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[Keoke]

https://carstories.com/2014/12/irvines-legendary-cars-coffee-permanently-shut/ https://carstories.com/2014/12/irvines-legendary-cars-coffee-permanently-shut/

 

[stuntflyr]

I bet it'll return fairly soon, I'm going on the 27th to try to get the skinny on where some others will meet up. I'm a long way from Irvine anyway but like to take my Dad in his cars to Irvine. My desire mostly is to see where the British cars go, I don't see too many at Irvine.
Chris...

 

[why]

Shame, I live about 5 min from where it began at Crystal Cove, usually took Elite or Super7, probably took Healey once or twice. Gurney lives 10 min other direction and that was real treat to see him at CC Starbucks as well. Read old R&Ts occasionally and think it was a '62 with pic of him and his dad, made copy and carried around for quite some time, finally got to give it to him and he allmost brought a tear to his eye, just a great guy, I would get nervous talking to him because of me using up His time, but he seemed to be happy to just chat on. Phil Hiill brought the blower Bentley all way from L.A along with 2 real Bugattis that lived nearby, on was the car owned & driven by the Eastern European female racing driver, remember reading about it in an R&T. Irvine location about 30 min away and seemed to become more hot rods and modern stuff, only went a few times, but often saw cars leaving on PCH, a rare moment in time.
Jay, '653000

 

[steveg]

Elizabeth Junek, the great Bugatti driver - see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliška_Junková

Back in the '80s Phil Hill used to drive his blower Bentley from Santa Monica to Monterey - supposedly hitting 100+ on the freeway. I like to think the latter is true. Know the former is because I saw him.