Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

For announcements of upcoming 356-related events and discussion of past events. NOTE: Contact lorischutz@porsche356registry.org to have events added to website calendar.
Message
Author
User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#1 Post by C J Murray »

We are having some great weather driving from covered bridge to covered bridge through PA Amish country on very lightly traveled roads. Dinner last night at Bube's Brewery was a hoot! Read about it. (https://www.bubesbrewery.com) If you look behind the group picture you can see the Susquehanna River, quite beautiful from that high elevation.
Attachments
IMG_1022.jpeg
IMG_1018.jpeg
IMG_1015.jpeg
IMG_1019.jpeg
IMG_5867.jpeg
IMG_5870.jpeg
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#2 Post by C J Murray »

IMG_1024.jpeg
IMG_1026.jpeg
IMG_1029.jpeg
IMG_1030.jpeg
IMG_1031.jpeg
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#3 Post by C J Murray »

20230602_100324.jpeg
20230602_100418.jpeg
20230602_085857.jpeg
20230602_085807.jpeg
20230602_085818.jpeg
IMG_1010.jpeg
20230602_100403.jpeg
20230602_100200.jpeg
20230602_100411.jpeg
20230602_100433.jpeg
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

User avatar
Mike Wilson
Classifieds Monitor
Posts: 11492
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:37 pm
Location: SW Los Angeles

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#4 Post by Mike Wilson »

Thanks for the pics, Cliff. Looks like a great turn out with excellent weather and scenery.

Mike
Mike Wilson
Lomita, CA
'63 B coupe

User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#5 Post by C J Murray »

Mike Wilson wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:39 pm Thanks for the pics, Cliff. Looks like a great turn out with excellent weather and scenery.

Mike
Thank you Mike. Anybody can put together an event like this without taking any financial risk and with far less effort than a Holiday. Events like this can be done any way that you wish without the need to satisfy the club management and their requirements. As an organizer, the satisfaction that makes it worthwhile comes as attendees graciously thank you for your efforts and the results of those efforts, fun, camaraderie. Please try it.
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

User avatar
Vic Skirmants
Registry Hall of Fame
Posts: 9279
Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:02 pm
Location: SE Michigan
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#6 Post by Vic Skirmants »

What is that silver car??

User avatar
Sebastian Gaeta
356 Fan
Posts: 3047
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:50 pm
Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#7 Post by Sebastian Gaeta »

Vic Skirmants wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:40 am What is that silver car??
I believe it's Harry Cooper's Devin that he bought from Cliff. EDIT: I am wrong on this, see Martin's post below.
Last edited by Sebastian Gaeta on Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
Sebastian Gaeta
www.arbormotion.com

Registry #8339

'65 C coupe
'64 C cab

-------
2014 Boxster 981
2005 997 C2 Cab
1967 Karmann Ghia Convertible
1966 VW Single Cab
1966 Ducati Cafe Racer
1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1963 Beetle

User avatar
Martin Benade
356 Fan
Posts: 12193
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:52 am
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#8 Post by Martin Benade »

I think it’s a custom cabriolet . You can see the 356 door hinges etc in one picture, and the hardtop is pretty distinctive.
Cleveland Ohio
62 Cabriolet
56 VW
02 IS 300
04 Sienna

User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#9 Post by C J Murray »

Harry's car was 100% built by him, design, metal, paint, mechanical, everything. It started as a 62 Notchback. The top was cut off and replaced with a factory electric sunroof hardtop. It has a 911 engine and transmission and rear suspension. It is somewhat patterned after an Abarth coupe. It features air conditioning and satellite radio and cruise control is planned. He has driven that car all over the country, tens of thousands of miles.
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

William Whited
356 Fan
Posts: 99
Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:10 pm
Tag: Cars are my Vice
Location: NJ

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#10 Post by William Whited »

You all had great weather and I know a great time.
Good work Cliff and congratulations on a successful and fun time for all.
Bill
NJ

User avatar
David M Patrick
356 Fan
Posts: 104
Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:40 pm
Location: Lexington, KY

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#11 Post by David M Patrick »

Cliff,
Looks like a great collection of cars. What a nice area to tour. Thank for sharing the experience.
Regards,
David

User avatar
Ron LaDow
356 Fan
Posts: 8092
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:45 am
Location: San Francisco

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#12 Post by Ron LaDow »

Great get-together, Cliff! Congrats.
(I was curious about the car with the louvers also)
Ron LaDow
www.precisionmatters.biz

User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#13 Post by C J Murray »

Thanks everyone!

I was a bit embarrassed at the appreciation shown by the attendees. Actually they were the ones who really made the gathering a success. I didn't hear a single complaint because these people are just not the complaining kind. Everybody "just wanted to have fun". Many noted how beautifully kept the homes and farms of Lancaster County are. The beautiful flowers and neatly manicured lawns are framing neatly painted buildings. The Amish plowing their fields behind large teams of horses, the Amish traveling about in horse drawn buggies. We went to an Amish dairy farm where they sell the ice cream that they make on site. Some enjoyed a tour of a real working Amish farm. Some took a ride on the Strasburg Rail Road.

I am thinking about doing this again next year if anybody might be interested.
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

User avatar
C J Murray
356 Fan
Posts: 9162
Joined: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
Location: 30MI WEST OF PHILA
Contact:

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#14 Post by C J Murray »

I plan on doing this again next year. If you would like to be put on a list to be notified please send me your email address. That will also get you on the list for the Catskills event information.
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion

User avatar
Sebastian Gaeta
356 Fan
Posts: 3047
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:50 pm
Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Re: Lancaster 356 Covered Bridge Tour

#15 Post by Sebastian Gaeta »

C J Murray wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:56 am I plan on doing this again next year. If you would like to be put on a list to be notified please send me your email address. That will also get you on the list for the Catskills event information.
It would be great if it was on a different weekend than he Stoddard swap meet, any plans to hold the event at a different weekend?
Sebastian Gaeta
www.arbormotion.com

Registry #8339

'65 C coupe
'64 C cab

-------
2014 Boxster 981
2005 997 C2 Cab
1967 Karmann Ghia Convertible
1966 VW Single Cab
1966 Ducati Cafe Racer
1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1963 Beetle

Post Reply