A Gathering of Legends: Rolex Reunion 2017 | Chapter I

The Rolex Reunion is one of our favorite events of all. Where else are we able to gather and watch as historic, nearly irreplaceable race cars battle each other out on track at Laguna Seca? As we begin to wind down with the fleeting show season, we'd like to take a moment to share with you our highlights of this year's Reunion.

To make viewing the large bulk of photos easier, we've separated this gallery into multiple blog posts. Here's Chapter I!

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Legends of the Autobahn 2017

To continue our coverage of Monterey Car Week events, we attended Legends of the Autobahn to catch up with fellow enthusiasts. The turnout was great (as it is every year), especially on the 2002 front. There was also a great group of E9s, as well as an unexpected number of E30 M3s. 

Many of the attendees you may recognize from local shows like the Bay Area 02 Show & Swap Meet. We always enjoy seeing both familiar and new faces, and it's fun to watch how the cars evolve over the years. With the market values of these classics constantly changing, and lately growing very steadily, it will be interesting to see what future events hold. Below are the photos we shot throughout the morning, featuring some of our favorite cars on display. If you attended Legends this year, let us know if you had a favorite in the comments below. 

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Jay Leno's Garage: Lisa and Her BMW 1600 "Derby"

The classic BMW community is one that is strong, passionate, and almost as close as you can get to family. It is through this community that we often meet some of our best friends. That said, if you've been following our blog over the last year+, you'll recognize both Lisa and her beloved BMWs.

Lisa has been involved with classic BMWs most of her life, and her latest addition--a pristine 1967 BMW 1600--is one that she holds near and dear. Both she and the car have truly interesting stories, which we have taken great joy in sharing with the rest of the world. As far as story sharing goes, there are few more exciting showcases than Jay Leno's Garage. We recently took a trip down to LA with Lisa and both of her cars to visit Jay, and talk about Derby. We were joined by Bill Arnold, an original pillar of the 2002 community, and his family. 

Below is the YouTube episode that was filmed on our trip, as well as some behind the scenes photos that we shot along the way. Please enjoy, and feel free to let us know what you think in the comments section. 

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Credit to Walker Dalton for the group photo.

The experience as a whole was amazing, and we are grateful for the opportunity to meet Jay and his film crew again, and to enjoy these cars together. We'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone involved with this awesome story.