The second monthly Sunday morning session of Fuelfed's Boulder Coffee and Classics kicked off at 8 AM on Sunday, May 31 under sunny, warm conditions that prompted many fans of the free event to bring their dogs...
...and many of the participants to bring some colorful cars. The organizers seem to have arranged many of these specimens along Pearl Street with a special eye for color. Anyone tired of of the current fashion for institutional gray cars would have enjoyed our new friend Tim's bright aquamarine De Tomaso Pantera from the early 70s.
Maybe because blue is one of 2 colors that dogs see well (yellow is the other, a clue about why they chase that tennis ball), these pooches seemed to enjoy camping out near the sky blue Ferrari in the background.
Indeed, the 812 GTS, made from 2017-24, proved worth a second look. The front-engined V12 was a series-produced open version of the 812 Superfast coupe, designed at Ferrari's own styling center rather than at Pininfarina like the preceding 550, 575 and 599 models.
Porsche's 964 version of the air-cooled 911 was made from 1989-94, featuring standard antilock brakes, power steering and a 3.6 liter flat six. The vibrant magenta color on this one was available on special order.
The yellow Ferrari Testarossa (named for the red cam covers on its flat-12 engne) completes a lineup of primary and not-so -primary colors.
A blue Ferrari Dino 246 with 4-cam V6 from the late Sixties keeps a white Lamborghini Gallardo V10 company as an Alfa Romeo GTV from the '64-'67 period approaches.
This XK120 made from 1948 through 1954 gets points for being the only Jaguar at the show. The Jag looks better without its bumpers, which never offered much in the way of protection anyway.
This bright yellow 1993 Lancia Delta Integrale Evo 1 sits proudly behind the red HF insignia that reminds you the Integrale won 6 consecutive World Rally Constructors' Championships from 1987 to 1992, based upon 46 WRC victories. It wins our unofficial award for the show's coolest car you could actually drive every day of a Colorado year.
Power goes to all four wheels from a 16-valve, turbocharged inline four of 2 liters mounted transversely...
The owner of this 1966 Mercedes 230SL brought a retriever friend with matching cream-colored coat.
The owners of the McLaren below could not bring a furry friend in anything like a matching color. But we're glad they brought the car...
Across 8th St. from the orange McLaren we found a Ford GT, one of just over 4,000 produced from mid-2004 through 2006 in the style of the mid-engined GT40 endurance racer from 1964-67. The original GT40, named for its height in inches, was also V8 powered, but only 105 of these were built, including 7 of the Mk. III version civilized for road use, which could be considered the precursor of the 2005-06 Ford GT.
The neighbor of the Ford GT is a McLaren MP4-12c featured in our April 30 post. Like the newer orange McLaren across the street, it's powered by a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged V8.
After grumping about the popularity of gray on modern cars, the author admits guiltily that he brought one of the few gray cars to Sunday's show. The 1970 Lancia Flavia 2000 Pininfarina coupe (at least it has a red and black interior) is powered by a 2-liter, aluminum flat four driving the front wheels, and sits next to Kevin Roberts' cheerful green Citroen DS21, a hydro-pneumatically suspended, front-drive car we've featured before.
A friendly pooch across the street near Spruce Confections wins our award for best doggie name at the show. She's Maple, after the most famous product of her home country...
Other pooches came over to play and enjoy the shade and the music at Spruce Confections...
On warm enough Sundays, the cheery sound of live bluegrass-inflected music fills the Spruce courtyard at the 8th and Pearl intersection, overlapping the show of dogs and cars, which officially runs from 8 to 10, but often spills over limits of time and space, like music does.
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