Last Friday night I as I was packing my gear to shoot the Goodguys show in Costa Mesa, I came up with a bright idea. Since I had to drive down to Orange County anyway, I might as well leave a little earlier and make a quick stop at Cars and Coffee.
By now Cars and Coffee should need no intro. There's simply no better way to spend a couple hours on a Saturday morning. Yes, it's even better than sleeping in.
Last Saturday British cars were in the spotlight, so there was even more of them than usual.
For example, this stunning 1950 Jaguar XK120R Competition Roadster.
The British cars were just one part of the event though. There was still the usual Cars & Coffee variety. Everything from this beautiful MA70 Supra…
…to an E92 M3 looking hard on BBS LM's.
Or maybe a flawless big block 'Cuda? God bless America.
After looking at this picture, I was just thinking about how awesome it'd be if Ford and Lotus got together and built a modern version of the Cortina. We can dream, right?
Man you hardly ever see VW Corrados on the road, especially ones that are as clean as this. Interesting look with the SSR Type C wheels.
Yes, that's a Ferrari Dino parked next to a Nissan 240SX. Only at Cars & Coffee.
It's not like Cobras (or at least Cobra replicas) are particularly rare around here, yet I never tire of looking at them.
There was also a decent selection of classic BMW's at last week's event, such as this 3.0 CS.
Just look at that interior. Wow.
You can always count on seeing a few Datsuns at Cars and Coffee. Whether they are old ones like this Fairlady 2000…
…or ones that are a little bigger and have more gadgets.
Without a doubt the car that got the most attention was this Mercedes SLS that dropped by for a short time. My first time seeing one "in the wild".
There's never a bad time for an Alfa.
Likewise for a BMW 2002.
One more Datsun, a sweet-sounding flat black 240Z.
And I'll finish with this Porsche 356, which I've seen at Cars & Coffee before. It's not like you can have too many photos of a car this cool.
Until next time!
-Mike Garrett
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Darn. I was planning to stop by this event, since I was in town for the Eibach meet on sunday.
Love the bimmers
And all the other cars!
First, btw?
I gotta head down there one of these days.
Mmmmm... Jaaaaags...
I love Cars & Coffee events, and Cruise-Ins. You never know what's going to show up!
awsome some dream list cars right there GELUS lol funny what you said about the corado here in europe there EVERY WERE i must see 5 a day minimum lol i live on spains south coast not far from the ascari track and i see super cars every day in fact just a cople of months ago my dad (who does costom fabrication) was asked to take apart a murcialargo because the owner sed it wasnt loud enought so we made a set of basicly straght pipes for it ear bleadingly loud now rolf eny way super cars are ok but id take a classic over one any day and il start with the 356 please
sort of reminds me of a monthly car meet at a small village here in england.. a mix of classics and moderns. and btw i think you should do a spotlight on an old mini sometime
because, well, minis are just brilliant 
that ma70 is very nice =D who do I talk to for a picture of that haha
Great variety of cars!
I too love the Car n' Coffee Meets!
awsome some dream list cars right there GELUS lol funny what you said about the corado here in europe there EVERY WERE i must see 5 a day minimum lol i live on spains south coast not far from the ascari track and i see super cars every day in fact just a cople of months ago my dad (who does costom fabrication) was asked to take apart a murcialargo because the owner sed it wasnt loud enought so we made a set of basicly straght pipes for it ear bleadingly loud now rolf eny way super cars are ok but id take a classic over one any day and il start with the 356 please
Yay a Corrado!! love it pity about those wheels.. big block 'Cuda looks 'heavy'.. the Lotus/Cortina, East London's weapon of choice for gangsters in the '60's - aswesome.. a great mixed bag of goodies.. salute to the lovely BMW's.. 2002 & the immaculate 3.0 CS.. fantastic.. - thanks!!
anymore of the mkiii supra?
get that Dino out of the way, where are the pictures of the 240???
more pics of that MA70 please..
God those Mercedes SLS are ugly, but hey, if I had the money i'd be buying one just to say "Hey, look at me, I'm rich".
Oh and Mike, please stop with the god bless america.
Hah, oldskool Nordschleife decal @ Porsche 356 ?
Supra is gorgeous!
LOL@the 240...
That 3.0 CS is the clear winner for me, even over the GT40 (even if it's real), the hella clean E92 M3, or SLS. Man, one day I gotta wake up in time to get my lazy butt over to C&C.
<<< wishes he lived in Cali
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from looking at it, i can tell that the Corrado pictured is a G60 model, so it's got a 1.8 8v supercharged engine. i love the way they look, definitely a dream car for me, but i'd go for the VR6, the hood looks meaner on those ones and they rock five-bolt wheels ;) love the french foglights though (yellow)
YEY VW Corrado! I ? you!
nice!
i wish i lived near there.. id be there every week.
i should just move to SoCal....
old school BMW for the win... one day i'll own a 2002.
the front of the alfa above the BMW 2002 picture looks like a Lancia Fulvia, Don't you agree?
Dammit, I was going to park next to that Burgundy e9, I almost had my car on Speedhunters!!!! I can see my rear window 3 cars down!!!
Mystic Blue over Imola Red e46 M3...
its an alfa gt junior 1750 and the 2002 needs a set of gotti 075p wheels and arches
Small notes, that Z I am pretty sure is a 260, He had a l26 block and a 260 dash with no choke in the center. And how did you miss the e92 M3 widebody in flat black??? Also the MGC GT factory lightweight lemans car was the best car there IMHO and no pics of it!!!
The gt40 is a superformance replica car, as they are located about 2 miles away, and bring one or two every weekend.
Actually the Z is a 240z its a 71, it has a semi-built 260z motor. The only reason it doesn't have the chokes is because they were removed. Thanks again to Speedhunters for the picture of the car and all of your great coverage of this event.