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  1. thecarnut

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    #151 thecarnut, Jun 5, 2025
    Tragedy strikes again.

    Last year the painter that was working on the car died in a motorcycle accident. I found another shop to do the work but he started from scratch as painters do not like to continue someone else's work.

    A month ago I took the car to a well recommended upholstery shop to have the convertible top and boot cover made and fitted. Materials were ordered and work had started on the top, as shown in the photo below. Making a soft top from scratch is a skill most upholsterer do not have and this person had that skill. Unfortunately he had a heart attach and passed away two days later. Yesterday I took the car to another upholstery shop that will again start from scratch.

    Is this car trying to tell me something ?

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    #152 Nembo1777, Jun 5, 2025
    That's terrible, RIP.

    Hopefully you will have no more such setbacks.
     
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    #153 Ferraripilot, Jun 5, 2025
    Ivan that is really odd. It is giving me serious 'El Chapo Mclaren F1' vibes, that Mclaren is cursed and things always happen to people associated with that car. I'm not superstitious but gracious that is an oddity. Hoping that's the last of these issues.
     
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    #155 Ferraripilot, Jun 21, 2025
    Painfully pretty!!
     
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    #156 thecarnut, Jul 6, 2025
    Attended its first Cars and Coffee this morning. Drove an hour each way. Everything on the car seems to be checking out okay. Fingers crossed.

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    #158 3500 GT, Aug 5, 2025
    Best of luck on the drive...hope it goes well.

    Photos please!

    Thanks!!!
     
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    #159 thecarnut, Aug 5, 2025
    Today we drove 166 miles to Yakima, Washington. This is the furthest the Vignale spyder has been driven in at least 30 years! The good news is the car has been trouble free.

    Photo was taken at the top of the Chinook Pass.

    Took this video minutes before the cars left Kirkland. It is a very mixed bag, from a 1911 RR Silver Ghost, a Ferrari 250GT TdF to a V12 Packard. You will notice there is a second Vignale spyder in the group.

    https://youtu.be/lcgQt-3p48M

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    #160 thecarnut, Aug 6, 2025
    Today drove 170 miles, most of it in the rain. The 20 years this event has been in existence this is only the second time it has rained.
    Drove with the top down all the way as we were moving and rarely had to stop. The hardest part was the 6 mile steep climb up to Timberline Lodge (elevation - 6,000 ft). Of course, that is when it was raining the heaviest and I was afraid to use the wipers as I feared they could hit the hood and cause damage.

    Car continues to perform well! I am getting about 17 miles per gallon, which is not bad.

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    Cars at Timberline Lodge in Mt Hood, Oregon. The Vignale spyder is between the Delahaye and the red Bentley.

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    The two Vignale spyders after crossing the Columbia River gorge
     
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    #162 Ferraripilot, Aug 8, 2025
    These pics keep making my day, ty Ivan!
     
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    #163 Astonish78, Aug 8, 2025
    I also enjoy these pictures very much and would not be sad if there were a few more pictures ;)
     
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    #164 thecarnut, Aug 8, 2025
    Today drove another 250 miles to Crater Lake. As the name implies, this is a lake crated by melting snow on the crater of an extinct volcano. It was a beautiful day!
    We started very chilly at 39 degrees departing Sisters, OR at 7:30am. Went up to Crater Lake and ended in Grants Pass where it was 95 degrees. We were lucky as temperatures at Grants Pass normally are 105 to 110 degrees this time of the year. The Vignale handled the heat with no problem as long as the car was moving. I saw the temp gauge go up to 90 degrees C as there was a line getting into Crater Lake but went down quickly when the car started moving again. Temperature gauge has been around 70 C.

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    #165 staatsof, Aug 9, 2025
    Have you ever stayed at the lodge there? I think we were there in September, no snow. We had a terrific room on the top floor, far end with lake view. Lucked out. Getting a seat on the long patio on the backside of the hotel is competitive but just sitting there for hours in the evening talking with folks is wonderful. They come from all over the world. It's a bucket list item. I gather your group was just passing through which is understandable.
     
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    #166 redfred84, Aug 9, 2025
    How's that 14 Louver TdF doing on the drive?
     
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    #167 thecarnut, Aug 9, 2025
    Did not stay at the lounge. Last year it was very smoky due to the fires but this year it was crystal clear. That deep blue water is beautiful.
     
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    #168 thecarnut, Aug 9, 2025
    Other than an oil leak it is doing fine. The suspension is not the best for this type of driving.
     
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    #173 Nembo1777, Aug 10, 2025
    Two superb cars in front of an early McMansion;-)
     
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    #174 thecarnut, Aug 10, 2025
    It is 2769. According to the list Cozza created many years ago, this is the second to last Vignale spyder built.
    The car was at the Pebble Beach Concours last year.
    Good to see it is not a trailer queen.

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