24th Annual Handcrafted Automobile Concourse - An Eclectic Gathering

West Coast Performance co-owner Darren Friedman of Santa Rosa, CA, displayed his awesome West Coast Cobra show car on exquisitely crafted show jackstands and on its rolling stock when it was time to leave.

The other GT40 Mk I that arrived on Sunday belongs to Bob Silva, also of Oakley, CA. His is also a C.A.V. kit. Like the three GT40s that finished 1-2-3 at Le Mans in '66, these GT40s arrived together.

Freshly finished not long before the show was a nicely constructed Factory Five Cobra roadster. The owners, Curtis and son Chris Tung of Alameda, CA, handbuilt the replicar.

In the Cobra category, Dean Hornbacher's Chevy L88-powered Midstates replica came in third place. Dean resides in Riverside, CA.

The gentleman who joined the show on Sunday in his sinister-looking maroon-over-black Cobra replica didn't have a registration card to say who he was. Still, we couldn't resist running a photo.

If you enjoy going for a stroll with your dog, the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline Park was about a half-mile from the San Leandro Marina, where the show was held.

In the Sports A classification, Russ Thompson's Factory Five Racing Type 65 Coupe earned top honors. Russ resides in Richmond, CA.

Hans Kiel of San Jose, CA, performed all the work on his '39 Jaguar SS100 replica. The auto includes a removable hard top, a soft top, and a 2.8-liter V-6. Hans won third place in the Classic D category.

A Cadillac 7-liter V-8 engine powered Vern and Carol Hance's Mercedes 500K to a second place finish in the Classic C class. The Classic Factory in Pomona, CA, supplied the kit.

Designed by artist and automotive designer Merlin Cofano of Petaluma, CA, the Dena boulevard buggy garnered much attention throughout the show.

The paved paths in the park are limited to foot traffic and bicyclists. After communing with nature for just a bit, KC's editor hightailed it back to the show on Sunday.

Poised for finding new homes on race-bred chassis, two fiberglass Ferrari 250 GTO-resembling bodies arrived at the start of the event. Joel Heinke owns the artful creations.

David Hartman's Ford GT40 Mk II replica has a 3.4-liter V-6 engine and a T-125 automatic transmission. Having logged over 200,000 miles on the odometer, he has driven the sports car all around his home in Lake Forest/El Toro, CA.