The 275GTB.

If you are into classic cars, the next smartest thing to attending the practice weekend at Laguna Seca one week before the official zooed event is to find yourself mooching around the streets of Carmel, CA early on the Tuesday morning before the big weekend, when Ocean Avenue and the adjacent side streets are closed to traffic and the Ferraris and other lesser marques line up on show, garage queens all in a row. Sadly, most of these machines never drive further than to and from the transporter, but the eye candy on display is undeniable and, if you rise early, there are no crowds to interfere with viewing or snapping.

There were several of Sergio Pininfarina‘s timeless designs to be seen, not least a brace of what has to be the most purely masculine body he ever penned, the 275GTB.

The 275GTB – machismo art.

My son, a man of fine taste, opted for Pininfarina’s later 365, much to Bert the Border Terrier’s dismay:

Pininfarina 365 body.

At least Winston had the good sense not to go for the Yecch, the latest model solidly aimed at New Money and appropriately registered:

2013 Italia 458 Spider.

These things are beginning to look like that most tasteless of vehicles, the Lamborghini, Rolex, gold chains and all.