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Okey doke ladies and germs, pix from Pacific Sharkfest are finally here

And as usual, these will be posted in groups of 4

First up, Saturday morning meet and greet, getting ready for the morning drive and lunchy

More of the same, including "$ handler" Steve, taking care of business, FROM his passenger seat

We'll deal with that next year

We sorta took over the back lot of the host hotel, as you can see

And since Bodega Bay was the scene where the famous Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds" was filmed, of course Paul had to clown it up with a bunch of fake ravens on his 6er

First stop was the old schoolhouse in the town of Bodega, which was in one of the movie scenes

We took over the street in front of the schoolhouse, 3 cars wide, 34 in all

I think the schoolhouse was built in 1871 or something like that

Next up was lunch (food!!!) as we invaded a wedding that was just about to take place, now how cool was that

Details, of course, we all know that the devil is in the details

Plates, license plates, that is

No, that's not the first M6, don't get your panties in a bunch

The 87 CSI plate is from the late great Winfield Williams, now owned by gentleman Jim, back in the fold

And, last but certainly not least, a few shots of the infamous green shark, like I don't already have enough

That's all for now folks, until others add some in

Thanks Bobbo
A great looking school of Sharks and owners to be sure. Hoping more to come from others who participated of attended.

Great to Hang Out with You’all Fri evening though briefly..

Great pics! Great time! Thanks to all the organizers. I sent the link to Satch Carlson, the executive editor of "Roundel". Hopefully he'll post some in the next issue.

Lovely photos , perfect to brighten up a cold wet day in Ireland .
Thanks for posting.
Don

What an incredible collection of Sharks, so many in one place! It looks like a great event.
You have taken some lovely pics as usual, many thanks, Nigel

Thanks gents, yes, truly great collection of well preserved examples, since most of us live in a drier climate

And yes Nigel, I use an actual camera, go figure

Sad to say that I don't even own a smart phone

And, as I forgot to bring my camera to the Saturday wrap-up dinner, I had to get some pix from Paul

It is about the people too, you know, so here's a few shots of the 50+ in attendance

Oh, one more shot, clowning around in the hotel lobby, as you can see that the bird theme still lives on

Yep, that's me and the missus

Great shot !! Thanks for sharing :)

Czomba has a real good one of the schoolhouse n the bird prop. Just need for him to send it to me

Working on a folder of pics for this years event n will post on PSF website once members submit what they have.
Great time
GREAT drives . Heading up PCH to Fort Ross on Friday, hit 4th once or twice

Bobbo, from the clarity and depth of field in your photos I naturally assumed that you were
using a proper camera! ( calls of shame from smartphone users!)
I too use a camera to take pictures and a phone ( Nokia 3310 'brick' ) to make calls, I find it
works best for me - even if it means that it makes me a bit of a dinosaur! After all, I do prefer
driving a 31 year old car!! cheers, Nigel.

Nice to meet you all (I had the silver 83 Euro bumper conversion with the red interior)

Beau, finally getting back to this, great to meet you as well

Thanks for the added pix, and good luck completing your Euro bumper conversion

Actually, are these cars really ever finished

Now, if I can only figure out who Motroman is

Soooo many shiny cars. Great to see spouses and children in the event.
--Ken

It's striking that so many of the group pics show no front license plates. How do you all get away with it? I'd love to not use a front plate but in NYC that'll get you a sure ticket if you park on a street. And could get the attention of a state trooper on the open road. Can someone enlighten me?

Well jonmont, I do have a theory on this

My guess is that the "men in blue" have more than enough "real" issues to deal with on the highways and byways here in CA, so they leave us alone

Now, that being said, I have actually run into this issue myself

I was passing an accident that was just being wrapped up by the resident CHP, and he pulled behind me at a traffic light. Upon making my turn, on came the lights

At the time, I was using one of those license plate covers that skews the numbers when viewed from the sides, which would prevent my plate from being photographed, not that I"m regularly running red lights and whatnot in my 6er

But that's what he pulled me over for

So he walks around the front of the car, and inquired as to the location of my front plate, to which I relied, "uh, it's in the trunk"

Well, he wasn't too happy about that either, and wrote my up for not one, but 2 tickets

So while I do have first hand experience with getting ticketed for this offense, for the most part, I do believe that it's overlooked for other, more serious offenses

California vehicle code does require a front license plate. When I bought my M6 about 12 years ago, it had no front plate. I purchased the correct BMW part and mounted a front plate. I agree the cars look much nicer without a front plate.

My reasoning is that I don't want to give the police any excuses to draw attention. If I do speak with a law enforcement officer, I want it to be my idea.

wow looked like a great time!

Too bad I missed out, I moved out of the bay area a few years ago...believe it or not, there's too many sharks out here in hawaii heh i