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2025 FCA Annual Meet NC

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  1. dinoart

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    Here's a close up photo of luggages.luggage. Very impressive. Rare US version.
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  2. spirot

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    I'm glad you had a good experience. I'm a 35 year FCA member and have been to several national meets... and they have been of varying success in my opinion. I remember some really spectacular ones in the 90's where there were a large variety of GTO's 250, F1 cars and Sports prototypes... Sadly I do not see those in attendance... but I could be wrong. while there is nothing wrong with newer cars showing up, it does get a bit boring considering the history of Ferrari in the USA, to only see the last 25 - 30 years of cars out there. I speculate that its the huge number of "Car events" that depress the attendance, and the cost of shipping multi million dollar cars across the country.... I'm not criticizing at all, just observing that the national meets do not seem as wide variety as they used to be.... sadly I paid for a track experience and was un able to attend due to biz schedule changes.
     
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  3. SAFE4NOW

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    I am curious if this is anyone’s car on FC
    I’m interested in what wrap was used and the color name… It looked great in person!

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  4. SAFE4NOW

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    I attended this year’s event from Saturday through Tuesday, and it was truly a fantastic experience.

    The turnout was impressive, with members traveling from all across the country—many even driving their cars to the event. The camaraderie throughout was outstanding, and it was a genuine pleasure to connect with everyone. Attendees seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves, and the organization was excellent. Registration was smooth, signage was clear and abundant, and the timelines were well-coordinated. Even the after-hours gatherings were lively and enjoyable.

    The venue for Concorso was especially well chosen. It was easily accessible, with a great facility and attractive grounds. I particularly appreciated the thoughtful layout of the cars in and around the driving range, which created a memorable atmosphere.

    The outdoor dinners were another highlight—pleasant, well-attended, and beautifully executed.

    For those who were unable to attend, you truly missed a remarkable event. Congratulations to the organizers and volunteers for delivering such a well-planned and enjoyable experience!
     
  5. SAFE4NOW

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  6. Gatorrari

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    I saw two 330 GTCs and a Daytona at the Concours. Meanwhile, a 250 GT Pininfarina Coupe and a 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso sat in the lot back at the hotel and did not seemingly move for the entire event!
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  7. Gatorrari

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    I took advantage of the professional car-washing available in the hotel parking lot. I don't know what those guys used, but in my 21 years of ownership of this nearly 40-year-old car, it has never looked better! (Photographed at the Staybridge Suites, where I stayed, about 1/2 mile from the official hotel.)

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  8. TTR

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    Perhaps brought/parked there for marketing/for sale purpose ?
     
  9. Captain20

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    The Pininfarina coupe is for sale
     
  10. GLENN@TEAM AI

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    And the 250 Lusso is also for sale! As for the Lusso, a couple of days before the show it was driven on a 60 mile trip - not trailered - to show a prospective buyer and demonstrate its ability as a great long distance rally car, ie Copperstate, Going to the Sun, etc. It's SN 4421 and the currently installed 275 two cam Type 213 motor gives it a little extra "oomph" over a normal Lusso.
     
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  11. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

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    Not a single example of a 2Vi made it there this year. That was a bit of a disappointment for the 50th anniversary of the 308.
     
  12. TTR

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    Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

    With all due respect, but I’m not sure 60 mile trip is quite enough to really demonstrate a 60+ year old vintage car’s long distance (i.e. 1000+ mile ?) capabilities.

    While you all were enjoying this FCA event I spent last Saturday finalizing diagnostics & sorting out an annoyingly inconsistent/mysterious/unusual engine malfunction in a 89 year year old car which recently had its engine fully(?) rebuilt (& allegedly dyno tested) by some supposedly highly regarded shop at tune of nearly $100K (Yes, I’ve seen the invoices & could write pages about the "hack job" type workmanship I initially discovered having been done during this "rebuild" :().
    It took me quite a few hours + nearly 100 miles in multiple test drives over several weeks to find the elusive culprit, but since I got it figured & sorted out last Saturday, I did several 10+ mile road tests over the following days, including last one of 85 miles, mostly at highway speeds (60-65 MPH) in almost 100 degree heat on Tuesday afternoon before I dared claiming success.
    Now the 87 y.o. owner wants to pick it up & drive it +/-250 miles back to home.
     

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