Z Car Garage will be closed November 7 and 8 as we will be at the SEMA show. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for real-time updates!

 

ZCarGarage and Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) visited the amazing Canepa Design Museum and Showroom facility in Scotts Valley. We had almost 50 cars meet at the shop this morning!

 

The short drive to Canepa via highway 17 was fun with Z’s old and new everywhere:

 

S130, S30, Z31, Z32, Z33, Z34s and few Datsun Roadsters showed up too!

 

Everyone enjoyed visiting Canepa Design. We were treated to an extensive tour of the facility including the showrooms and and ultra-clean workshop.

 

I didn’t know that the Mercedes Benz 300SL was a full tube-frame car until today! Here is a fully restored chassis sans body:

 

This 1920’s Duesenburg was restored at Canepa. It’s extremely rare and possibly one of the most expensive cars in the world!

 

Canepa’s role in making Porsche 959s legal in the US also allowed them to extract more power too. Some of these cars are making more than 640hp! There were no less than six 959s at the shop:

After the tour we had lunch and enjoyed some twisty roads. Thanks to ZONC for another great day!

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We are just a few days from the fun run to Canepa Design on October 26, 2013!  ZCarGarage and Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) have arranged for a full tour of the amazing Canepa Design Museum and Showroom facility along with a beautiful drive through the Santa Cruz Mountains. The tour is impressive with a full look at how restorations are done on Porsche 959s to vintage race cars that you see at the major Historic Racing events. It is truly a candy store for automotive fans!

****Meet at the shop 9am SHARP Saturday morning!****

Details below:

Never been to Canepa? Check out our reports from past Canepa Tours below!

2012 Canepa Cars & Coffee

2011 Canepa Tour

2010 Canepa Tour

 

Scott is still on the road and currently on the East coast enjoying some beautiful Fall colors. Follow his blog chronicling his travels at http://www.roadsterroadtrip.com/

Mark your calendars for October 26, 2013!  ZCarGarage and Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) have arranged for a full tour of the amazing Canepa Design Museum and Showroom facility along with a beautiful drive through the Santa Cruz Mountains. The tour is impressive with a full look at how restorations are done on Porsche 959s to vintage race cars that you see at the major Historic Racing events. It is truly a candy store for automotive fans!

Details below:

Never been to Canepa? Check out our reports from past Canepa Tours below!

2012 Canepa Cars & Coffee

2011 Canepa Tour

2010 Canepa Tour