LA Porsche week 2014

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Just back from Los Angeles after a full week overthere with my good friend Bruno the boss of the VW and Porsche shop Vintage Import (www.vintageimport87.fr/)and 2 other Porsche enthusiasts friends
After a 12 hours flight we arrived at LA Lax airport Wednesday February 27th midday
First bad surprise the sun we all four expected after over 2 months of rain in France was not there
On the contrary the weather forecast was very pessimistic with rain expected until Monday March 3rd : not good for the open house visits
On the contrary good surprise with the car rent company who had attibuted us a bright new 5.6 liter V8 Infinity SUV

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Another bad surprise was that it took us more than to 3 hours to satisfy the very pernickety US custom control
Indeed we flew on an Air France Airbus 380
At LA these very large planes all land unto a dedicated terminal and 3 more A380 landed in a few minutes ie over 2000 people needing to satisfy custom controls through less than 20 control gates
The time to go to the car rental company the day was over

Next morning Thursday February with the jetlag we awakened very early
Unfortunately it had rained all night and the landscape look funny

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Luckily the vegetation is far more advanced than in France where it is still winter time

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Thursday is a cool day with only one shop to visit : CPR Classic Restoration in Fallbrook
Open house start at one PM which let us the time to drive to Fallbrook by the Pacific Highway

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First good surprise : the rain had stopped and some the sun is not far
Second surprise : CPR who was already a very large restoration shop has again extended :
Abright new showroom further down nthe hill is now open :

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We are welcomed by one of the owner who make us tour the showroom with a comment on the most valuable cars
To start with 2 off 2.7 RS 911 newer than new at 700.000 USD each
A white one just back from Japan where it had been delivered new 41

years ago

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and a green one

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Most of the "for sale" cars are 911
To get a fully restored classic 911 E or L you need now over 120.000 USD

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some more pics before starting the visit of the restoration shop

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