Jack Staggs Annual 356th day of the year party '16

[Trevor]

Just as a side note: If any of you regulars on the site here need a place to crash Friday or Saturday night I'll happily offer up my couch or one of my kids rooms so you have a place to sleep and don't have to spend $ on a hotel. Fair warning though, I have an English bulldog and he sounds like a freight train at night

[Trevor]

Less than a week to go. The garage band is confirmed to play again this year!

Also, please don't forget to bring those parts that are just sitting in a cardboard box in your garage. Lay out a blanket in front of your 356 and offer them up for sale to others that have a car in need.

[JTR70]

Heading out the door and will spend tonight with family in Oceanside. I'm looking forward to catching up with all you guys tomorrow morning at Jack's.
See you then,
Justin

[356 coupe]

Hi Justin
I didn't know you were at Jacks Yesterday. Would have liked to meet you in person. I had a great time catching up with everyone. Fun event every year. Thanks Jack!

[JTR70]

Hey Alex,
Sorry I missed meeting you as well. If I'd have known you were going I would have had Trevor point you out to me. He seems to know everyone; Next time then!

I wanted to thank Jack for all his hospitality and for putting on such a nice event once again, I really enjoyed myself. It was great catching up again with Tom, Trevor, Bill, Rosemary and of course Ole' Jack himself.
It was also very nice to have met a couple of guys, Miles Richardson and Craig Richter whom I'm very familiar with here online but had yet to put a face to the name. A special Thanks to Craig for the warm welcome and the really nice things you said. You really made my day so thank you again Sir!

Here are a few photos of the event. I took about 80 of them so I'll post in installments.

A great enjoyable little turnout just like the last one I attended in 2013.

One of the first guys I ran into was Miles so I asked him to show me around his beautiful red coupe.

Really clean little car.

Several familiar cars from 2013 like this beige coupe but also a few I hadn't seen before which is always interesting.


















More to come...

[JTR70]

Super straight and super fast Hot rod B coupe. Up for sale for 90K

Jack built the motor and I believe he said it was 1904CC or around that number. Trans is also set up with tall gears so it cruses at over 80MPH effortlessly.

Jack took the emblem to a jeweler and had the 6 flipped to correspond with the engine's displacement. A really cool car!

















T-6 coupes where well represented.
More later.

[JTR70]

Porsche 911's in attendance

Nice Targa offered for sale at 60K I clearly remember cherry 911's like this one for 20K not too long ago...













Other cars:



Great to see Trevor driving and enjoying his Caddy. Now he can focus all his energy on his 356.

More to come...

[Jack Staggs]

A little background on some of these great cars:


The red '62 roadster is owned by a guy that was a teenager when he purchased it in the '60s. His father took it away from him for a while after he got too many tickets. We recently got it up and going for him after 20 (?) year slumber.



The slate grey sunroof with the Speedster spears is all original paint, chrome, interior, etc,etc,etc. 62k on the clock since new. Other options include a Carrera wood steering wheel, and head rests. A truly amazing time capsule.



The black car with the red wreath on the luggage rack was purchased new from Van Wyk in Santa Barbara. Never restored or rust issues, but some cosmetic work. Still driven nearly every day by John, the original owner. I've driven this car well over 100 mph with Felix Macaluso in the passenger seat while he was pointing at the tach in the red zone. My response? "She can take a little mooorre, Captain" (thanks Scotty!). When he first brought the car to us, it had been sitting for close to ten years, while he was away with work issues. We got it up and running, cleaned and detailed. When he came to pick it up, he walked right by it and and asked, "Where is my car?"

[JTR70]

Jack, thanks for sharing the interesting background on some of these cars. I went ahead and added the corresponding photo to your description. Any more; please do tell?
Thanks again!
Justin














A lot of replica guys these days sure go out of their to recreate this feature.

[JTR70]

A pair of really nice replica Speedsters:







More tomorrow...

[Jbrooks]

I had the twin to the red roadster, except mine had factory disc brakes, and mouse bites on the drivers seat bottom. Last time I saw it it was at Gary Emory's awaiting longitudianls. When I saw that one it took a minute to spot the hub caps, I thought I had found it's new home.

[JTR70]

Looked like a very nice car John.












Craig's little "Speedy"









Time to pack it in...

It was a pleasure meeting you Craig.

[JTR70]

Modified



Loved the shaved lights and the 550 style grate.













Pretty sure this is the black coupe that has a Polo motor in it but I never located the owner to confirm.








Late model buckets fit but just barely.



Tight fit all around.

Motor is Hot Rod VW unit dressed to look like a standard 356 engine and is backed by a 901 trans with early 901 rear suspension. Just a great looking car all the way around.
That concludes my photos. If you attended and took a few of your own please share!
Justin

[356 coupe]

I've seen this car numerous times and know the owner well. This is an awesome car!

[Trevor]

Black car is owned by Alex (VW engine at the moment). The T6 on Fuchs in front of him is his Dad's.

Good seeing you Justin! Here are mine.