Wow. The Monterey Historics was a confounding collection of moving/nonmoving cars. This year was Ford's year, and there were many GT40s. I had previously never seen one before in reality. All I can say is "wow". The first GT40 I saw was the black MkII by the Ford history tent. So beautiful! And there were several MkIVs together in a closed area. Like they just fell from the sky. When I walked around the paddock. . .well. . .I just walked up to this red GT40 MKI, and the driver had already dumped some super hi-octane fuel into the beast. Then he started it up, and the sound was surpisingly beautiful. I was imagining that it would be painful to hear like the American LeMans cars, but quite the contrary. It did have a ferocious idle, but it was actually quite easy and comfortable to hear without earplugs. I had nostalgia even though the sixties are decades before my time. And then I walked around some more, and a Cobra began making an even louder and deeper idling growl. A couple minutes after this a BOSS 302 rolled up with its perfectly flowing headers and a ground-shaking thunder; you just had to take heed. This all happened shortly after entering the course. There was probably too much to see, and appreciate for that matter, and the whole thing was ridiculous in how much was tossed into the fray. On a side note, I also got my first look at some GT40 replicas and was very impressed--as much as the real thing in fact. CAV had a display and started one of theirs cars when I was there. Whoever said they were bringing their GT40 replica with a Pantera had two very awesome cars. I could go on, but I must say if you get to go and you've never gone, it is the best car show you will probably ever seen (provided Ford is showing off again). /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif