Classic Car Club of Manhattan Photo Dump!

"interrogator-chaplain" (interrogator-chaplain)
10/15/2014 at 17:10 • Filed to: None

Words will only spoil the moment, I'll take questions in the comments, for now, behold paradise:

Saving the second best for second last, an original Cobra was there:

And best for last, the 1966 Ford GT40:

I'll take any questions you have now, granted I didn't talk to many of the staff as they were busy and I didn't want to get in anyone's way. They just let me wander around with a big stupid grin on my face.

Damn that was a good day.

As a heads-up, when all my photo's are done, I'm going to do a big NYC trip photo dump. So look out for that.

DISCUSSION (68)

JGrabowMSt > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:15

Kinja'd!!!

Im confident they removed this from the Cobras tire by now.

We'll just blame Connecticut for that.

$kaycog > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:16

Kinja'd!!!

Hello, beautiful!

interrogator-chaplain > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 17:18

Oh geez, I would imagine so!

There was a gorgeous silver C2 Corvette Convertible that was there, but I didn't take any pictures because the rear end took a hit and the back right was all messed up. I didn't want anyone to see her that way. :(

JGrabowMSt > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:20

Silver? I thought it was a darker color.

Either way, someone messed up the 'vette?! Damn, I really like that one.

The Cobra is a Backdraft (right? Backdraft?), and the GT40 is a CAV. Neither are original, both are still awesome.

interrogator-chaplain > $kaycog
10/15/2014 at 17:21

I have a video that I'll upload to YouTube after my photos are up of the GT40 backing into the Club. The engine was amazing, like caged fury at idle. When I post it, I'll let you know.

interrogator-chaplain > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 17:22

Are they?! I thought they were original. My mistake!

mcseanerson > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:22

So do they let anyone just come in and walk around?

$kaycog > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:22

Oh, good! Thanks. I noticed there were pics of it outside and inside.

interrogator-chaplain > mcseanerson
10/15/2014 at 17:23

Apparently so, I imagine if you're respectful of the cars you can just walk in. The doors are open and they didn't spare me a second glance when me and my folks wandered in.

mcseanerson > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:24

Awesome.

interrogator-chaplain > $kaycog
10/15/2014 at 17:24

It was an exciting moment when I realized they were going to back it in, so I swiftly got ready to take a video and wasn't disappointed.

JGrabowMSt > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:28

Yeah, I think the insurance companies would have a very large number of kittens if original cars were being driven by clients like those cars get driven.

Then again, I wouldn't mind a little kitten in my life, so maybe just once?

But yeah, the GT40 is a CAV replica, says so on the valve covers too. That Cobra is also a little worse for wear. I wonder if they ever replaced the air filter, because that thing was loooooooong overdue last time I saw the car, back in august.

Also, I see that 'vette in the background of a couple pics. Such a shame. I'm sure they'll get it fixed and keep going. They do well with their cars, considering how many there are to keep track of.

$kaycog > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:30

Neat! They do sound amazing! You were in the right place at the right time.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:30

I've been to NYC 6 times, and never knew about this place. Next time I ever go back, this is stop #1, aside from Soho and USS Intrepid.

interrogator-chaplain > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 17:32

What happened with the C7?

JGrabowMSt > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:34

Beats me, Aaron would know, he works there. I don't, we just go up to New Canaan and occasionally get lunch or dinner after messing with cars along with Mathias .

Jonathan Harper > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:36

Kinja'd!!!

interrogator-chaplain > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/15/2014 at 17:37

This was my first time there, I hit:
New York Public Library
Times Square (Obvs)
Little Italy/Chinatown
Lower East Side and the Tenement Museum (Because my brother went to the Lamborghini Museum when he went to Italy, so I indulged him.)
Comic-Con at the Javits Center
One World Trade
The Upper West Side
The Empire State Building
Nintendo World (Found it on a day of aimless wandering no less!)
Classic Car Club of Manhattan
5th Avenue
and I stopped at a Barnes and Noble where Neil Young was doing a book signing. (To browse, not for Neil Young.)

interrogator-chaplain > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 17:39

Neat, you're a lucky guy!

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 17:46

Hahahahahaha I was waiting for that.

Jonathan Harper > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:51

Kinja'd!!!

Sorry to be a bubble burster but it's not original. It's a Backdraft reproduction, suspension is all BMW E36 bits to make it handle a bit more like a sports car. Still massive amounts of cowl shake.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 17:55

Any of the /Drive guys there?

You can just go in and walk around?

Jonathan Harper > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 18:13

Kinja'd!!!

Jonathan Harper > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 18:14

It's on the lift in one of these images.

Nibby > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 18:24

Productive as fuck!

AlmostJalop > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 18:41

this is getting me so excited for my visit to NYC

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 19:45

what's with the aftermarket illest and /drive stickers?

Big Bubba Ray > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 20:03

Kinja'd!!!

I need dis Charger.

Big Bubba Ray > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 20:04

Kinja'd!!!

Pretty sure this has the Rebello 3.0. jbh put a video up of it a while back. The want is too strong.

interrogator-chaplain > Nibby
10/15/2014 at 21:04

My feet felt like bloody stumps after every day.

On the day I went to the Upper West Side, I started wandering around near 42nd Street near the Public Library and then eventually got on 7th Avenue and said to myself: "How far can I walk?" and just started walking on the West side. I found Juliard and the Philharmonic, and just kept going until I was hungry. Stopped had dinner and by the time I figured out where the next subway station was, I was on 86th.

All and all, fit in a decent amount into the trip and blew my conceptions about New York to pieces. 5/5, would visit again.

interrogator-chaplain > AlmostJalop
10/15/2014 at 21:05

Honestly, I didn't know what to expect and it took me a day or two to warm up to the place, but I would absolutely go back again.

interrogator-chaplain > Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped
10/15/2014 at 21:07

I dunno, I felt it gave them a little bit of personality, like they aren't sanitized garage queens. The Illest sticker is for one specific Jalop who has an Illest sticker on the back of his Astra, that was sort of a nod to him.

macanamera > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 21:07

Are you a member?

interrogator-chaplain > Big Bubba Ray
10/15/2014 at 21:07

I think my dad might have more photos of that one, but I still have to find the damn cable that attaches to his camera. But that thing was gorgeous, no doubt.

AlmostJalop > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:09

It's not my first time, but it'll be my first time not just going to all the regular touristy spots. Sounds like you definitely enjoyed it!

interrogator-chaplain > Big Bubba Ray
10/15/2014 at 21:10

That is it, I regret to say that I didn't get any photos of it. Not that there was much to get as the lift was obscuring most of the car. Just enough to see that it was a 240Z.

Nibby > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:12

o_o over 40 blocks walking DAMN!

Noah - Now with more boost. > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:16

thanks for the dump! looking forward to seeing your other pics, I was actually in NYC a few weekends ago. So many AMGs!

interrogator-chaplain > AlmostJalop
10/15/2014 at 21:17

It was my first time, and to be honest, as a regular reader of Gawker, I was expecting the typical New York. Rude locals, dirty city, packed sidewalks, the whole lot.

I can say that while it wasn't as clean as I'm used to in Toronto (The biggest city I usually visit.) it wasn't that bad (Although I did see a rat on the subway rails, which was more interesting and amusing than disgusting!) the sidewalks were alright except during peak hours obviously. But the myth that New Yorkers are rude, that got put to bed pretty damn quickly. Sorry's when bumped, excuse me's when trying to pass you and offers to help with luggage on the subway. New Yorkers have the wrong end of the stick when being portrayed. I ran into nothing but kind people and I was at my most Canadian in return.

Being shown how wrong I was about that was one of the best things about the trip. (The GT40, was of course, the best thing.)

interrogator-chaplain > Nibby
10/15/2014 at 21:18

We were taking the subways everywhere and I just wanted to see some of the city unobscured.
My shoes have seen their last epic journey, they'll be retired tomorrow.

interrogator-chaplain > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/15/2014 at 21:20

I've never seen a greater congregation of Cadillac Escalades, AMG S-Classes and Town Cars in all my days.

Nibby > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:20

When do you leave NY?

scoob > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:24

Kinja'd!!!

Bronze wheels?! Unfffffffffffffff

scoob > Nibby
10/15/2014 at 21:26

I once walked from SoHo to Times Square with a group of friends on New Year's Eve. 10/10 would not do again.

Autofixation > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 21:28

That's precisely how my tire looked this morning. Fortunately I work at a place with a lift and a tire machine.

AlmostJalop > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:36

Oh yes, I also expected the whole rude, smelly, packed city thing when I first went too. I was wonderfully surpised. I want to go sometime in the winter.

I actually went to Toronto for a few days after going to New York, and it was awesome, but I went during a massive heatwave and could barely enjoy it.

interrogator-chaplain > Nibby
10/15/2014 at 21:40

I left yesterday at 5 p.m., that's the only reason I can post now is because I'm back home with an internet connection. Wi-Fi is a bitch to get in that city if you don't have a data plan and the hotel your in doesn't play nice with your Windows Phone.

JGrabowMSt > macanamera
10/15/2014 at 21:44

No, I wish. In my other post I mentioned, there's a couple CCC employees here on Oppo (Aaron Brown and another), and I've been there a couple times to just be nosey and look at the cars. I meet up with Aaron at New Canaan and he brought the Cobra to the last C&C I went to in September, that's when we noticed the sheet metal screw in the tire.

I wish I was a member...

Nibby > scoob
10/15/2014 at 21:44

Yeah, I try to avoid Times Square as much as possible.

I have done the mistake of driving through it at rush hour. NEVER AGAIN.

macanamera > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 21:45

How much is a membership?

interrogator-chaplain > AlmostJalop
10/15/2014 at 21:48

I can't do heat either. Toronto isn't great for that, sitting on Lake Ontario and all, but there's a lot of good stuff to do there if you know where to look.

Protip for you, or anyone you know going there: If you find yourself needing to use a bathroom and you're near Union Station, head across the street to the Royal York hotel. Then, take the elevator up to the third floor conference area and along the wall you'll find the men's room there. It's easily the best washroom I've found in the city of Toronto and so long as you walk with confidence, nobody will second guess you. Women's bathroom is in the back corner.

interrogator-chaplain > scoob
10/15/2014 at 21:48

One of the staff started it up, and sweet mercy, dat V8.

scoob > Nibby
10/15/2014 at 21:50

Everybody knows the most efficient way to navigate through Times Square is by telling everyone you have Ebola, while gently clutching their arm.

AlmostJalop > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 21:51

I'll definitely keep that in mind, thanks for the tip! Luckily last time I went my hotel wasn't too far from the CN tower so walking places wasn't too bad. But the 90+ degrees and humidity just killed me.

Finding a bathroom in NYC was just ridiculous the first time I went.

JGrabowMSt > macanamera
10/15/2014 at 21:52

If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

I don't even know, they don't list it on the website because there's different levels of involvement for the club. I'd love to be a member one day, hell, I handed a resume in hoping to change job directions and work there, but it didn't work out.

If I had enough income to do it, I would absolutely join, no question about it. For now, I'm happy to know I can stop by any time and hang out and occasionally go to an event with them as a fellow car guy.

macanamera > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 21:55

It cant be too expensive. Im thinking a few hundred a month, max.

JGrabowMSt > macanamera
10/15/2014 at 21:57

Yeah, well, considering I only make a few hundred on a paycheck, I'm going to say I don't quite make the money for it.

I have a friend who makes several times what I do, he could afford it, easily, but he has his own toys in the garage that he doesn't have time to play with.

macanamera > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 21:59

Odd that they don't list a price though. Like why not?

JGrabowMSt > macanamera
10/15/2014 at 22:03

I'm entirely sure they don't approve everyone, and because of the different packages they offer, it can affect the price. Someone with a poor driving record may be vetted against taking cars out as often, I'm sure it's something that can easily be a case by case situation for every applicant.

Considering how well they appear to do, I think they can easily afford to keep doing what they're doing.

macanamera > JGrabowMSt
10/15/2014 at 22:06

I'm just super curious how much it costs now...

interrogator-chaplain > AlmostJalop
10/15/2014 at 22:07

I can say with confidence now, that the Lexington Hotel is just as easily exploited as the Royal York. There's a card reader on the bathroom door, but just walk in through the Starbucks entrance and take the stairway on the left, go upstairs past the elevators onto the mezzanine and go right. Nobody will bat an eye if you use those bathrooms. By New York standards, it's pretty clean.
If you gotta go and you're near East 48th and Lexington, that's the place you want to head for.

Nibby > scoob
10/15/2014 at 22:07

Kinja'd!!!

AlmostJalop > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 22:11

I should really be writing this down haha, it's valuable information. Thanks!

interrogator-chaplain > AlmostJalop
10/15/2014 at 22:13

I'm a modern day George Costanza. If there's a better place to go to the bathroom, I will hunt it down.

AlmostJalop > interrogator-chaplain
10/15/2014 at 22:15

LOL! The trick in high school is to use the bathroom in the chem hallway on the third floor. It's pretty hidden and rarely ever used.

Rico > macanamera
10/17/2014 at 22:56

There are three levels of annual membership: silver, gold, and platinum, for $4,500, $8,000, and $13,000, respectively. All members have access to all of the cars, and reservations (the word "rental" is never used) are based on a points system. Platinum members get the most points, and can have the cars delivered to them at home.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/classic-car-cl…

I suspect these numbers are estimates that change based on various criteria/involvement.

macanamera > Rico
10/18/2014 at 00:02

that's not even too expensive

Rico > macanamera
10/18/2014 at 00:04

Pocket change for what you get. I just wonder what the average wait time on popular vehicles are.