Cool site.
My favorite:

[MichiganMat]

So Bruce has a new shop eh? Excellent. The old showroom was much too small. That 917-30 he's got is pretty sick. 1100hp @1500lbs

Would love to see some more photos of the Momo935, thats a beautiful car.

Hey Tom, were you able to buy that crazy 2.7RS 914 on eBay the other day?

[TomTurtle]

Hey Matt!

No, I checked it out and met the owner - very nice car but I decided I have to sell my '76 Teener first. Not 100% sure I'll be going to a Porsche engine in my next Teener - that Subie WRX converison I saw at GAF has me thinking......

[bigrubberjeep]

WRX cars are no joke, WOW!

[TomTurtle]

Okay Matt - attached are more pics of the Joest/Momo 935. As I recall, Bruce said it won more than a few big races. I believe Bruce was working on this one for another owner.

[Wayne 962]

Gosh, I think I'm in the wrong business.

-Wayne

[jbryant]

That's incredible.

Does he own those cars or are they for sale?

[KobaltBlau]

The cars in his "collection" are for sale (isn't everything?)

[TomTurtle]

Actually, some of his cars are not for sale. From a reputable source, I understand he intends to keep cars that he has raced and have sentimental value such as the GP White 935 and the #97 Sprint car pictured in my first post. I also understand he intends to hang on to the So Cal Salt Lake racer as it has significant historical value as a world speed record setter. I also understand he intends to hang on to the 917/10 snce he has driven it and it has ultimate "cool" factor for sure; other than those, "everything has its price". I would not be too surprised if some of the cars in his showroom are cars he is selling on commission and may in fact not be his, but that's just a guess on my part.

[88 Club Sport]

Wow....great pics Tom. Pity he does not have a Club Sport there

[jtkkz]

Is this a museum where the public can go and view this cars?

[efhughes3]

Mother f........That is a nice group of cars!