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the rarer cabriolet who we discovered
later belongs to an NCR member.
He enthusiastically recounted his
restoration story and even showed us
the horrific “before” photos.
Adjacent to Judy’s car sat two jawdropping
retired Porsche race cars
complete with sign boards declaring
their respective races, wins and
drivers. The 910 and 917 Spyder
belong to Mike Amalfitano, owner
of Amalfi Racing in Gilford, NH.
Mike was mingling with the other
car owners and at one point joined
David and me. A humorous, down to
earth chap he said earlier a spectator
stopped by his cars and told him they
were very “nice replicas.” Mike said
he couldn’t figure that out, especially
since that guy hadn’t been out in the
blazing sun all morning!
The non-Porsches, while not as rare
and priceless as the Amalfi race
cars, were none the less spectacular.
Italy was represented with two
newer Lamborghinis and an older
Ferrari. A TVR, my Jaguar and a
pristine Lotus Europa paid homage
to British engineering. And closer to
home, American cars made up the
next largest group right behind the
Porsches. They started with an old
Ford hot rod, a metallic midnight blue
Corvette Stingray and that always
eye-catching, still quite modern
looking stainless steel DeLorean made
famous in the Back to the Future
movies. The newer models included
the retro Dodge Challenger, the retro
Ford GT40 in classic Gulf blue and
orange paint and a monster-sized
custom Ford utility vehicle that had
to be 15 feet tall and had six doors
(not including the hatch). There was a
metallic snake skin green 2008 Dodge
Viper SRT10 coupe when we arrived
and within a half hour another one
the same color, year and model only
in convertible showed up and parked
next to the first. The owners never
met before but discovered their cars’
VINs were sequential.
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