Epic Car show this weekend

[Lasonic TRC-920]

I am going to an Epic car show this weekend by invitation only to Vandenberg Air Force Base where the US launches all their secret satellites.

Two day event, 100 Exotic cars, 61 Ferrari's, full driving tour of the base, buffet lunches, dinner at the Hitching Post (from the movie Sideways), wine tasting, 40+ Ferrari caravan up from Los Angeles.

I leave in an hour!

I'll be reporting back with pictures!

Wish me luck!

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Wine tasting then driving your Ferrari :hoveround:



Have a great time Chris

 

[Fatdog]

Damn, Chris!! See if they will let you get a photo op of your 308 in front of a fighter jet. That would be kick-ass!

Don't forget... we want lots of pictures.

 

[Northerner]

Sounds a blast...enjoy

 

[redbenjoe]

chris -- i have been to laguna seca for classic ferraris and other great makes -
was this show like that ?

 

[Styleking]

I am going to an Epic car show this weekend by invitation only to Vandenberg Air Force Base where the US launches all their secret satellites.

I guess it's not such a secret anymore Chris!
Good luck!

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Hey Guys,

It was a radical get together and being on the base was amazing. We got a full on tour of some vintage launch pads and got up close and personal with some rocket.

We stayed at the Embassy Suites with about 30 other car owners and they had a special parking section with a security guard. I swear the lobby and front court yard looked like the opening scenes of the movie "The Cannon Ball Run"! I was waiting for 2 priests to drive us in a 308.

Below is just a fraction of the cars. I had camera issues, but here is some of what was there.


















Here is equipment inside the Vandenberg AFB Museum. Lot's of vintage launch consoles and rocket equipment.




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Here is the real gem of the tour...The last remaining Thor ICBM from 1959.




Here is a launch pad off in the distance....



This past Monday Space X had a launch....



All in all, it was a cool thing to see....

 

[Fatdog]

Very cool! The first thing I thought of when I saw the picture of the old launch controls was "Turn the key, sir!"

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Great pics Chris, all that old control stuff is like something out an old Bond film. I was half expecting to see Blofeld rock up up in a wheel chair

The cars looked cool also, looks like a great turnout

 

[baddboybill]

Awesome pics Chris looks like you guys had a blast!!! I noticed it looks like most people love Red Ferraris


Bad Boy Bill

 

[redbenjoe]

most look great in any color cuz the body designs are so cool --
but the RED ones just SCREAM ....................FERRARI !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[skippy1969]

Awesome stuff Chris!!!!
Thanks for sharing.......

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Hey Guys....I figured since most of us are Analog guys that you would dig the consoles. Amazing we used to control nuclear weapons with that stuff

Yep, "Re-Sale Red", the only color to have when you own an F Car. Also known as "Arrest Me Red"!

This is from today's little run up the mountain...

 

[Styleking]

Nice Pics! Your car looks amazing! Especially, since you're on a dirt road! BTW I saw a great documentary about IBCM's called "The World's Biggest Bomb" pretty amazing story! It's on Netflix if you have it.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Nice Pics! Your car looks amazing! Especially, since you're on a dirt road! BTW I saw a great documentary about IBCM's called "The World's Biggest Bomb" pretty amazing story! It's on Netflix if you have it.

I will look for that on line thanks

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Nice Pics! Your car looks amazing! Especially, since you're on a dirt road! BTW I saw a great documentary about IBCM's called "The World's Biggest Bomb" pretty amazing story! It's on Netflix if you have it.

I just watched an hour long show on the biggest nuke. No ICBM action! But it was still cool

 

[bklyn sound]

Great pics chris....I allways love a good Ferrari show I like the fact that the show had something else to do besides sit around all day and clean the car

 

[blu_fuz]

Cool man!


Was this display picture accidently posted from a trip to the "Lions Den" that you stopped at on the side of the road? Not quite sure what I'm looking at here

 

[THAFUZZ]

Awesome cars! I've been to Vandenberg AFB. No fighter jet squadrons stationed there. Not sure if they have a runway. Probably only launch pads. It's so beautiful along the Pacific coastline. I would've love to been there to see all those lovely rides.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Great pics chris....I allways love a good Ferrari show I like the fact that the show had something else to do besides sit around all day and clean the car

Totally man! I love this stuff mostly because my father and grand father worked in the aerospace industry and I grew up around it all.

Cool man!


Was this display picture accidently posted from a trip to the "Lions Den" that you stopped at on the side of the road? Not quite sure what I'm looking at here

I hadn't thought of it at the time LOL....those are rocket tips!

Awesome cars! I've been to Vandenberg AFB. No fighter jet squadrons stationed there. Not sure if they have a runway. Probably only launch pads. It's so beautiful along the Pacific coastline. I would've love to been there to see all those lovely rides.

Vandenberg actually has one of the longest runways in the country, able to land the Space Shuttle if needed. They had plans to launch the shuttle from there, built a pad and control room at great expense, but never did.