A Weekend of Car Oddities

This past weekend was entirely occupied by events involving strange automobiles. The weather was pleasant and the MG was up to the task (top down, of course). Bob was my companion for consecutive days of automotive mirth.

On Saturday we drove up to Metz Mets in Pittsburg for a meeting of the local Metropolitan club. There were at least fifeteen Metropolitans there for us to admire. Every car and person there had an interesting story to account for their presence. We leisurely enjoyed both the cars and and the conversation.

Now Bob, as we all know, is the proud owner of a heap of a Metropolitan. As a result of this event, he now has almost all the parts needed to make his Met street legal.

Sunday we met up with the Arcane Auto Society, and my friend Brian, in Castro Valley. I rode along with some friends in their Austin Cambridge (while Bob drove Brian in the MG) on our backroads tour of the Oakland hills en route to the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory in Berkeley. After an informative lecture on the process of making chocolate (and tour of the factory), I took Bob on a ride through Tilden park. Shortly thereafter, I was most fortunate to make the acquaintance of an elusive friend of Bob's.

All in all, a lovely way to spend a weekend.

Some pictures of the weekend follow. Complete photo sets can be found at my MG page in the "Metz Mets" and "Arcane Auto Scharffen Berger" albums.


Bob's Metropolitan in it's current state.


A nice Metropolitan at Metz Mets.


George McFly: "Hey, you! Get your damn hands off her!" It's the Packard from Back to the Future.


A beautiful Sunbeam Talbot at the Arcane Auto tour.


Riding along with friends in their Austin Cambridge.


Bob in his (almost) natural habitat.


The MG in the natural setting of Berkeley's Tilden Park.


A view of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge from the Berkeley Hills.