Automotive Car Show By The Bay Blue

cazalea · 2024-06-16T22:15:04Z

Explore the San Diego Yacht Club's Father's Day car show with cazalea, featuring classic Jaguars, Mustangs, and a Ferrari 812. Discussing blue cars and the decline of color in modern automotive design.

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Cazalea, a distinguished member of the WatchProSite community, shares a captivating photo report from the annual Father's Day car show at the San Diego Yacht Club. His keen eye for automotive aesthetics highlights a surprising prevalence of blue vehicles, prompting a broader reflection on color trends in the modern car market. This article delves into Cazalea's observations and the community's shared sentiments regarding automotive design and individuality.

We spent a couple hours at the SD Yacht Club today, invited to a Father's Day lunch with friends. It coincided with their annual car show by the bay. And the theme seemed to be Bring Blue or Go Home.

Lincoln Continental

Fiat Jolly in the foregeround and Jag XK-E in the back.

A trio of High Performance (German) cars...

Across the parking lot you can see the Bay isn't exactly Blue today.

Mid-Fifties Ford

Triumph, Land Rover and Mustang "snout" showing

The XK-E again. The same couple has had it for about 50 years.

Dark Blue ominous-looking Ferrari 812 in the background was the surprise (and winner) of the day.

How did those non-blue cars get in here?

Nice blue detailing on Mustang with matte, non-color paint job. Looking at all the cars here, I wonder: how they find time and funds for their yachts?

Now we're talking, Mustang GT convertible with a blue Bronco in the background.

I didn't notice what type of car this red one is. Perhaps a 924, 944 or 964. Definitely front engine power.

I got closer to the Ferrari, and heard the owner had special-ordered it, and it just came a month or so ago. LOT$ of carbon fibre! Don't ignore the Ford Woodie Wagon either.

This scares me -- having a bunch of expensive boxes in the very nose of the car. At least the even more expensive engine is back aways.

Here come the non-blue cars now, starting with an XK140

Morris Minor convertible -- at my first job (in 1967) I car-pooled with a guy who had this car's twin. It leaked like a sieve and the heater wasn't worth much at night in winter in Seattle.

A nice Ford Ranchero, equivalent to the El Camino

My car knowledge does not extend this far back, but Bill might know. I can see it has a Chevy small-block.

A luxury station wagon, wood-grain version Chevy Caprice.

Brightest car of the show!

Thanks for joining us.

I had to wear an Omega at the yacht club...

Cazalea

Key Points from the Discussion

The prevalence of black interiors in modern cars, especially in warmer climates like California, is a perplexing trend given the heat and lack of aesthetic variety. Finding lighter interiors often requires extensive searching, even traveling to different cities.
Modern car paint colors have become overwhelmingly monochrome, dominated by black, gray, white, and silver, with vibrant colors like red being a rare sight. This shift towards a muted palette is seen as boring and a loss of automotive character.
While appreciating the vintage Jaguar and Mustang, and the new Ferrari, there's a critical observation regarding the Ferrari's interior: the combination of its exterior paint with the brown 'vintage' leather seats might be considered excessive or 'overwrought' by some.

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Subexplorer

Jun 16, 2024

Thanks a lot for sharing! Best cordial regards, Abel

AuHavrePro

Jun 16, 2024

are the vintage Jag and Mustang, and yes, the brand new Ferrari, however I'm not quite sure about the combination of exterior paint and that wonderful brown 'vintage' leather on the seats - perhaps somewhat overwrought........ Cheers, Filip

mdg

Jun 17, 2024

...you might even say it grinds my gears. I was walking last week on a route that took me over a freeway, 5 lanes or so in each direction. It took me a minute or two to cross and I was curious about car paint colors, so I watched closely. Black, gray, white, white, white, gray, dark gray, white, silver, white, silver, RED! The world is literally turning monochrome and it's boring! Bring back great color in cars and everything else.

cazalea

Jun 18, 2024

I was shopping recently and 90% of the cars I looked at had black interiors. In California - why?? OK doesn't show dirt but too hot and too boring! My two most recent purchases - Chevy Volt and Honda Ridgeline I had to go to Los Angeles to get a light interior. And what happened to colors? Like blue or green or red or creative two-tones?

mdg

Jun 18, 2024

...red, blue, and the rare green among my favorites : )

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