The have mated with Mercedes! touch pad, nav screen....like the seats however.

 

I can't tell you how often I am asked when "the last Katie's of the season" will be. The answer I always give is, "We have no sense... we show up all year, only opting for slightly more sensible cars if the weather is really rubbish".

This morning was a cold, clear mid-November morning, and notable only for being another great turnout, including cars we had never seen before. (Katie's has an amazing knack for bringing in new people and vehicles pretty much every week...) I hadn't seen any of these before... (Well, I had seen the Indycar before, but had not seen the motorcycle wheel/tire combo they use to fit it into the trailer... that's the race tires next to the transport wheel/tire.)

--Bob Collum

 

There were a good number of Jaguars there today...

--Bob Collum

 

A holiday weekend is always a crapshoot at Katie's, as far as attendance goes. You know a lot of people are out of town, but with a good number of out-of-town guests visiting, attendance can be good. This morning we started fairly slowly, but we ended up with an excellent showing of beautiful vehicles.

A group of us were having breakfast while it was still pitch-black outside. We mentioned some cars we wished would show up, sometime. In particular, I mentioned two Italian/American amalgams - the Bizzarrini and the Iso Grifo - both with custom Italian chassis and bodies, with American V-8s. When we went outside, less than an hour later, what did we find, but a beautiful, perfect version of the Iso Grifo, with a Corvette 327 V-8.

Aside from that, a good collection of Jaguars were in attendance today.

--Bob Collum

 

There's always something new. That should be the motto of Katie's Cars & Coffee. There are certainly thousands of Cars & Coffee events, all over the US and beyond, and I'm sure they all have their fans. In the DC area, what sets Katie's apart is the variety of amazing vehicles that come here, with new ones almost every week.

Below: A Corvette with a modified front-end; a 1967 Mercedes, 'stanced'; a custom Chevy pickup. The next three pictures are of a Dodge Charger that I originally walked right past. A friend called it to my attention; it has a custom body, with a gorgeous rear spoiler, frenched-in details in the front and rear, plus flush doorhandles from a Corvette, and an 1100hp supercharged hemi V8.

We had 4 Jaguars there today.

--Bob Collum

 

I found a website with more info on the Charger...

https://www.detroitspeed.com/Project...rger-pg-1.html

--Bob Collum

 

I have missed the last two weeks of attending Katie's - I was out of town for a niece's graduation one weekend, and it was icy last week. Miss three weeks in a row? Unthinkable! With some minimal email confirmation, our group of breakfast compatriots showed up on Christmas Eve. Not much interesting in the way of cars, but plenty of car-talk.

--Bob Collum

 

For the last Katie's Cars & Coffee of the year (don't worry, we will continue thru the winter...), we had some 'special guests'.

A local Alfa dealer gave us our first look at the Giulia Quadrifoglio, while a new owner brought out his identical Quadrifoglio.

The LeMay Museum from Tacoma brought some old American cars down, on their "Drive Home" winter driving tour. The cars that made it to Katie's were the Chrysler 300 G, the '57 Chevy, and the 1917 Crane-Simplex Model 5, originally owned by JD Rockefeller. (The Mustang had transmission problems, and was laid up for repairs in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.) Here's a link to the LeMay Drive Home blog:

Read it on blog.hemmings.com

Several Jaguars were there today, too!


--Bob Collum