Volume 17 Issue 1 - January/February 2010 - Ferrari Club of ...

On Saturday,
Article By
Wally Clark
Photos By
Tex K.Otto
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Tour & Lunch
October 17, the club had a tour of Dick Messer’s personal car collection and a tour of the
Riverside International Automotive Museum. About 40 people showed up and we ended
the day with lunch at the Cask and Cleaver restaurant in Riverside, which was only open
to us.
As many of you know, Dick is the Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum,
but he has his own eclectic collection of cars at his Riverside residence. His cars range from
a modern Saleen/Parnelli Jones Limited Edition Mustang to a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, with
MGs, hot rods and Studebakers thrown in.
After coffee and donuts, we moved on to the Riverside International Automotive Museum,
which is the memorial to the famed Riverside Raceway owned by Doug Magnon. Inside the
large industrial building is Doug's personal collection of Maseratis along with race cars that
raced at the Riverside track. Doug and Tony Adamowitz campaign several vintage race cars
including a Formula 5000 car that Tony raced back in the day. Several cars were under
restoration at the museum, including a vintage Siata roadster and a vintage Indy car.
The museum curator, Bruce Ward, gave us a personal tour of all the cars and told of their
history. Around noon, we all adjourned for lunch at the Cask and Cleaver. The parking lot
was full of Ferraris and looked really good! Of course, Ferraris will always attract attention,
and as we were leaving, a Riverside police car came into the parking lot and wondered
what all the Ferraris were doing in that part of town! I guess that is not a normal sight in
Riverside.
The FCA would like to thank Dick Messer, Doug Magnon and Bruce Ward for their generosity
in allowing us to tour their facilities.
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