“Barn Finds” are talked about rather frequently amongst classic car collectors, no matter their preference in automobiles. It’s a story of driving down a country road and out of the corner of your eye you see the sun reflecting off the chrome of a car just sitting half covered in a shack. After approaching the owner you come to find that it belonged to their grandfather and has just been “sitting there” since the 70’s . . .
A visit to the Monterey Historics should be on the ‘list of things to see before you die’ for any fan of vintage cars.  It is just around the corner, running from 8/15-8/17, see www.montereyhistoric.com for more details.  What the website won’t tell you is just how incredible this experience can be, and that you really need to be there for a full week. There are many events not to miss, especially the concours events that are not really part of the Rolex event, but always coincide with the weekend. This is a bit of a snap-shot from my last visit which was two years ago.
Far left is Rug Cunningham (since deceased) of Cunningham BMW. He was one of the great dealership owners who had an extreme passion for BMW racing and was a staple of the historics as long as BMW was allowed in the gates. Toward the middle is Boris Said, a successful GT Driver and current NASCAR driver for NoFear. I first met Boris at a BMW tech conference in St. Louis and see him at different events here and there. Incredibly edgy driver and a nice guy.
